The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-13
FREEEPORT.

0S Wc4Lo bCftCi 4ADlh t11O I1loO4o u bllo
month. Mr.. Spear will not take his
vacation till later in the year, when he
proposes to visit the hospitals of New
York and Philadelphia for advanced pro-
fessional work.
Professor Robert f. Pennell of Chicago
will spend the week at Pleasant
Hill.
The funeral of the late Jeanette Dyer
reliet of o. Israel Dyer will occur at the
residence of Mr., W. G. Ringrose Thurs
day, 8 .. m. The burial will be in the
cemetery hear the residence of Mr.. Ring
rose, where her home has psen since her
childhood.
Fremont has a large number of visitors,
Rev. Mir. Blair at A. L. Dennison's; John
Lane, wife and daughter Oracle at the
old homestead at Pleasant Hill; Mrs
Geo. Grant and family; Prof. Will Cur
tbs and family at j. d. Curtis, The
Misses Leightons at Geo. Docsams's; ].
D. Curtis at his fathers, VIM. Curtis.
Mrs. E. u. Emerson and daughter of
Chelsea, made a short visit upon her
co usin DR.. Spear this week.
The recent showers have kept the foil
age in good condition The farmers
crops are looking fine. The hay
crop just housed is as good as any for
three years and has been out In fine con-
dition.
Black berries and blueberries are plenty
and pickers are improving their time in
getting supply. Wagon loads of
places and express themselves well repaid
for the work.
The heat Of! 1.-THE past three days has
been more than usually experienced here
during the month of August.
Milo, Aug. lathe Repu blicans of
Milo will open the campaign on Monday,
August II, with grand rally and flag
raising. Hon. VIM. p. Frye will be thu
speaker of the occasion. Milo is the Pop
ulist stronghold of Piscataquis county.
They polled 30 votes at the last election.
The number will no doubt be increased
in the coming September by the addition
of the % who voted the Democratic tick
ct, with few Republicans.
Building operations in town are going
on as briSkly as usual. The town has
never experienced boom but has had a
steady growth OF about half dozen
houses year for the past 10 years.
Taxes are lower this year than for sew
eFal years past in spite of the introduction
of concrete sidewalks, and the improve
Several gentlemen who were once Milo
boys have been home spending their vaoa-
tons.
Tho several lakes in the Katahdin Iron
Works region, with Schoodic, Seboeis
aud Mattamiscoti, are unsurpassed for
beauty, and the excellence of the fishing.
All, too. are easy of excsss, and there
are excellent Esportsmen's camps in all
localities.
Berries Of all kinds we're never SO abund-
ant in this locality as they are this season
Blaokberries are especially plentiful The
apple crop also promises to be good.
Hay has not been up to the average of
former years, but still there is a fair crop.
Grain is looking well in most localities,
and is ripening rapidly.
The mercury has fingered in the vicin-
ity of SO in the shade for several days
past. The shower of Sunday did not
seem to reduce the temperature to any
extent.
The B. and A. r. R. are building a
new station here to take the place of the
little coop built in the early days of the
Katahdin Iron Works road.
Improvements are also being made In
the Railroad yard, the spur track of tho
Boston Excelsior conn pany abein Exchanged
to point near Gould g crossing, and
running from the other direction.
CUMBERLAND.
West Cumberland, Aug. 11.-Mrs. d. L.
Shaw and Miss Emma Shaw are spend
ing few weeks at Rookland.
Miss Sadie Morrill, of Woodfocds spent
Sunday at her fathers MIR. Levi Morrill,.
Rev. @. Wentworth pastor of the
NJ. E. Church ia taking a three weeks
vacation.
Miss May Morrill, is spending the week
at Cum berland Foreside.
The farmers in this vicinity are busy
harvesting their grain.
sANDFORD.
Springvale, Aug. 1.-THE hot wave
did not turn cold shoulder to all in this
vicinity, but gave us very warm greet
ing.
Deacon Sflas B. Ridley and wife Of
Portland were in town last week.
George A. Goodwin, Esq, and wife.
are spending their vacation at Wells
beach.
Rev. William Wood Of South Portland
supplied the pulpit of the Free Baptist
church last Sunday in this absence of the
pastor who is away on vacation.
Mrs Angela Abbott and sons wife of
Shapleigh are visiting Mrs. Ivory Hall
in Kennebunk.
Alton Farwell is very sick of oonsump-
ton with no prospect of recovery.
Mrs Charles Fl. Pierce who has been
sick several weeks has so far recovered
as to be able to start this morning SO
visit her daughter. Mrs. Charles Hanson
in Maiden, Mass.
Supreme Secretary D. NJ Frye of the
New England Order of Protection spent
part of his vacation here last week and
went from here to Old Orchard.
This Citizens Reform Party have NOM
inuted e. FL Emery of Sanford for Sheriff
of York County. If he is elected the rum
sellers will be pretty sure to find thai
he means business.
The members OF the Springvale San
ford Relief Corps were very pleasantly
entertained at lawn party given by
Mrs. Mary Butler last Monday even
ing.
Mrs. Sarah FGrant, wife of Deacon
Thatcher Kicker of Mmery's Mills, Shap-
leigh, passed away very suddenly July