The Portland daily press., 1891-03-31
FROM MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by the
Press Correspondents.
Bees Are Having Hard Work to Pull
Through the Winter.
Paving Cutters at vInaIhaven Ex-
pectIng Trouble April q.
Cray.


The schools of this town will adopt new
books this spring.
DR.. J, r. Rowell left for New York City
Monday.
Mr.. John Chase will move his family to
Massachusetts,, where he will engage in
business.
The business formerly conducted by Chase
& Stevens will be continued by Mr.. John W.
Stevens at the old stand.
Mr.. Herbert Libby and Miss Fannie A.
Thayer were married Monday morning, and
left for Lynn, Mass. where they will reside.
Walter Golf, Frank Douglass and henry
Hunt, returned last week from Gorham, N.
H., where they have been with their teams,
logging for Libby d Sons, the past winter.
DRY MILLS.
Walter Golf, Frank Douglass and Winfield
Goss, have returned with their teams from
Gorham, n. H.. where they have been at
M. c. Morrill, has been surveying his pulp
wood the past week; he has got about a
thousand cords. 1t goes to Cumberland
Mills.
Bee-keepers report a hard winter for bees.
ii. L. Morse has lost five out Of ten colonies,
and Hugh Morrill, lost six out of nine colo
MES this winter.
Howard Verrill. school agent. has en-
ployed Miss Abbie Hall of Gray Corner, as
teacher.
WEST GRAY.
Mystic Division, S. of T., chose the fol-
lowing officers Saturday night, March %:
W. P.-Franklin Maxfeld.
W. A.-Mrs. John 81. Allen.
X. S.-Albert Pencil.
A X. S.-Alice N. Foster.
F.S.-Charies M. Stuart.
{ Treasurer-David +. Huston.
/ Chapain-John ii. Allen.
! Cond.-Ernest Allen.
z Asst. Cou-Martha j. Campbell.
l. S.-Edward B. Crockett.
Q. S.-Edwin E. Huston.
L. W. P.-Charles K. Allen.
These officers will be installed Saturday
night April 4tb. by Deputy q. w. p, W. ii.
Adams. Installation to be followed by an
bers.
S: L. Adams of Mountain View Farm. has
sold five out of his fine herd of cows for $50
each; Fl -Four OF them go to Mr.. Bragg Of
Belcher TO , Mass. and one to Benjamin
Mrs. Guild, who has been stopping at the
Mountain View Farm for a year or more,
has gone to Boston. Mass, on a visit.
Miss Lucy. A. Lawrence Is visiting at her
brothers, Mr.. Henry Lawrence. Boston
Highlands.
George Black, the stage driver. has gone
to Cumberland Mills for week. Eugene
Allen takes his place on the stage.
Hersey Frank has gone to Portland to
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Harrison Din is finishing the chambers in
his house and intends to finish the outside
when the weather becames suitable.
The snow Is nearly all gone In the fields,
but there Is considerable left In the woods.
People are going on wheels now almost en-
tirely. There has not been a winter for
many years that we have had sleighing con-
tinuously so long as the present In this
section 1t reached 116 days without break.
vInaIhaven.
Captain Hamilton has hauled out his
sloop the Yankee Girl, and took his first load
Of stone to Rockland Saturday for the old
Schooner M. E. Eldridge, Captain Kelley,
arrived Saturday %, and will load stone for
Schooner Glade sailed for WInterport
March %.
changes In their store, which is a great i'm
provement in looks and more convenient
also.
Most of the paving cutters at work for J.
Z. Amburst are leaving, expecting trouble
Rev. w. d. Littlefeld and wife are spend
ing few days In Augusta.
Sheriff j. W. Gray Is In town, and by or
der Of the court will move f. M. Lane out
of his house on Lanes Island, Mr.. Lane re-
fusing to leave until removed.
A party left here Saturday on schooner
Volant for Swans Island to look over the
quarries there.
hons Of Henry Mosm ns Tor $500 Mr.. MOS Mos
man will build new house soon as he can
procure site.
d. Fl. Gledden arrived home from Au-
gusta Saturday.
Chas. F. Thompson has taken his house,
hold goods from here to Liberty, where his
wife has been sick for some time and at this
time is quite low.
Miss Morse of Rockport, who has been
giving lessons In oil painting here returns
home this week.
High school commenced in the village
Monday.
Hiram.
Messrs. A. and p. b. Young will conduct
the corn canning business the coming season
at their shop In Hiram.
Cyrus III. Morrill,, Esq, formerly of South
Hiram, Is now superintendent of public
schools at Blue Island, ILL.,, near Chicago.
Charles w. Greene has removed to Madi-
son and has engaged in trade there.
We have never known more sickly sea-
son thai the present. Coughs, colds and la
grip are prevalent.
Charles w. Benton, native of Hiram,
and more recently of South America has
lucretive position as civil engineer in Wash
ington.
the Bangor Theological Seminary, passed
the Sabbath at home. He is canvassing for
funds to provide gymnasium for the stu
dents.
On Thursday afternoon Mrs. E. F. Tarr
and Mrs. G. +. Dolbier Of Auburn. organ.
lied lodge of Pythian Sisters named the
Saco Valley lodge. The officers are
Past Chancelior-Mrs. ormond s. Spring.
Chancellor CommandermMrs Daniel W. Pierce
Vice C.-Mrs. f. Ella Wilson.
Prelate-Mrs. Georgia Burbank.
X. r. s.-Mrs. Fannie Burneil.
MiStress-at-ArmS-MrS. Alvin V. Dow.
Mistress or XchecQuOr-MrS. Nellie Kfmhau
Outer Guard-Mrs. Sarah Chipman
Mystic One-Mss Ora Hubbard
Much credit is due to Mrs, Josiah Bur-
leigh OF Portland, who has pushed the
cause by eloquent appeal and energetic eff
ford. The lodge starts among our best citi
Gems, and will be valuable auxiliary to the
fraternity.
Raymond.
EAST RAYMOND.
These are the officers elected at a regular
meeting of Lakeside Division No. s S. Of T
holden Saturday evening the 28th.
W. P-Jennie Jordan.
w, A.-Carrfe StrOut.
r. S.-Sewal Duran.
Asst. r. S.-Vienna V. Foster.
Il. S.-James A. Gerry.
T.-Rachel Brown.
Chap Martha Plnmmer.
Con.-Charles L. Allen.
A. C.-Ada Str0ut.
LS.-Cyrus b. Whitman.
o. S.-Georgia Small.
Those officers will be installed next Satur
day evening April 4th.
The passage of the Australian ballot bill
was received here with general satisfaction.
AZ the annual meeting of the legal voters
OF district No. 6 holden the 28th, w. N. Small
Agent.
hey. Mr.. Taylor from Harrison, preached
Trn1on 1 T appropriate to Easter in the
op'on Shapel Sunday afternoon.
traverss a, Wltham has been drawn as a
the SnneSgS Hfof TO serve at the April term of
Rumford.
Fs,I sg saturday at midnight, at Rumford
'' 0uineo up the old starch factory. in