The Portland daily press., 1892-05-12
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Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.

AteHs Oh interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Boothbay.
Farmers about town are pretty well
along with their planting; there are a
few who are waiting for more moderate
and warmer weather.
John Mcfarland still remains quite
miserable; not much hope is entertained
for his former health, as he is now get
ting to be well along in years. His son
Reuben, who was notified of his failing
health and came home from Boston, re-
turned Monday.
Mrs. ]. M. Lord is visiting friends in
Boston for short time.
David A. Reed has been delivering
nursery stock the last week.
John G. Spinney has bought the Gil
man Hodgdon farm and moved thereon.
He will soon make improvements.
E. G. Dodge will saw the lumber for
Norris & Gays boarding house, which
is to be built as soon as the lumber is
ready. They have their stable about
completed
The flag raising at Boothbay Centre
Friday afternoon drew out large at
tendance. Supper was served, and
grand good time the result.
Willard Merry, whose home was burned
i'll the disastrous fire here few weeks
ago, has, we understand, bought place
IN Bristol, he having received by sub
scrlptlon enough money to make the pur-
chase of four hundred dollars.
Mrs. BENZ. E. Mason, who has been
confined to her house by sickness. re-
mains about the same.
Mrs. Silas Howard is very sick. No
hopes of her recovery.
Sheriff Kelly, had a slight of pneumo-
MIA last week while attending court at
Wiscasset, but is now able to be about.
Rumford.
SOUTH RUMFoRD.
Cold winter winds are lingering in the
lap of May.
Grass grows slowly, and hay is scarce.
Farmers are busy with spring work.
and are having good weather to do it, so
dry and cool.
Never saw Androscoggin river SO low
through April before. Must be slow
river driving. A few Jams of lumber
TO be seen, but it is mostly poplar pulp
stock.
Grass has not started enough so we
can tell how much was winter killed.
indications are that apple trees will
blossom very full.
Erastus Abbott while working about
his penstock fell about four feet on to
the rocks and was seriously injured, He
is now able to be move about the room
with a cane and chair
Geo. Busno, a French Canadian. has
bought the R. D. Wyman farm and
moved on to it.
A. D. Putnam has rented the Allen
house and moved on to it.
The business boom at the Falls is CIV
ing. an increase to business for sew
eral miles around.
The farm houses swarm with work.
men borders, where they can be enter
tanned on both sides of the river from
J. <. Welches, mile above the Falls. to
Burgess hill / mile below.
Inc suburbs of the Falls city are being
iotted out and sold. Virgin Bros. at
head OF Falls have laid out a street to be
called Virgin street, and put several
ceres into acre lots, and have already
sold several at $50 each. Some of the
purchasers will build right away.
Mr. Morrison, sun-in-law of Freeland
Howe, Norway. is boarding with his
family at F. P. Putnam's S. Mr.. Morrison
will build an insurance Office at the Falls
Immediately, where he will locate in the
insurance business.
Your correspondent visited the Falls
last Thursday, and thus early in the sea-
son found it very busy place. I found
new buildings approaching complition.
timber for others, cellars being dug and
stoned and crews at work completing the
canal. But the most interesting Mace
was the Pulp and Paper Mills, here work
men were quarrying excellent granite
only few rods from where it is used
for massive walls for the mills to rest
upon. Men were laying wall, men carry-
ing stone, others digging a bank down
forty feet, engineers putting I'D levels
for walls etc. At the lower end of the
canal found large crew at work grad
ing railroad so that track can be laid
on Canal street. The car loads of build |
ing material can be delivered almost on
the spot where it is to be used in build |
ing the MILL
Porter.
KEAZER FALLS.
John Towle this last week killed
black snake some four feet long. This
is thehrst one that has has been seen in
TINS section. 1t is thought that he came
ffom Mine pond region.
rev. MT. Palmer preached at the Meth
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