The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
MAINE TOWNS.
items OF Interest Gathered by Our Local
Correspondents.
srANDIsH.

Sebago Lake September 2l.-Dr. John
Sawyer, wife and daughter. who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. NE. Sawyer,
have returned to their home at Washing
ton, ID. @.
The funeral services Of Mr.. Joshua Lit
tlefieid, who died Monday of paralysis at
the age of rs, were held ON "Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. L. p. Cleaves officiating.
Mrs. Dennis Stanley is spending a
few weaks with her husband at the Hal
lowell House, Hallowell.
Mrs. Annie Brown Is recovering from
her recent illness.
Misses Maria and Elizabeth Dingley are
visiting Mira Hattie Traitor. Portland.
Miss Annie Dingley will also spend
week with Mrs. Trafton.
MIR. L. Willard Moulton. who has been
experimenting corn packing interests
in Vermont of Baxter Bros, Portland,
Is at home.
Rev. Charles p. Cleaves viii devote
the last Sunday evening of each month
to series of popular lectures on praoti-
cal subjects. The first of the lectures will
be given on Sunday evening, Sept "a.
Subject, "The Mind and Its Maker.
MIS-. Mary Phinney has been visiting
Mrs jackson at Standish Corner.
| Mrs. Jacob Wadlelgh is seriously i'll of
heart disease.
| BELGRADE.
| Belgrade, Sept. 23.-After the Belgrade
Hotel Corporation had been formed,
Thursday afternoon at the office of At
torney General Haines, at Waterville,
Belgrade, was accepted. The meeting
was held at the Office OF Hon. W. I.
Hainss and Q corporation to be known as
the Belgrade Hotel Corporation with a
capital stock of SEQ. 900 was formed. The
officers are: President, DR.. b. G.
Thayer, Waterville; treasurer, g. Fred
Terry, watervilie; clerk, W. I. Haines,
Waterville; directors, Or. II. O. Thayer,
G. Fred Terry. DIR. j. II. Hill, Water
Vile, and G. A Hill, Newton, Mass
A prospectus for plans was then sub
| mitted by Architect John Calvin Stevens
of Portland. The prospectus was entirely
| satisfactory to the officers of the corpora
tion and was accepted. Arohitect Ste
VEINS was then instructed to go TO work
ON the plans for the building These
plans will be completed In a few days and
then ground will be broken. The hotel
Ia to be thres stories high and will con-
tain 90 rooms for the accommodation of
guests. Ii IL to be modern throughout
and have every oonvenieroe. IL will
/ be lighted In modern manner and In
addition will have baths and all the mod
ern toilet appurtenances.
The hotel Is to be located In Bel
l a-1x a.
pond. The site is an elevation command
Ing view OF both Long and Great ponds
The lot on which the hotel is 20 be located
has a frontage of 1900 rect on Long pond
and 700 feet on the road.
Among the sportsmen the news that q
hailed with delight. Last season Grover
Cleveland and Joseph jefferson were at
tracted by the reports of the fishing in
that locality but such apartments as
they wished were not obtainable. The
hotel that the company is to put up is to
be especially for sportsmen who have
been attracted from other states by the
fishing.
RAYMOND.
East Raymond, Sept. 2l.-Mrs. Mary
N. Thorpe, died Sept. 18th after short
illness Of only week. She was the wife
of Frederick X. Thorpe and woman
beloved and respected by all-one whose
loss will be greatly felt She was the last
of large faimly. the well known Port
land stove dealers. f q q. B. and o. NJ.
& d. W. Nash being her brothers. Shs
left a husband and two sons The funeral
services took place from her late re 81.
uence. Monday p M, sept. 18th. Riv-
erside Grange, =. OF II. lin which she
took q great interest having long been it
chaplain). were present in a body and
performed their beautiful ceremony oil
the grave. Rev. A. II. McLaod de
livered an able address. The floral offer
ings were many and heautifuL Tte fam