The Portland daily press., 1895-05-08
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Corres-
pondents of the Press.
North Yarmouth.

North Yarmouth.
East North Yarmouth, May Z. Rev.
and Mrs. H. A. Pease have been attending
the Methodist conference at Saco.
Miss Mary Lang of Milan, NH, who
has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. W. H.
Evans, has returned.
Mr.. George H. Marston, of Cambridge,
Mass, is visiting his sister, Mrs. James
Lawrence.
Mr.. %. P. Sargent and family of Port
land have moved into the house formerly
occupied by C.G. Rolfe.
Mr.. A. e. H Hodsdon is at work in Port
land.
There will be an Old Folks concert at
the Methodist church Friday evening,
May 10.
Windham.
South Windham. May Z. In the ex-
plosion which occurred at Acton, May Sd
four of the men who were killed were
we'll known here, one of them, Mr.. Nelson
Morton, having formerly lived here. All
had relatives living here and had been
employed in the Newhall powder mills.
Deputy Sheriff Robert Newhall on
Sunday arrested a tramp, who had been
hanging about for several days and had
made himself much too familiar with
the inside of several houses and seemed
unable to distinguish the true ownership
of any desirable property.
The Pythian Sisterhood to the number
of 81 gave surprise party to Mrs. Harriet
Robinson on Friday evening of last
week. They carried ice cream and all the
other things which go with light refresh
ments, and reI ort very pleasant even
ing.
Four from this place attended the Sun
day School convention at Windham
Center last week.
Mrs. J. J. Grs mt entertained her Sunday
school class and the Junior Endeavor
last Friday evening.
Mr.. Howard Smith, who has been en-
poyed at the Acton powder mills, re-
turned to his home Monday.
The children are gathering dandelion
greens.
Several kinds of early spring flowers
are making the fields gay.
sebago.
Sebago, May 6. jaime Lombard and
Oliver Douglass finished work today on
the underpinning and will suspend work
for few days until the collar is finished
before they will begin ON the laying of
cellar wall for the school building. The
building committee are having the cellar
made deeper than at first proposed.
Mrs. Mary Weed, who lives with her
son Charles Weed, is very sick. Her
daughter, Mrs. Edward Cartrett of North
Baldwin arrived by stage tonight. Mrs.
Weed is very near ninety years of age,
aud has two sisters about the same age
living with her daughter at North Bald
win.
Leander White, of Brockton, Mass,
who has been in town about week on
visit. went home today.
Charles Decker of Naples was in town
today delivering fruit trees.
Mrs. Charles Davis and Sarah Haley
expect to go to West Gorham this week
on a visit.
Miss Edna Dyer of Sebago is engaged
by DR.. Rounds to teach school in Naples.
John Dixie is moving from the Mt.
Cutler House of Hiram to Sebago, where
he will take summer boar6ers. He has
hired the Oliver Dixie house Of his father
for the summer.
Among those sick are Mrs. A. J. Robin
son, Mrs. Alvin Gray, Mrs. Charles Weed,
Mrs. Irene Jewell, Mrs. Fannie Wentworth.
all better except Mrs. Mary Weed who is
still failing.
Brunswick.
Brunswick, May 16. Walter Barron
has returned from an extended visit in
Miss Minnie Dennison, of Roxbury,
Mass, is visiting Miss Helen Varney.
The condition of Mrs. John T. How
land, who recently suffered paralytic
shock, is pronounced much better.
Harold and Charles Fuller of Roxbury,
Mass, are in town on account Of the
illness of th cir aunt.
DIV. Bryant and family have moved
to Lewiston.
The family OF Storer Smith of Bruns-
wick has moved to Yarmouth.
The rehearsals for "The Frogs of Wind
ham" are under the direction of Mr..
Leavitt, formerly manager of Leavitt's
Minstrels.
It is thought that it will be unneces-
sary to amputate the hand Of John
Goud, who was injured at the Bowdoin
Paper Mill last week.
A case against two boys for disturb
ances on the "Landingn last week was
tried before Judge Plummer Monday
morning.
The Bowdoin Orient for this month
publishes in full the '68 prize Grafton by
Guy Bennett Mayo, '95.
A committee, representing faculty, un-
dergraduates, and alumni, has been
chosen TO make arrangements for the
new running track.
Wheeler, Bowdoin, '98, will 60 to North
Conway June 1st, where he will serve as
night operator for the Maine Central
Railroad Co., for the summer.
Mrs. Rand of Boston is visiting John
T Rowland.
New Gloucester.
Upper Gloucester, May g. Forest fires
ragged to some extent in this town last
week, but it is hoped that the shower of
last Saturday afternoon will do some
thing toward stopping the progress of
the fires
Mr. II Horatio Farnum has purchased the
place recently occupied by the family of
the late Charles Knight. He has been
having the house painted and white
washed inside, and will move into it
this week.
W.F. Winter has been hiring more help
of late to work in his mill. He will make
large number OF boxes the present
season.
Mr. e r Seoars fnrmarlu of Roy