The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-11-13
MAINE TOWNS.
Item. Of sk,srs.s Gathered by Oar Iss.i
correspondents.
HARPswELL.


weather permitting.
Mr.. David Hodgkins' moved his family
to Lynn, Mass. Wednesday.
MIR. Daniel Merriman IL quite III. DR.
Littlefeld Is attending him.
Mr. Grin Johnson Is acting as mall
carrier from South Harpswell during tne
Illness of Mr.. Daniel Merriman.
Mrs. l. NJ. Merrill Is on the sick list.
Mrs. Susie Maxwell Is assisting Mrs.
q. Pinkham, this fall.
Mrs. Amy Bibber, who has been spend
ing the summer with her granddaughter,
Mrs. Eugene Merriman, has returned
home. Miss Emily Allen Will work for
her this winter.
GRAY.
Gray, November l2 MIR. Bert Merrill
OF Denver, Col, was the guest Oh MITE
Julia Russell the past week.
Mr. j. Frank Young Of North Abing-
ton, Mass visited Mr.. J. +. Merrill re-
Gently.
MIR. Henry Hunt has moved into the
house of Mr.. j. +. Merrill, and Will De
employed for the winter by MIR Merrill.
After december LIST, 1900, DIR. l.. 4.
Cushing will be at his Office in this VII
lage the first seven days of each month.
Mrs. Geo. W. Doughty and sister have
moved into the house occupied BY the late
U. W. Young.
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sick with typhoid fever. Cause said TO
be the uss OF impure water.
Dr. Andrews was called to Portland
last Saturday afternoon by the family Oh
Capt. Fields,
Mrs. May Leavitt is said TO be I'M
proving In health.
Gorham are at MIR John Haskelrs.
Mrs. Andrew johnson and Miss Kate
Leslie are to return TO New York for the
winter, soon.
The OId Folks concert occurred last
Friday night. The weather WAS bad, but
| the nall was well filled, and the audience
appreo ated the programme as carried
out. In other words the concert was
sue .sss financially and otherwise. BY re-
Quest IL Will be repeated next Wednesday
evening, November 18th. There Will be
some additions TO the programme. with
fayorabls weather a full house 10 assured.
MIR. A W. Anderson OF Portland was
in town last Sunday.
Mr.. Fred Barton is employed by MIR.
w B. Sweets3r.
Mr.. q, W. Pierce supervised the grad
ing OF the grounds around the laboratory
building Of Penneli Institute last Satur-
day.
Mr.. Chas. Lowe and wife have gone to
Berlin, N. IL.
Mr.. Alfred A. Hall will leave for the
New Hampshire woods where he Will
pass the winter.
Mr.. Melvin Frank has moved into the
house OF the late w. p. Haskell.
MIR. Frank McQusrrie has moved into
the house of IL. +. Colley.
MIR. Herbert Brown, representative OF
the Austin Organ Co. OF Hartford, Conn,
who has been the expert voicer OF the new
organ of Congress Square church. was the
one employed In London to revoice the
organ OF Westminster Abbey.
Blu XToN.
Chicopee, November IL Sunday SER
vices vera we'll attended yesterday.
New things have been part OF the order
of the day recently. Not l)ng ago the
new stove was an occasion for congratula-
lions; a week ago the people vera pleas
antlly surprised to find at the doors new
husk mats, the work or Mrs Fred San
born and her husbands mother, while
yesterday the audience were astonishe1 to
| lind a brand new clock ticking away on
the wall, a present to the society from
MIR. Mckenney, the jeweler, in Monu-
ment Square, Portland. During the
morning service the pastor presented the
clock to the church in behalf of Mr.. Nc
Kenney, after which MIR. James Il. Paine
n,oved that a vote of thanks be extended
to MIR. Mckenney for the gilt. 1t was
unanimously seconded by rising vote,
and with such readiness on the part Of
the audience that 1t plainly showed thsy
were well pleased.
Our public school will close next
Friday, and preparations are underway
to have school exhibition on Friday
evening.
the Ladies' Circle hsd pleasant time
at Mrs. Anderson's last week. This
week they meet with Mrs. Melville Owen,
on Turkey Lana, Wednesday afternoon,
two O'Clock.
The rain was quite heavy last Thurs
dav and Friday here.
Work on Miss Tabitha Watson's shed
was begun last week. MIR. Homer Martin
ana Mr. Walter Cram are the carpenters.
Work on the school house is progressing
finely.
MIR. John bennett and wife, OF Saco,
were the guests OF MIR. and Mrs. Homsr
Martin last week.
MIR. Clinton Emery required the SER
vices OF the doctor last week, heart
trouble causing tainting spells.
Mr.. Gage Hill is very sick, having had
q shock, and falling on the stove was
badly burned. he was not improving at
last reports.
Mr., Joseph Martin Is reported some
better, but still confined to the house.
MIR. Chas. Emery's youngest child fell
on Sunday, November 4. and sprained Its
arm quite badly.
A chicken supper and photo contest
will be held at the hall next Saturday
evening.
NORWAY.
Norway, November 12.-The late rains
have raised the streams to q great rate,
but no particular change in the lake as
yet, which is now lower than last year
The electrics plant Is now ran by steam
power at an outlay OF six tons OF coal per
day.
The shoe shop is starting on its winter
run with promise OF q good business for
at least number OF months.
Apples are bringing $l.25 per barrel for
rs and 2's. Many farmers are holding
back for big prices and some for lack OF
barrels for packing. Scribner Bros. OF
Harrison are manufacturing about
one hundred per day, which come far
short OF filling orders. Some sold early
for rs cts to find themselves badly beaten
by sharpers.
A general time Of Ill health is reported
throughout town and county consider
ing tine protracted drought and bad con-
dillon OF the water In most places.
The scrimmage reported Last week at
the election, between several town officers
and prominent citizens, regarding q
check list, seems to have been the out