The Portland daily press., 1895-05-30
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pondents of the Press.
Lebanon.

DESTRUCTIVE TOWN FIRES
Centre Lebanon, May pa destructive
forest fire has been raging in this vicinity
till extlnguished by the late fall of rain.
Ihe lire has run over about one hundred
acres of land burning and damaging
some over two hundred thousand feet of
timber. The Moulton Brothers, of Sam
ford have been stripping lota as it is
called here in the south part of the town.
Two portable mills have been placed on
the lot to saw the lumber. One of these
mills was owned by J. Wesley Varney of
Horne of North Berwick. The fire
originated near the mill of Mr.. Wesley
Varney and spread rapidly till beyond all
control. 1t entered the piles of tree tops
that were heaped around and from those
it leaped into the standing timber Mr..
Henry Horne's mill and sheds and camps
were completely destroyed A new cir
cular saw was saved by being thrown into
a we'll. The engineer staid as long as
possible by his engine letting off steam
and water to save an explosion. Mr..
Elisha Shapleigh lost twenty cords of
wood by the fire, and others various
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lumber was lost. Most of the lumber has
been shipped as sawed on the Portland &
Rochester railroad, they having built a
siding nearsthe lot for the convenience of
the Moulton Bros. Mr.. Horne is the
heaviest loser. He is poor man and i'll
able to sustain the loss.
There is great interest here in the result
of the case of the State VS. Webber. Many
hold that DR.. Webber is guilty of firing
the town farm buildings and many are of
a contrary opinion. Mr.. Ryan, the
Pinkerton detective, who worked up the
case and Lawyer Edgerly have been in
town recently looking up the witnesses
for the State.
Work on the new town farm buildings
have the contract for building and are
pushing the work.
Rev. G. G. Foster of West Lebanon
has recently accepted call to Brunswick,
Maine, and has moved his family and
goods thither.
Porter.
Porter, May 29.-Moulton French who
suffered from shock of paralysis about
year ago died at the noon hour May II.
The funeral services conducted by Rev,
6. T. Ridlon were held at his late resi-
dence on the 18th. The interment was at
Biddeford, Mr.. French having expressed
wish to be laid beside his first wife.
Two large drives of logs have passed
over the Kezar Falls dam on their way
to Saco, the river drivers having first
prepared the way for them by removing
some of the large rocks in thesbed of the
river by blasting
Some of our citizens have caught the
Western fever in regard to horses.
The first string of fish that was taken
from the Ossipee river at this place this
spring were caught by M. S and E. W.
Sawyer, May 81 They caught thirty
Most of them were pickerel and some of
them were large sized ones.
The farmers faces before the late rain
would have served for yard stick, but
now they are smiling all over to think of
the hay they expect to harvest this season;
Rice & French the painters, are at
work at Ossippe, N. II. for John Manson
doing both outside and inside work
III. H. Sawyer has been at work for his
son Harry, at Limington, for the past
few days.
Samuel Stanley's water wheel was
smashed last week by foot being loos-
ened causing six others to be broken. He
is having it repaired. +
Limerick.
| Limerick, May 29-We feel badly at
being compelled to again chronicle the
death of another of Limerick's S young
men. Joseph 6. Stimson, aged sixteen,
passed from this life at the residence Of
his father, John Stimson at Ossipee
Mills on Friday. He was just getting to
manhood and was universally loved and
respected by all He leaves father,
four sisters and two brothers. The
funeral was Monday. Rev. r. S. Howard
being in attendance.
Mullen & Eagleton's Star Speciality
company exhibited at Town hall Monday
auQ ,irc to oil h11t
ence and to say that the entertainment
| was good would be putting it mildly. 1t
was, without doubt, the best speciality
| company which ever exhibited here. Geo.
| Mullen, the leading man, kept the aud
| fence in roars of laughter, and the other
| characters were all well taken. The in
| habitants of Limerick will surely give
this company, of which every member is
| gentleman, warm welcome should
they ever return. Their band concert be-
| fore the performance and the playing OF
the orchestra during the programme was
of high standard. Special mention
| should be made also of the fine work OF
Sudon, the Japanese jugglery who was
good at all points both in Juggling and in
his contortion acts The company certain
| ly deserved larger audience. The COM
| pany was quartered at the Limerick
| House
Yarmouth.
Yarmouth, May 2S.-The observance of
Memorial Day under the direction of W.
L. Haskell Post, No. 1oS., Dept, Maine
in Yaromuth, Thursday, May 80, and all
ex-soldiers and sailors of this and adjoin-
ing towns are cordially invited to join
them. Comrades will form in line at
Masonic Hall at O'Clock a. m. (stand-
ard time), headed by the Yarmouth band
march to the lower cemeteries re-
turning to Masonic Hall, where dinner
will be served to all participating.
At 1. 80 p. m. (standard) the line will be
reformed, including the school children
and march to the Baptist cemetery re-
turning to the First Parish church when
an address will be delivered by Dr., G. M.
| Twitchell of Augusta.
On Friday night, May 81, the Grecian
play "Pandora" will be repeated in
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