The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-06
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GORHAM.

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Gorham. June 5.-Mr. Frank j. Berry
| of Chicago, called the "Horse King of
tho world, was in town Friday visiting
friends.
Mr.. Irving Prescott Of Melrose. Mass.
has entered the employ of Mr.. +. d.
Emery.
Mrs. Walter Harding, Miss Sarah e.
Ridlon, Miss Vivian B. Small and Mrs.
F. v. Harding are spending few days
| in Boston.
Mr.. J. II. Irish of Rochester, N. H.,
was in Gorham Friday
| Mr.. S. s. Andrews Is in New York on
Mr.. George q. Marston is quite ill with
| tpyhoid fever.
M. N. M. Phinney of Boston has been
spending the week here.
Mr.. John Parkhurst is building dwell
ing house upon his lot on School street.
! Mr.. F. n. johnson of Portland, was in
own Friday.
George Harding of Battery E. Second
Artillery, is at home on 4S hour fur
Tough.
Freeport, June Mr.. and Mrs. Scott
Cleveland with their TWO children spent
Memorial day in town.
The Freeport baseball association have
been organized with L. r. Bunker as
manager.
Mrs. Charles L. Carr and little son was
in town few days last weak.
Mr.. r cad of the firm of Noyes 6, Read
from Haverhill, Mass, was in town Fri
day to look at the Cushing shoe factory.
Mr.. Read intends to locate in the country
and was favorably impressed with the
plant. The Freeport board of trade will
do all in it's power to have the company
| locate here.
LIMINGTON.
imington, June 4.-The rainy weather
of the past two weeks has given grass a
good start. II favorable weather continues
till haying the crop will be as large as
| that of last year. Quite a quantity of
hay is being summered.
The apple tree bloom IN this section Is
fully up to that of two years ago. Tent
caterpIllars abound, many trees being
| denuded of leaves.
| The wet weather has much iuterfered
with and delayed planting, moist land is
very wet.
Mr.. J. G. Leavitt, Jr.. of Gorham vii
lage, was in town visiting friends last
week. While here he spent several days
1 fishing and as q reward took in 173
beauties.
| Mr.. II. Fl. McKenney is putting pair
of Lutihan windows into the roof of his
house. They are fine addition to its ap-
| pearance.
Mr. Eugene Harmon has rented the
house of G. Il. Dimmock formerly occu-
pied by Mr.. Ozro Sawyer and family, and
moved into it the present week.
Miss Jennie Hobson, daughter of
Stephen W. Hobson, started last week for
Uttcs. Montana. She has an uncle at
| that place engaged in the sheep husband
Try. Miss Hobson went via Boston,
Chicago, St. Paul, thence by the Great
Northern to Arlington, thence by team
forty miles to Utica Miss Hobson ex-
peoted to tarry till autumn next If not
till the following spring.
| The coming event of next week is the
| twelfth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Manley Bradbury on the evening
of tho 9th instant. On hundred and fifty
invitations have been sent out.
Mr.. George F. Strout has an engage
ment with the Boston and Maine as fire.
man. term of service to begin the Goth
inst. His run will be between Portland
and Boston. Mr. Strout has had long
experience with the Maine Central.
Rev. Mr. l.. Jones of leighton s
Corner, Ossipee, N. H., commenced his
Passionate with the Free baptist church
and society at South Llmlngtoh tne SSth
ulti mo.
]. frank Ridlon is at work at Steep
Falls putting in the foundation for the
new mill. Alpheas Spiller is snt
White Rock, Gorham, at work on MIR.
| Van Carl's new barn.
The June session of the Parsonsfeld
| Quarterly meeting will convene with the
Free Baptist church at South Llmlngton
on the 18th ints. and continue two days.
| STANDISH.
rStandish, June AT a regular meet
| ing of the Ladies' Aid Society, No. II, S.
of ", vote of thanks was rendered to
the citizsns of Standish village for the
cordial waIcome and kind entertainment
/ - Afo,,,oyia1 Day