The Portland daily press., 1895-08-06
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores.
pondents of the Press.
Hiram,

Hiram.
| Mr.. Lemuel Cotton has completed his
new house near his. ak handle manufac
tory.
| Mr.. Fred Weeman is building a house
at East Hiram.
| Mr.. J. E. Stuart is plastering the new
Pythian building, the first story for 6
store, the second floor for public hall
and the third for Pythian hall. 1t is or
the site of the one burned last spring
Meanwhile the lodge and the Pythiar
Sisterhood meet in their old hall over the
store of A. & P. B. Young
Rev. Fl. III. Hoyt. of St. Johnsbury
VT, with his wife are visiting friends II
this, his wife's native town Mr. How
| has preached four Sundays in the Uniyer
salist church. His sermons are M marked b,
originality, deep spirituality and fervent
devotion.
Mr.. Eli G. Wadsworth, at Mountain
View Farm, has eight boarders from
Massachusetts,
The lawn party on Wednesday evening
at Hon. Almon Young's held in aid O.
| the Congregational church, was a very
pleasant and successful occasion
@saDr. Peleg Wadsworth, of Maiden, Mass,
has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Lusan
| ma W. Hubbard, who is recovering from ;
dangerous illness.
| The recent attempt of a mornhint
maniac, who is bound over for menacine
his family with as pistol, to imprison hiI
| daughter with babe at her breast wa.
and Pierce on Monday. Within a wear
his nameless rendezvous has cost the
town and county some 5000, while tho
tax is about that number of cents. if it i,
collected.
Mr.. Phineas Witham, late of Company
A, 11th Me. Regt., and Company f. 14tf
Me. Regt., is disabled by two shocks ot
paralysis, and not expected to recover.
| The county convention of w. c. T. TT.
will be held in Hiram, Aug. IA and Is.
The programme and list of speakers in.
dictate an interesting session.
Mrs. Charles W. Green and son and
daughter of Madison, Me-, have beer
visiting friends in Hiram.
| Sebago.
Sebago, Aug. s. The Chadbourn
property of about 500 acres, near the long
beach by the landing, two miles from the
Sebago Lake Station, has been en- visited s 'hs by
a party of Boston and Portland capitai,
lists, who intend to divide it into cottage
| lots, If they can possibly purchase It.
From this place there is grand view OF
the lake and of the White Mountain
range in the distance
Maple Grove Grange held meeting al
| Convene Saturday. Irwin Barker o1
Turner Grange was, at the meeting hi,
object being to get an attendance Of the
Grangers to the State Fair on.Grange day
Among recent arrivals of summer visi
tors are Abbie Tibbetts of Deering !,
visiting her niece, Mrs Abbie Douglass
Mrs. A. M. Williams of Boston is visit
ing her relatives; Mrs. Irene Kellocll O.
Lynn, Mass, is visiting her relatives al
Convene, accompanied by some of be7
children and grandchildren.
Leon W. Dyer has hired out to worl
for Mr. Mason, the proprietor of Sunset
Pavilion, at North Conway, N. II. '-'0
The schoolhouse bell presented to tbt
town by Mr.. Orin Douglass of Boston ON
arrived last week, and was hung Thurs
day, Aug 1st ii''i .
Dr. Roscoe Brown of Everett. Mass
presented flag for the Potter school
house '0iiooi
Frank Haley has hired out to work il
the shoe shop at Rochester, N. H.
Many from this town attended the Ad
vent vent campmeeting today at West Bald