The Portland daily press., 1899-06-01

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Sprinevale. May s1.-Hon. s. I. KIM
ball OF Washington, ID. o.. was In town
/ last week.
W. A. Fogg who has been in Boston
the past week, returned here Saturday.
Ed. II. 3owen is serving on one OF the
traverse juries at this term of court.
Rev. MIR. Shumway gave his third lee
ture on the "Hills Around Jerusalem"
to n large appreciative audience last Sun.
day evening.
Frank Wilson. Esq, has been appointed
District Deputy Grand Master for the H8
/ Masonic District.
Willard Post of this village, obser we'd
Memorial sunday at Little River Halls.
Lebanon, where the memorial address
Somersworth.
George A. Goodw Esq., was admit
ted to practice in the U. ). Circuit Court
at Portland, last week.
Willard Post OF this village and VIII
| liam Reed Post of sanford, escorted by
Brown Camp, Sons of Veterans and
Washington Council No. Q IT.. Order OF
United Mechanics. marched through our
principal streets andtto th cemetery where
the usual services were held, and then
proceeded TO the Free Baptist church and
listened to an able address appropriate
to the occasion BY Rev. 4. q. Davis.
GORHAM.
Gornam, May 81 The following is the
programme for the meeting of Gorhan
Orange. Saturday, June 8:
Roll Call,
Crop reports,
Reading, Mrs. Bion Bickford
Music. Miss Mattis Houghtou
acknowledgements cultivation of
farm andigarden crops, implements and
methods. Harry b. johnson, Fred ID.
Scammon, Chas. W. .sDeering, Gardner
W. Parker.
Reading, Mrs. Rufus A, Fogg
HARRISON
Harrison May 31--Mrs. Clarence De
Witt of harrison, on Saturday afternoon
left her home about three o'clock telling
er folks that she was going to call upon
neighbor. She did mot return at the
usual time. and her labsenne became so
prolonged that kEer husband became
alarmed. Parties were soon started out
to search for her In various directions.
About ten o'clock in the evening, as her
son and two other young men were cross
Ing pasture quite a distance from the
shortly found Mrs. Dewitt Wing upon the
ground. nearly helpless. She had become
bewsldered, and not being In good health
had become unconscious.
BRIDGTON. So
At meeting Of the stockholders of the
Byidgton Hotel company, held on May
were elected; Frank k. Stevens, VIM. u.
Perry, =. p. Carman. l.. f. Mckinney,
A. H. Burnham. 1t was voted to pur-
chase the Cleaves building and the build
| ing occupied by Mariner & Whitney,
grOcers, adjoining the site Of the proposed
hotel. These win be moved on so as to
give the company sufficient room for the
new structure. The directors elscted
Frank E. Stevens for president. Mellen
Plummsr, clerk and treasurer. The plans
for the hotel were received Tuesday
night. 1t will be the largest and hand
soonest structure in the town, 175 feet on
Main street, 10 feet on Hight street, four
stories high and will contain 81 rooms.
At public auction held Saturday, May
%, afternoon under the direction of the
selectmen, the following roads, recently
laid out, were bid on 10 be Immediately
built; The Foster road at South Bridg.
ton, awarded to Howard Hilton, price
$50; the Gilman road at Bridgton Centre
William r. Foster, $40.
The remains OF Frederick Emerson, q
native of Bridgton, ware brought here
from New Hampshire, Tuesday, May 30,
and inferred In the cemetery at West
Bridgton.s
FRYEBURG.
Frysburg, May 81. The Memorial Sun
day was observed in Fryeburg by a
Union service in the afternoon at the
New Jersuaiem church, which was at
tended by the Grover Post, g. A. r. No.
1876, under the commander, 4. L. East
man. The service was very pleasant and
much enjoyed by all present. Inspiring
music was we'll rendered by the choir of
the church and a quintette from the
Fryeburg Cornet Band. The order Of ex-
ercises was as follows:
Opening Sentences from the Scriptures,
hev: Is. n: stone, Pastor OF the New
Jerusalem Church u
America, Congregation
Prayer, Kew. b. N. Stone
Response-Let No Gloomy Leaf of Cy-
prus, Female Semi Chorus
Reading ofthe Scriptures,
Rev. B. N. Stone
Nations Hymn of Praise, Choir
Sermon,
Rev. e. II. Abbott. Pastor of the Con.
gfegational Church
Children of the I'm ion-Air Battle
Hymn of the Republic.
Messrs j. l.. Osgood and 7. Newman,
with the choir and congregation In
the chorus.
Prayer and Benediction,
Rev. e. II. Abbott
The fine sermon was founded upon the
words given in Matthew 10th chapter, the
"a verse and in John IA chapter. the 9th
verse.
Rev. NJ. Abbott referred to the present
movement in the world for universal
peace and to the Peace Congress now
holding its sessions in The Hague The
peace of the world, which sought freedom
from turmoil and strife by compounds.
and at any cost, was contrasted with the
peace of Christ. which would battle for
the rig hit If 1t was needed, and which
was, often time. only obtained at the
point of the sword. He preferred the
peace of Lincoln and Grant to that of
Wahstar and Glav