The Portland daily press., 1894-01-04
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SOUTH lWINDHAM.
Prof. Hayes of Lewiston delivered in
the Free Baptist church last Sunday a
very learned and interesting discourse.
On Monday morning the repairs upon
the church were commenced, and the
| committee hope they will be completed in
| about two weeks In the meantime
| the preaching sePviee will probably be
discontinued; the Sunday school will
meet in the Hall, tie Christian Endeavor
with D. A. Brackett, and the Junior En-
deavor with Mrs. Motion.
The masquerade lalI which was held
in Bryant's Hall asst Friday evening
was said to be vey pleasant occasion.
The Ladies Circle met with Mr.. Joseph
Read on Monday evening. Five new
mem bers joined. andall appeared to.enjoy
the evening.
Mrs. Tying Libby il quite seriously i'll.
At the monthly Conference of the Free
Baptist church the falIowing were chosen
as delegates to the Gum berland Quarter
ly meeting which c>nveness in Portland
the last of this monSh, D.. A. Bracket
and S. B. Cloudman.
CUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND CENTRE.
The subscribers to Cumberland Pub
lie Library met at ss]nstitute on Tuesday
evening of last week and organized with
the following officer:
President-FairfieH Whitney.
Vice Presidential. Sweetser.
Sec. land Treas. Maud W. Merrill
The annual meeting of the Sunday
school society for ths election Of officers
fer the ensuing year! was held Wednes-
day evening of last week. .sThe following
persons were elected
Superintendent H.Chase.
Asst SuperintendeIt-E.lB B. Osgood.
Sec. and Treas. -Hil1p e. Blanchard.
FIR. Sweetser and fE.B. Osgood have
formed partnership to carry on the
meat trade formerly carried on by Mr..
Osgood alone.
Mr.. Hans Hansen, living below the
junction, is very dck with typh old
fever.
HI. Blanchard, whohas been spending
his vacation at home, has returned to
his studies.
Freepprt.
Mr.. Robert Ward andwife are both sick
with grippe. There are at least twenty
or thirty cases of The same disorder
about the village. Ole case of diphthe-
ria at Pleasant Hill several cases of
scarlet fever at South Freeport and
three in the village.
nj Sc, g.
the outlying districts are hauling hay.
logs and cordwoods to ihe village
The new Oxnard Block is nearly COM
plete, and every part bf it is occupied.
Mr.. Ward, the meat man, occupies the
easterly corner and M. Jones the Jew
eler, the westerly. Mr.. Prebble, the
grocer, will keep hetwsenx them in the
centre of the block, The second and
third stores are also let.
Several weddings have occurred the
past two weeks, and there are said to be
more to follow soon.
Joseph Mann was on3the sick list this
week.
EAST NORTH YARMOUTH. IL
Mrs. Mary Ann Lawrence, widow OF.
the late MS Lawrence, died at the resi-
dence of her son-in- law. Mr.. Ansel l..
Dunn, after an illness of six days with
catarrhal pneumonia.
Rev MIR. Peare and family. who have
been sick with the grippe. are improving
School is closed in District No. 6 on
account of sickness.
- Mrs. Chas. Bracket is quite illswith the
grippe. e14 ,ass
: Mrs. Nancy Perkins, who has been i'll,
is improving, and Miss Nj Lucy Kelley, who
has been taking DARE other is suffering
from severe attaekSef15he grippe. *
.a Brfdgtonne.f Is
:. The officers elect sSf Mt. Pleasant En-
c ampment I o. o. F for the ensuing year
are. ta.
C.P.-B. W. Gibbs.
H.P.-Isaac Webb.
. S.W.-Chas. Jennings.
!. J.W.-R. A. Dodge.
Scribe II. Corliss.
Treas.-Geo. n. Durham
Trustees-Isaac Webb, A.G. Morrison,
Chas. B. Gibbs.
ID. M, W. H. Foster installed the
officers of Cumberland Lodge
No.3o, I.O.O.F. Monday evening:
N G. Abel H. Hartman.
v. CD. Henry Hackett.
r. See.-L. H. Corliss
p. Sec.-Isaac Webb
Treas.-F. P Rennett
Trustees-Melleil Plummer, r. O.
Dodge, E. NJ. Berry.
Eudora Rebekah Lodge No. "A has
elected the following officers:
N.G.-Eva L. shorey.
v. GLMinnie2F. Corliss.
R. Sec. LILLIAN Whitney.
P.Sec. -EssieH Whitney
Treas. Dora J .Millken.
These officers will be publicly installed
next Tuesday evening.
Bridgton village schools. held full sess-
ions on New Years day
The Naples Epworth League joined
with the League of the Bridgton Metho-
dist church in general good time at the
vestry here Monday evening.
Mrs. J. L. Wales has been quite sick,