The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-05
TOWN ELECTIONS.

GoRHAM-At the town meeting Monday, the
vote was very small. The whole number of votes
cast was 464 being about one half the usual num-
0 per dnere was some little excitement on the
open letters otherwise things passed off as quiet
ly as could be wished.
$500 of which shall be expended In Dlirchasing
books agreeably to law.
Voted to pay Gardner D. Weeks $50, for his
who stole the tools from the fair ground last fall
1t was also voted to raise tho usual amour Is of
money Ssy r t0r other ns t purposes poses
decrease Of Si384 in the indebtedness Of the
town.
The meeting was postponed to Monday when it
shall be left entirely to the school committee or
to the agents as has always been customary. At
ms meeting II VIII be decided by voting in regard
For the first time in the history Of Gorham a
lady, Mrs Rebecca 0. johnson, was nominate
for school committee.
GRAY-Moderator. w. H. Vinton; town clerk.
Frank l.. Clark; selectmeu and assessors, George
A. morrill, Vinton E. Frank. simon Libby; treas.
Hrer' Shafies !; DOW, X. supervisor of schools.
Weeks, M. 81. Lunt; sealer of weights and meas
ures, Cyrus Latham; collector of taxes at one per
lumber, Oscar Weeks. Howard Stubbs. Asa p.
Morrill,, M: Morrill,; agent Of town house, E. S.
Caswell Raised for the highways, $500 cash.
$500; for Memorial services, s35 Town &C.
cepted doings Of selectmen In laying out the
ent Town farm and purchase another. Mr.. Charles
Z. Libby. Mr.. Jedediah Libby and Mr.. W. H. Vim
ton we've chosen COMMITTEES to transact the bus
mess. Many of the people think that present
farm is too convenient to the Corner Colonel Fogg
made the speech Of the day. -
Observation-Disclosures, Byron Kimball; town
clerk CHARLES A: seribner; seleetmen etc. Edwin
man town treasurer, Winburn M. Staples; trus-
tee Of school durd. w.. N. Staples; town agent,
auditor, Charles E. Gleason; supervisor Austin
w. Taylor; constable, John F.; Davis; all Repub-
Leans; Voted, e pay the collector Of taxes two
common Schools sssoo snpp sor 'S of
poor, $500; inter est on town bonds, S1475; prin-
cipal q 100; free high school. s1to0; highways
and bridges, $4,000, One-half to be expended be-
tore July /; town charges, $1,000; for Memorial
Day, $50; repairs on school houses, $500: for
and the selecimen were instructed to Repair the
inside OF the town house. A tax of 81 each was
voted on dogs
HARRISON. Moderator. c. E. Strout; clerk, H.
L Sampson; clerk pro TEN W. H. Bailey; select
men, assessors and OverSeers of poor, N. III.
Seavey, Geo Z. Tarbox j. q. Frost; treasurer A,
X X Morsej agent. M. Jordan; supervisor, II. H.
Money raised town charges and support of poor,
$500; for schools: $1,000; memorial services,
$3.50; to repair school houses sIoo; to pepsir
highways, labor tax, $500. Voted to retail the
town system of schools 80 to g. not to aid In the
construction of the abroad extension from Bridg-
ton. Politics did not enter into the choice of Off.
ers.
CUMBERLAND CENTRE-Moderator, L. P. Stur-
divant; clerk. ID. 1; Blanchard: selectmen and
Clinton M. Hamilton; treasurer, s. T. Merrill
constable, Alvin Leighton; collector, Edmund d.
Merrill; auditor, Geo. Blanchard. The town voted
TO do away with road surveyors and appointed
three commissioners to have charge of the roads,
also to raise money instead of labor for repair OF
roads, also to tax dogs 20 cents each, said sum
raised to pay for sheep In town killed by dogs.
FALMOUTH Moderator, j. E. Merrill; clerk,
A. =. Moves; selectmen, Walter X. SWEET, w. II
Barker Frank Moulton; treasurer, A. 8. Noyes
R p 81 schooI committee for three wears, II.
3. Mountfort; collector of taxes, +. o. j. Pride /;
clerk: nrst selectman treasurer, school commit
zee Ipe s1o The appropriations about as
books. f-SN Va 'SA'
IT CAAMIDEN-Moderator, J. +. Stetson; clerk, G..
= Hodgman; assessors, w. v. Lane. r. r. Oeier
E Z; Sherman; treasurer, c. c. Wood; collector,
a e ana kockport light and power company for
at $50 per light. iva 'no So"i
men, Charles Rogers, r., Harmon Waterhonse IL !.
treasureT f. y; Mason, R.. school committee. j. j.
F Bhege c pr n6t H. agent T. L. Allen r.
journed meeting next Monday. ~ "u
OTIsFIELD.-Moderator. Otis T. Mitchell: clerk
and treasurer, 6 I F. Hancock; selectmen, j.
WarQWtil, .. I. WhruWcll, W. 3. hancock: super-
visor Of schools, Sumner Spur; collector OF taxes
K. NJ. Jillson. All Republicans.
LIvERMoRE FALLs-Moderaton, DIR. c. r..
Knight; clerk and treasurer, Or. G. II. Gibbs
selectmen g. r. Currier, @. w. Brown, A. M,
Bumpus The meeting was a "rouser' If excite
ment will make ifso
RAYMoND-O. B. Lane, clerk; Francis H.
Whitman, Warren L. Churchill, L. w. WEIGH, Sc
lectmen; Ira b. Witham, supt schools; K. A.
Plummer, treasurer. All Democrats except
treasurer.
WEsTBRooK- Clerk, Thomas M. Lewis; selects
men, George w. Leighton, Maalon II. Webb, III.
IL. b. Hawes; treasurer, Thomas M. Lewis, school
committee, o. A. Cobb, three years, william Ly-
ons, one year; auditor, G. j. Mcclellan.
OLD DISCRIMINATION on the articles In the
warrant respecting the running Of sunday trains
was indefinitely postponed BY the towA meeting.