The Portland daily press., 1896-06-10
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of INTEREST Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Freeport.

| Freeport.
Ereeport. June 9. Mr.. Nathaniel B.
Jordan, of Pownal, q we'll known farmer
and highly respected citizen, died at his
homo this morning, Eafter q long and
painful illness Funeral services will
OCCUR on Thursday ats O'Clock p. m.
While the physicians were all absent
Thursday at the exercises of the Medical
Association, Mr. Emery Coffin sustained
a severe and bad dislocation at tn Q
shoulder. 1t was successfully reduced
by DR.. Spear some eight hours after the
accident, and Mr.. Coffin relieved of his
painful injury.
A mild rain commencing Sunday has
prevailed generally, and the farmers
are holding up their heads at the prom
| lse OF q good crop of hay.
| The excursion by boat to Gem Cottage,
Notwithstanding the rain was we'll pat
ronized. Mr.. Harmon IL good provider,
and this is the reason why the Gem Cot
| tage Is so will patronized.
Three of the finest gardens in the vii
lage are those of Hon. s. A. Holbrook,
John K. Beloher and Col. Gore. A visit
to either Of them would we'll repay the
visitor who likes to see good gardening.
Everything grows just as we'll as in q
nicely planned ground on one OF ''topsy
turvy" kind, and is immensely more
| pleasing to the beholder.
Prize speaking at the Treeport High
School occurs at the Congregational
| church Friday evening. Music Lovell's
Orchestra.
Mr.. Jones, the jeweler, has sold seven
teen new high grade wheels this season.
East Harpswen.
East Harpswell, June 9. W. S. Pur-
linton Is breaking his two year old colt,
Franklin Junior, to harness. The colt
Is beautifully proportional animal,
and weighs over 800 pounds Bruins
wick's leading veterinary surgeon pro-
| nounces him the best junior two-year-
old he has seen.. He is named Z. B.
from which Mr.. Purinton's presidential
preferences may easily be inferred.
t. Mr.. Amasa Benson's hen house was
t'robbed of 30 hens last week, and Mr..
Frank Stevens lost five gallon can of
Kerosene the same night. The thieves
have not been traced.
The crew of the Robert v. Carr in
vested largely in Strawberries while in
Portland, Saturday. Capt. Scholfleld
alone bought buskel.
New Gloucester.
Sabbathday Lake, June s. The tuner
al Of Mrs. VerrilI, aged ninety-one years,
was held at the schoolhouse Saturday
afternoon, Mrs. Cousens, Of Gray, off1oi-
| ating.
Mr.. Sylvanus Cobb has moved into
Davis Merrill's house.
Mrs. Walter Bracket is visiting
friends in Casco.
Mrs. Benjamin Davis has gone to
Portland to the Maine General Hospital
for treatment.
Cottage meetings are being held around
the neighborhood with great degree of
interest.
The water is so low in the mill pond
that the mills cannot run but a small
portion of the time.
North Gray, June 9-Hewitt Megquier
has bought span of roam horses.
E. E. Libby has new contract for
4, 900 corn boxes and 500 clam boxes.
Grace Foster has arrived home from
Bar Harbor, where she has been teach
ing the past year.
E. F. Libby has shipped car load OF
shoe boxes to Freeport
Lorandus Legrow has finished work at
West Falmouth and returned home.
John Burgess and his friend of Pleas
antdale, are visiting his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Latham.
Hewitt Megquier has lost one of his
old horses.
S. q. Humphrey is putting an ad-
dition on his barn.
Quite number of ripe Strawberries
have been found in this place.
Z. J. May berry is having his rooms
plastered.
Frank Knapp is visiting his cousins in
this place. .
Peter Wood is at home from Rumford
Falls.
Henry Knight is very low at this writ
ing.
John Richards has raised his barn, and
put basement under it.
Quite q number from this place attend
cd the dance at Town hall Saturday
night and reported good time.
Dry Mills, June Erred Mcdonald is
cIerking for M. G. Morrill, for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Flye are visiting
her father. Mr.. Richard Colley.
Il. l.. Morse was clustering for Jeffer-
son Mayberry the first of the week.
The Grand Army men of this neighbor-
hood attended the funeral of johnson
Smith, Monday afternoon.
Hugh P. Morrill, passed away Sunday
morning after long lingering illness of
consumption. His age was % years. Mr.
Morrill, has been in business for a num-
Der of years at Dry Mills and he will be
remembered by many as a smart, enter
prising man. He has been in poor health
for long time but for the last year has
been failing fast. About four months
ago he realized that he had but short
time to live and ne had great desire to
90 to his childhood home to spend the
last OF his days, there to be surrouned by
wife, father, mother and friends and
that wish was gratifed He was the son
of Matthew G. and Mary Brown Morrill,.
He leaves wife, one son, father, moth
er, three brothers and host of relatives
and friends who are made sad by his
death. The funeral was at the house of
his father, Mr.. M. G. Morrill,, Tuesday
afternoon, attended by Rev. Mr.. Worm
wood. Among the people from out of
town that attended the funeral Of Mr..
Morrill, were s. R. Small and wife.
of Portland; BENZ. Haskell and wife.
William Morrill, and wife, Byron Has
kell and Isaiah Hawkes., of Westbrook;
Asa p. Morrill, and wife, of Cape Eliza