The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-02
nAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by PRESS
Correspondents.
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
Norway, Feb. 1-Wm. A. Emery, Jr.
Is home on flying visit from Rumford
Fails. He returns next week to Frye
burg, where he works In saw mill.
c. B. Cummings and wife are goinghto
Southern California this week to visit
sheir sons. who are spending 1.-The winter
there.
The 6sh com issioners visited this
town recently and forbade the taking
of Gsh from Lake Penassowassa for the
nsxt5four. years. Fish, warden Bassett
will see that this order lie strictly en-
forced.
Notwithstanding the extremely cold
weather. no trouble with water pipes is
experienced where due care is used.
MoHilliss & stevens have purchased
theagrAtns business at the Falls.
People along the line and beyond the
tarmanus are very anxious for the pro-
ieoted railway to Waterford and Stone
ham, while portion of the village peo-
pie take the opposite view fearing 1T may
barry large portion OF the heavy trade
to the upper towns and firmly oppose
loaning tne credit of the town to help
tile matter on. 1t is disastrous wind
which blows good to none.
Tue late fall Of snow has given business
an Impetus, and every available team is
oalied into service. G. B. Cummings
q Sons have purchased several lots of
pine timber which are being cleared fast
as possible. TIE amount Of wood COM
Ing into and passing through the village
is enoG mons.
The death of DR.. O. N. Bradbury,
V hioh occurred on Friday last removes a
third Of orr prominent and influential
cit zens within the past few weeks.
TDs planting of as10, 600 gallon oil tank
by @. B. Cummingss65 Sons being stout
" objected to by portion OF our citizens
South Paris.
Cornish, Feb. 1.-The oopartnership
hsretDfsre existing under the firm name
of Jameson & Mari, is dissolved by
mutual consent. The business will be
CARRIED on by Mr.. Jameson.
The Cornish High school will present
the uaautiful drama, The Wpeoker' s
Daughter, at Union hell Monday even
Ing, February Is. Admission to hall a5
cents. Doors open at $50 Drama at
fay the, expensessof tbs graduating GLASS
dance viii hsEheid. Music byswood bury .
orchestra.
One Of our good old citizens was heard
to remark few days age that "foun-
taans were nice things to hare dry IN
summer and frezss Up in wihtes".
deprived Of water by the freszing OF
watef pipes.
a telegram was reeeiyed JarnaFy go,
snnounciug The Gesth Of Perley 6supaep,
III. D., OF Angola, ind, formerly Of thiA
place.
Acton, Feb. l-Nbep ID. Gooawia was
thrown from has wagon shoTs time ago
and rscea we'd ouch injuries that be is
10 IL thpRght that he viii net recover.
Rev. M. Lawrence has gone to Machi-
sspors and taken charge Of ohuFeh
there. We wish him success in his new
Asla
Res. z. N. Fernald has 80 far recov-
ered fFena his sickness as to attend to his
pasborai Duties again.
Ii. X. Sanborn's little boy was badly
sealtted q few days ago, but La getting
Liberty Kilgore died Oh Monday of
Iast week after a fSw days Sickness
with pneumonia.
MIS-. Ira Miller, who lives just across
the NBe in Milton Mills, died Saturday
night, after long illness.
Cattle trade IL quite brisk.
Fhs toughest snow storm and blow
fast week of the winter.
John A. GaFvin is hauling logs to
Hornss mills. Roscoe Ssnborn and
Gharley Lane are driving his teams.
Levi B. Pillsbury is cutting and haul
ing logs for 3, O. Jordan.
Geo. ". and B. j. Grant have sold
theft fancy oxen.
sCARBORO.
Wests.Scarboro, Feb. 1.-The schools will
close throughout the town Feb. 10. The
High SCHOOL will give an exhibition at
the close.
The seIeotmen, treasurer and town
clerk are ROW at work on their annual
report for the year ending Feb. 30, 1897.
They have commenced cutting ice on
MiiliEen's mill pond, which is "a inches
thick. They have also commenced 10
cot on Carter's pond but the ice is not SO
thiok, being only 90 inches.
The storms of this winter are washing