The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-27
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HarpswelI.
West Harpswell, April 25.-Dr. Gard.
ner and family moved to Morrill's Corner
Monday
Mrs. Jas. Dyer, Miss Vera Dyer and
Miss lisa Bailey returned from Boston
Tuesday.
Prof. j. B. Bishop gave photograph
entertainment at Centennial hall We'd.
nesday evening.
Charles K. Durgan is at hcme from
Gray's Business College, Portland, on
vacation. He is suffering from severe
cold and cough. Mr.. Benry Bailey from
Head Tide, Maine, visited Capt. Norton
Stoyer's family Thurday.
There will be an antiquarian supper
at Centennial hall Monday evening,
April go.
Mr.. Theodore Shackford has been en-
gagged to build the High School build
ing at Great Falls.
The revival meetings continue with
much interest. Fast day prayer services
were held morning and afternoon. A
preaching service was held in the eve
ming. Saturday evening Rev. Mr.. Towne
will illustrate his talk with stereopticon
views. The meetings will close Sunday
evening.
Mr.. Chas. E. Rolfe of Troy, N Y. travel
ling freight agent of the West Shore line,
visited friends here Fast day.
Brunswick.
Brunswick. April 25.-The Young
Mems Musical Club of Brunswick enter
tanned the Edward Warren Company at
their rooms after the play Friday even
ing.
A large number of the cottage owners
at Mere Point took advantage of the
holiday Thursday to go down and look
them over for the coming season.
The roads outside of the village are
in very bad condition. 1t ia said that
the Harpswell road is positively danger
Gus.
Miss Rose Farwell has been spending
a week in Boston, Miss Ida Stetson doing
the telephone work in her absence.
Bridgton.
North Bridgton. April 25-Mr. and Mrs
Llewellyn Barton spent couple of days
the first of the week in town.
The spring term of the Academy has
opened with a fair attendance.
Tie school nine played their first game OF
baseball with the Bridgton High School
nine April 25. The score was 1a to Is in
favor of the High School.
They are again running the mill on full
time working night and day.
The ice left Long Lake April q.
The roads are in very good condition.
Yarmouth.
Yarmouth, April, 25-The First Parish So
ciety at their parish meeting last week vot
ed to extend hn.invitation to W. l.. Hask
ell Post, G. A. r., to attend the morning
service at their church Memorial Sunday.
Mr.. Charles Dyer will take charge of the
Town Farm afte May l.
The contract for changing over the stage
at Masonic hall has been taken by j. p
Pomeroy.
W. L. Haskell Post, G. A. b., held theil
anniversary at g. A. R. Hall, April 20.
Capt. Jacob Hayes of Lewiston was in
town this week.
G. W. King has taken the stors on Mair
Street, recently occupied by Geo. Barstow
He will open a wholesale confectionery
store and will also keep full line of ported
plants for transplanting.
Mr.. II. d. Bracket is building fine cot
tage at Princess Point.
Rev G. A. Buck, pastor of the Congrega-
tionalist Church in Strong met with seri
Gus accident Monday noon at Yarmouth
junction. He left the NJ. G. train and at
tempted to board the G.. T., train which
was moving slowly. He had heavy valise
in his hand, which over balanced him ant
he fell sustaining a compound fracture of the
left leg between the knee and ankle. DR..
Nj. Bates was called to attend his case. ant
he was accompanied to his home in Somer
vile by Rev. G. E. Mckinley, the friend he
was intending to visit in Yarmouth.
We are glad to see that Mr.. Wendall Hale
who recently had a severe shock OF pa.aly
sins, S again able to be out.
Thirty seven new volumes have been add
ed to the N. Y. Academy library from tn,
money taken at the exhibits given by MI
Hodsdons' elocution class in March.
". N. Richards, Bean Bros, R. H. Nc
Quillan & Co., N. H. Marston, W. W. Mari
| will close their store, Wednesday evenings
after May LIST at O'Clock P. NJ. STANDARD.