The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-11
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Richmond.

Richmond.
There were rs marriages, AZ births and
36 deaths recorded in Richmond during
the year 1895, an increase of four mar
riages and three births. and seventeen
less deaths, as compared with the year
preceding.
The storm of Thursday caused a general
cessation of the work of the ice harvest.
A good freeze is what is wanted now.
Bridgton.
Bridgton, Feb. s. The heavy rain of
Thursday has made the roads almost i'm
passable Had there been a greater depth
of snow the condition of the travelling
must have been much worse than now.
During the ten days of fine weather pre-
vious to the storm the streets of this vii
lage presented an exceedingly busy scsne,
everybody hurrying to make up for the
time they had to wait for snow.
At the mill of the Brideton Lumbe
Company last Thurdsay morning Owen
G. Eastman sawed one of his fingers
quite badly, and the same day Wallace
Douglass crushed several toes by drop-
ping heavy birch log on them.
The Leap Year ball at Gibbs Hall
Thursday evening was success socially,
notwithstanding the bad weather
Chambers Orchestra from Portland fur
nlshed most excellent music.
The Congregationalist society will cele.
brate Lincoln's birthday next Thursday.
The wooden mills of this village find it
necessary to run nights in the carding
and spinning departments. The Forest
Mill is about to put in a fine electric light
plant from the Belknap works in Port
land.
Mt Pleasant Enoampment No. IA I.
0. O. Z. conferred two degrees. elected
,oxrrx- v%,t ,rnr "a
cations at the meeting Wednesday even
ing.
Lisbon Falls, Feb. 10. Edward Plum
mer, agent of the Androscoggin Water
Power Company, has bought enough
spruce wood to make 1900 car loads,
which will be shipped here this winter
for the use Of the Lisbon Falls Fibre
Company. He says that he will not re-
new his contract again after it runs out.
asssprune is becoming very hard to get
Most Of the above wood is coming from
Canada.
A Publishing Company has been in
corporated in Lisbon Falls to be known
as the Enterprise Publishing Company.
OF which 9. L. Mann is manager.
Gray.
North Gray, Feb. 10 There will be
leap year ball at ST. Clara's hall, North
music by Fosters orchestra and an oy-
ster supper at intermission.
Mr.. Cryus Latham has bought horse.
Bert Cummings went to work Saturday
for the first time for over month.
George Humphrey has bought sleigh.
Alfred Humphrey is falling very fast
in health. Mrs. Samuel Dolley is stop
ping with him.
Miss Mamie Russell is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Arthur Foster.
Auburn.
Auburn, Feb. TO- The HutchiDs &
Curtis Company, the new spool firm.
have their line of samples out.
This is the first winter the cars have
run without the Use of runners.
The Auburn High School graduating
class will produce the drama. "a Fisher
mans Luck" Feb. q and % in Auburn
Hall.
Rayomnd, Feb. 10. Mr.. Leon Longley
is home from Lynn, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Floyd of Edes
Falls attended the entertainment at
Union church Saturday evening.
Mr.. Henry Harmon recently visited
relatives at Bridgten Center.
Mr.. Walter E. Harmon, q student at
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
B. Harmon. He was accompanied by
his cousins Bennie and Annie Harmon.
of Harrison.
The entertainment at Union Church
Saturday evening under the auspices of
the Ladies Endeaver Society passed off
very pleasantly. The ROTATIONS by Miss
were excellent, and much enjoyed. Our
villa ge people were delighted to listen
to the sweet voice of the Lizzie Churchill
of Nerth Raymond formerly of the vii.
lage.
Pownal, Feb. 10. Miss Linda Noyes
and Miss Lillian Latham will give a
Hull Corn Supper" at Mallet Hall on
Friday evening, Feb. IA valentine
every effort possible to have this one of
the most pleasant social entertainments
given here this winter, and we trust that
a liberal patronage from this and adjoin-
ing towns will secure to them the most
pleasing results
Mrs. Alney Noyes, who has for the
past week been with her sister, Mrs. Au-
home to her husband and family on Sat-
.urdsy the sad, but not entirely unexpect-
ed news of their SISTERS death. She has
been an invalid for some Time but until
a short time previous to her death was
lthought to be more comfortable. The
funeral services will be held at Gorham,
n. III. Mr.. Noyes left this morning to
join his wife.
The schools will continue for one week
more, throughout the town, than at
first expected. 1t will make a very good
average in weeks for the past school year
for the small amount Of money raised for
school purposes, and shows that it must
have been judiciously expended.
WIT AND WISDOM.