The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-05
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.

| FROM our hoSuifbi SOtiCSpOuu6nUI
REUNION OF THE TWELFTH MAINE VOL
UNTEERS.
The Annual Reunion of the 18th Maine
Regiment will be held at Bethel Thurs
dav. August 18th. Tickets will be sold
by the M. C. R. to nearest junction points
with the G. T. r., one fair round trip.
! Also the G. T. r. will issue tickets at
stations between Island Pond and Port
land for one fair for round trip. Tickets
are good to come on the 18th and 18th,
| and for return until the Goth. The Port
Ian Steam Packet company will return
comrades at half fare.
The celebrated horse Nelson will give
an exhibition mile at Riverside Park on
| the 18th. IS
Phillis May, the famous New Hamp-
shire pfima donna, who has not been
| heard at Bethel for four years, will make
her first appearance since her return
| from Europe at Odeon Hall Wednesday
evening, August 10th. The celebrated
artist, Mr. Louis Miller, the lyric tenor,
MI. E. G.. Hopper, the brilliant pianist,
and Miss May Bagmer, O. B., the talent
ed reader, who won the gold medal at the
| Conservatory College of Cratory for first
prize in recifation, will take part.
The ladies of the Universaist society
will hold their annual fair at Ideal Hall
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
Aug, 10th, 18th and 18th.
Tie Island Pond Vermont base ball
club will make their appearance at Bethel
Wednesday to play with the Bethel club.
Our hotels and Broadway houses are
fast filling up. The Bethel House has
now some fifty guests; the Luck Moun-
| tain house has "A. Edwin Stone. ESQ.,,
and family of Biddeford, and Miss II. G..
Marshall Of Rochester, are spending a
few weeks atithe Alpine House.
With a few exceptions the farmers
about here have finished haying. Al
though the crop will fall short about
one-fourth, it is of excellent quality and
has been secured in the best condition
Potatoes and corn have suffered very
much by the dry weather. The apple
crop bids fair to be a light crop. The
trees blossomed abundantly, but seem
to be dropping badly.
Stinson Parker has bought out the fur
niture business of Cole Bros. and have
taken possession.
Miss III. NJ. Staples of Hanover has
been appointed Lady Commissioner to
the Worlds Fair. Miss Staples is fine
French scholar besides understanding
other European languages.
Capt. Frank burlington from San Fran
cisco is spending a few weeks in Bethel.
He was formerly master of the Inflated
ship st. Charles.
The Ladies M. E. Social Circle will
give an entertainment at the Woman s
Relief Corps room next Thursday even
ing. Ice and cake will be served.
Capt. Robert B. Grover of Brockton,
Mass, who manufactures the Emerson
shoe is spending a vacation with his
family in Bethel, his native home.
Powna1.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DEATH
OF THE LATE TRUE FUTILE.
[From Our Regular Correspondent
One of the. saddest.. accidents which
ever occurred here took place on Tues
near West Pownal Depot, which resulted
in the death of Mr.. True Tuttle, one of
our elderly and most respected citizens.
The crossing at this station is a
peculiar and most dangerous one. AS
one is driving towards it from the north,
he is obliged to rise steep hill, immed-
lately below reaching the crossing, and
the train as it comes from the west,
sweeps around an arm or curve and
through quite a deep cut before it
reaches the crossing; SO that even the
whistle and bell, when the air is heavy,
as it was on Tuesday, often fails to reach
one above the rumble of the carriage
as they are rising the ascent. And in
driving from the other way a very high
hill shuts in the sound and makes it
almost equally bad. This is the testi-
mony of hundreds who have hardly es-
capped similar occurrence,
AS the depot is some distance from the
crossing, the speed of the trains is often
not materially slackened before the cross
ing is passed. That such in this instance
must have been the case, is made evil
thrown 65 feet from the crossing where
his team was struck by the approaching
train.
Life was not extinct when he was
taken up and carried to the house of Mr..
Rufus Skillings and it was two hours be-
fore he ceased to breath.
Mr.. Tuttle was a prosperous farmer,
and prominent Mason, and his sad
untimely death, for he was man of vig-
orOus health, is a matter of deep regret
to his citizens. Mr.. futile leaves
widow but no children. Funeral ser
vices were held at his late residence on
Thursday afternoon but the remains
were taken to Deering for interment.
That this crossing has so long been al
lowed to remain with no protection for
the passover, until the death of one of
our most respected citizens, resulting
from the negligence of the railroad COM
pany, causes righteous indignation to
rise in the hearts of many of our towns
people. Some years ago committee
were chosen to confer with the company
regarding the erection of proper safe
guard against accident with what results
this sad case gives answer.
Now it is to be hoped that with no de-
lay some necessary means will at once be
taken to secure the safety of the scores
Of human beings, who unavoidably in the
discharge of their daily duties are
obliged to pass over this crossing.
Scarboro.
THE WORK ON THE NEW MEETING
HOUSE.
Work is now going on rapidly on the
new meeting house of the old First
Parish church of Scarboro. The founda-