The Portland daily press., 1893-04-20
MAINE TOWNS.
Items OF Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Marlborough.
SOUTH WATERFORD.

SOUTH WATERFORD
ltrom our Regular Correspondent
Mr.. j. II. Downes, the pantaloons and
vest manufacturer, is building large
addition to his shop and will put in more
machinery, which will enable him to
turn out 400 garments per day, instead of
300 as heretofore.
The town of Lyman has purchased Of
Charles w. Smith two yokes of oxen.
whose aggregate weight is 1000 pounds
The price paid for the four was $780,
They are to work. on the road machine
instead of horses.
MI. O. B. Emery has taken into part
nership Mr.. James O'Brien in The grain
and Hour business at Springvale, and in
the new steam mill here. Work on the
new mill is progressing favorably
we have heard of one farmer who has
planted potatoes and peas. Should say
he was a little premature. q
Three inches OF snow fell on the 10th
INST. which soon melted, increasing an
already unpleasant amount of mud and
water in the roads. At this writing the
roads are drying rapidly.
Mr.. Oren G. Boothby has taken Mr.. A.
A. Quinby into partnership in the black
smith business. Mr.. Boothby is a great
sufferer from rheumatism, and is wholly
unable to meet the demands of his Gus
toners.
Deacon Thomas Clarke of LYMAN.
while on his way to North Berwick on
Saturday. 18th inst, had narrow escape
from death. The forward wheel OF his
carriage struck a piece of ice causing
the coupling that held the shaft to the
axletree to break and let the crossbar
upon the horse. The horse kicked and
freed himself from the wagon, and Mr.
Clarke was thrown violently forward in
to the middle of the road. Two men
who were at work near fastened to his
assistance, carried him to the nearest
house, and made him as comfortable as
possible until evening, when he was con
veyed to his home, a distance of 10 miles,
No bones appear to be broken. but his
neck and shoulder were severely strained
Mr.. Clarke is over 70 years old. in poor
health. and it is feared he will never fully
recover from the effects of his fall. -
Cumberland.
CUMBERLAND CENTRE.
from Our Regular Correspondents
E. q. Reed has sold his farm on futile
to 5. S. j. Porter and W. II. Rowe, who
will use the same for stock farm.
There will be the usual Fast day SER
vices at the church at IL o'clock a. m.
w. A. Thurston dealer in meats at this
place has failed.
School in district No. 8 began last
Monday under charge of Margaret E.
Rev. Matt S. Hughes will deliver the
address before the alumni of Greedy In
stitute, Friday evening May 10Th at In
stitute Hall.
The many friends of Capt. Frederic
Cricket will be pleased to see him at
home again after long absence.
The graduating class at the Institute
consists of seven. The exercises occur
Friday afternoon May 18th.
The annual parish meeting is called for
next Monday afternoon
Inc annual church meeting was held
last Tuesday evening at the vestry. The
following officers were chosen:
Moderator-Rev. f. w. Davis.
Clerk-F. III. Chase
treasurer. Il. Sweetsr,
limerick
[From our Regular Correspondent
The North York Sabbath School .Asso-
citation, of which Alpheus S. Hilton is
president and Joseph Moulton secretary.
will hold Sunday school convention at
the Congregational church at Limerick
May 2. Following will be the programme:
200 p. m.-Praise and prayer service.
2. 80 p. inflow do teach my Sunday school
lesson? Mrs. A. NJ. Towle Miss Jennie Haynes
200 p. ma model, Sunday school. A S.
Il liton, superintendent Roscoe G. Smith, as
slstant; L. 5. Perry, teacher.
$50 p. m.-Criticisms of the convention
: "a 3.45 ?. m.-Recitations by Sunday school
400 p. MI Business.
$50 p. m.-PrayeI meeting.
700 p. m.-Chorus. Temperance address:
Are r W we awake Rev. G; A. Chapman.
Haynes. -
500 p. m.-Address, Rev. David Martyn
Cape Elizabeth
lFrom Our Regular Correspondents
Mr.. Sumner n. Dyer of Bowery B each
is very sick with typhoid pneumonia.
Miss Lucinda Robinson, who has been
spending the winter at Freeport, has re-
turned home.
Mr.. Alanson Staples is visiting friends
at Bowery Beach.
The cabpages are not all gone from the
cape yet. The farmers are going to mar
ket with loads of them every day.
The school at Pond Cove commenced
Monday, with Lucy A. Verrill for teach |
er.
The farmers are blowing some, but as
yet nothing has been planted but few
onions.
. Mr.. John Dearborn has his cellar dug
for his new house.
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
The ice in Moosehead Lake is strong
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