The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-21
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by CORES
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Windhan.

Windham.
Wlndham Center, Aug. 20. Mr. ScopU
Proctor and his sister, Miss Nancy Proc
ter, are at their old home, which is soon
to be repaired quite extensively.
Mrs. Nathan Allen and children are
visiting at Mr.. Isaiah Allen IS in Popevllle.
Several visitors were entertained IN the
place over the Sabbath; among the"
were: DR. Gillander from Massachusetts; )
Miss Clara Abbott of Manchester, n. IL
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Hill of Saco
Mr.. Chas. L. Hall of Melrose Mass,
and DR.. ellis Stark of Manchester n
H., are spending the week at Mrs. Mary
A. Halls
Miss Lillian Decatur is with her broth
er Ralph, at Augustus Shows.
The Y. P. S. G. E. mass meeting is TO
be at Sebago Lake Thursday, Aug %,
1895. Services begin at 9. 80 a. IN.
Baldwin.
East Baldwin, Aug. 20. Miss Bessie
Chadbourn gave a party to her young
friends on Monday afternoon, which was
much enjoyed by them.
Miss Maggie Drost is home from San
ford on vacation.
| Harry Harmon, of Portland, is visiting
his cousin, Maurice Kicker
Mr.. Walter G. GRAHAM has gone to
Naples to work in the canning factory.
Mr.. G. E. Thombs, who went to Naples
a short time ago to work is at home for
a few days.
Prof Bristol is making short stay
at this place. He has his trained horses
with him, and is to give exhibitions in
Chadbourne' s Hall on Tuesday and We'd
nesday evenings.
Il On the 18th Sheriff Flint of Hiram,
made seizure of whisky at this station.
Upon opening the barrel he found no less
than eighty pint BOTTLES.
Casco, Aug. 10. Mrs Rebecca A.
Decker has closed her house and gone to
Westbrook to spend the remainder of the
summer with her sister, Mrs. Charles FL.
Body.
Mr.. W. G. Holden, of Portland, who
has been boarding at M. S. Eastman's,
returned home last Saturday.
A large crop of oats has been harvested
here this season and in good condition.
Corn and potatoes are looking nicely,
and the outlook is promising for a good
crop of each.
James H Jepson and sons estimate
their onion crop at six hundred bushels
this fall
Whooping cough has been quite preva-
lent among the children in this village.
Rev. Fl. H. Hatherway closed his labors
with the Union church last Sunday
Mark L. Leach, John Brackett Robert
E. Brackett, Harry Nichols and Richard
Cook with their families have gone to
Princes Point, Yarmouth, for weeks
outing.
YaPm outh.
Tuesday ground was broken for the
Yarmouth water works
West Buxton, August 20-The new
bridge spar, (Hollis side, to replace the
one wrecked by the freshet in April, will
be 1866 feet long and the overhead work
will be seven feet higher than the other.
The dam has been repaired on the Bux
ton side and the mills are at work again.
The new building erected for the
wooden mill has never been used and will
be sold at auction September T.
The York County Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company has just put a Hall safe
into its office lover McCorrison's shoe
store.
J.R. Libby of Portland made his moth
er and sister short visit last Sunday.
Oliver Dow Smith of Bowdoin College
has returned from trip through Yer
mont.
!; Springvale August 90 We had live
~ shower here last Sunday morning, the
rain poured down in torrents, which kept
most of the usual audiences away from
church, especially the male portion.
Deacon Nathaniel Gle and wife are at
Wells Beach for a sholt vacation.
Rev. Mr. Avery of Manchester, N. H.,
preached at the Free Baptist church last
Sunday.
Mr.. Isaiah B. Stiles and family have
eturned from Wells Beach, where the y
} rhave been staying the past four weeks.
Mrs Mary Goodrich of Alfred is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. George S. Bryant.
She is very pleasant and quite active
lady of ninety years.
The whoelmen in this vicinity will
meet Labor Day. September End, at San
ford, under the auspices Of the Sanford
Cycle club.
The Lindsey High school at Shapleigh
Corner, will reopen August 26, FL. L.
Springer, principal; Gusta M Smith,
music teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Rowe, Mrs. Austin
Wilson and son, Mrs. Herley Witham and
child and several other friends, start
Wednesday for Wells Beach, where they
intend to remain week, occupying the
Jacobs cottage. The out door meeting Of
the Christian Endeavorers at the band
stand last Friday evening was very in
teresting. The weather was favorable
and an audience of nearly five hundred
listened to addresses from Rev. Messrs.
Osgood, Shumway and Willard. A chorus
choir led by Mr.. Bently Averyard OF
Sanford, with the Weeman musicians;
furnished excellent music. 1t is hoped
there will be repetition of these meet
ings, as there are many who will listen
to open air preaching, who scarcely ever
attend church services.
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