The Portland daily press., 1891-04-07
FROM MAINE TOWNS.
Items Of Interest Gathered by the
Press Correspondents.
Another Man Shot Because He Didn't
Know II Was Loaded.
a True Story of Shipwreck and suf-
ferlng On the Stormy Sea.
Porter.


one OF the hardest storms for the season
began on Thursday night and lasted through
Friday. The wind blew very hard, pillnp
the snow up into huge drifts, making the
roads almost impossible There came foot
of snow. and as 1t has been cold since the
sleighing has been quite good
Porter Village Cemetery Corporation held
their annual meeting on Saturday last and
chose the following officers for the ensuing
year; Amos Blazo, president, Moses M.
Libby, vice president; l. S. French, secre-
tary; Eben Blazo, treasurer; /. s. French.
). ID. Stanley. Henry FL. Sawyer, trustees
Daniel Wentworth, sexton.
Mr. Isaac Libby, formerly of this town,
but now Of East Cambridge, but doing bust
ness In Boston, has been taken the hospital
Mr.. Libby has been out of health for some
time, and fears are entertained that it will
terminate In s0ftening of the brain. Mr..
Libby has always been an industrious, hard
working man.
There will be but a very few colonies of
bees left in this town. Mr. A. r. Roberts
has two alive out of eleven; j. A. Holmes
has lost all; so has j. A. Norton and Mrs.
Levi Cole; LIS. French has two living.
Town meetings are plenty this spring.
We are to have another one on the 9Th to
choose second selectman and assessor for
the ensuing year, as the one elected at the
annual March meeting had been collector
and had not settled his collect0rship with the
town, and therefore was not legally elected,
or not legally entitled to the office.
Mr.. David Hurd died the past week from
heart trouble. Mr.. Hurd was thrown from
a wagon the past fall and injured internal ly.
and has been failing ever since.
Capt. James French has been confined to
the house with sprained ankle, but is able
to get Ground again with the help of cane.
Mr.. AmQs Rlazo hos oold hts fell
Oxford to Alvin G. Stanley.
Ossipee river Is quite high, and as there Is
q neavy body OF snow on the ground so late
In the season people are looking for heavy
freshet this spring. Those that have sap
orchards are busy making sugar and syrup,
although the flow of sap has been rather
light as yet.
Georgetown.
PERILS OF THE CREW OF THE WRECKED
SCHOONER N. A. WALKER.
The schooner Nellie A. Walker, Captain j.
w. Moore, New York for Gardiner with coal,
foundered in the gale last Friday, 20 miles
southeast OF Boon Island. Capt. Moore hove
from Seguin. The gale increased and the
sea was running high and breaking on the
vessel from all quarters. During the day the
mate was washed overheard by heavy sea,
but was fortunately swept back to within
reach OF one OF the crew. who saved his life.
The captain found his vessel had sprung
aleak and kept the pumps going, but to no
avail. She commenced settling and at 2
O'Clock, after the gale had abated, the captain
and crew left in the small boat. Thirty min
utes later the vessel made plunge and went
down. The five men in the boat had only
what they stood In, with three biscuit and no
water: Twenty-Five hours later they were
picked up by vessel bound east. When
near Seguin they took their boat and arrived
home Sunday morning. The crew belong in
Georgetown, The mate was we'll used up
and unable to get home without team. The
vessel was of 189 tons, six months old and
built by Charles Harrington at Bath. She
was owned BY Capt; Moore, 81. g. Rowe &
Hogan and Walter s. Rowe of Georgetown,
f. A. Waldron of Portland, Fletcher & Co.
of Portland, and others.
corham.
SAFE BLOWN OPEN IN GoRHAM.
Our Rip Van Wrinkle neighborhood is
again the victim of the impecuneous robber,
by the blowing to smithereens of the railroad
station safe and the burglariZing of Shaw's
lumber office. But little was realized,
though that little seems satisfactory, for
Sunday nights raid Is a frequent occurrence
and gave as large booty as they have Sc.
cured for some time,
The annual meeting of the Gorham Say
ings Bank was held at the bank building and
the following officers elected for the ensuing
year:
President-Joseph Ridlon.
Vice President-Stephen Hinkley,
CLERK and Treasurer-John A: Waterman.
Trustees-Joseph Ridlon, Arthur NJ. Benson,
Joseph Colby, Humphrey Cousins, Frederick
s E39s RGseos e. Harding Simon Mcclellan
Geo. W. Lowell.
=, Investing Committee-FrederickR ROBBIE. Stephen
Examining COMMUNICATIONS Ridlon. ,Joseph
Colby, Simon Mcclellan. 'o0e-
LimIngton.
didn't KNOW IT WAS LOADED"
George Dearborn and a brother-in-law of
his had been using small calibre revolver
Saturday In shooting at q target, and as they
supposed had emptied all its chambers, A
short time afterwards the brother-in-law was
swapping the revolver, to observe the move
prise. one discharged, the bullet striking MI.
Dearborn near the lower edge and Just In
front OF the angle of the lower jaw, ON the
right side, lodging In the muscles under the
tongue. DIR. Weeks was summoned and after
a frultless effort to remove the bullet without
an operation, which might endanger the sew
erlng OF the facial artery, or facial nerve,
recommended its remaining, at least for
while, as its presence would be of less incop-
nlence than the loss of either the artery or
nerve.
WEST GRAY.
Mr.. Stephen Huston has been confined to
the house for week with severe attack of
the grip. He is a little better at the present
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George aunt have returned
from Somerville, Mass, where they have
been stopping through the winter
w. ID. Frank has returned home from
Lewiston.
Daniel Foster has left Springvale and is
now stopping at his brothers, f. p. Foster,
The snow storm of Friday was one of the
most severe of the season while It lasted.
Some six or eight inches of snow fell, being
much drifted. The storm ended with rain
and the travelling Is horrible.