The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-08
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Sanford.
sPRINGvALE.

Sanford.
| SPRINGvALE.
Mr.. G. W. Gowen has been appointed
store keeper at Kittery navy yard.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Goodwin have
returned from Chicago.
The many friends of Frank A. Clark
ar, glad to see him out again after his
long illness.
Mr.. d. M. Frye has gone to New Haven,
Conn, in the interest Of the New Eng
land Order of Protection.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Manning of Newbury-
port. Mass, visited here last week at her
nephew's, Albert Sayward's.
The cotton mills, which have been shut
down a short time for repairs, have start
ed up with slight reduction in wages.
Mr.. H. I.Lord, of Biddeford put a
quantity of land-locked salmon into the
| Long Mousam pond in Shapleigh last
week
The closing lecture of the Free Baptist
30, by Rev. H. F. Wood of Bath. The
subject was Italy Illustrated with
stereopticon views. A large and appre.
ciative audience was in attendance
/ The Baptist Lecture Course opened
Monday evening, Move in Town Hall
with a reading BY Mrs. Priest of Man
chester, N. H. The hall was we'll filled
and the audience was well pleased with
the entertainment.
| During the 80 days ending Oct.26 there
were received at the Springvale post
ONCE 4, 100 pounds of mail and 2217 were
| sent out during til same time.
| A family reunion occurred Oct. 20 at the
residence of Charles B. Hooper in Shap-
leigh, who resides on the old Hooper
homestead. Several were present from
Springvale, also from Beverly, Mass It
was day of much enjoyment to all,
and especially to those who rambled
| over the haunts of childhood.
| Hon. H.. w. Cakes of Auburn, Supreme
Warden of the New England Order of
Protection, and Judge LIP. Deming,
Grand Warden Of New Haven, Conn.,,
| tainment by TT. hayden Lodge, No. 115,
\ Tuesday evening, Oct. "a, at the Town
Hall. Music and speeches were among
the entertainments. The hall was filled
to it's utmost capacity.
| j. Albert Sayward has been In
| the employ of the Portland & Rochester
R.R. Co. at their station in Springvale,
! 1870 with the exception of a few months
| illness, three years ago, when more help
was employed. Since his recovery he
| has been station agent. The ticket agent
| has recently left, with "a deficit in his
accounts, and MIR. Sayward lis again in
| the ticket office.
The telephone recently put in by the
this village and Sanford is in full opera
tion and has proved success.
Rev. f. A. Poole, of Sanford, who has
! been in the Maine General Hospital for
sometime, having had surgical opera
ton, is reported as rapidly recovering.
| The Mounsam River Railroad Co. is
erecting car shed at the end of the spur
/ ing is so feet in length and 16 wide. 1t
| will accommodate two passenger cars
| and the freight locomotive. r.
| Portland sporting men are talking
about a dog fight for purse of $50 which
was fought Monday night in an old de-
serted barn in West Buxton.
Many Portland and Saco sports were in
attendance and great deal of money
| changed hands. The victorious dog
| named Apache" hailed from North
Conway. He weighed ~ 10 pounds, was
a pure white with peculiar mark over
his left eye. Apache is a son of SLAP
Jack, the famous fighting dog of Michi-
gan and is eighteen months old. The
| other brute weighed SO 1-2 pounds, was a
brindle and game from the start. His
supporters claim that the fight was won
| by trickery.
| The barn was lighted by lanterns and
the pit was formed of stakes driven into
the ground and connected by ropes. At
| IL. Is O'Clock the dogs were placed in tn q
ring and Immediately rushed at one an
other in a ferocious manner. At first it
seemed as if the North Conway dog
would be chewed up into shoe strings
| by the older and heavier brute, but the
| little fellow had lots of grit and when he
got hold upon his antagonist held on
| like grim death. After Is minutes of
swapping and chewing the supporters of
water into the pit. aSport,p the Saco
| favorite, Immediately made a dash for it
and was grabbed by the neck by Apache
| who would not break his hold The fight
ended in rs minutes with Apache" the
owner of the $50. Both dogs were ex-
hausted and 1.-The Saco animal bore evil
dence of desperate conflict. Portland
sports, about twenty of whom were in
attendance, dropped about 800 on the
Saco animal while the Saco sports lost
still more. 1t is rumored that dog
named Cribs, owned in Portland, will
soon meet the North Conway victor
GRAY.
DRY MILLS.
Mrs. Jerry Martin, who has been stop
ping at her aunt's, Mrs. Joseph Nc
Donald's, is going to keeping house at
Gray Corner.
Miss Eva McConkey.is at home from
Yarmouth for a few days.
Mrs Frank Quint is sick with rheu m at
ic fever.
George A. Morrill, will move to Port
land soon.
George Hill Of Windham, will move
into G. A. Morrill's house at the Mills.
Mrs. Leavitt will live with her son,
Charles Mason, for the present.
Miss Stiles will close a very successful
| term of school Friday.
HI. Morse was at Pennington Tues
day.