The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-10-22
MAINE TOWNS.


Inc past three weeks have been very busy
ones with the farmers, securing corn, pota-
toes and apple crops. The grub worm and
rot have reduced the potato crop somewhat.
A. j. Knight has already carried 800 bushels
Of rotten potatoes out of his cellar. rhh
apple crop Is better than was expected before
picking, and it Is nearly all sold. Best
quality sold for So 30 to Sc 80 per barrel;
canning apples to the factory, 80 cents a
bushel, and the cider apples 20 cents per
nushel at Bryants Pond, where they are
Work at Rumford Falls has been progress
ing rapidly until the storm of last Friday
caused suspension of work on the dam in
consequence OF high water, which makes
q clean sweep over. the Golfer dam. They
have been wonderfully favored with low
water until now.
Thomas and Porter finished logging at the
Fails about week ago They got in one
nan million feet. The new boarding house
Is erected and is now ready for boarders.
Henry Abbott, ESQ.,, is dangerously i'll, so
that his children we're called home. His
SOD, pr. Carroll Abbott, of Albion, Me-,
gave him great relief on his arrival with his
arrival, with his treatment.
j. e. Stevens Of Rumford Centre, has
opened branch stere at the Falls, of which
John Bennett
Nell Lovejoy's little s-year-old boy picked
up cap at the Falls, such as is used there to
explode the dynamite charges In blasting,
and asked his father what it was. He, with
out examining 1t, told him 1t was cap that
had been used, and thought no more about
1t. The little fellow took It home and put It
on the hot stove; 1t exploded, mutilating his
tnum and two fingers, so that DR.. Stewart
was called to amputate them at the first
joint
M. s.. Wyman returned from Waltham,
Mass. the other day with five more colts and
one horse to board. He is now boarding 10
or II horse kind for Waltham parties.
.Nlmrod w. +: Clark found dead bear in
his trap the other day that would weigh
some $50 or 800 pounds
w. Clark raised 20 bushels of Japanese
buckwheat from six quarts of seed on about
one-half acre Of ground.
Mrs, Z: X. Cary is In very poor health.
Mass.
casco.
A. S. Holden has been visiting Mr.. Rams
dell Of Woburn, Mass.
Peter Jordan has recently sold valuable
horse to Massachusetts parties.
Mayberry Bros. OF Lynn, Mass. are build
ing track on their stock farm in this vii
lage, on which to develop their colts.
Mrs. 5. 0. Hancock and two children are
visiting her mother Mrs. Henry Plummer of
Raymond, Maine.
Mrs. l.. w. Holden has been to Portland
the past week to procure her fall stock of
millinery goods
DIR. G. b. Sylvester is spending few DAYS
with his parent Mr.. d Mrs. S. G.. Sylvester.
Mr.. Philips of the Portland Star Match Co.
has been in town the past week looking after
pine timber.
Mr.. Spencer Decker and bride who have
been spending few weeks here returning to
Mass. on Saturday last.
All OF the corn packed at Burnham g. Nor
rells factory this season has been shipped
about $500 cases.
Mark L.. Deach has picked from his vines
about about forty bushels of fine cranberries
Tor which he finds ready market.
Miss Grace Leach Is teaching the winter
term OF school on Raymond Cape.
Ned Duran has been engaged to work on
the Mayb berry stock farm the coming winter
he is also making some needed repairs on his
house lately purchased of Mrs. Spencer
Decker.
Bethel.
Col. G. S. Edwards one of the COM
missi0nerS OF the Columbian Commission, to
be held in Chicago In 1898, has recommended
Miss Kate ID. Locke, assistant postmas ter
10 our village, for one Of the delegates from
Maine. .
The Bethel Water Company has had the
water from Chapman brook analysed by A.
q. Young, M. D., and he reports the water
to be very pure.
Arrangements are being made here to OBJ
tain charter for North Oxford Agri-
cultural Society, that money may be pro-
hibitions.
We learn that the Oxford Club intends TO
build camp on the Island in B. Pond,
next season. Parties are now preparing the
ground.
Mrs. W. O. Straw of Ubet Montana. ar
rived at Bethel, Monday, and will visit
several weeks with her friends In Bethel.
Fryeburg, and Bangor.
Inose young men who disturbed the meet
ing at West Bethel, two week ago were taken
before Trial Justice Rich last week and fined
$40 each and costs.
Apples are selling at from $3.50 to $500
e. G. Rowe has sold his four months old
colt, sired by the French Coach Horse,
Gemaro, to j. G. Skilton, of Someryille'
Massachusetts, for $3.50.
PownaI.
A storm commenced Sunday afternoon,
which at first. promised nothing unusually
severe; but as darkness settled down the
wind increased In violence until at times, it
reached almost the force of hurricane and
WIN the IAN falling In terrence. continued
through the night, abating somewhat as the
morning passed away. But little apparent
damage was done by the wind but the roads
ire badly washed out by the rain in many
places through the town requiring immedi-
ate repairing TO be in passable condition.
Mr. True Tuttle. resident of our town
has recently fine span of matched colts
from the ranch owned by his brother, Mr.
Herman Tuttle In Colorado. 1t may be of
interest to those who formerly knew, Mr..
that great prosperity has attended him since
ne mas settled IN the West.
MIS-. waite Of Freeport is at the present
I N S Visiting her granddaughter, Mrs. A.
MT and Mrs. Charles Bailey of Deering
s On1pa ,h by friends, were last week In
Noyes. i' anu MIS- 0eorse
Mrs. William Porter has been visiting Of
her protners Mr. ii. P. Merrills.
corhan1.
Gorham Grange, at its next mea,iro S..,
DAY OcI zo,tn proposes the following nro.
crops l have raised at what cost with m ,h
profit or loss; causes Of success or faiip %iaC
Charles Hanson, Rufus F0gg, Melvin Cas-,
aud Charles Gr0ward. X aiding nv My.
Nellie Parker and Mr.. W.P.F. Robbie, DtscnSss
sion of tho question of taxation as submittaI
bV the committee Of the county Crane
Gorham Grange proposes to have series of
concerts and dramatic entertainment. It
will begin in two or three weeks and give
the entertainments probably on Wednesday
evenings.
Gray.
DRY MILLS
George Frank of this place Is at work for
the Wilson Bros. at North RaOm0nd.
Mrs Pierce of Portland has been visiting
friends at Dry Mills the post week.
Charles Golf Is soon to move to Mechanic
Fails; he Is going to work in shoe shop.
Walter Brown and wife of Portland, are
Browns.
M; G. Morrill,, commenced saving slaves
at his mill at Suckerville, Monday.