The Portland daily press., 1896-03-26
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Springyale.

springvale.
| Springvale, March 25-March has no
gone back on it's well earned reputation
but has given us a pretty fair sample O
VIII at can be done in the way of storm
and freshets. The roads in this vicinit,
are in Ii very rough condition.
Rev. B. M. Osgood is on business tril
to Philadelphia.
| Rev. Franklin Blake, of North Lebanon
preached at the Free Baptist church las
| Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Frost, who has been yer,
sick. is now better and hopes are enter
| tanned of her recovery.
Miss Sadie Shaw, who recently had
| surgical operation performed, is recover
| ing.
The need of National bank in thi
| town has loAg been felt. and the prospec
is now that one is to be started immedi
ately in Sanford village, with capita
| of $50, 600.
Rev. Mr.. Shumway is visiting in Med
| way, Mass, this week.
| AT the annual March town meeting
tho Republicans elected their full tioke
and the Democrats in Shapleigh die
the same The Republican town com
| mittee for the ensuing year is composed
OF the following gentlemen: Charles
H. Frost, George W. Hanson, Frank VIII
son, W. A. Fogg, Charles II. Ogden, G
d. S. Shaw. The Democratic town com
mittee are: j. II. Mekin, Joel Kicker
NJ. Il. Libby, Fred A. Smith, Charles
| A. Pray, Horace T. Bennett, +. J.
Allen.
East Baldwin, March 25-At the towr
| meeting adjourned from Saturday TIL
Tuesday, relating to the bridge acros.
the Saco, conference and Investigating
commute, consisting of DR.. Norton,
chairman; Oliver Mureh and j. p. Craw
ford, was chosen, This committee is tt
| report at the adjourned meeting to be
held April z. AT the special town meet
ing called for today. no action was taken
as the warrant calling for the meeting
was considered defective.
Mrs Kicker, who has been visiting in
Windham this winter, arrived home yes
terday.
Mr.. George H. Rounds has gone to
Naples for q short stay.
Mrs. Charlotte johnson is visiting Mrs.
j. p. Chadbourne.
Mr.. Ernest Farr, of Harpswell, is in
town. He is to take charge of the work
upon Mr.. E. II. Chadbourne's new build
ing: -
deliver lecture to the Old Veterans at
the Congregational church, Wednesday
evening.
New Gloucester.
| Upper Gloucester, March 25-.The West
Poland Praying Band held meetings in
Centennial hall at this place last Sunday,
| both forenoon and afternoon. A good
| number were present in the afternoon
| and the meetings were interesting. The
band will hold meetings in the hall next
| Sunday, March Goth.
Mr.. Frank Eveleth, who has been stoPs,
ping with his father Mr.. Go. Eveletl
BIS winter. md who came from Idaho
last fall, intends to start on the return
| trip on Thursday Of this week. He and
his brother reside in Idaho.
We regret to learn that Mr.. James Mer
rill, of the lower village in this town, il
very low, with but little or no hope O.
recovery.
The Lend Hand club is to hold fail
in Centennial hall on Thursday evening
of this week where all kinds of fancy
articles will be on sale. An entertain
ment will be provided for the occasion
| consisting of reading, singing and reel
| tations.
Mrs. Chick has recently gone to keep
house for Mr.. George Blake, an aged oiti
zen of our village, who il about 81 year
of age, and is smart man for one Of his
age as he has kept house alone for tn,
past few weeks.
The snow, or rather the sleighing, Is
thing OF the past, excepting some OF
some of the GROSS roads.
| Bar Mills.
Monday forenoon, the people of thi
village were startled by the CRY that on,
of the men who was at work on the new
dam, was drowning, and all rushed tx
the river to see man struggling in tn,
| ICY stream and rapidly being swept along
by the current Everyone was on tn,
alert to do all that could be done to res
cue the man. He was Daniel Haggerty
a resident of Lewiston, and while at worl
carrying plank to the dam, slipped int
the swift water. Poles were reached GU
and life line was thrown, which reached
across his chest, but he did not succeed
in grasping it and fell backward and wa
Immediately swallowed up by the water
Haggerty was 28 years old and unmar