The Portland daily press., 1895-03-15

few days at MS home in Raymond.
Mr.. Isaiah Hawkes. of Westbrook is
stopping at Mr.. NJ. c. MorrilPs.
Mr.. George Hill has moved to Wind
ham.
Pownal
A very pleasant social event occurred
at the residence of Mr.. Andrew Hodsdon
on tine evening of the 18th. About 90
guests assem- bled by invitation Of Miss
Katharine Hodsdon, and with games
and pleasant conversation the evening
passed all too quickly away. Ice cream,
cake and coffee formed a most delicious
treat, and at & late hour the company
dispersed IGr their several homes.
Mir. Cornelius Harris, steward OF
steamer Portland, accompanied by his
Wife and children, ard also Mrs. Caroline
Spencer, passed Sunday i'll town rs the
gusets Of Mr.. and Mrs. e. Ii. Latham.
Mir. Charles Palmer,of Palmer & Nor
gan, Portland, and Mr.. Frank Sweetser,
have been spending several days at Mr..
G. Il. Hodsdon's.
Captain Cleaves and wife of Yarmouth,
accompanied by their niece, Miss Bertha
Cleaves, passed Wednesday with Miss
Etuie j. Latham.
The farm owned by Mr.. Sloman E.
York has recently been sold to Mr.. Per-
Ills VI L dIllOutu. 4hFs L OIh Eito bcou
in town for the past few days, completing
the final arrangements of the sale.
The sleighing is rapidly breaking up,
and we shall soon be deep in the mud of
spring.
country homes.
Bridgton, March l4.--Endora Rebek-
all Lodge of this village has been invit-
ed to visit Silver Lodge of Denmark
Thursday evening and very large num-
Der of the mem bers have signifed their
intention of going. The Rebekah lodge
at Fryeburg has also been invited.
The lecture OF Professor Joseph Hol-
den of Otisfeld, which was announced
some time ago, took place Tuesday night
at Central Hail. A good-sized audience
was present, and all were highly enter
tanned for an hour.
Last Friday evening the Bridgton
Band gave musical entertainment at
Central Hall, to a good audience. A
dance followed.
Saturday evening small audience
greeted the students of North Bridgton
Academy in mixed programme of mus
&c, literature and athletics at the same
place.
The Bowdoin College glee, banjo, man
dolin and guitar club delighted large
audience at Gibhs's Hall Wednesday ev-
ening.
A young man by the name of John
son, employed as a printer in the News
office, got two of his fingers caught in a
press Saturday, and was obliged to have
one of them cut off, and the other one
about one-half off.
An appropriation was made at the an
nual meeting to enlarge the grammar
school rooms, which Improvement is
found necessary to accommodate the
largely increased mum Der of scholars in
the last few years. The work will not be
done until the summer vacation.
William H. Lararbee, who has been sick
and confnedto the house for the last five
or six weesk, is now able to be out of
doors a little.
DR.. John 81 Kimball, who has also been
on the sick list, rides out on pleasant
days.
1t has been found necessary to add a
mum Der of lock boxes to supply the de-
mand at the Bridgton post Office.
The Bridgton Lumber Company are
shipping a mum Der of carloads of spool
tim Der to Massachusetts. This company
has recently made important improve
ments in their mill, which will largely
increase its capacity for turning out long
lumber.