The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-06
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
New Gloucester.


Professor Howe, of Bates College,
preached at the Congregational church
Sunday, April 3rd. y
The little son of Rev. III. G.. Mank died
Suddenly of commissions Saturday morn
ing.
The young people had Sociable at
the Town Hall, March 31st, and had a
very pleasant time.
Several new barns are to be built in
town this spring; one by John Jordan on
the Bennett place, one by the Chambers
on the Great Meadow, and one by Sweet
sir and Fogg on the Symonds place.
Amos Merrill has moved the engine
which he used in his saw mill on to
some timber land at the lower part of the
town, where he will put up mill and
saw the lumber.
Frank Cummings and Benjamin Ride
out have gone to Boston to work.
Mrs. George Haskell is visiting in
South Paris.
On the sick list are Henry Fogg and
Mrs. Fanny Green.
Porter.
There were five persons dead in this
town at one time the past week. Mrs.
Levi Libby an aged lady who was 81 last
July died from the effects of fall She
was the daughter of the late Thomas
Boothby of Limington. Mr.. Samuel
Billings the oldest person in town who
was 90 within a few days. Mr.. Billings
came from Saco when a boy fifteen years
of age with James Coffin more commonly
called Squire Coffin and has lived in town
ever since. He leaves one daughter Mrs.
A. r. Roberts with whom he lived. Mr.
S wall Sawyer a soldier of the late Re-
bellion, of consumption, aged 46 years.
Mr.. Sawyer was pensioner and mem
Der of the G. A. r. Post of Newfeld,
Maine He was sick some two years
He leaves a wife and two sons. Mr..
Alonzo Rounds adopted daughter little
girl some two years of age and also Mr..
Moody an aged man, 1t is unusual
for small town like this to have five
funerals in as many days.
The Porter Village Cemetery Corpora
ton held their annual meeting on Satur-
day April I'd for choice of officers and
made the following selection for the en-
suing year.
Pres.-Amos Blazo.
Vice Pres.-MoseS M. Libby.
Sec.-Q. i. French.
Treas.-Eben BlaZo.
Trustees-Q. L. French, L, D. Stanley, Henry
N. Sawyer.
Sexton Cross.
TO. French and J. Fl. Rice are at work
at their trade painting at Freedom, N. II.
Gray.
DRY MILLS.
The masons commenced plastering S.
w. Fosters new house at the mills Mon
day.
Miss Oracle Dow is sick with the
mumps. F. W. Small is sick with bad
cold.
Miss Fannie Simons is stopping at VIM.
nj. Dow's for a short time.
Melvin Golf is at home from North
Arson Herbert Golf is at Bryant's
Pond on visit.
S. w. Foster has got the contract for
the brick work on the pulp mills at
Rumford Falls.
With the past few days of warm
weather the snow has about all disap-
peared.
Harpswen.
EAST HARPsWELL
The weather is very warm and spring
like, and the roads are beginning to set
tie, although still very bad.
1t has been very sickly here since '92
came in. There were four deaths on the
island last week, and ten within the last
two months, nearly all the result of pneu-
monia OF bronchitis.
Kennebunk.
At the annual meeting of the Kenne-
bunk Driving Park Corporation, the fol-
lowing officers were duly elected for the
ensuing year:
President-Chas. E. Sawyer.
President 7. Simpson.
Clerk-ChaS. I'll. Cole.
Treasurer-Dr. Frank M. Ross.
Directors-Warren KmbalI, A. W. Bragdon,
D. D. Gates, c. D. Mason, E. c. Fairfield. W. A.
Hall, Geo. w. Verrill, L. W. Nash, R. W.
Norton.
The track will be put in first class con-
dition at once and a two days meeting
ELL he held in II1na