The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-08
nAINE TOWNS.

mass Of ssethins flames. As the build!
ings are quite rsmOte fyom Immediate
ne7ehbors help arrived but slowly and
Ne. Dyer with the help Of his son-in-law
at once removed the hoTssa, SIX IN num-
beE, after whiohssif the ladders could have
bedn gotten from the barn 1t Is thought
that the main house could have been
10 was impossible for anyone 70 enter the
burning building And In less than an
hour the fine set pf farm buildings were
o mass Of smouldeying ruins. Mr.. Dyer
Is the father Of City Clerk Dyer Of Port
land.
CANTON.
Elliot Howe took possession Of the
steam grist mill tho lat inst under
Wa. Gilbert is 30 a. to get around on
crutchss and is doing nicely.
6. A. Proctor Of Rangely, former
resident Of this town, was fnItown last
week.
william g. Harlow and Walter v.
Cole we're in town the first Of the week.
Work commenced at the corn factory
ruesdny, but there was pot ninoh doing
The masonry and stone work for the
new bridge at Gilhertville Is completed.
John E. Tyler lost q valuable cow and
ealf by being run over by the freight
tCain hear Euller's crossing.
Evergreen Chapter, No.124, @; 4. s.,
resume their meetings again Tuesday,
September 9th.
At the meeting of Whitney lodge, No.
1877, b. & NJ. the Sd inst, the following
officers were elected Cyrus T. Bonney,
.Ir.. M; Charles 81. Randall. 8. W;
Herbert v. Foster, ]. w.; Herbert J.uD.
Shaw, seo.; r. Bradford, Treas; Asa B.
HayfoYd, s. D.; John NJ. Boye. !. D.
Herbert Gilbert and Mias Addie Fuller
are at Hebron Academy for the fall term.
There was large turnout to the
State fair from this section.
James W. BtCknel has much improved
the looks of bis two stores with q
coat Of paint and other improvements.
Mrs. Mary How is visiting friends in
Gardiner.
Miss Kate Bradford is visiting in Au-
busn and Turner.
NOBLEROROUaH.
On Sunday. August 3Oth, the Rev. Geo.
q. Hill Of the Fret Baptist church, bap-
tised seven candidates at Pemaquid
Pond.
Monday, August LIST, Lester A. Hall
lefi for Mount Herman school, North
fsld. Mass.
Allen Mash IL dangerously sick and is
attsnded by Or. Stetson OF Damariscot-
to.
The summer visitors are leaving town,
more than 80 having gone the past week.
left Saturday for their home In West
2nmarvtIle Mass
jennie Hall leaves for Mortified Semi
nary on Saturday, the 9th inst.
EIGHT CORNERS.
Jack Frost made Us a cali Tuesday
off although It was so warm only short
time ago. He nipped the squash leaves
making them black and wilted.
Those who were 30 fortunate at to at
tend the S. s. association at North 6aoo
were we'll paid for doing SO. The exer-
cises were all good. Rev. G. Everett
Zee bean gevs very inter intsresting address address
Past, Present and Future" A fine solo
was sung BY Mrs. a. II. Williams There
was full house.
Rev. George L. Mason, formerly Of this
place, Is pleasantly situated at South
| Darlington, N. H., He IL holding re-
v1val meetings with TWO ladies' TO help
him one niece Of D. L. Moody.
EAST SUMMER.
Heavy frost throughout the town Sat.
urday morning did considerable damage
to sweet corn, very little Of which has
been gathered.
The Minot Packing Co. have Just be-
gun packing. They have double the acre
age Of last year and expect to run day
and night. The company are making q
new departure this year canning corn on
the cob.
The F. s. R. 3. BY; have put siding
are being made In the yard.