The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-11
Sherman.
SHERMAN MILLS.

is three weeks ahead of last year. Farm
ers are very busy putting in their crops.
A large part of the grain crop is already
sown, and large acreage is being seeded
down. Potatoes are being planted fast,
and more than two weeks earlier than
last year. Indications are that we shall
have good crop of apples.
The Free High School closed very
profitable term of ten weeks. taught
by Mr.. c. E. Perkins of Rockport, Me.
Mr. Perkins is engaged to teach the
terms of the advanced school at the vii
lage, and the high school the present
year.
Mr.. A.sleeper has sold his dwelling
and land adjoining to DR.. Harris OF Cole
brook, N. H., who will occupy it in
about three weeks. Mr.. Sleeper is pre-
pairing to build dwelling house at the
village the coming summer.
The mills are busy saving long and
short lumber day and night. There will
be considerable building in Sherman
and Staceyville the present season.
Machias.
EAST MAcHIAs.
Your readers here appreciate the bright
and newsy news as given to them from
week to week in the PRESS nothing
stale, but everything sparkling and
palatabIe to your readers.
SIS. Hall is employing large crew of
men building large barn in connection
with his premises.
Our mills are all running, and all
fair wages. Gray Brothers have opened
up new meat market, which speaks
loudly that they at least do not mind
the prevailing hard times.
DIR. Mcdonald is busy man. Quite
good deal of sickness.
Sanford.
sPRINGvALE.
The farmers are busy as bees in
field of clover.
Fernald Ham of Lexington, Mass, was
in town last week on his way to the
old homestead farm in Shapleigh. Mr..
Ham pastures lot of young cattle on
the old place which he takes along with
him.
The graduating class of the High
Sonool are making preparation for the
lemon social Wednesday evening OF this
week at Town Hall for the benefit of the
class.
s Solomon Morrison met with serious
accident while pruning an apple tree;
his knife slipped and severed an artery
in his arm, which was followed by a
large flow of blood. The physicians
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accounts he was doing well.
The social at Town Hall last week to
raise funds for painting the shoe factory
was very successful
The ladies of the Willard Relief Corps
held their third annual fair Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of last week and
made grand success.
Willard Post of the Grand Army cele-
brated their 18th anniversary at their
hall in Fogg's block Saturday evening,
April 2S.
Lharles A. Bodwel is to take the place
of E. K. Day as superintendent of the
Mousam River railroad.
We expect soon to be in connection by
telephone with the outside world, as
tion.
Gorham.
Today Captain s. G. Higgins will Gel
citrate his hundredth birthday, accord
ing to the programme already published
in the PRESS.
Gorham was much excited early Thurs
day morning by an attempt at burglary
Soon after midnight, Mr.. Lewis McLel-
Ian, who lives opposite the post Office,
was awakened by noise across the way
Getting up and looking out of the win-
dow he saw some men at work prying
open Gu6 pOSb OLlCO uOOIs l. HIS was UlG
sound which had aroused him. He list
ened until he had made sure that he had
discovered a gang of thieves. Then he
got revolver and fred five shots in the
air in order to scare the burglars away.
He succeeded in accomplishing his OBJ
ject.
Mr.. Mcclellan dressed himself and went
for the postmaster. Together the two
men proceeded TO the post office. There
they found the tools OF the burglars but
nothing had been stolen. Mr.. MoLellan's
revolver had prevented any loss.
Mr.. Mcclellan and the postmaster then
went down the street and saw man
coming towards them in wagon They
commanded him to stop, and IN their
excitement gave him bad scare, but he
proved 20 be a well known citizen. He
said that he was driving from Westbrook
to Gorham, and that he had met two
men few minutes before. When the
men saw him they hid themselves be-
hind the fence. When he had passed
Uhey come out and made off at the top of
their speed towards Westbrook.
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