The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-12
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Bridgton.

for and much needed rain came Monday
and Tuesday forenoon, and helped tc
SETTLE the travelling as well as to wash
and freshen things generally.
The annual meeting of Bridgton Centre
Village Corporation was held Monday
evening. No appropriations were made.
The officers elected were:
Assessors-E. A. Littlefield, C. f. Glea-
son, John 6. Hamblin.
Engineers-Minot Lord, Dr.. L. S. A b.
bott, A. II. Hartman.
An auction sale of household goods at
the old homestead of Rufus Gibbs is ad-
vertised for Saturday next.
c. B. Gibbs will put in the store foun-
dation for the Odd Fellows stable on
Depot street. The Bridgton Lumbe
Company have the contract for the build
lag which will be 2Sx5U feet.
The BoheD:ian Glass Blowers are at
Gibbs Hall for this week.
Four candidates were inflated at the
regular communication of Oriental Lodge
OF Masons, Saturday night. This lodge
continues to be the most prosperous one
in the 18th. district.
Il. ID. GIeen, upon whom an opera
tion for appendicitis was recently per-
formed, is on the rodd to rapid recovery.
Baldwin
North Baldwin, April 11.-Tuesday
was very rainy day and during the
which lasted about TIVE hours.
Mr.. Joe Libby sawed one of his fingers
off while at work in his mill Tuesday
Mr.. A. D. Cram, who is at work at
Falmouth, spent Sunday at home.
Mr.. A. B. Sanborn is at work on Mr..
Adolphus Browns house at East Bald
win.
Mr.. Joseph Parker has begun work on
his new barn.
Miss Blanche P Wiggin Is visiting in
Sebago.
West Cumberl and, April 11.-There
will be a baked bean supper at Josiah
Morrill's Friday evening, April 18th.
Proceeds to go towards the PASTORS
salary III are invited
Miss Lizzie Hulit is visiting at her
brothers. in Westbrook.
Mr.. Fred Morrill,, of Woodford's Cor
ner, spent Sunday at his fathers.
Miss Gertha Ramsey has gone to work
for Mrs. I. Harmon. Falmouth.
Next Sunday evening there will be an
lIdStcI CUuCSTb dU uU6 Me IL. CHURCH.
Schools in town will commence April
%. Miss May Morrill, will teach in Dist.
No. 2, Miss Gertie Merrill in No. 3,
Miss Grace Bracket in No. 4, Miss Luna
Doloff in No. 5 and Miss Olive Merrill in
No. z.
NewfieId.
Newfield, April 1.-THE Little Ossipee
river Ewas higher Wednesday than for
cav Tho &c ri
This thunder shower Tuesday night, from
1920 to IL O'Clock, was something grand
and unusual, even in the regular season
for thunder showers.
J. Harry Moulton has new Heating
bicycle.
Sam CLARK, Jr. of Portland, was in
town over Sunday. Sans nmany friends
aressalways glad to see him.
Geo. H. Strew has bought Charles
Pierce's house and will move there soon.
Miles Berry and brothers Buzzell and,
Crawford all moved out of s.town this
week.
As viii Staples went after his cattle
Sunday which were TUNED out in his
pasture he saw what he thinks was a
carl bou. 1t went into the woods. 1t
is suppoed to be the same animal that
was seen in South Parsonsfield last week.
Mrs. N. j. Chellis goes to Biddeford
Saturday to stay@@with her cousin, Mrs.
II. j. Patterson few weeks.
New Gloucester.
Sabbathday Lake, April II. Mr.. J.
0. Small came near losing his buildings
by fire. Going to the barn with his lar
tern, which he hung i'll its usual place
he went on to the hay NOW to pitch
down hay for his stock. He heard a
noise and on looking around discovered
that mis- lantern had fallen from the
hook and had set on fire ssthe hay and
chaff which was on the floor. He i'm
mediately jumped from the haymow on to
the flames and slnothered them. Fortu-
nately there was but little oil in the
lantern but had it been well filed he
could not possibly have saved his build
1ngs.
Mr.. L. NJ Merrill has shipped his last
car of apples for this season. He has
shipped about fifteen thousand barrels
since last fall.
The largest flock of wild geese seen
here for several Fyears passed over this
place April 10th, on the way to the
north.
Wind1iaIn.
Windham Centre, April 11.-Early
morning occurred the first
thunder shower of the season, which
about two hours, and was