The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-02-22
MAINE TOWNS.
items OF Interest Gathered by Our Local
correspondents.
pAMARIsuoTTA.


worked the rant OF esquire lass evening,
and Will wo-k the rank of page on Tues
CAY next The Lodge has voted to be In
oorporatsd with a capital Of $500, to
purchase and hold real estate They will
also purchase new furniture for their
lodge room
MIR l.. clifford aud daughter. MART
on, leave Friday OF this week for trip
TO New York and Washington
A. A Hall Is gsiting out a small frame
for Boothbay parties at his mill
Dexter Sanborn and wife, of Portland
are visiting Daniel Jacobs on Elm street.
Hobart Linton is in Boston for a few
weeks.
Brett Brothers, who have been In the
blacksmith business here, have moved TO
Lewiston.
Enooh Govely, OF walpole, Is critically
I'll with pneumonia, attended by Dr. Par
sons.
BUXTON.
Bar Mills, February Il One of the
most pleasant events OF the season was
ehe reception given TO the ladies'
Athenaeum club by Mrs John Gulliord,
on Wednesday afternoon, from = eiock
TO 80 D m in the spacious paFlors OF
her home on Church So .eet. During the
earlier part OF the afternoon literary ex
eroises and music We're much enjoyed,
after which i've O'Clock dinner OF I'M
excelled excellence was served, covers
being laid for fourteen, and with MIR,
9uiIforu as most hospitable host and
Mrs. Guilford aa always, most charm
ing hostess, the hour lover the tea-oups"
was social indeed, and all departed,
voting the afternoon a grand scness
CASCO.
Casco, February 20 Rev. b III. PEN
warden has closed his labors With the
Casoo and Otisiield churches, and will
move his family to Auburn this week,
Mr. Levi c. Maxfield caught 30 nice
trout and one ousk through the ice on
Thompson pond recently.
Mrs Marx u Leah, who was visit ng
her daughter, Mrs Ii u. Kemp in W or
cestsr, Mass was called home last Thurs
day, to care for her husband, sick with
tbs grippe.
There is much sickness bout
The late storm drifted the roads quite
badly snow about two feet desp In the
woods, two to ten feet deep in some places
in the open.
Miss Alice III. Curtis has gone to Lynn,
Mass, where he hos employment
Mrs E. X. Gay, who shss been seri
ously sick, has so far recovered as TO
take q short EIeiEn ride.
.. o. Hancock is in poor health this
winter.
W. f. Cook is quite sick with heavy
cold.
Mrs. James N. Eastman and son Clif- |
ford ara visiting her brother, ". q. Jor-
dan, at Poland Corner.
The Union church has new organ for |
the use OF the sabbath school,
W. II Norton OF Portland was here
today calling on our merchants
A. f. Nutting Esq, OF Utisfteld, mado
his sister Mrs. Al. 5, Eastman, visit
today.
NORWAY.
Norway, February u business has rs-
eumed It's usual tone with the late pleas |
ant weather The Radclin shoe shop is
said to be doing fine business, turning !
out frat class work, which finds ready |
sale. @. b. Cummings & Sons are doing |
an uncommonly large business with their |
lumber mandatory, employing large
mum Der of men aud horses.
Large amounts Of bark, pulp wood and |
other kinds of lumber ars bsIDg landed |
at the depot The cut OF dowel and spool |
timber throughout the country ts the |
largest ever known. Fire wood is scarce |
ana high. Tie supply of seasoned wood
is quite exhausted.
Captain Amos +. Noyes, one Of our
Oldest and most highly respected citizens,
lies at the point OF death. His age is 81
years He was a brave and gallant soldier |
In the rebellion, and his loss Will be deep
ly lAmente1 by the entire community.
The late cold snap ard long continued |
blizzard is universally pronounced the |
most severe In the Dast fourteen years
Many water pipes were frozen, Keeping |
the plum bers busy, and putting people to |
muon expense. The street railway ii
completely blooKa ded, and as the authori-
ties prohibit their throwing ths immense |
drifts into the street, the company deem |
IL expedient 20 suspend until warmer |
weather, being a great Inconvenience, |
especially for thoss having business at |
court, now in session. In the rural dis
rrict the roads are just horrible in many |
places, where they are abandoned, and |
travel Is through the fields and even |
woods One road has DRIFT eighteen |
feet in depth In many PLACES immense
drifts are SO snlid as to hold up heavy |
teams, but the carriages are constantly |
Slowing about, rendering all travel dam
gerous There is : large amount Of sick
ness,-grippe, colds, coughs and lung
troubles.