The Portland daily press., 1896-04-25
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by CORES
pondents of the Press.
Gray.


week. The roads are getting quite good
about here. Farming ope rations will
soon be in order. Some have planted
early peas already. Mr. Hollis Mountfort
has finished saving Mr.. e. P Fosters
lumber, and is now at work for Mr.. r.
A. Allen.
Mrs. George W. Libby has been quite
sick with the grip for the past week.
Clarence Libby has completed his
course of study in the Bust ness College,
and is now acting as typewriter in law
office in Lewiston.
Mrs, Jennie o. Allen was in Portland
| last week
Winfield Allen is Inuch better and is
now able to sit up part of the time. He
Ia now considered to be out of danger,
which will be welcome news to his man Y
friends here and elsewhere.
Mr.. d. l.. Bailey is improving and we
hope to see him out again soon.
Mrs. Walter Huston has returned home
| from Red Beach, Maine, where she has
been In attendance upon her mother, who
has been dangerously sick for several
| weeks.
Miss Abbie Pennell is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. P. W. Wesoott in Portland this
week.
Walter 81. Libby of Boston was here
| this week. While here he transferred his
half of the homestead of his father, the
late Isaac Libby, to Mr.. G. M. Stuart,
whose wife owns the other half.
Ernest II. Allen has exchanged his
farm in West Gray for the dwelling house
and carriage shops Of Charles e. Allen.
School will commence in West Gray
Monday next, Miss Maria II. Allen
teacher.
Eugene Allen brought home from Cas-
60 this week pair of heavy work horses,
which he. bought of MI. Mitchell, of Son.
go Lock.
Dry Mills, April a. Mrs. Thomas
Quint has returned home from Poland
where she has been at work.
A game OF baseball was played be-
tween the Grays and the North Ray
monds. The game stood 80 to IN favor
of the Grays.
Henry Strout who moved to the Corner
for the winter, is moving back on to his
place.
Fred Maybery will move from the
leighton House into the house that
Henry Htrout vacated at the Corner.
Mrs. Mary Jane Golf has gone to West
Falmouth.
Some of the farmers have commenced
to work on their land.
South Berwick.
South Berwick, April 23. Fast Day
was very quiet there The fire depart
| ment tried the MIGRANTS and found every
| thing satisfactory and demonstrated
| their ability to play several good streams
over the highest buildings at the village.
One accident occurred on Goodwin stree t
early in the forenoon, but no serious re-
suits came from it. Everett Chesley
and Miss Elizabeth Tibbetts net with
their teams near the residence Of Mr.
George Hodgdon. Mr.. Chesley's horse
became frightened at some dogs, and
becoming unmanageable collided with
Mrs. Tibbett's team, throwing both that
lady and her daughter out OF the car
riage and completely demolishing the
carriage 1t seems miracle that Mrs.
Tlbbetts was not killed outright, but
| fortunately she escaped with quite Sc
we're shaking up and few burises, while
her daughter not quite so fortunate, is
laid up for q time with a sprained ankle.
A fairly large congregation attended
the Union Service in the Methodist
| church in the forenoon, and heard very
able sermon by Rev. Hosea Hewett The
Baptist people held a very enjoyable
song service in the evening.
The carpenters have completed their
| work on the Newiohawawick Company's
new dye house, and Mr.. Flynn has com.
pleted his job of filling up the yard after
| the recent flood.
Miss Grace M. Ridley was home from
Alfred to spend Fast Day
The Shepp Brothers, English Hand Bell
Ringers, Either and Banjo players, are
| to give a concert in Northumberland Hall
on next Thursday evening. April 80. un-
der the auspices of the Congregational
church. They will be assisted by Miss
| May e. SheDp in her excellent elocu
tionary renditions.
Clerk of Courts Hewey, of Alfred, was
In town this afternoon.
| Freeport.
| Freeport, April "a 1t was J. Alyat
Tuttle, principal of the North Grammar
High School, who recently SUCCESSFULLY
passed the State examination. The prin
cipal of the High School is Prof. C. q.
Stoddard, graduate of Colby,
Mr.. John T. Oxnard has broker
| ground and is excavating q cellar fol
his new block on Main street on the site
of the old Congregationalist church. The
| pancy about July 1. The rental of the
stores and zooms Is already engaged
Mr.. Bert Libby has moved to the farm
of Mr.. Geo. A. Fogg, and will assist
him in his work the coming season.
Rev. Geo. Merriman is taking vaca.
| tlOn OF Two weeks IN Massachusetts.
The steamer Phantom now makes 8
daily trip from Porter's Landing to Port.
| land, thus making a water line within
one half mile of our village.
A few people are beginnings to work
In their gardens, and some have done :
1 little planting.
| The roads are nearly free from mud
about the village but the cross roads are
| still in bad condition.
| The senior class f. Fl. S. went r.
Brunswick to Webber's for class picture
Miss Conrie NJ. Spear is home at he,
fathers for ten days vacation.
Yarmouth.
Yarmouth, April 49, A class of tbir.
teen will graduate from Yarmouth Hig,,
School in juno. The honorary narts
were assigned as follows: -
| aledictory-Florence II. Stimson.
| Class Prophecy Eugenia L.. Soule
| Salutatory-James r. Parsons
| German Poem-L. Myrtle Stoddard
| EClass Oration-Edmund P Brown.
! Glass History-Florence 6. Hilton
Essay-Agnes Fl. Russell
| Mrs. Julia Baker, who has been snena
ing the winter with her sister. Mrs
Paul Blanchard, returned this week 70
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