The Portland daily press., 1890-08-12
MAINE TOWNS.
Westbrook.

Sor ne 30 members of Cloudman Post q
A. R., accompanied by Clark's Jnvs.
nile B and, left for Boston Monda morning.
Many other G. A. R. members went bv vari-
GUS ira ms during the day to the same city.
Work has begun on the new hose house on
Mechani street.
Rev. fdr. Wallace, of the Iierean Second
Advent church, occupied the pulpit at the
M. E. church last Sunday.
A new piece of matchmaking has been
done on Main street, near the head of
church street.
About 700 pc ople attended the two excur-
sions last Saturday, the number being diyid-
ed between Ferry Beach and Long Island
| The st. john Baptist Society went to the
former place, and the Scotch people to the
latter. All the mills of the village were shut
down.
Whitney rothers are putting in a monu-
| ment for Judge K. W. Woodbury. in memory
| of his wife. The monument is of polished
granite and will weigh four tons.
Rev. Daniel Evans Of Bangor Is supplying
| the Congregational church during August.
Mrs. bennett and daughter, from ALBANY.
| came to Bethel Thursday, with load OF
| eggs and berries. While passing down
| Church street they met man on white
|
horse took fright, made desperate turn,
| turning the carriage bottom side up, pro-
miscu0usly scattering the eggs and berries
into the ditch. The ladies were thrown sew
eral teet. put strange to say, came right side
! Church street to High street, when he was
stopped. The man on the pony came up,
and like gentleman paid the ladies for their
eggs and berries.
Mr. Calvin Blsbee finished his new house
near the chair factory last Thursday, and
sold 1t the next day for $1,000 to the engineer
| of the chair factory.
Our station agent, Mr.. W., Chandler. graft
| spring. One of the gratis has grown very
rapidly, being now over four feet in length,
A large crowd left Bethel Monday on the
early train for Boston.
The Bethel Water Company have finished
stretching the pipe across the Androscoggin
river, where it is deeply imbedded in the
sand under the water.
The CONCERT. under charge. of Professor
| Wight last Sunday evening, at the Methodist
| church, was the best Oh the season. The
programme was as follows: Organist, Mrs.
Wight; opening prayer, by Rev. Mr.. Ballou;
Seek We the Lord, choir; was glad, choir;
| Be joyful in the Lord, choir; anthem, Rock
| of Ages, by Professor Wight. Messrs. Burn
ham. Libby, Chandler and II. B. Goodwin;
anthem, City Of our God, Wight. Burnham,
| concert will be at the Alpine House In about
| tive weeks, and Miss Parkman of Bangor
and Miss Mamie w. Green will take part
The Bethel House horse, driven by a sp-.
cial pension agent from Washington, ID. c.,
while at Bethel Siam mills, took fright
cleared himself from the carriage and ran
with high speed to the village.
Mr.. 5. ID. Philbrook has sold these lots on
Elm street and houses are being built upon
them. On Kimball street two houses are
now being built. On Main street tie Odd
Fellows hall is now being put up Two
houses are being built at the foot of Church
street. Two houses are to be err eted on AL
pine street this fall.
Judge Foster will go to Aubuil next tenn.
For the October term he will be at Paris
HILL -'
Mr.. Rich. the pony man, arrived from Mon
tana last week. having bcon absent from
home sinc1 last fall.
Brown & Brewer, proprietors of the chair
factory, will leave on the a. m. train Mon
day, for Boston. to attend the National En-
campment.
Rev. Mr.. Dow, d. D., from the East Maine
Conference, suppl, / the Methodist church
last Sunday. Mr.. Dow is one of our ablest
preachers IN the conference.
Arrivals at the Bethel House Friday and
Saturday: Mr.. and Mrs. @. M. Henderson.
Chicago, Ill. ; Miss Bessie Henderson. Chi,
cago, ILL.,; G. 0. Eaton, Boston; Mrs. r. A,
Handy and Miss Handy, Andover, Mass,
K. @. Osgood, Tennessee; and A. Pett engill.