The Portland daily press., 1896-05-22
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SPownal.
Pownal, May 21-Among our towns
people are quite number of veterans
who are members of the W. L. Haskell
Post of Yarmouth; also ladies who are
members of the Ladies' Relief Corps Of
Yarmouth. 1t has been thought well to
extend them an invitation to unite with
our society IN the preaching services to
he held at the church at Pownal Centre
on the Sunday previous to Memorial
Day. The invitation has been most COR
daily extended by pastor and commit
tee and we trust most profitable and
pleasant union service may be the L.
suit,
Miss May Brown, of Portland. has re.
GENTLY been spending several days in
town at the home of her uncle, Capt. L.
| S. Brown; later with Mrs. Elite J..
Latham and other friends.
Mr.. Cornelius Harris, steward of
steamer Bay State, passed Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Latham.
Mrs. True Warren Is now improving
| ~ASA
fever.
| Our weather this spring is strangely
| noticeable from the extreme conditions
which attend it. From days of summer
like heat, we suddenly find the mercury
lowering to nights most extremely chilly.
Thursday morning the thermometer
standing at only e1S degrees above zero
| locations.
Dry Mills, May 21-Ed. Parker has
gone to Cumberland Mills to work for
Eugene Golf driving team.
The Republican caucus held at Gray to
nominate delegates to attend the County
convention at Portland, June 8, elected
four Plummer delegates.
| The Dry..Mills Reform club will hold
meeting at the North Gray school
| house Sunday afternoon, May 81
| All kind Of fruit trees have bloomed
| very full.
planting, the most Of the sowing being
done.
There was quite frost in many places
Tuesday night.
Cumberland.
West Cum berIand, May 21-Mr. A. l..
Wilson has been building an ice house
and refrigerator.
Mr.: Frank Seavy spent Sunday at MIR.
e. Coughs.
Mr.. Harlan Abbott, who has been in
Boston, has returned home.
Mr.. T.. Pride has six hundred chickens
Matched
Mrs. Miranda Mansise, who has had
pneumonia, is much better at this writ
ing.
Raymond.
Raymond, May 21-Miss Ida Getchell,
of Lewiston, Is the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. VIM. II. Smith.
- Mrs. Margaret E. Gould having passed
q vacation of three weeks at her old
home at the village, has returned to her
home In Portland.
MI. Hanson S. Clay and Miss Minnie
Clay, Of Woodfords, were recently guests
at the Central house.
Mrs. Ruth Jordan and little daug hter
Mamie, Of Bridgton, are visiting rela-
Mr.. Augustus Plummsr has gone to
Old Orchard.
Among the sick ones are Mr. Wn. q.
Smith and Mrs. Isabel Mason.
Rain Is badly needed in this vicinity.
Miss Grace Barrows of North Windham
has been the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Mile Plummer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon visited their
| friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilson,
of North Raymond, last Sunday.
Mr.. Charles Knight, of Boston, was
recently seen in this place.
| Rev. E. M. Cousens will occupy the
pulpit at Union church ever other Sun
day at 2 80 p. m.
| Nearly all of the farmers in this vicini-
ty have finished their planting and have
commenced working on the roads.
| The town is building a road through
Orrington by way Of Fords' HON estead,
| having heretofore paid right of way
from the main road to Mr.. Ford.
Mr. G. D. Burr has leased his farm for
| two years. Mr.. Burr has taken rent
in Brewer.
Apple trees are in full bloom and lawns
| are looking very good.
Bar Mills.
In Bar Mills, May 18th, of pneumonia,
after painful illness, Mrs. Belle Lane
Palmer, wife of Richard Palmer. aged SO
years. Her condition was considered crit
| ioal from the beginning by her physician,
and great anxiety was felt by her family
and many friends. A consultation of
physicians was held, and every thing pos
| sible done for her relief, but ell effor is
proved unavailing and Sunday night she
passed peacefully and quietly away. Mrs.
Palmer was the Oldest child of Mr.. and
Mrs s. W. Lane Of Benny Eagle. She
leaves a husband and one son. She was
daughter and sister. The funeral serv-
ices were conducted by Rev. Mr.. Gates,
at her late home Wednesday, May Goth,
at O'Clock p. m. Mrs. Palmer had many
warm friends, and the bereayed family
have their sympathy in their great sor-
row. +.
/ Cumberland County Sunday School Con-
vention.
The Cumberland County Sunday
School Convention which is to be held
at Brldgton next week, the Goth and 9th,
| is being thoroughly advertised among