The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22
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BALDWIN.

BALDWIN.
North Baldwin, Dec. 19.-E A. Cartret,
Melvin York, and Lorenzo Thorne har-
vested their ice last Thursday
RP. H. Wiggin is cutting birch on his
Plains lot.
The Cram brothers are getting out ium-
Der 60 repair their house
Nathaniel Wiggin is cutting pine TIM
te- on his Plains lot.
MIR. Young preached an able sermon
from a texs found in Acts 2, 4.
There will be an illustrated lecture at
the Grange Hall Dec. 20, by the Rev. Mr..
Young. Subject: Yellow Stone Park,
which will be followed by supper. Adj
mission 25 cents.
Mir. Young has lived many years in the
West and as he is very able speaker it
will be of interests to ALL
NEwFIELD.
Newfeld, December 14-Mr. and Mrs.
G. Il. Straw are visiting friends in Bos-
ton.
Rev. MIR. Wizard, the evangelist. closed
his revival services in Newfield, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Towle have gone
to Talapoosa, Ga, to spend the winter.
Mrs. Fred Townsend and daughter from
Limerick, were tho guests of Mrs. b. W..
Smith, recently.
L. o. Straw has returned from Port
land.
The village schools arc in session. Mr..
r. L. Mitchell from Charleston, teaches
the high school and Miss Eva Straw the
primary.
EAST NORTH YARMOUTH.
Rev. @. P. Cleaves of Sebago Lake
made short visit to relatives here re-
Gently.
Miss Charlotte Lobdeli was the guest
of Mrs. James Lawrence, Sunday.
Miss Josephine Deane spent a few days
recently with relative in Portland.
Mr. Jere Osgood of Cumberland Centre
was the guest of MIR. James Laurence,
Monday.
There will be a sociable and box sup
der at W. 4. Dunn's, Wednesday evening
If stormy "Wednesday, on Thursday eve
ming.
Mrs. G. Fred Loring returned from a
short visit to relatives in Portland,
Monday, accompanied by her aunt, Mrs.
Eliza Eaton.
Christmas will be observed as usual at
the III. f. church. Saturday evening.
NEW GLOUCESTER.
Upper Gloucester, Dec. 2O.-Mrs. Mount
fort who has been boarding with Mrs.
Cook is now boarding with Mrs. B. B.
Segars.
Elwood Mountfort and Miss May Leigh
ton of Deering visited Mrs. G. Mount
fort at Mr.. b. b. Segar this week
Rev. Il. Il. Noyes preached very able
sermon last Sunday forenoon at the
church and delivered fine lecture on
education in the evening in the vestry
Rev. Mr.. Noyes will preach in Centen-
NAL Hall next Sunday at z. 30 p. M.
The schools of this town are in session
now. The teachers of this district are
Miss Bickford at the primary, and Miss
Ham of Lewiston is teacher of the gram.
mar school
L. L.. Whitman, manufactures of the
Whitman pung has sold over one hundred
and fifty of his pungs this winter and did
not have enough to ill his orders at that
There is to be Christmas tree at the
next There is to be one at the lower viii
lage on Saturday evening of this week.
The work of cutting ice on Jordan's
Mill pond has commenced and it Is esti-
mated that nearly four hundred tons will
be cut.
Mrs. Cripps has been confined to her
bed by sickness but is some better now,
and her daughter isquite i'll at the present
Mr.. A. Rowe the station agent at
Rowe's Station, is very sick and his re-
coyery is considered to be doubtful.
Dr. Sails who has been away on trip
to Boston arrived home the last part OF
last week.
RICHMOND.
Richmond, Dec IA plan is in pru-
cess OF being carried out, by which IL is
proposed to preserve the individual record
of each member of the Grand Army post
in Richmond, as we'll as of each soldier
and sailor who represented the town in
the war OF the Rebellion. Each survivor
will be supplied with a blank, upon
which he will be requested to furnish a
full record of his service The services of
deceased soldiers and sailors viii be ascer-
tanned as fully as possible from available
sources. These records are to be copied
into substantial and valuable book. ex-
pressly prepared for the purpose. which
has been presented to the post by a publie
spirited citizen. The book of records is
to remain in the custody of the post until
that ceases to exist, and will then become
the property of the Richmond Library
Association, to be carefully preserved for
future generations. Richmond has no
soldiers monument, movement. started