The Portland daily press., 1897-06-15
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
PORTER.

PORTER.
Kezar Falls, June 14-The river at this
place is higher than ever before at this
time of year-so say the Oldest citizens.
Andrew Edgecomb is suffering from
cancers.
Leslie Pugsley, of Boston, Mass, who
is stopping in this place for his health. is
improving.
Farmers report that the crows are i'm
proving every moment of this cloudy
weather pulling corn, potatoes and even
peas.
The grass crop on high lands looks
nicely.
1t is reported tn at Mrs. Moses S. Moul-
ton is showing slight Improvement
Noyes Norton, who was thrown from
the road machine and hurt the other day,
is still confined to the house, his injuries
proving worse than thought for at first.
Scarlet fever is reported in Freedom, N.
| H.
Geo. Kezar, one of our base ball play
ers, was sent for by the Rochester, n.
H. club. Mr.. Kezar started to report
| J. W. Chapman and Son are buying
all the wool they can find.
John Collins, Jr., Rev. John Collins S
son, has been visiting Allen Carriers
people for the last few days.
j. M. Stanley, who is at work on the
Maine Central railroad, spent Sunday
at home with his family.
The roads are reported to be in bad con-
d1tlon. There are many washouts caused
| by the late rains.
NEW GLOUCEsTER
Sabbathday Lake, June 14-Mr. Will
liam Cash has bought horse.
Irving P. Hubbard stopped two days at
Poland Springs last week.
Rev. Mr.. Mank will hold meeting
here June Goth.
Mrs. Davis is gaining slowly.
Miss Alfredo Bartlett has been sick for
the past week
Miss Lizzie Hubbard is still on the sick
list.
Mrs. M. j. Rogers of Raymond Viii
lage, was in the place last week.
Lewis Pennick Clinton, of Lewiston,
held meeting here Sunday afternoon,
which was largely attended.
NORWAY.
Norway, June IA. Charles johnson,
aged about so years, attempted suicide
by hanging Saturday morning last, but
was discovered and cut down before life
was extinct A fit of temporary insanity
was the supposed cause.
Farmers haze become quite dis
heartened by reason of the continued wet.
Most OF the planting, except on light,
sandy soil, has come to naught, and the
larger portion of the tillage land is too
wet to work for long time to come.
| Apple blossoms are blighting badly, if
not destroyed, by the tent caterpillar
Building still continues. Foundation
for the Danforth block is being laid, and
ground is broken for the erection of the
building an eating house on the old tan
merry lot, and many elegant private dwell
lings are being pushed forward with all
possible dispatch, beside the charging
and repairing of others.
The Catholic chapel, the foundation of
which was laid last fall, will be built
during the season so soon as the constrac
tor gets to it,
Many people depending entirely on
pressed hay are sadly discomftted, as
none is to be had in or out of town the
incessant rain preventing its shipment.
The electric railway to Stoneham and
Waterford is still considered quite doubt
full, and people are getting lukewarm
regarding the matter.
A tramp was arrested last week while
begging on the pretense of a disabled
arm, which proved hoax. He was SEN
fenced to jail for sixty days, which SEN
tence was suspended until found again
begging in this county. His counsel adj
wise that he inform all his fellows, as the
next one must go up for sixty days on
bread and water. He left town.
GRAY.
Gray, June IA. Misses Susie H. Perley,
Abbie H. Sawyer and Susie A. Hall, we
understand will make the trip to San
Francisco with the Y. P. S. G. E.
Mr.. James N. Foster received the con-
tract for building the schoolhouse at East
Gray, and has commenced work on it.
and boards
Mr.. James Newbegin and wife, of Bos-
ton, are at Mr.. John Newbegin's.
Marie Knibloe, humorist and whistler,
under the auspices of the ladies of the
Congregational Society, will give an en-
tertainment at the Town Hall, Thursday
evening, June 18th, consisting of the fol-
lowing programme:
Musical Selection
"a Notifying Mistake"
For the Girls.
An Order for a Picture, Alice Cary
Seem Things, Eugene Field
Musical Selection.
How Divorces are Made, or Why Mar
riage is Failure, Original
Act Before the Wedding.
Act AFTER the Wedding.
Musical Selection,
Irish Jerry, Mary L. Dickinson
Under the Willow, Rosa II. Thorpe
Musical Selection,
Schoolboys' Plea,
For the Boys.
entertainment.
There will he of fonta ctioc