The Portland daily press., 1900-03-22
MAINE TOWNS.
Items Of Inserss, Gathered by Our Local
correspon
SOUTH BERWICK.


postponed Colonial supper 1t the Coh-
vsstry Monday evening drew
out large crowd and was far greater
success than postponed entertainments
are wont to be OF than sven the most
sanguine had dared TO hope. A hounti-
full collation. Of colonial and modern
sdibles Of every description was served to
a company Of about a hundred and nfty
persons many Of the ladies present being
dressed in garments Of colonial ttyle.
After the supper very amusing farce,
'The Only Young Man In Town" was
presented. intersperssd with piano duets
by Misses Duke and Rioker, and banjo
duets By Mrs Wilkinson aud Miss Moses.
Willis Nealiey as 'The Only Young Man
In Town" was a star, while the ladies'
parts were taken most admirably by Miss
Ethel Ridley. Mrs. VIM. Y. Hodgdon.
Miss Ida Place. Miss Jsannette de
Kicker, Mrs. John n. Hodgdon, Miss
Nellie Whitehead, Misi Kate Boyle and
Miss Mary Plummer. Quite substan-
tial llttIs amount was added to the society
treasury.
SANFORD.
Sprtnsvale, March 20.-Winter's reign
81 ems to be nearly over and "Now fer
genial spring Of which the poet loudly
sines."
Tee measles have teen having quite a
run here, but its victims are now recover
ing,
Our streets, as well as the roads far
and nesr, are 10 wet. slushy condition.
Mrs. Lyman Hooper viiited friends in
Rochester, last week.
Howard frost, Ksq., is having many
improvements made In his office.
George W. Butler wss home from
Gardner with his family, Sunday.
At the BaTtlst church In Sanford,
March II. 10 candidates were baptized.
Past Grand Commander, Mrs. Herbert
Smith, has returned from trip In the
interest Of the Golden Cross In the state
of Connecticut.
Mr.. Benjamin Jordan.s teamsters are
still very busy hauling timber from the
Coffin, aud Perkins lots In Shapleigh to
his saw mill at Emery's Mills.
Leroy A. Went worth has entered into
with his father, Moses Went
worth Of sanford, In the undertaking
businssz.
The town election here last week. re-
suited In large majority Of Rspubli-
Offices.
PARSoNSFIELD.
East Parsonstsld, March, 21.-Mr.
VIII Powers Of Maplswood, accompanied
by his wife and four children, visited
MIRA. George Chad born last Tuesday.
Miss Ada Hammond is In very poor
health.
David G. Eastman Of Cornish was In
this place Tuesday on business.
Ada Dearborn 10 recovering from \
severe attack Of neuralgia In her hand:
lhsw NkaA hos to anff MI a
bullet wound In his left hand. caused by
the accidental disch arge of his revolver
while attem pting to load it last Tueeday
The accident seems doubly
hard as Wilbur was the whole support Of
his parents, grandfather and young
brother, his father being an Invalid since
la list Novembe
BALDWIN.
Nerth Baldwin, March 90. There was
an entertainment and suppsr at the
Orange hall last Wednesday evening. and
. good time was enjoyed by all present.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Wiggins, Lydia Wig
gins. MIR. and Mrs. Almon Muroh at
tended the Pomona Grange eat Sebago,
Miss Eva b. Nurch went to Buxton
Monday to work for Mrs. Lydia Blake.
Samuel Clark has gone to Ruxton after
his granddaughter. Mamie Kelley. who
Lucy Pertridge.
Nell York lost horse reoeutly.
Alice Wiggip, who has heen visiting
ut her father IS, Nathaniel Virgins, has
returned to Denmark.
Arthur Deering Of Denmark Is visiting
bis aunt, Mrs, Annie Virgins.
Mr.. A. l.. Muroh, who keeps the store |
and post Office here, met with painful
accident Sunday nftsrnoon, which re llt- |
ed in breaking his hip. IL seems that he
went to the wood pile after his nights
supply OF fuel, and while there lie slipped
hip. Ho was kindly helped into the Etoro
where he lives By two nsighbors who
were passing.
CUMBERLAND.
Cumberland Center, March 21.-Mrs. |
Cora Pennell True has been elected su-
Of schools by the school |
board. Mrs. 9rue is q graduate ef Bate 5 |
,ollege. "a, and q former astisthnt teach |
81 at GIesly Institute.
MIR. E. II. Rowe was awakened early |
last Saturday morning by severe pain |
10 the head. When he came to get up he
'ound he could not sse, the cause sup |
blood vesEel In the head. On last ac-
,ounts the ii yht was returning.
The bluebird has made bis Appearance.
POWNAL.
Pownal. March 2l.-There are runners
II an electric road to pass through |
pownal In the near future. We wish that |
,hey might be true. but they will be. hard |
y.oredited until some subj tsntial proof Is |
vfsibly evident.
Mr.. Bardy Simoptou was so unfortu- |
nata as to injure his leg most severely |
N hile loading logs one day last week He |
wes a work for Mr.. q. b.. Hodsdon when |
t he accident occurred, and was taken i'm |
md lately to his house.
There were present in all (memeeIs
and visitors) tftsen, at the meeting of |
the Ladies' Aid Society held at Mrs. |
Ettie J. Latham's last week. The next |
meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. |
G. s. Davis on 1hursday March goth at