The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-04-14

Mrs. Nancy Chase, the Presque Isle CELL
tennarian who died this week, once saw
George Washington.
ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
The citizens of Livermore Falls have TAX
en- steps to secure protection against nre.
Base bali has been lifted on to high plane
in Lewiston. The Catholic Temperance base
ball club has organized with McManus, g.;
Kelley, p.; Cotell0, IS Kearns, ID Scout,
2b. Casey, 3b. Reard0n, l. ii Sweeney. G.
f. Feeney, T. +. Thomas j. Ward Is mana
ger, "a College street
l. c. Downs of Lewiston, who for 20 years
has been master mechanic at the Contlnen,,
tai mill, has resigned that position ana VIII
leave the mill.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Brunswick Odd Fellows have applied for
the formation of Canton in their village.
The Universalist church at Bridgton IS 70
be re0pened, Rev. K. Everett johnson, OF
Canton, N Y. having been engaged temper
arily.
The Bridgton village corporation, have
elected: Treasurer. F. P. Bennett; collector,
George w. Newcomb; engineers. M. NJ. Cas-
well, p. p. Burnham, F. W. Seavey; assess
ors Isaac Webb, Mellen Plummer, b. +.
Milliken. A steam fire company and hook
and ladder company will be organized
The Bridgton News reports that the Sum
nit Spring Hotel Company have about con.
cluded contract with Portland parties to
build house according to their main plan,
only separate and distinct from the farm
house, as previously designed
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Mr. VIM. S. Mcdonald, for a number of
years one of the leading instructors in the
East Maine Conference seminary at bucES-
port, and who recently graduated from the
Jefferson Medical College OF Philadelphia,
received the highest rank in his class Of 200
students, and was also the successful compe-
titor for the gold medal offered by the surgi-
cal department of the Pennsylvania Hospi-
tai. Mr.. Mcdonald has in times past so far
disregarded Mr.. Howells's ideas as to be
head waiter at Rodck's great dining room at
Bar Harbor for several summers
LINCOLN COUNTY.
George w. Singer of Waldoboro, goes to
Boothbay to take the Boothbay High school.
A corn canning factory is talked of in
Waldoboro, and subscription papers are cir
culating among the farmers.
Reeds Cadet Band of WaldOboro, will try
to secure the services of Mr. Gardiner Lud-
wig of Philadelphia, formerly of Waldoboro,
as teacher and director for the band during
the Summer months.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Prof. F. ii. Nickerson has resigned his pc
sition as principal of Dexter High school,
and will leave at the close Of the present
term.
MI. II IL. Otlldli, VI bhC oCnlOA OAdoo u bhO
Maine State College, has accepted an offer to
pitch on the Davenport, Iowa, nine, the COM
ing season. He will go there in July, soon
after graduating
A Moncton man fell into bad company in
Bangor Wednesday, and lost $40 while
drinking with an accommodating man named
Hurley, alias Courtney.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Capt E. A. Holmes and others of PASSPORT
have recently bought the schooner Eddie
Pierce of Portland. Capt. Angus Holmes
will command her and she will be chiefly en-
ployed in freighting between Eastport and
New York.
The project of forming Sardine trust at
Eastport has failed and the prospect now is
that open competition will rule the market
this summer.
The Eastport Sentinel has sbeen enlarged.
This is doing pretty well for a paper that
was turned out completely in the great fire.
Its enterprise is more than equal to its calam-
tiles.
YORK COUNTY.
A sap supper was the characteristic Of a
recent entertainment at the First Parish
chapel in Saco. The stage presented very
pretty scene, being tremmed with evergreen
and representing sugar camp, in which was
was large kettle of boiling syrup, which
was boiled until it made sugar.