The Portland daily press., 1895-10-15
MAINE TOWNS
Items of Interest Gathered bv Cores
pendents of the Press.
New Gloucester.

Sabbathday Lake, Oct. IA very
pretty wedding took place at Mr.. Phil
Hubbard IS, the home of the BRIDES father,
last Monday evening. His oldest daugh-
ter Carrie was united in marriage TO
Mr.. Hamlin of California. After visit
ing few days in Brunswick they will
leave for California, where they will
spend the winter.
Mrs. Joseph Small has returned to
Watertown, Mass, where she will spend
| the winter.
Mr.. Walter Brackett was IN Portland
last week purchasing goods.
| MI J. o. Small has recently purchased
two very nice cows.
Mr.. Silas May is on the sick list again
Mrs Benz Davis has been in Portland
the past week visiting her aged mother
! who is sick.
| We miss the summer train from the
| Poland Springs as the visitors have
| nearly all departed.
Sebago, Oct. IS. There was baptism
at Southeast Pond today. There were
four baptized by Rey. d. A. Bean Of
Cornish. Rev. W. B. Parker of North
Gorham, came yesterday to attend the
Christian Endeavor meetings OF yesterday
and today.
ThesPotter Academy school attended the
second days fair Wednesday at East
Sebago.
Walter Whitney went cooning Satur-
day and caught three coons, also some
other game.
q Will and Charles Robinson, of Rhode
Island, were home to attend the fair at
East Sebago last week, also Fred and
| Herbert Robinson of White Rock, were
home to the fair.
About two inches of rain fell Saturday
| and Sunday without much effect on the
| wells It continues to rain hard Sunday
evening.
On Wednesday evening Oct. 9th at the
residence of Oliver Murch, West Bald
win, w. P. Richardson of West Baldwin
| and Miss Leona M. Dyer of Sebago, were
married by Rev. r. S. Leard.
Fred L. Douglass of Conway, N ID.
and Fred C. Partridge of Boston are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. P Douglass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis L. Files OF West
Gorham, are visiting relatives in Sebago.
Mr. and Mrs John III. Prouty of Nor
| well. Mass, have been visiting VIM. HALEY
the past week
Simon Davis and wife of Boston, have
| been visiting their relatives in Sebago;
| also MI. Z Titnk WhlhoI VI 1@iiiAhSooh ii'e7
been visiting his relatives.
Charles Day of Sebago aged about 70
years or more, died Saturday, October
| 18th. probably from effects of fall re-
Gently while trying to walk into his room.
Standish.
Sebago Lake, Oct 13.-Quite numbar
went from Sebago Lake to Sebago fair
| last week.
Charles Ingalls, and wife, from Benny
Eagle. are visiting friends and relatives
at Sebago Lake.
Miss Lulu Blake met with quite an
accident one day last week. She went
and took the axe to split up some wood.
Instead of hitting the stick she struck
her foot cutting quite long cash in the
top of it, DIR. Randall was called and
dressed the wound At this writing she
is doing nicely.
Mr.. Hall Longfellow is clerking for
L. Rich & Son, in thoir grocery store at
Sebago Lake.
We are very sorry to hear that Annie
| Lombard is on the sick list.
otisfield.
| Otisfield, Oct 14-Wells in this vicin-
| ity are nearlysalI entirely dry or ssgetting
worry low. Fl. P. Spur and G. W. Stone,
Samuel Cain and others in different parts
of the town, have dug wells during the
ldSG TWO W6chS anu I'LL uttf0 luSb Will I'LL
usual good success i'll digging as in all
instances water has been found under
fifteen feet.
The recent rain was much welcomed
by all and bids fair to do much good
Spurr's Corner Sunday school is now
held in Y p S. G. e. hall every Sunday
at eleven O'Clock a. M, having been
changed from the church to that place.
H. NJ. Cushman purchased first class
Promo camera few months ago and is
now doing very good work with it.
Otisfield is becoming quite noted for it's
crops Of onions and now many of the
principal raisers are daily taking them
away TO towns that are not so well sup
piled.
The apple crop is very light with
scarcely enough for home consumption.
Scarboro.
Eight Corners, Oct. 14.-Miss Eveline
Bartlett of Auburn, is visiting Mrs. A.
r. Libby.
paralytic shock, is slowly improving,
and hones are entertained of his recovery
No services were hold at the Free Bap
fist church Sunday ON account of the
storm.
Mr.. Leonard P. Skillin is to at once
begin the construction Of his building on
the lot of land he purchased recently near
the Free BapblSI meeUlng mousse Line
house will be used for both store and
dwelling. The public will no doubt ap-
preciate the convenience thus afforded.
Now why NOT have post office in the
same building?
Perhaps the readers of the PRESS will
ask. Where is Eight Corners? 1t is a
na,ue given to that section of the town III
the vicinity of the Buggy meeting
house, so-called, or the Free Baptist
church. where, since the completion of o
new road, there are eight corners instead
of four. PERHAPS when we get the post
office better name will be invented.
Brownfield.
Another case of didn't know it was
loaded occurred late Sunday afternoon
when the 15-year old son of Alvin