The Portland daily press., 1895-05-09
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| Brunswick
Brunswick, May 7.-Olin Merriman
has accepted a position in the store of
John Furbush.
The regular meeting of the Brunswick
Public Library Association will be held
May 10th.
Edward A. Macler is making prepara-
tions for trip to Europe
The High School Base Ball Club gave
dance IN the Municipal Court room
Tuesday evening, which was well at
tended.
The first rehearsal of 1.-THE Frogs of
Windham' was held in Assembly Hall
Monday evening. The opera will be
given in about two weeks. 1t is proba-
BILE that the Bowdoin Orchestra will fur
nish music. The opera was written by
Mr. Leavitt, Yale graduate, who is di-
recting its presentation here.
A horse and dump cart in the sewer
trench cause little excitement on
Everett st. Tuesday Morning.
PownaI.
Pownal, May 1.-THE "Longfellow
Evening" given at Mallet hall on We'd
nesday evening of last week was a
pleasing success. The effort won many
compliments and the young ladies were
very attractive in their several cos
tunes. The financial success of the en-
tertainment was also most pleasing to
the society. The prize given to the one
guessing correctly the greatest number
of the thirty quotations IA sterling silver
stick pin) was won by Miss Katherine
Hodsdon.
| This week the regular church social
| which should have been held Friday
evening, May 10th, (the date for our So
cials was permanently settled last fall,
| the society at that time fixing upon an
evening on which no other meeting or
gathering had been placed) will be post
poned for one week, or until the evening
of May 17th, owing to the fact Of the
fair at the Methodist church occurring.
on that evening. The courtesy and
kindness which these people constantly
| manifest towards us make it not only a
duty but pleasure for us to make this
change of plan. We would earnestly in
vite your patronage at our next social
as Miss Katherine Hodsdon is to do the
honors of the evening and most enjoy
able occasion may be expected.
A large congregation was present at
the Congregational church last Sunday
and had the pleasure of listening to a
most excellent sermon preached by the
Rev. Mr.. Jones of Topsham who has,
we are happy to state, been employed or
hired by our supply committee for a
term of several months.
Miss Josephine H. Hodsdon will be at
Mallet hall next Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock and will be pleased to make ar
rangements for permanent class there
for the coming season. Her terms are
very reasonable and we trust many will
avail themselves of this privilege.
Miss Bessie M. Stubbs commenced
teaching on Monday in the Rice district
in Durham. Miss Stubbs is one of our
most promising young ladies and we all
wish her success in this her first school.
HarpswelI.
East Harpswell, May S.-Mrs. Lydia
A. Leavitt who has been very ill for a
year, was released from her suffering
Saturday evening. Her death was
caused by a cancer, and her suffering
has been extreme. She was at the
Maine General Hospital for treatment
for time, but without benefit. She
leaves husband and child.
Mr.. Isaac Gilpatric is very sick with
a complication of diseases. He has been
an invalid for many years.
Capt. Geo. W. Lane has been very
sick with pneumonia but is much better
now.
Mrs. May Holbrook is at home for a
fortnight.
Robert and Carr Watson, students at
Parsonsfeld Academy, came home
Friday and rode from Portland on their
bicycles. They started for school again
Monday.
Roy Catlin disposes of from 20 to 80
quarts of milk at Cundy's Harbor daily.
He has only lately established milk
route.
Yarmouth.
Yarmouth, May 8.-Thursday of this
week is Visitation Day at the academy.
Glass exercises and special elocutionary
recitations with Arbor Day selections
from $50 to 1900 in the forenoon and
to in the afternoon.
The following members of the lower
classes have been appointed to take part
in the graduation exercises: Charles
D. Lawrence, Julian S. Dunn, Grace
NJ. Thompson. Claire L. Stockbridge,
Julia E. Kittredge.
Mr.. Morarty has just moved into his
pretty new cottage on Portland ST.
New Gloucester.
DISASTROUS FIRE ON THE
PLAINS.
Sabbathday Lake, May THE plains
which border on Sabbathday Lake have
been nearly all burned over and are still
burning despite the efforts of workmen
to stop the flames by plowing the ground,
shoveling dirt upon them, and by build
ing back fires. 1t was thought few
days ago that the fire was under control,
and the work of extinguishing and
watching it was mostly abandoned, but
it broke out again and spread on to the
large pine timber lot owned by the
Chambers, doing them a very heavy
damage. The entire lot owned by j. o.
Small was burned over, all the yonng
growth of poplar being destroyed. There
are various other owners to smaller por-
ton and all have suffered materially.
By estimate some three thousand acres
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