The Portland daily press., 1894-03-01
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pondents of the Press.
Sanford.
sPRINGvALE.

Sanford.
sPRINGvALE.
Schools closed here Feb. IS, after a
successful term. A former resident Of
Sanford, MIR. F "A. Allen, of Boston. has
presented the High School in Sanford
with an elegant flag l4x24 feet.
Miss Ella f. Moody has opened priv
ate school for the instruction of Interme-
diate pupils.
Rev. c.. E. Spear, of Sanford, and Rev.
Mr.. Osgood of this village, exchanged
pulpits last Sunday.
A series of evangelical meetings began
at the Free Baptist church last Sunday.
Evangelists &c. Lewis and Frank VII
cox, of Boston, will conduct the servlc-
es.
Beacon Light Lodge of Good TemplaS
are to celebrate the Goth anniversary Of
the Hon. Neal Dow's birthday. A. COM
mittee has been appointed to make sulta-
BILE arrangements. Constable a; W. allen,
of this village, was presented with a
beautiful gold badge of office, by friends
in Biddeford, where he has done good
service in decreasing the rum traffic.
Departed this life at Emery's Mills, in
Shapleigh, after short illness, Feb. %,
Rev Henry Plaisted, aged &c years. He
was born and educated in York, and
has been in the ministry OF the Christian
denomination % years. He has been
preaching at Emery's Mills the past
year, and in the Deering district, San
ford. several years. There has been quite
a revival interest in both places, and
quite a number of additions to he
churches. He has left widow and son
and daughter, who have the sympathy
of the community in their affection.
East Harpswen
| Saturday morning the Thermometer
stood at IL below zero at noon. Sunday
morning the record was IS below zero,
the lowest for the winter. Since 5hen
the weather has been slowly moderating.
The bay is frozen over, but not mick
enough to be trustworthy, so some OF
the island people are cut off from COM
munication with the main land at
| present.
Mr.. william HoIbrook has sold his
house at Cundy's Harbor to Abner
| Harris, and it is reported that he has
bought Mr.. Forest Curtis's farm, where
he lived as boy, his father having
owned the farm at one time.
Miss Brewster revlvallst, IS at
| Cundy's Harbor, assisting Messrs. Wash
burn and Clark, who are holding revival
services there.
Richmond.
In order TO accommodate it's increasing
business the Richmond Shoe Manufac-
| turing Company is obliged to seek larger
quarters. and will hereafter occupy part
| of the factory buildings on Kim ball
street now occupied by the Kennebec
Shoe Company, taking it's power from
the engine of the latter concern.
North Yarmouth.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. C.G. Hatch, of Deering,
4 spent Sunday with Mrs Hatch's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 2. Rowe.
Miss Eta Hayes, of Deering, is visit
| ing her sister, Mrs. Joseph Loring.
There will be an entertainment at the
vestry Tuesday evening, consisting OF
readings by Mrs. G. V. Bean, of New
Gloucester, interspersei with music
f, State Master Wiggin visited Wescustlgc
Grange at their last meeting, and also
Mr.. c. q. Hatch, secretary of the Pomona
| Grange.
Cumberland County Pomona Grange
will meet here March 18th.
| School in District No.9. Miss Ada Nor
rill .teahcer, will close March End.
| Pownal
| Ilo SCQOOl III olStllOu waugh
by Mr.. George P. Cushman, has closed.
This has been one OF the largest schools
| lowing to the fact that the scholars from
| the West PownaI school have been added
| for convenience to this District) taught
| in this town the present winter and
! also one of the most successful. AT the
| close of the term Mr.. and Mrs. Cnshman
| gave a reception at their home near West
| PoWnal to the parents and pupils of the
se%r ole the MI n i,,rr
| school committee and their wives. There
| were about 80 who attended. The enter
! tainment for the evening consisted of
| recitations by several of Mr.. Cushman' s
| pupils, also music furnished by Mr.. and
| Mrs Henry Loring and Mrs. Dow OF West
| Pownal. Then followed a fine treat
| furnished by Mr.. and Mrs. Cushman,
| and the remainder of the evening was
enjoyed by the young people. in games,
| while their elders passed the time in
pleasant social intercourse.
The entertainment and rattle gwen BY
| the l.. AS. on the evening OF the 22nd
| was fairly success. A bout $40 Will be
realized from the same after paying ex-
| penses.
Rev. Edwin Disbrow, of Andover,
| Mass, has recently been in town. For
| the past three Sundays he has supplied
the pulpit of the Congregational church
| at New CASTLE
FrYeburg.
For the past few days a crew OF men
have been employed by Frank Themes
| at Fryeburg to cut lumber. Saturday
thew were paid off, and three or four OF
them started to walk to Conway. Just
| a short distance from Conway the g. &c
| n. m. train from Portland rounded a
curve and struck a man, whose name
is said to have been Stone. who was
| killed. Ayshort distance from the scene
of the accident another man was found
with feet and hands frozen. He was
taken first to Conway. and later to Au.
| burn, where he had lived, to the hos
pital.
| Buxton.
The Republicans have made up !
strong ticket for town officers ane
| should be reinforced election day 10y
every laborer who with blind confidence
voted for reform" and. now feels the
rugged hand of want by being unem
ployed or by cut down in wages from
fifteen to thirty per cent. The nominees
for selectmen, S. A. Hill (ehairman) +. j.
Leavitt and W F. Hopkinson are practica
| and successful business men and fam1ilal