The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-19
1AINE TOWNS.

sumption. but the end vas not expected
SO soon. A sudden cold brought on IL
severe attack of pleurisy which his weak
ened frame was unable to Withstand
and he expired in u few hours. Mr..
Sikliings came here from Now York last
June. lie had been carrying on pres
porous confectionery business there.
which he was Obliged to dispose of, and
came here where he has many relatives
in. hopes TO prolong bis life. His age
was 30, aud he leaves widow and one
child. He was highly este emed Ivy all.
The funeral services were held on We'd
nsday. conducted by Rev. Mr.. Worm
wood, of Gray Corner. The remains will
be CARRIED to New York-for burial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moritz, Of New York,
were here last week I'd attend the funeral
of Mrs. Moritz's brother, MT o. W.
SKilliuga.
Mrs. q. n. Freeman has gone to Mt.
Vernon, Missouri, to visit her brothsrs
DIR. Granville KNAPP. Her mother, MIS-
Lucy Knapp, accompanied her.
Mr. r. A. Allen, our postmaster and
trader, has been quite unwell the past
two weeks from severe attack Of rheu-
matism.
The sick ones at D. L. Bailey's are
generally improving.
MIR. and Mrs. A. II. Huston have re-
turned to their home in West Gray. Mr..
Has D6tn dU WOEk Ou CbO bot Oh IL
ment works at Portland Head since last
spring. AS the wo1k there is completed
se with other carpenter were discharged.
Harry Frank, son of Mr.. A. G. D.
Frank las been quite i'll with throat
trouble.
There will be an auction at the late
residence of o. W. Skiliings on Thurs-
day next. when the stock and household
goods belonging TO the family will be
sold TO this highest bidder. The widow
will return tn New York as soon as her
business affairs here can be settled.
Gray, January ls.-Mr. and Mrs. Hurd
of North Berwick are visiting at her
brothers.. DIR. E. I. Andrews.
Mr.. Richard Andrews has position at
the Maine State college as teacher.
AT the meeting of the Gray Park asso-
citation, held Saturday evening, January
10th, the following were chosen officers:
VIM. P. Haskell, president; John
Stevens, secretary and treasurer; Vinton
K. Frank, B. E. skillinRs, James T.
Hancock, Grin S. Higgins and George F..
Merrill, directors. The fair will be held
August 9th. 2hth and 26th.
This drama entitled Gyp, the Heiress,
will be given at the Town hall Saturday
evening, January 22rd.
Miss Ivy Smith returned to Bates
college last week.
Mr.. Frank l.. Douglass has ordered for
his saw will, one of the famous Cbise
tooth saws, made by r. Hoe and Co.,
New York city.
MIR. s.. W. Stimson sent new march
entitled "Nil Desperandum" TO his pnb-
Usher, Mr.. Belloise of Philadelphia, last
week. We thought it very nice indeed.
Mr.. VIM. a. Webster, recently said
thas tbs old hen, that was mentioned in
this correspondence sometime ago, is still
alive, but not as active as at that time.
This Is the beginning Of her twenty third
year.
Al meeting of the George E. Shepley,
G. A. Il. Post. held on the evening of
January End, the following were chosen
officers for the ensuing year: Daniel
Leavitt, commander: John M. Libby,
senior vice commander; Charles Il. May
berry, junior vice commander; Mathew
C. Morrill,, qusrtermaster; John D.
Anderson, chaplain; DR.. Il. L. Andrews,
sergeant; Ozias @. Blake, /. D., Sewall
r. Prince, o. g.; W. S. Libby. ad-
jutant; George Moody, sergeant major;
s. B. Cobb, quartermaster sergeant.
Mr. NJ. C. morrill, il o delegate and
Mr.. J. W. Mountford, alternate to the
Department. Encampment to he held at
Lewiston in April.
Mr.. Walter B. Leighton, who is en-
gagged in the apple business, informed the
writer that he packed the past week as
fine lot Of Ben Davis as could be asked
for, for which he paid a better price
than foE any other kind.
For several years the bell of the Con-
gregational church has hcen silent. save
the dissyI eeable tolling which occurred
on the mornings and evenings Of Sunday.
In ringing the bell as church bells should
be, il shook the building badly and
caused the clustering TO fall from the
ceiling, consequently the people OF our
village on Sundays were reminded that
the hours Of service had arrived by the
tolling Of the bell which caused the
people to feel as if they were commanded
to attend their own funerals. During
these years of comparative silence several
prominent men of the society have tried
to overcome the difficulty. but each
failed. The past week Mr.. Charles
Thayer, who is mechanic in every senee
of the word, was called 10 the be1fry to
discover if possible what was wrong. He
quickly found that the bell was badly
out of poiae. He adjusted it and Sunday
morning, January 18th the people were
notified that the hour of church service
had arrived by proper pealing of tho
bell The Rev. E. M. iCousens has bean
engaged fill the pulpit at this church the
coming year.
The experience supper given by the
Universalist society at the Town hall,
Saturday evening, the 18th inst. was "a
success financially and otherwise
HARPsWELL.
West Harpswell, Jan. Is. Mrs. Viii.
liam, Randall was quite badly injured by
falling down q fight of stairs Sunday
evening. She held lighted lamp in her
hand, which fortunately was extin-
guished, but the chimney breaking cut
her face in several places. She was Sc