The Portland daily press., 1893-09-21
MAINE TOWNS.
Items u Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.

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Boothbay.
! John Gilpatrick has. bought the late
Charles F. Murray farm; his son-ln-laW,
Christopher Dickinson, will occupy the
place.
The following named persons were
drawn Saturday to serve as juors -at the
Supreme Judicial Court. Evard G.
Dodge and John p. Reed. traverse; Benz.
M. Giles, grand
Mr.. A. P. Giles, superintendent OF
Knickerboeker Ice Works, has gone to
Philadelphia to take charge of repairs of
the company there. Isaac Sudds has
also gone on to assist. The, company
have shipped no ice from mere TINS
i season.
Willard H. Adams has purchased the
VIM. Daniel house.
/ Pigs are quite plenty in this vicinity
and selling for 81. 90 apiece.
Freeport
/ DR.. H. F Twitchell of Portland, former
/ ly of Freeport, has been in town the past
few days collecting.
1t is said that nearly 80 scholars are
taking the High School course at pres
emit. There is seating capacity Tor only
about 60 at the High School building.
The teachers in the rural districts are
hearing the recitations OF those VINO can,
not be accommodated in the Central
High School building. This is the
largest attendance since the founding OF
the school in 1873 The present teachers
are very popular With hardly one ex-
ception the teachers have been always
liked and well sustained, and this year IS
no exception to former ones.
l ~ "a ct tfn &
boarded, and is very imposing struc-
ture. 1t is three stories high and covers
a space of 50xS0 feet, the length being
on Main street.
Mr.. Nichols will soon have the Bailey
place ready for occupancy.
Mr.. Levi M. Bailey is moving his resi-
| dence and shop to new lot on the street
leading to South Freeport, and will fit it
up in first class order. Aside from the
building of several houses for various
| purposes business cannot be said to be
very brisk. Freeport is feeling the
stringency of hard times fully as much
as her sister towns.
! Mcmillan, Rufus..ss Randall and David
i Spear, are members of the Freshman
class of Bowdoin this year. Mitchellsand
Soule, of the Sophomore class and Bert
Russ. of the. Junior class The young
men are improving the opportunity they
have for gaining asgood education. More
students have graduated from college
or are now mem ersssince the foundation
of the High School than in all the years
| previous since THE Organization OF the
low x BrldasdA.
Three candidates were baptized at the
shore of Long Lake last Sunday after
noon by Rev. Mr.. Parlin, pastor of the
Methodist church.,
Colds are very common, almost cpl
| demic in fact, at the present time.
/ Messrs. Greensmith and Winchester i,
referees in the matter of the insurance on
the Bridgton & Saco River railroad
engines burned in the late fire here, were
in town one day last week.
| Work on theBridgton Tannery progress
es rapidly, the outside being covered
The boiler house of brick in the rear OF
the main building is well underway, both
the material and gworkmen in this case
coming from Raymond.
The weather continues fairly warm in
this town, and hard frosts have not yet
put in an appearance, SO that farmers
have abundant time to bring their sweet
corn to the shop for packing. In Naples
last week the frosts were SO severe as to
spoil quite part of the crop.
Rev. Gardner Holmes, formerly of
Maine, but recently of Butte City, Mon
tana, is stopping in town with his
family, and will make quite an extended
stay.
New Gloucester.
The New Gloucester and:Danville A girl
| cultural Association will hold their third
annual exhibition Oct. 3rd and 4th at
their fair grounds at Upper Gloucester,
An epidemic of colds and sore threats
seems to be going through the town.
Mrs. Fairfield and daughter of Port
and. are visitingrat il G. Benefits.
Work at the cefn canning factory is
nearly over. The quantity canned falls
below the average about one-third.
There was a - missionary tea" at the
Congregational parsonage on Tuesday
afternoon. fE "
At the annual meeting of the W. CT.
u. the old board Of officers were re-elect-
ed
The repairs on. the Congregational
church get on sowly. The masons have
nearly completed their work.
There will be a sociable at the vestry
Saturday evening in the interests of the
i Ups q.
J.H. Hamilton, State Organsizer of
Good Templar Lodges, was in town last
week, and an attempt was made to re-
vive Chandler Lodge, which has been
practically dead for about two years.
officers, and it is hoped that interest may
be aroused and the lodge put once more
in running order.
! Ric Inn ond.
Mr.. william Small, an old resident of
Richmond, died suddenly at his home
in that village Tuesday morning of
heart disease. He had been doing his
usual work about his place few minutes
before his death.
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| Tha Roxvdo;rham Meeting
Pennington, September 90 The meet