The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-26
Cape Elizabeth.


Eight head of cattle including a solemn
looking old goat, found trespassing on the
land Of Mr.. Spear, the So, Portland coal
| dealer, were impounded by that gentleman
the other day. The cattle belonged in the
| city.
Many of the schools in town, including
the high school, closed Friday for the fall
| vacation.
| Mr. Dresser of Bowery Beach, is the cham
pion cabbage producer of that district this
season. He raised one hundred tons. Sew
eral other farmers, among them Mr.. A. +.
| Hannaford. harvested upward of seventy
| five tons each.
The first week in December, the ladies
| connected with the Knightville lodge, Royal
| Order of Goodfelows will hold a fair for the
| purpose of establishing fund for the bene-
| fit of sick and INDECENT members
The late easterly storm put the waters of
Mill Greek in very roly state, a condition
most favorable TO the hook and line smelt
tide is the average catch. The attempt to
drag-seine them meets with Indifferent sue
cess, half bushel being the largest quantity
| taken.
| During the late storm and high tide large
quantity of apples of the New York pippin
variety came floating ashore on the Cape
side OF the narbor. The shores from South
| Portland to Knightville was lined with them.
| Although the greater part of them were dam
| aged, bushels OF sound and uninjured ones
were picked up.
MIR. Jesse Dyer talks of converting his
grist mill at Mill Greek into mill for grind
| ing paints.
The steamer Forest City. of the Boston and
| Portland line, goes into the dry dock this
week, for further repairs
Cumberland Centre.
| The dogs are on the war path again. Mr..
| Asa Merrill, living at the lower part of the
town, lost five sheep recently by dogs.
| Trau ali hac 1Nao,, fao Il
Mr.. and Mrs. j: l.. Dunn were made hap
| by last Tuesday, by the advent of little
| daughter In their midst.
The following members of the Y. p. S, G.
E., have been chosen as delegates to meet
with delegates from the societies at Gray,
Yarmouth and North Yarmouth, with the
| society at North Yarmouth, this Tuesday
eve, in making plans for the formation of a
| local union composed of the societies above
named, Miss c: F. Wilson, Mr. c. B. Osgood
The family of Mr.. A. L. Vannah leave this
week for Nova Scotia where they will spend
the winter.
There will be preaching on Thanksgiving
mornngat II o'clock. Rev, Mr.. Greene
preached an excellent sermon Sunday after
noon, on the Personality of the Holy Spirit
| and His Equality With God and the Son."
| proving by Scripture references that the
Spirit was person and not an attribute of
| the Father.
The Red Men have been invited by Coga-
wasco tribe to visit them and witness the
working Of the ''chief's degree this Tuesday
evening.
Corham.
A union service of the Congreg ational and
| Methodist churcht of Gorham village will
be held in the Congregational church
Thanksgiving day at IL o'clock a. IN. Ser
mon by Rev. G. W. Reynolds. pastor of the
Congregational parish, who will be aided in
| the service by Rev. Mr.. Cobb, pastor of the
Methodist parish. All are invited.
Tuesday evening, November Goth, very
| celebrated advocate of temperance from
Halifax, will speak Upon the evils of ntem-
perance in the Congregational church in
Gorham. 1t is hoped that large audience
will be in attendance.
Sunday, December /, special religious ser
vices will commence the Congregational
church in Gorham under the direction of
Evangelist r. S. Underwood of Massaehu-
sets.
Among the recent visitors to Gorham, we
| met with great pleasure Mr.. 2. Wells, Esq,
from Ohio. Mr.. Wells was former acquain-
lance of the Gorham people, and while here
was the guest of Hon. j. A. Watermon, Esq A.,
| who very kindly introduced him to your Cor
| ham correspondent.
Oxford,
Scarlet fever has broken out in this village
| L. l.. Brown having a child very sick, and s..
T. Hobrook is slightly improved.