The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-09
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Chebeasue.

Chebeague.
Mr.. Ed ward W. Hamilton and wife en-
tered their new residence Saturday OF
last week, and in the evening his friends
and relatives gave him house-warming.
Many valuable presents were received
both of useful articles and money, val
ued in all at nearly sixty dollars. The
young folks enjoyed themselves in a
lively way in the old home near by,
while the older ones had a more quiet
entertainment in the new house. Mr..
Hamilton being called upon by those
present responded with a few able re-
marks. We can congratulate the owner
on the excellent plan of his new home
it being of modern style and one of the
prettiest buildings on the islands.
Mr.. l. S. Hill and Miss Strout were
united in marriage last week at the
home of the BRIDES mother. Relatives
of bride and bridegroom were present
We also announce the marriage of Charlie
Kicker and Cora Cole, both of this place.
Hollis Centre
Our little village is very busy place.
No one is unemployed who chooses to
work, and the lumber business is very
mills is dotted with teams loaded with
lumber of some sort Large quantities
of toothpick wood are shipped from this
station, and there is hardly family but
has from two to five barrels of -four on
hand. A. L. Bradbury sold at retail one
day recently fifty-one barrels of -four.
Smith brothers are doing good business
and the depression of business has really
not been felt here, but the grippe has put
in an al,Deo1anna and Soma half score
are suffering from its effects.
earle & Sons are filing from their
pond the ice houses of the citizens of the
village, having put in for Frank Moul-
ton, &C. Berry, A. B. Burnham, B. S.
Littlefield, WI. Bradbury, Oliver Han
son, James Knight, A. r. Dyer and
Smith Brothers, and expect this week to
fill one for Leroy Moulton.
Stephen Smith has a COW that dropped
a calf January 4th. that weighed 13S
pounds.
~~~.Those engaged in lumber hauling for
the two lumpr dealers here, Bradbury,
and Littlefiela, besides their own teams,
are Isaac Wooaman, two horses, Summer
Woodman, two horses, w. A. Roberts, six
oxen aud two horses, ]. B. Tarbox, two
horses, Jason Brown, four oxen, Oren
Hanson, four oxen, Josiah York, four
oxen. Collins Haley, two horses, also
several others. Littlefisld and Bradbury
each have four or five teams of their
own at work and all going from one to
eight trips per lay.
The Colciougl machine sh OPP is run
1ingsfull blast, often all night and
Sunday.
standish.
The usual festivities were observed at
the Congregational church on Christmas
evening. The Trees were if anything
more beautiful tfan inbformer years, a
proof of the untirlng zealnof one who by
her generosity has gladdeaed the hearts
of the children At Christmas tide for
twenty-five consecutive years. Many
hearts have been made to rejoice at tok-
ems of brane, and eyes to sparkle
at sight of sweets placed before them.
Not the children alpne. but their elders,
including the aged and infrm, have
been kindly remembered
ScaIboro.
Mr.. Charles W. Libby has been APP
pointed postmaster in place of Mr.. J.
Herbert Libby, removed
William Bowley. young son of David
Bowley, caught his handin the machin-
cry of the saw mill and his hand was
taken off.