The Portland daily press., 1896-01-29
MAINE TOWNS.
items of Interest Gathered by Cores.
ponderts of the Press.
Baldwin.

Baldwin.
| East Baldwin, Jan. 28-Mr. Daniel
Rounds, of Saco, lis visiting Mr.. George
Rounds.
Mrs. Elmer Boothby has returned from
Winthrop, where she has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. John Smell.
Mr.. Samuel Richardson and Mrs, Eliza
A. Richardson, both of whom have been
quite i'll. are slowly recovering.
Mr. Geo. H. Rounds has again returned
to Naples, where ne IS studying with DR..
| Rounds.
Mr. E. W. Spencer was home over Sun
day.
Miss Amy Libby Of Portland, made a
short visit last week at DIR. Norton's
| The boiler used in Young's mill is to
be tested this week.
Snow has at last come and there is
much rejoicing by those who have been
waiting to send their teams into the
woods.
| Brownfield, Jan. 2S-Oscar Bear, who
received severe injuries by being thrown
from his market wagon. his horse run
ming away, & Is slowly ay recovering.
lodge, No. 46, I. o. o. F., have been
duly installed by VIM. Boynton, N. G..
asfollows:
| N. G.-E. e. Rounds.
| V. G.-F. E. Quint.
| Secretary-J. L. Frink.
Financial Secretary-J. R. Hill.
| Treasurer Samuel Warren.
S. j. and f. r. Staples, clothing man.
ufacturers, are having all the work they
can do, employing from Is to 20 hands,
Lumber business is very much delayed
by the lack of snow. The most fervent
prayer now heard is-Oh that we might
have an old fashioned snow storm, a real
| "Pequawket thaw.''
and traveller, will deliver a course of four
| lectures. commencing Jan. 2S. subjects,
the Orkney and Shetland Islands and the
! Scottish Highlands and Clans.
Mrs. Maria Day died Jan. 23, aged
about 30 years. She leaves a husband and
three children by former husband.
Casco, January a7-The long looked Tor
snow has come at last, and the logging
and wood teams were out bright and
early this morning for the woods.
| 6. b. Mayberry, who is serving as jury
man in the Supreme court, Portland,
spent last Sabbath with his family, and
was at his place as chorisuer at the Union
| church Sunday afternoon.
The Jepson Bros. have been very busy
for the last two weeks quitting ice for
the farmers. The filled the ice house at
the Casco Creamery last week with ice
| fifteen inches thick and the quality was
never better.
The village school which has been
closed for three weeks on account Of
case of scarlet fever reopened again Mon
day morning.
| Mr.. James II. Jepson and wife have
returned home from Lynn, Mass, where
they have been spending several weeks
with friends.
We understand the Burnham Morrill,
Co., will run their corn factory here this
year. The corn books are out and almost
the required acreage have been secured.
| Berwick.
| South Berwick, Jan. 2S-In spite of the
severe storm of Friday evening the
Bellamy club of Dover, N. H., sent over
their whist team to play the team Of the
Newt ichawanick club of this town and
a very good team it was they sert over.
! However the Newiohawanik club had a
good set of players all picked out to meet
them and more exciting. better played.
harder contested match at duplicate whist
was never seen in this vicinity. The
result at the end of the playing was
a tie, each side scoring 1893 points. The
players were as follows: Hurd &
Hartford, of Bellamy VS. Sleeper and Bur-
leigh, Of Newichawaniok; Varney ard
| Roberts of Bellany vs. Chesley and Bill
| ings, of Newiohawauick; Bacon and
| Chase, of Bellamy VS. Ham and Smith, of
.ol,o .snIr -
Bellamy VS. Herson and Varney, of
Newichawanick Townsend and Brad
bury, of Bellamy vs. Nolan and Greeniaw
OF NewichaWanick; Wiggin and Pink
| ham, of Bellamy VS. Hodgdon and Bar t.
lett, Of Newichawanick and VaFney anj
Woodeman, of Bellamy vs. Nutter and
Brig am, of Newichawanick. After the
games, adjournment was made to the
Masonic Banquet hall where under the
efficient management of South Berwick 8
most popular and able caterer, j. Harry
Morrison, a repast was served which
could not fail to suit the most fastidious
| of people and to which the Newioha wan
ick club and their visitors from Bellamy
club did ample Justice. This was the
second meeting of these two clubs this
season and 1t is hoped that there may be
| several more.
| The weather in South Berwick for the
last day and half has been anything
but pleasant but one pleasant feature
of it is that at last everybody can take a
sleigh ride as the long looked for snow
has arrived. Shortly after noon Friday
it began to snow and by night there was
about four inches of damp snow and
more runners than wheels upon the
street. Early in the evening however,
the snow changed to rain and sleet which
froze as fast as it came m aking it very
disagreeable for anyone unfortunate
/ oh 10 ho nrIf N cfotn nf
affairs continued throughout the night
making an elegant bottom for sleighingi
About 8 p. m. Saturday it began to
snow again and at present is still at it,