The Portland daily press., 1899-11-22
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our Local
Correspondents
BUXTON.

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West Buxton, Nov. s).-rhs snow
which fell to the depth of eight or ten
inches last week, has not all disarpes red
yet,
Miss Mary Dow Is TO close her house
this week for the winter SEASON.
Mrs. Hannah Warren, who hss besn
having y vacation Of several weeks. re-
sumed her latorj at Senator Hargraves's
last Wednesday.
Mrs. Il. A. uobson, who has been
st,yping for several weeks With her sister,
Mrs. Myron Noyes, In Rhode Island, re-
turned to her home In West Buxton, Nd
yemter 10.
Hollis High school altar very success
full term o, ten weeks. closed Inst Friday
for vacation of two weeks.
rhe boiler rsoe3sl purchased by MIR.
+. IL. Hargraves has arrived and will
be p 1t in position as speedily ne possible.
Schools In District No. Q, closed No
vemheT 10 The following pupils were
not absent from the Grammar school
during the term Of. nine weeks: Fannie
Sands, Flossie Pike, Winnie Graham.
Ethel Maddox, Glndys Sands. Alice Dav.
is, Ella Barnes, kya Webster, Sybil
smith, Lue Graham, Drusie smith, Eu-
gene Sawyer and Alfred Biokford. Lou
ise SAWYER not present the first week and
Ethel Clarke the fret two, were not at
sent after entering the school those not
absent In Miss HilPs department are;
Florentine by, Jenris Holland, Mar
sic Hutct inson, Iva haton, GeorRi >
Eaton, Fanny LIBBY, Herbert Emery.
Oscar Eiilun, Chnr!ii Marin, Marshall
Martin, John Hutct irson. Harold
Hutut ics0n
Miss Sadie Moulton Of Sal non Falls,
Is stopt 1g wi b fiisnds In this siei .iy.
Work on the i IS Ia progressing. The
bliok work for the dye house on Hol i3fi ie
is all completed and the carr enters ars
erecting the frame work. Mr.. Berry
man Is having is mill covered with gal.
varied iron rtodug.
LIMERICK.
Limerick, Nov. 20-J. II. Harmon
and " e. Of Farm ingtou, N. H., vi ei
Liner iok last week Mr.. Harmon was a
Liner / tx boy and IL always warmly well
coined in il old home. where be has
many reiati yes, including two sisters,
Mrs. Henry l.. Eastman and Mrs. h. Ii.
Johnston.
New faces are seen upon our streets and
in our church pews as new fani les come
TO work / our woolen mills at holland
vi 10. and all seem TO be of dssirabie
class of people who will constitute n
real noquii ion tn L limerick sooist Mr..
Miliim 4 i pat ick, mari I'd recently, has
brought bis bIi lie to his newly purchased
home, the Bangs property, and Is fully
The subject CT the November meeting
of the W. e. L. u. was "Hygi ne in the
Home" After the reading of interest q g
clipi i1gs snd articles, II was voted to
thank Mrs. l.. III. n. Stevens, the ma
ti1nal prs, dent, for her kind offer to
venisnt date. An encouraging report
was given regarding furr i;ihng the
children In the pub i, schools With the
pamphlets of the meiican Humane So
ciety. The following resolution was
passed: "That We deeply regret the re-
moval from our town of Mrs. b. nj.
Webster, and that we express our graft
work of the Union, and for the special
labor given to her own department. that
pertaining to the welfare of the Aims
house." Mrs. +. p. Johnston was elected
superintanden of this department. 1t
was voted to ask the pastors of the
ance Sunday, with sermons appropriate
to the day. 1he next meeting will be
held the first Wednesday in December.
Ergene Libby has sold his paternal
home, known as the Asa Libby residence,
TO u. ID. Chadhourne and removed to
South waterboro. MIR. Chadbourns does
not buy TO occupy, so the house will be
vacant
Our citizens are discussing very seri-
ously the prospect of grievoLs wEtsr
famine. The situation Is already critical
and unles, We have heavy rains 1t must
become more and more so. What rain we
have had has not affected the wells in
the lest.
Tne fall term of the Phillips Limerick
Academy, closed last Friday. The
scholars presented programme consist
Ing Of music, readings, etc., to an appIe.
ciatlye audience in the Town hall In the
evening. The question: Resolved-That
England Ia justified In her war with tae
Beers, was discussed ty LuciIe Lothrop,
Lou Dyer and Wendell Holman IN the
affirmative. and John Bradbury, Ria
Kim ball and Della Holman on the mega
tive. The judges awarded the decision
to the negative. The winter term will
begin Dec. 4th, together with the town
schools.
VINALHAvEN.
Vinslhaven. Nov. 20.-Two of the
windows for the Union church
have been awarded to Redding Baird g.
Co., of Boston, Mass. Wood Bishop OF
Bangor. furnish the furnaces which are
10 be uellvefu here this week.
The new cable to be laid by the Vinal-
haven and Rockland Granite Co. acIoss
the Fox Island thoroughfare. is expected
svery day.
The following officers were elected In
Moses Webster Lodge, No. li5. f. and
A. M:
W. NC. L. Boman.
S. w. F. L.. Roberts.
j. VT. B. Lane.
Treas.-E. r. Roberts.
Sec.-A. A. Davidson,
s. ID VIII. Merithen.
DR.. g. Clark, Jr.
Trustees-A. A. Davidson, W. S.
Carver and A. p. Green.
The little Grant hoy that fell into the
quarry Is doing nicely, and is
able to sit up some.
: 1hs many friends of Llewellyn Vinal
were very glad to welcome him home
again Thursday last Mr.. Vinal enlisted
IN a Miunesota regiment at the breaking
but of the Spanish "A merican war and
was sent to Manila. serving there until
they were DISCHARGED.
Mrs. q. b. Final, who has been visit |
ng her daughter, Mrs E. Folsom in Min
arrived home Thursday.
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