The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-04
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by CORES
pondents of the Press.
Bethel.


hale's to organize new choir, composed
of the following: President, G. L. York;
Leader, J. FL. Carter; 0rganist, Mrs. G.
S. Littlehale; Secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. I. C. Jordan. Base, H. G. Carter
Tenor, G. A. York; Alto, Mrs. G. A.
York; Soprano, Miss Huse. They also
formed another choir to take the place of
the above in case of sickness or absence,
consisting of Mrs. l. G. Jordan, Mrs.
Harry Jordan, Mr.. and Mrs. Abiel Chand-
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. r. Goodwin and Miss
Alice Bean.
The Bethel butter factory is completed
and will be in operation in a few days.
They have 500 cows already engaged.
/ The editor of the Gorham Mountaineer
was in town on business Tuesday.
A monthly magazine is about to be
published in this place, 1t is to contain
about 100 pages, and is to be devoted to
literature, war pieces, farming, poultry,
etc. A. Chandler, Jr., editor.
Frank Leach and Fred |. Farwell are
publishing a monthly paper The fir t
copy will be out the middle of this
month.
Roberto. Grover, of Brockton, Mass,
and Mr.. Rowe of Boston, brother OF
e. &. e. G. Rowe of this town, have pur-
chased piece of land on Paradise hill,
and are making arrangements to build
large hotel to accommodate city board-
ers. It is estimated to cost $4,000.
Eben S. Kilburn has two houses, one
on Vernon street and the other on High
street, nearly completed.
I'll aY.Jc 1sot11 hnynn from
Chicago Saturday.
Beylon Rowe has gone to Boston and
New York to select his winter stock of
goods.
The Bethel corn factory put up 100000
cans of corn this season.
Sheriffs C. M. Wormwell and Hapgood
of this place, and Stone of Portland visited
the lakes and returned with three nice
deer.
Daniel Hastings and family from TIBET,
Mont, arrived in town Oct. 81 to spend
the winter Mr. Hastings left this place
five years ago and took up a sheep ranch
at Tibet, Mont He commenced with
1900 sheep; this year he had $500 sheep
and sold $500 lambs at So apiece. The
sheep yielded 1900 lbs of wool, which
he sold at 25 cents pound.
Abiel Chandler recently returned from
the South. During three weeks he trav-
eled 100 miles and visited the following
battlefield: Gettysburg, Harp rs Ferry,
Maryland Heights, Charleston. Winches-
ter, Cedar Creek, Fredericksburg, Little
Washington, Port Royal, Chancellors-
burg, City Point, Falls Church, A1exan-
dria, Mt. Vernon, Antietam.
PownaI.
from Our Regular Correspondent
A very pleasant social event for our
Young people was the Hallowe'e en- party
given BY Miss Linda Moves and Mr.. Ar
thur Warren at Mallett Hall, in honor of
Mrs. Frederick Sandford, on the evening
of the 31st Invitations were sent out to
about thirty and nearly all invited were
present. The games common to this o.
casion formed the amusement for the
evening and a very nice treat was also
served by Miss Noyes and Mr. Warren to
their young friends.
/ Schools closed throughout the town
on Friday of last week. A vacation of
four weeks will be given our pupils pre-
vious to the commencement Of the winter
terms.
Apple buyers are quite plenty in town
just at present. Many are disposing of
PSA
barrel.
Norway.
From our Regular Correspondent
| DR.. E. H. Cook, owing to poor health
and overwork, has decided to give up
practice and go to Florida for the win
ter.
There have been two cases of typhoid
fever lately, both proving fatal.
Most of the farmers are shipping their
apples at $l.50 per barrel for ones and
twos, which is the ruling price.
A cold wave came to town Tuesday
night resulting in few inches of snow
7 Business is uncommonly good All
the manufactures are run to their full
capacity.
T Hay is high and hard to be obtained,
$16 per ton being the ruling price.
( All neat stock and second class horses
are very low.
G. B. Cummings 6 Sons are running
their chair factory. They are now MAX
ing willow chairs of very elegant pat
tern, which attract much attention.