The Portland daily press., 1893-03-09
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Sherman.
SHERMAN MILLS.

The past winter has been peculiar in
some respects. There has been the light
est fall of snow by the first of March OF
any winter for the past half century.
There is now about 20 inches of light
snow in the woods. The depth of frost
in the ground and the thickness of ice on
the lakes and rivers is unprecedented.
Lumbermen are doing good business
landing their lumber from the yards,
and men and teams find employment at
good wages. There will be more than
the usual cut of lumber put in in this
vicinity the present winter.
joys and Young's mills are being
well supplied with lumber. Both mills
have rotaries, shingle machines, and
lathes, and joys has a planer. Joy will
manufacture from 1000, 900 to 5000, 00O
Of shingles the present season.
Ten miles of the B. & A. railroad from
the west line of Aroostook county tow
ards Houlton is graded and accepted
and the ties are now being piled up in
piles about 100 feet apart over the road.
Indications are that large force of men
and teams will soon be put on, and that
the entiie distance from Brownsville to
Presque Isle will be graded, and much of
tie distance the rails laid the present
season, Two large parties Of gentlemen
and ladies with teams passed over the
road from the county line to Island Falls
three weeks ago, returning by the Houl-
ton road, being round trip of 26 miles,
and one highly enjoyed by all. There is
a tangent of ID miles running entirely
through Stacyville, Sherman and part
pf, Crystal. It. is supposed to be the
longest tangent in the State, 1T not IN
New England. Standing on the height
of land between the Molunkus and Mat
tawainkeag water could be seen hve
miles westerly and four miles easterly.
- All our public schools are progressing
finely that have not closed, and the sum-
ii1ef and winter terms have been long
and profitable ones.
Our annual town election occurs on
-~@es=s<ss~s GRAY.
[From Our Regular Correspondent
There will be dance at the town hall
Friday evening Mar. 18th.
IL The Golden Cross society have Hull
C0rnlsupper at the town hall Friday
evening, Mar. 10th.
rHltes w Liz LUIGI W 1dS SO4ACl dOlClN W
MAKE the cans for the shop of Fl. F.
Webb si& Co. at this place. They will
probably have from three to four hun
.dTed acres of corn the coming season.
Mr. Richard Andrews, son of DR.. E. T.
Andrews, came home ten days ago from
Bowdoin College sick. He is threatened
with fever
y. The graduating class of Pennell Ipsti-
,ture for '03 visited Lewiston last week
and called on Fassett and Bassett. we
shaven'ts learned how the camera stood
1T faAsss9S
from Our Regular Correspondent
Asa. D. True, for several years con-
.nected with the grocery firm of E. n.
Tnhhss q Co., was stricken with apo
plexY Wednesday noon and died Friday
eyening, aged 35 years. He leaves a
widowed mother, wife and one child.
VI V'afs Cumberland.
J{s.Es as' CUMBERLAND CENTRE.
- gIFrom Our Regular Correspondent
Rev. G. W. Hinckley, Supt. ofIthe Good
Will Farm at East Fairfield, gave an in
teresting account of the founding of the
farm and of the work being there, at
this place last Sunday afternoon.
e. r. Mrs. e. P. w. True of Woodfords spent
saifeM' days with friends at this place last
week.
The spring term at Greeley Institute
opened last Monday morning.
sslArthe annual meeting of The Y. P. S.
g. e. Held last week the following offic-
ers were chosen for the current term:
President-W. H. Rowe.
Vice Presidential. F. Sweetser.
dacA md TreaS.--PhiiiD L.. Blanchard.
Chairman .of Prayer meeting Coma. w.
! Doughty.
y tChtsirman of Social Com.-Laura L. Herrck.
j, Chairman of Temperance Comp. NJ. Leigh
chairman of Missionary Conn.,. B. os-
Chairman of Music Coma. S. Chase.
y, Mrs. Levi Lufkin a former resident of
this place has been spending few weeks
SatsNrs. Capt. Crockett's.
IL Minnie Darling who has been living for
s4tfiet past three years at Mr.. Jordan
,ABrown's has left there and gone to Sam
,stsd Merrill's.
Rev. Matt S. Hughes gave an interest
ing lecture at Greeley Institute Hall,
on. Thursday evening of last week to a
good house.
Next Saturday evening if pleasant the
members of Diadem Lodge will have an
oyster supper.
North Yarmouth.
EAST NORTH YARMOUTH.
rFrom Our Regular Correspondents
School in Dist. No. g., closed Friday
after very successful term of thirteen
weeks taught by Miss Mary A. Lawrence
In the evening the scholars had party
in the school house. A short, entertain
Haent was given and the rest of the even
ing spent in games. Mrs. Jas. Lawrence
has been visiting relatives in Yarmouth.
Miss Jennie G. Soule of Boston spent
Sunday at Jas. Lawrence's.
The NJ. E. Circle met at Mrs. David
Sweetsir's, West Pownal. Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. w. G. Freeman spent Sunday in
Portland with her niece, Mrs. Addison
S. Thayer.
Sweetsir & Loring have contracted
to furnish ice to be used at the Wescus-
togo Hotel the coming season.
The first carload of lumber for the con-
struction of the -Wescustogo hotel has
arrived.