The Portland daily press., 1898-11-18
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GoRHAM.

GORHAM.
Gorham, Nov. l7.-Praiss is due the
Metho list society for. the excellence
to the visiting teachers at the educational
meeting Oh Friday last.
Miss White of the Moral school is called
= TO Nashua, N. H., by the very critical
sickness of her other.
Railroad Commissioner B. +. Chad
bourne was in town Monday and Tues
day.
The Gorham Grange will have day
session Saturday, Nov. 10. Dinner at IL
m, session opened at p. m. Following
! is the programmed: Song, Miss Hough-
ton: PAPER, Mrs. r. e. johnson; Red
Cross movement; Where did it originate,
$ and how is it carried on? Mrs. Mcken-
ney; What is the cost of ensilage per ton
in the silo, and what is it's value COM
pared with good hay Mr.. F. P..Johnson.
Mr.. L. T. Ihombs; Shall Gorham have
the Curfew2 discussion. All Changers
belonging to Gorham Grange are cordial
sly invitedto be present.
LIMINGTON.
Limington. Nov. 1.-THE FIRST edition
of winter came last Thursday. Six inches
of damp snow fell turning into sleet and
rain. The sleet was quite damaging to
trees.
The County Commissioners looked over
"a route for highway leading from the
highway leading near and past the dwell
ing OF Charles Sumner Edgecomb to the
highway leading past the dwelling OF
Israel Blake both in South Limington on
tuesday last, and located the came on the
Hon. Stephen l.. Purinton, member
of the Board of County Commissioners
for York county, who has been quite i'll
with lung trouble for some time past,
I is now confined to his home.
Mrs, Mary Libby, wife of john Libby,
was stricken with paralytic shosk on
Thursday night last. She was uncon-
asscious for long time. Latest accounts
give slight improvement in her cas- i,
which is regarded as very critical.
Sybil, a SIX -year-old daughter of Charles
Cousins, fell from window in which she
was sitting Wednesday of last week and
broke both bones of the forearm OF the
right arm. DIR. j. +. Moulton was sum-
nloned and set the bones.
A weather prophet in this vicinity
places the number of snow storms the
coming winter at AZ. lie counts as
storm any fall of snow sufficient to track
cat.
Miss Edith III. Strout who has been
visiting friends in Boston returned home
=pn Wednesday last q
George Id. Bracket, who has been stop
1plhg at East Sebago the past summer and
iall, wassin town Saturday and Sunday
last
~ Apple buyers are offering 81 25 for ones
and Jwo's delivered at the station. The
crop is very light as a whole, although
some sections have quite crop, While
others have comparatively none. There
was an abundant bloom everywhere last
spring.
Alpheus Spiller and J. Frank Ridlon Of
South Limington are at work putting In
a bank wall in connection with this new
mill lately erected at Steep Falls.
Rev. Mr.. Minard closed his labors as
an evangelist with the Free Baptist
church. North Limington on. Friday. last,
Sunday following he preach ed at Liner
lex and this week commences series OF
meetings at Newfeld. he is very sue
cessful evangelist.
The fall term of the High school closed
Thursday. of last week with appropriate
: services. There will be vacation of two
weeks.
South Berwick, Nov. 6.-The South
B erwick Baptist church reached its
seventy-ffth anniversary last Sabbath,
NOV. 18TH, ana celebrated tle .occaslon
with appropriate services. Rev. MIR.
Mower, the pastor for the past five years,
gave historical sermon on Sunday which
was full of valuable and interesting incl
dents relative to the beginning and pro-
gress of his denomination in this village.
On Tuesday afternoon there was roll
call service. at which large number of
the membership responded to their names,
some by letter, but mostly in person.
After this the society sat down to sump
tuous supper in the yestry, at which the
clergymen and their wives of the other
churches in the village were invited. The
fraternal feeling among these churches is
a marked feature, and most commenda-
BILE. In the evening an address, most
timely and vigorous, was delivered by
Rev. Mr.. johnson of Massachusetts, who
in his early ministry served this society
as supply for few months. His theme
was "The Progressive Church.
The Thanksgiving services on Thursday
next will be in the Free Baptist church
aud Rev. MIR. Parsons, the pastor, will
preach the sermon.
Business is rushing with the Lane Shoe
Company.