The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-06
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by CORES
pondents of the Press.
Gray.

Mrs. Bryant of Boston is at Mr.. John
| Maxwell's.
| Mr.. Russell Stimson of Deering has
| moved into the house of Alonzo Thomp-
son.
| 1t is rumored that o. W. Weeks has
leased his house to Mrs. Trip and sold
| his stock of millinery goods and will
move to Raymond.
Mr.. Fank Douglass has bought tim
Der lot of DIR. l.. T. Gushing and will cut
and haul tim Der to the mill of J. I. Mer-
rill.
The Gray Park Association have the
plans for new grand stand that they
will erect another season.
The gentlemen of the Congregational
Society will furnish supper and enter
tainment for the Ladies Circle, to be
held at the Town Hall Thursday even
ing, Nov. 8th. They will have supper
from S. to 7.45, after which they will
have their entertainment.
Mr.. Chas. Head and family will move
to Poland. Mr.. Head will be employed
by Mr.. j. 5. Sanborn on his stock farm,
Mr.. John E. Warren of Westbrook and
Mr.. Hammond of yarmouth were in town
on business last Friday.
Scarboro.
A CURIOUS HIGHWAY CAsE-oTHER
NOTES.
A town meeting was held Saturday to take
action on a question that has been agitat ting
the town for some time. The old post road
from Portland to Oak Hill, passes by the
land of George Gilman, just beyond Jones's
Hill. The road passes along a descending
slope, the land of George E Gilman lying
below it. Gilman's land has thus received
the wash OF the road. So about six years
ago Mr.. Gilman built an embankment sew
eral rods long on the>side of the road along
what he supposed to be his line. This en-
baLkment causes the road to be overlooked
to considerable depth at times. The Sc
lectmen, thinking the embankment in the
highway, petitfoned the county commits
sioners to define the highway. When this
was done it was shown that the embank-
ment was in the highway. But Mr.. Gilman
at once built a new embankment. Then
the town authorities tried to indict him be-
fore the grand jury for obstructing the
highway, but failed. Then the last legisla-
ture was asked to pass an act to allow mu-
nicipal officers to lay either open OF closed
bitches through private properly in order
to drain highways, and assess damages as
in case of laying out highways. The legis-
lature did SO and armed with this authority
the selectmen of Scarboro proceeded to dea
with Mr.. Gilman. They laid out, but did
not dig, two bitches. each four feet wide,
ACROSS Mr.. Gilman's land, and assessed dam
ages at twenty dollars. The meeting Sat
urday was called to ratify the selectmen's
doihgs. The attendance was not very large,
but Alexander Higgins being present, there
was plenty of oratory. 1t was decided that
the damages were excessive and the matter
was indefinitely postponed by a large ma
jority. So the water viii continue to stand
in the road.
Oak Hill Grange at Scarboro Beach will
take out their Jones scales and put in a
Fairbanks set.
Robinson's team was run into by Charles
Meserve's team. One of Robinsons wheels
was smashed.
MIR. Ira Foss, proprietor of the Checkley
House at Prout's reck, is king extensive
repairs in the house. He is raising the
whole hotel one story, making il five stories
high, and is adding wing sixty feet square.
He has also torn down his ice house and
is building larger one. The Checkley
House will begin next season with excellent
Accommodations for its guests. Mr.. Foss
WAS unabi take care of all who sought
his house les.s summer.
The Scan boro cabbage crop is larger this
year, than for many years.
Harpswen.