The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-23
MAINE TOWNS.
items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondsnts of the Press.
HARPSWELL.

has returned home 1fo1u- O'aUAstiij MASS,
ubere he has been at work on life saw
ing station.
W @. Larrabee and wife from Webster,
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Randall. They returned home Friday.
Philip Weber and Alvah johnson are
visiting friends in Portland and Willard.
Orlando Bibber and Fred C. Merri-
man, who work at the Grand Trunk in
Portland, spent Sunday at home.
Capt. John Chamberlain has retur ned
from Topsham, where he has been spend
ing the winter and is boarding at Mr..
Paul Thomas's.
Schools on the Neck closed Friday. All
report profitable terms.
DAMARISCOTTA.
Damariscotta, Feb 22-Je remiah
Knowlton, who has been sick for some
time, died last Saturday of cancer OF the
stomach. He was never married and al
ways lived alone and carried on grocery
business in small way
James McLoon, an old and respected
citizen, died this morning. He has been
in ill health for year or more. lie has
been in the trucking business for twenty
years He leaves a wife and four children.
lC mas De6n ueClUSQ To uOll tu0 buuueti
town meeting in this town the first Mon
day In March instead of the Monday near
est the Goth.
HARRISON.
Harrison, Feb. a2-Another of Harri.
sons old citizens has passed away. Simon
Purington, life long resident of this
town, died Tuesday night. Mr.. Puring
ton has been hard working man and for
many years was in the employ of 2. Toll
man & Co., Irvine manufacturers.
The storm Tuesday night and Wednes-
day was the worst one in this section for
many years. The stages from Norway
and Bridgton did not get through from
Wednesday noon until Thursday night.
David Kneeland of the Elm House, was
from 1890 to 6.15 getting from Norway
with two horses. For one and one-half
miles every rod of road had to be shoveled
One of Sumner Davis's men coming over
Holt's nil had to crawl for gnite dis
tance the snow being SO deep that hs could
not walk.
There is not very much news that is of
interest to the public. Lots of store talk,
but as we have an Ananias club here
such gossip is hardly reliable.
The extension of the narrow gauge and
the location of the stations has been and
is still being discussed, but it is pretty
certain that it will cross Bear River and
locate on Otis Haskell's place. Mr.. Has
kell 10 a blind man and is so familiar
with his place that he can go to any part
of it and can do quite little work on the
land. He hardly favors the idea of going
to a new place, but railroads do not 60
much out of the way for blind people.
We unCe rstand that the railroad manag
ers have made Mr.. Haskell very liberal
offer for his place and were it not for his
misfortune he would think it a wise thing
TO sell.
JEFFERSON.
Jefferson, Feb. 22-The Sunday schools
in Whitefeld, Jefferson and Somerville
will meet at the South Jefferson church
on Wednesday, Feb 23d. A large gather
ing is expected. Rev. G. N. Williams,
secretary of Lincoln county convention
and others, will address the meeting.
A bal McCurd is now in his ninetieth
year. He is active and seems to have a
clear head / believe he is the Oldest per-
son in this town.
SHERMAN.
Sherman Mills, Feb. sO-We are just
emerging from the blockade of the last
great snow storm and the mails are re-
ceived regularly and on time. Full 20
inches of snow fell, accompanied with a
strong gale which piled the snow into
huge drifts, and completely blocked the
highways. There is now more than four
feet of snow in the woods.
The Lean Brothers of Stagville, have
discharged all hired teams and men, with
the exception of men enough to keep their
own teams hauling from the yards. They
will land over 100000 feS1, which VIII
be manufactured at the steam mill at
Sherman station and will be shipped
from there Mr.. Clark of the same place
will manufacture and ship large amount
of long and short lumber at the same
station.
The Free High school commenced last
Monday taught by Mr.. DsForest Fl. Per-
kins, assisted by Miss Nina G. Dunn.
The NUM- Der of scholars registered the
first week was SO. The same teachers
taught the two last terms of the village
schools, giving excellent satisfaction.
Mir. Perkins is student OF the Univer-
sity of Maine.
The Sons of Veterans held a camp fire,
Saturday, the 18th inst, the services con-
sisting of vocal and instrumental music,
remarks and Rotations, were very inter
esSing and secured hearty applause from
the large audience present. The camp
taumbers over 40 members and is prosper
ng nicely.
bra.e their 34th marriage anniversary on
Monday, the 2lst. A pleasant time is ex
peoted.
here to Mr.. William Fl. Jackman, of this
town. He is also selling his personal
effects preparatory to moving away Il
have not learned to what town., locating
somewhere in the central part of the state.
Mr.. Lewis located in Sherman in the
spring of 1874 and commenced the prao-
tice of law. He has been very successful
and has accumulated handsome property
from a small capital, and better, he has
secured the confidence OF business
men, He married Miss Flora
A. Jackman, native and one OF our
most highly respected young ladies' of
Sherman, and one that has always been
active in religious, moral and social &C.
casions. She is endowed with splen-
did soprano voice which is most always
heard in church and on other pubic oo-
casions with pleasure. They have four
bright children, three daughters and
son. The Oldest daughter, is now
student at Castine Normal school ana
graduates next june. The whole com
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