The Portland daily press., 1900-04-10
MAINE TOWNS.
Item. OF Interest Gathered by Oar LeesI
correspondents


windham, April alt is very seldom
that ct this time Of the year the roads are
80 cry and travelling so comfortable.
windham Is having Its shars Of sick
ness at this time. Among those siok are
Rev. O. :. Garter, Miss Goodrich, Mr..
and Mrs. Vim. Anderson, Mrs. Vim.
Morrill,, Mra VIM. Webb and many 9TH
era less III.
Miss Eva Aver, who IL teaching ct
Casn's Corner, South Portland. came
home on Friday. sick with grippe.
Mr.. William Hawkes. and Jessie Aver
are at home from Friends Soohol, Prov
idsnoa. X, L, to spend Easter vacation.
Rev. George Farr Of Lewiston,
Mr.. Nd win Varnsy has been attending
court In Portland the past week.
Miss Edith Hawkes. spent last week 81
Mr.. ana Mrs. Walter b. Hall CT Bruno
wick, are expected to make their real
week. We are glad to welcome back to
our town Its former sons and daughters.
STANDISH.
Standish, April 7.-Mrs. DR.. L. ..
Bu zzell and little daughter Helen, are
visiting relatives In Somerville, Mass.
Mrs. A. D. Pains and daughter AIDE
laide, have returned to their summer
home after spending the winter with
Mrs. Prinss daughter. Grace. 1t Johns.
MT. Richard Balmer Of Cambridge.
Mass. recently Fought ths Earnest Nc
donald farm, formally part Of the old
John Hatty. Mr.. Balmsr will spend his
summer here.
ing relatives In Bridgton.
The Assessors are busy taking the val
uation Of the town.
MT. j. NJ. York Of Somerville, Mass,
was In town last week on businsfs.
TIE Republicans Of Standish met at
the town hall Saturday afternoon and
chose the following Delegates for the
State Convention: DIR. W. 5. Ihomp-
son, q. s. Phinncy, j. 5. Webster and
j. n. Rich. To the District Consvntio
the following were delegated; 4. X.
Wingate, q. NJ. Tucker. ., 5. Sanhorn
was chairman Ct the caucus and y. b.
Poindsxter WAS secretary.
Miss Fanny Marrett OF the Perkins
Institute for the Blind or Boston, Mass,
is spending few days ct her home.
Mr.. Daniel Chase Of Portland. was In
town In ct week.
A very uovel enter tainment was held
at the town hall last Monday night.
under the auspices Of the Ladies' Circle.
IL consisted Of Nook Trial. The lead.
ing parts were dlled By the following;
Judge. j. b. Poindxeter; clerk Of courts,
II. b. Hartford; attorney for the State,
DIR. W. s. THOMPSON; attorney for the
for breaking. entsIing, and larceny In
the night the respondent. ID. ID. big.
gins, az suming the role Of negro and
Mr.. Edward Thompson being the CON-
plainant. Considerable sport was expert
encsd during the impaneilins OF the
tnrw 70 ha for - they
were excluded. The defence challenged
the second man called as being an agi'a-
tor among the colored race. The prose-
cution's first challenge was for being re-
lated to the defer dant's attorney. After
the Jury had been sworn In and taken
was purely circumstantial evidence that
the prisoner was tried on, and the out
line Of the defence was to prove an abb
which 10 was succsssful In doing. The
Jury after being out short time brought
In q verdict Of mot guilty. The crime of
| which the Respondent was charged was
for stealing four hens and rooster from
one person and one roostsr from another.
The testimony that was Introduced ON
both aides was very amusing and original
In the extreme. The judge instructed
the above verdict, owing to the fact that
the defendant and his attorney were re.
lated quite closely. The two attorneys
ELECTED much applause from the audiences
during the examination Of the witnesses
aud the argum ents to the jury, bJth CT
which wers listened to with much inter
est. Much credit is due Messrs. Edward
Thompson, q. b. Poindexter and Geo
Palmer for the interest that they took In
the matter.
This has been most remarkable
spring thus far. Since the snow began
to leave. it mas done so very gradually
and at the present time but little mud 10
-. ha al ha
the roads In the rural distriots In
fairly good condition and the travelling In
not as bad as one would expect under the
circumstances. There lie but little snow
In the woods and that In sheltered places
and a good warm rain would soon make
1t disappear.
South Standisb. April I Fifty of the
relatives ana friends OF Captain 5. l..
Davis. assembled by Invitation from the
commander OF Z. A. Warren Post, at q.
A. X. hall to celebrste the eighty-third
birthday Of the Captain. The Moman's
Relief Corps served most delicious re-
past. after which were speeches OF con-
graduation Dy Comrades Dunn, Warren
and Harmon. The comrades presented
Captain Davis very nice Norris chair.
as a token OF their respect to their Oldest
comrade.
Mrs. q. S. Libby is spending few
days with her parents at Gorhan.
Mrs. K. s. Norton will return this
week from Rochester, N. Y, where she
has been spending this winter.
Mr.. III. X. Libby Ia confined to the
house with rheumatism.
Mr.. Earle Cousins spent Sunday at
home.
Extensive repairs are being made on
the Highland house.
High school will open April 10.
Mrs. Bertha Coulter has bean visiting
Ter parents at West Buxton.
The meeting of the w. R.C. and &. A.
K. was postponed until better travelling.
Mr. ID. ". Cousins will work for Il. 3.
Norton, at the Highland house during
the season.
The Pine Tree Telegraph and Tels-
phone company In already making step
toward getting their telephone system In
to working order. The poles have arrived
and w. A. Reed Is rapidly placing them.
The poles are to be SET, the wires strung
and the boxes put 10 at once and early
May should sea the line In use.
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