The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-21
SUBURBAN NEWS.
BoWERY BEACH.

BOWERf BEACH,
Sunday was a warm day at the Cape, and moth
ing could be more enjoyable than old Soils genial
rays tempered by the gentle ocean breeze. Early
in the day the little steamer Fannie g., came to
anchor in Lighthouse Cove, with aparty of excur
sionists from Portland. The party consisted of
Capt Williams of the Dominion steamship Ore
gon, the ships surgeon and other officers of the
line, Captain B. J. Willard and G. W. T. Cooling,
in all about a dozen gentlemen. An excellent
dinner of fish chowder, boiled Holsters, hot cof-
fee, fruit and pastry was served in Captain Will
lards stevedore house on the shore, and at p. m.
sharp the party re-embarked for Portland The
lghtkeeper's wife acknowledges the gift of gen.
erous supply of fruit from Captain Wizards
table.
preacher in this place during two years past have
been so pleasant to himself and acceptable to the
people Of the pastorate, preaches his farewell ser
failing health compel him to retire from the min
istry, and at the coming Methodist conference he
will probably go upon the the list of Superanuates
festival and donation was held in the school
havse Monday evening to aid in raising the bal
ance of the preachers claim.
Capt. o. A. BatcheIder, q. S. N, who since the
frs first OF the month has has, been engaged inspecting
snected se tbe M Cane Ijg6ts and paid the KEEPERS
quarters salary, Monday.
subscription paper in aid of the family of the
holding the position of engineer of the tender
Iris is in circulation among the keepers and en-
ployes of the first lighthouse district. All have
contributed their ''mite" and the aggregate will
be very handsome sum. NJ
sACcARAPPA.
Mr.. II. X. Griggs, the school census taksr, re-
ports TIE total number of inhabitants in the town
between the ages of four and twenty-one years to
be 1870. There has been an increase in the
French districts during the past year.
'Shoofy'' is the name given to the short trains
running between this village and Portland. "Go-
ing to town on the Shoofiy today has become
common saying hereabonts.
Prof Sanborn has been giving some fine exhi-
bitions in horse training in the public square.
The question of sprinkling the streets of this
village is being discussed. "That horrid mud
which never would dry up has become binding
dust The expense of Sprinkling has been borne
by the business men, principally the traders, who
paid fifty cents each, weekly. Mr.. Charles j.
Schwartz has for number of years performed
the job satisfactorily, but this year ''he has
struck for more pay. 1t was an oversight on the
part of the interested people that there was not an
article inserted in the town warrant to provide for
the needs.
CUMBERLAND MILLS.
Business at the paper mills is brisk. Improve
ments and increased facilities for manufacturing
are noticeable on every hand. A new powerful
wood chopper is being placed in the pulp mill.
The wood is to be passed through the chopper be-
fore going into the digesters. A thirty horse
power engine will be employed to operate 1t, In
addition to those now USED. -,
A new wrought iron fire box for one OF the re-
claiming furnaces ~ feet in diameter, ana feet
long, weighing some six tons has been placed In
the pulp mill. n