The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-12
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fall on beam, fracturing some OF the
ribs on his right side.
MI. Charles e. Libby will clear the lot
of timber owned by MI. +. i. Clark, this
winter.
Dr.. E. A, McCollisters horse, attached
to top carriage, ran away last week. he
jumped two board and two barbed wire
fences, landing in Luther Hills henyard
where his head struck tree, whicq tenn
porarily laid him out. The carriage was
strewn along the route.
Mr.. VIM. Doherty and Mr.. Charles Rus
sell of Garland, have contracted to make
the cans for 81. f. Webb &. Co.'s corn
shop. They have hired the house for
merly occupied by the late Henry Fen
nell.
WEST GRAY.
AT the regular meeting of Mystic Di-
bers were elected:
W. P.-Jacob P. Morrell.
w. A.--Minnie I. Allen.
r. S.--Albert PennelL
A. r. S.-Jennie G. Allen.
F. S.--DaVid F. Huston.
Treasurer-Will III. Adams.
Conductor-Martha j. Campbell.
Assistant Conductor-Edith M. Allen.
/. S.-George Black.
O. S.-Willie Foster.
on Saturday evening, January 16. The
public are cordially invited to attend.
There is now about inches of light
snow, not enough for good sleighing but
passable. Wheels are used about as
much as runners.
The family of Charles S. Adams has
been increased by the addition of a son.
Miss Lucy A. Lawrence has been quite
sick with the grippe, but is now conva-
! lescent.
| The recent rains have been sensibly
| felt by the streams in this vicinity, but
the ponds show only small rise as yet
| perhaps from one-fourth to one third the
distance from the extremely low point to
their usual height. The ice is not strong
enough for teams and in some places is
not safe to cross on foot.
| Some fine strings of pickerel are being
taken from Moose Pond by our local
sportsmen; thirteen fish weighing over
fifty pounds were said to have been
brought home from there recently by one
| man.
| A little snow but hardly enough to
make any getting about on runners, was
the result Of our last storm.
Stock-taking and its attendant hard
order of the day this week in most of our
stores.
The installation of the officers of Far
gut Post G. A. r., last Saturday evening
occurred Notwithstanding the bad wealth
er, and was followed as it usually is by a
good time generally.
Fl. G. Larrabee is sick and confined to
his house.
Our oldest citizen, Rufus Gibbs is re-
ported to be gaining.
| South Paris.
| Herbert L. Whitman, while at home
| from Colby University, January 4th, saw
| live frog disporting itself in a small
| brook near the village.
| Capt. Fl. N. Bolster has had a hot
| water heating apparatus put into his
large and commodious house on Hill
street.
Thus far the epidemic has seemed to
skip our village, but colds and lung
troubles are prevalent
The heating apparatus for the school
house cost about $1,000
Rev. G. E. Angel of Norway preached
| at G. A. r. hall Sunday afternoon. She
is an able speaker and always has good
audience.
W. D. Clark is to open grocery store
in a few days.
MARROW ESCAPE FROM A SERIOUS ACCT
DENT.
A painful accident was averted day
OF two ago by nothing but pure good
luck. Miss Helen Eaton, daughter of
G. G. Eaton, was returning from our vii
lage in her carriage along the river road,
when she was run into by the team of
George Edgecomb. Miss Eaton was in
stantly thrown out and struck her head
against the post and rail fence, which
steep embankment of u or Is feet
/ into Saco river An ample coil of hair
prevented serious injury.
A. K. P. Lord is confined to his house
with the grippe.
Saco river is still even. We can get
along very well now without ice, but
how will it be next August?
East Raymond,
Rev. ]. A. Libby preached in the I'm
ion chapel last Sabbath.
P. NJ, E. C. Hall installed the follow
ing officers of Lakeside Grange last
Thursday evening for the ensuing year:
Master-L. n. Jordan
| ON6TSc6f-W. .. SoIc
| Secretary--J. III. Thorpe.
| Chaplain-M. N. Thorpe.
| Lecturer-E. L. Strout
| Stewards. R. Leavitt
| Assistant Steward-C. K. Thorpe.
| TreaSurer--S. B. Nash.
Gate Keeper. V. Hail.
| Ceres-Annie Leavitt.
| FIora---Nettie Leayitt.
| Pomona-Annie Hulme.
Lady Assistant Steward-Lucy P. Cole.
W. H. Coffin is quite i'll with the grippe.
Mumps are prevailing quite extensive
ly here at present.
Wells are filling quite fast.
| Gorham.
The following is the programme for
ladies' hour during the meeting of the
Cumberland County Pomona Grange, to
! be held here Wednesday:
Song. Miss Cassie F. Hanson