The Portland daily press., 1897-08-12
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NOBLEBORO.

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NOBLEBORO.
Nobleboro, August 10.-J. A. Perkins
has been appointed postmaster and will
take the office next Saturday, August 14th.
Bessie Troop of Gardiner is visiting her
grand mother,ss Mrs. Martha Oliver.
Prescott Oliver has gone to Everett to
visit his brother. is
Mrs. John d. Leland and two children
from West Somerville are at her father 8,
Lorenzo Dunbar.
Miss Linda Dunbar has returned home
from West Somerville, Mass.
WNrs. Sarah Palmer is visiting her broth
er, Lorenzo Dunbar.
Ozro Bryant has had very nice monu-
ment set at the graves OF his father and
mother and daughter Eva.
The cottage on Loon Island owned by
A. I. Carnage of Damariscotta is occu-
pied by some half dozen of his city
friends.
Mrs. Waite of West Somerville, Mass,
is visiting her father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. George Hersey.
Mrs. BebsauIt of Woonsocket, r. l., Is
in town visiting friends.
Mrs. Lula Morang of Somerville, Mass.
is at her fathers, l.. j. Genthner's. !
Fred Morang has a house full of city
boarders. NC
Mrs. Genthner and three children of
Portland are at l.. J. Genthner's.
Mrs. Tina Genthner and children have
returned to their home in Everett, Mass.
Fred Maxwell has returned to his home
in East Boston.
There was lawn party and ice cream
sale at l.. E. Winslow's Tuesday evening
of last week.
During heavy thunder shower Friday
afternoon l.. J. Winslow had valuable
COW killed by lightning.
Judson Hall and daughter of South
Gardiner have been in town visiting
friends.
Harold Puffer from Boston is at the
Winslow cottage.
Mrs. s. W. Chapman is in Bath, called
there by sick friends.
Walter Chapman and Norman Sidelinger
have gone to work in the Bristol oil
works at Round Pond.
e. K. Hall has been in Bristol, Booth
bay and Boothbay Harbor delivering
Maine Registers.
II. W. Mallardsand wife of East Boston,
Edgar Brooks and wife Of Boston, are at
Thomas P. MerrilIs.
George M. Wyman is sick. H 9 is atten-
ded by DR.. Parsons of Damariscotta.
BRISTOL.
!. Bristol, August 11.-There is strong
hope now that Bristol will soon have tele-
phone connection with Damariscotta.
Mr.. E. w. Nash of the Nash Telephone
company was in town a day or two ago,
and secured enough subscribers to insure
Bristol Mills. Such a long felt want
should be promptly met and we have no
doubt other parts of the town would very
speedily make connection.
The porgie business at Round Pond Is
going on briskly. Five steamers and
two small launches are fishing there and
are getting fair hauls of fish. The re-
ports of prosecutions by Hancock county
officers, while true in some particulars,
were incorrectly written in other respects
The menhaden fishermen are not the
lawless class of men often represented,
but many of our first and most respected
citizens are engaged in the business,
and the proceedings before the Ellsworth
court were owing to difference of in
distributing large sums OF money through
this and neighboring towns.
Mr.. William A. Danforth, prominent
resident of New Harbor, died Saturday
last, aged about 10 years. Heart weak
ness was the immediate cause of his de-
cease. A widow and one son survive
him. He was hard working man an
anxious for the development of his town
in Industrial lines.
Mrs. Olive Foster, a lady residing at
Browns Cove, died last week, aged so
years. Funeral services were held Fri
day.
At the Methodist church Sunday week
at Round Pond, Presiding Elder Ogier
administered the ordinance of baptism
to two infants and one adult.
Farmers are not through haying yet as
the continued wet and dark weather has
made 1t impossible to dry and make hay.
The yield Is very large. Many think
they will be unable to cut their low lands
on account of the great rain fall this sum-
mer.
Mr.. Peter Svensen, the owner of the
granite quarry at Round Pond, is in
New York on business.
The rush Of summer visitors continues
to this town despite the terrible weather
Most of our boarding houses and hotels
are filled with guests.
Mrs. r. Townsend Of Sycamore, ILL.,,
who is summering at Round Pond, at
tended the Universalist grove meeting at
Wiers last week.
FAREWELL.
Rev, Frank K. Chase of Concord, N.
H., has rented Mr.. Billiards. house at
Pennacook Hill for the month of August.
This is Mr. Chases old home where he
lived in his boyhood.
Mr.. Bullard has moved into the new
house just completed for him by Mr.. Ho-
ratio Orr of Harpswell Neck.
Alfred Catlin's horse "Dan," got
frightened while being Embarrassed in
the dooryard and ran away, but was
captured without doing himself or any
one else any harm
Farmers have had bad weather for
getting their hay, but have got in an
abundant crop. Waldron Leavitt is build
ing new barn for Woodbury. Purinton
to accommodate his crop.
Electric Bitters.
Electric Bitters is q medicine suited