The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-02
MAINE TOWNS.
Issrns of Interest Gathered by CoErss'
pcrdsnts of the Prass.
DANA aISCOT1A.

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o. tie a.asstsoit Angine Go. received q
eeck for SIS from Il. d March for SER
Was in saving his house IN Newcastle re-
Gently.
X M. Dunbar and wife left for Boston
ebay for weeks trip.
iincoln Lodge No. 20. K. of 2. will
work the second and third degrees long
urn tonight. Refreshments Will DC
served.
f. ID. March has crew at work repair
ing bis house which was damaged by IRE
lately. Andrew Wilson Is doing the
work.
w. A. Flint moved into his new house
last Saturday. Geo. r Porter will oc-
cupy the Taylor house vacated by Mr..
Flint on Vine street.
Street Commissioner Stetson has lately
removed the surface mud from Main
street which has been great lnconYen-
fence to people crossing the Street.
Mr. George Singer senior editor OF bne
Darnariscctta Herald has accepted tne
position as principal of the High school
in the town of Bristol and viii begin MS
duties at once.
East Baldwin Nov. 29.-The Good Tenn
nlsrs and some of their friends gave, a
nice drama at Chadbourne's nell last
Frtdav evening, The audience was not
a. barge as We would like to have seen,
nlthough they enjoyed it very much
Mr. Herbert Brown and Mi. maurice
Ricker who are attending Shaw's Busi-
ness College, spsnt thanksgiving oay
with their parents.
Mr.. George a. Rounds OF L. .. M; 1.
hnT11 A
vacation
Miss Addie j. Sawyer has been visiting
her uncle, MIR. Lewis NJ. Grace OF steep
Falls.
Mrs. Lucinda Grace of North Baldwin
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. l.. =.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. P. Chadbourne spent
Thanksgiving day with MIR. and MRS.
stephen Douglass of Sebago.
Mr.. Walter G. GRAHAM is working Tor
A. &P. B. Young at Hiram.
Mr and Mrs Harrison Aver of Cornish
are visiting their daughter. Mrs l.. ,.
Richardson.
Mr. Stephen Rounds of Cornish, was
in town Saturday.
Sunday. and the roads were almost i'm
nassibie Monday, the morning mail from
Nanles did not arrive here until O'Clock
=. M. and then MIR. Sanb orc came on
foot with it, as he could not get through
with his team: -,
morning mail from Sebago about II
o. clock 3. IN.
POWNAL.
poxnal. Nov. 29.-Never, at least with
in the memory of the great majority Of
our people, has the approach OF winter
been heralded by such disturbance O
Iad al SUNDAY
and also during portion of Monday.
Yhe snow and high wind which continued
din ing all of this time was at times some
thing lerriEc while at periods when the
storm ragged the hardest 1t was Impossible
to discern objects but few feet from the
window. Travel for the past two days
has been entirely suspended, many o.
the drifts being of considerable depth and
as our system of road Lraaking is or the
most primitive considerable time at best
usually elapses before communication
with the outside world is secured
AR. Charles knight has completed MS
contract for the stone work on the houss
being built for Miss Gertrude Richards a!
Yarmouth.
Miss Roxana Chaplin is slowly gaining
from her recent ssyere attack OF grippe.
STANDISH.
Standish Nov. 27-It was the intention
of the supervisor to have the school begin
TODAY but on account of the storm the
opening of the winter tenn Will not pe
until TUESDAY. Practically the same
teachers will have charge of the schools
as in the preceding term.
This is the last term OF the High school
at Steep Fails and what the outcome at
the next spring election will be great
many at the village are trying TO answer.
Miss Bertha Buzzell and Hattie Elwell
intend TO board at the school this term.
The same teachers will have charge OF
the high school
Mr.. Stephen Sawyer is finishing up an
elegant monument for the late Simeon
Arthur Spear and Earold DolIoff are
attending school at Gorham village
MIR. C. F. Swasey and family spent
Thanksgiving in Portland
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. BOothby spent
Thanksgiving with relatives in Bridgton.
Mr.. J. Lester Hssty who recently sus.
tanned the loss of his farm buildings by
ire has bought the place formerly owned
by the late Mary A. Rand.
Mr.. Hasty has not yet fully decided
whether or not he will rebuild on the OLD
spot 1t will be quite necessary to have a
barn and as soon as circuD ST snces viii!
allow Mr.. Hasty will put Up a barn on
the old spot, but is Undecided about the
house.
Ramon has it that the old Swasey man.
sion Will be put on bne marKet heA'
spring.
One, of the mostssuniqus and aU.the SAME
time useful arrangements met the view
of the writer at the village not long ago
As is well known MIR. II. b. Hartford
building cover over great deal OF terri
tory. Tn ere is the large two story hous'
which is connected by the store then thf
carriage house and stable. 10 guare
againsr the depreciation of the light hand
ed gentry Mr.. Hartford has very ingen
iously laid wires across nearly every win
dow, and door throughout his buildings
The wires being connected with afstoragt
ba terry which at the least disturbance o
the doors or windows will set an alarm
off over his bed. If a person should at
tempt to force an entrance IN the bulldint
at any place it would be safe 10 say tina
serious results wouid follow.
1t has been stated that the mill oWne!
By the late Wilson Rand Is to De SOLD
auction in the near future.
WINDHAM.
windham Centre. Nov. 29-Mr. jaime
p ,ls.p mas moved his family TO South
here he will work in the bicy