The Portland daily press., 1898-02-15
MAINE TOWNS.
Items Of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of tho Press.
RAYMOND,

most in advocating any measure 1nao was
for the benefit of the town. He was
genial whole souled man, and Will De
greatly missed.
Mr.. John N. Brown another old Citizen
is critically i'll with no hope OF recovery.
The convention of Cumberland county
Reform Clubs was held at Webos Mills,
February 9Th and 9th. This grand OLD
temperance society has held its quarterly
conventions without break for nearly
+wantv wears. and the good which has re-
suited from them is almost 1noaiculapae
At the last convention the ioi1o"AAs JAIL
GERS were chosen:
president-Leyi Jordan, Raymond.
Let WIGS Pres.-N T. Warren, Otisneld
9nd Vice Pres.-D. j. Chandler, Webbs
Mills. ~. o.
Sec nro tenn Fred L. Strout. kay
Chaplain-Harvey Knapp, Norway.
Although there was not large attend.
ance the meetings were good ana wen
taken up by able speakers.
M. Charles Cole has a large crew OF
men numbering at Raymond village.
where he is clearing a large territory OF
nine. Notwithstanding the bad weather
Of last week $500 feet were landed.
Mr.. S. H. Plummer has finished haul
ing about fifty cords of birch to Ray
mond, and Is intending to get to quite
considerable lot of pine.
A specimen Of the genuine "hobo" was
at RAYMOND Centre last week. where he
| imposed upon the hospitality of people by
representing himself as an agent for the
Portland Star Match Company. He went
| from here to Windham, where he hired
| Unln fhn no
representation. At last accounts Mr..
WEIGH was hunting for his team.
| MIR. George Small had the misfortune
to freeze his feet quite badly during the
recent cold weather. He is doing as we'll
as could be expected.
CORINNA.
Corinna. Feb. 11.-Hon. W. /. Burnill
| left on the evening train the 9th inst,
for the Klondike. Many OF his friends
were at the station to wish him success.
Mrs. Henry Young visited her son, MIR.
Bert Knowles, of Dexter, Thursday.
Quite large delegation OF Corinna
people attended the convention OF the
Sebasticook Sunday School Association
held in Dexter the 10th inst.
Woodbine Lodge, I. O. G. t., initiated
eight candidates at its regular meeting
Wednesday night.
The Methodist Society had an antigua
risn supper and entertainment Thursday
evening.
The town schools have closed. The term
of the Academy continues for two weeks.
The spring term will begin after a vaca'
tion of two weeks.
Strange as 1t may seem, the crows have
returned since the "blizzard, although
they seldom make their appearance in
this vicinity until late in spring; and
even during the present thaw the mos
quito has come back to US.
The G. U. A. Literary Society rendered
the following programme last Tuesday
night:
Reading-Lottie' Soliloquy,
Duet, Miss Hayden, Mr.. Bigelow
Reading-School Journal,
Mr.. Leighton
Reading Guilty or Not Guilty,
Miss Lane
Dialogue,
Miss Wood, S. Knowles, B. Folsome
Solo. Mr.. BigeloW
Reading-The Yankee Girl,
~ Edith Blaisdell
Resolved: That inventions have bene-
fitted the Iaboring class. Affirmative
Negative-Mr. Ireland and Mr.. Btge-
low.
Reading, Mr.. Wood
j Music, Miss Hadyen, Mr.. Btgelow
It is with sorrow that we note the
death Of Miss Mabel Emery of the GLASS Of
'99 G. U. A. Miss Emery possessed 9
pleasant, happy disposition that endesref
her to all who met her; and brilliant
intellect, together with remarkable ambi
tion, which promised nothing but suc
( cess in after life. The funeral was at thu
homo of her father, Mr.. A. Emery, thu
4th inst. Rev. Mr.. Carter conducted TIT
service. The floral offerings were many
and appropriate.
KEZAR ALLS.
Kezar Falls, Feb. 1--we can see b,
our roads the effects of the late storm
Many of them will be impossible soon
Logging has been at a. standstlll for few
days The snow is reported to be from
three and one-half to four feet deep in tn
! woods.
number of our citizens hav
been to Paris the past week attend1 ne
court.
Rev. Joseph Cross is reported as intend
ing to go to Vermont soon to see as T.
accepting a call from church OF tn
Second Advent denomi nation.
The ice cutters have quit work on tn
ponds above the village.
VIM. Ridlon, of Boston, has been speno
ing few days with his daughter, Mrs
4 Dr. Devereux
4 Mr.. E. E. Stanley has occupied hi
1 new house and about 1876 of his friend
Il paid him friendly call the other nigh
4 and passed an enjoyable evening. Il. II
4 Chapman went to Bridgton last Weei
4 with a load of live stock.
Two deer were killed last week in on
y Of our adjoining towns. 1t. was rumoret
I Saturday night that the warden ha'
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