The Portland daily press., 1889-07-27
The committee having the excursion in
charge wish to acknowledge the receipt of
the following donations

The committee having the excursion in
charge wish to acknowledge the receipt of
the following donations:
Silver vase George T. Springer.
Box cigars. f. EHedreux.
Best hat at Arenovysky & Blooms.
Razor and mug, Scates & Co.
Summer shawl, Lafond 4 Co.
Hand bag, l.. w. Edwards.
Print dress and silk mittens 4. X Gerard
Gold pin, j. r.. Andrews & Son,
Box of candy, IL L: Hartman & Co.
Time piece, j. M. Cloudman.
Box cigars, p. j. Letarte.
The tennis fever seems to be raging here
just at present Wednesday evening a club
was formed and the following officers elected:
President-W. G. Hacker.
Vice President-Miss Hannah Dana.
secretary and Treasurer-Walter f. Haskell.
The Royal Society of Good Fellows will
hold special meeting in Golden Cross Hall,
next Monday evening, July Goth.
West Gray.
George Hunt and wife, Charles S. Allen
and wife, Charles E. Allen, Miss Grace AL
len, and Clarence Libby are spending the
week at the cottage of Mr.. Hunt, at Fall
mouth Foreside.
Capt. Albert Maxfield, from New York, is
spending his vacation at his brother's Frank
lin Maxield's.
William A. Small, from Waltham, Mass,
wife and child, are stopping at the old home
stead.
The farmers are about all through with
their haying, and some have commenced cut
ting grain. The hay crop is about an aver
age, ana has been mainly secured in good
condition; Grain is also looking very we'll.
The apple crop will be very light in this
vicinity. Not more than quarter as many
apples will be raised as last year, and the
quality will also be inferior.
Miss Nellie Allen, who has been at home
Tor lew weeks, has returned to Woodfords.
Falmouth.
The fine weather for the past few days
have been improved by the haymakers in
this vicinity and quite number of farmers
rejoice at the thought of closing up the work
this week.
I. B; Locke, who has been for several
years clerk in the store of T. Is. Richards &
Co., is now travelling for the Century Pub
fishing Co., and Edward L. Colley, formerly
with .Goddy q Kent, is filling the position at
the store.
Our town seems to be favored with its
share OF summer visitors, judging from the
number of stranger one meets in passing
along the roads in different parts of the
town.
The jolly little station agent at the G. T. R.
has SO far recovered from his recent illness
as to be seen on the street but not able to
resume his duties at the station.
Deering.
Stroudwater was the first place in Maine
to organize a W. c. T. u, 10 years ago,
which society has been continually kept up
to the present time, ever ready to cooperate
with State and national plans of work. Sun
day evening at 7.30 o'clock, the Union will
hold Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes memorial
meeting" at Quinby Hall, Stroudwater. The
local president Miss Louise Titcomb, will
preside, andithe State president, Mrs LINN.
Stevens, will speak of Mrs. Hayes's sacred
life. especially of that part of it relating to
the temperance cause.
OtisfieId.
S. III. Wardwell, the cattle broker. has
much sickness in his family; one daughte
is far gone with consumption and two others
are sick with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Jane, widow of Preston Edwards of
Rochester, N. H., is visiting friends in this
vicinity after an absence of nearly forty
years.
/ Large quantities of Lima beans were
planted this season for canning purposes
which are looking finely. This with sweet
corn has become the principle industries of
this and adjoining towns.