The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-13
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Center Saturday the 9th inst, Mr.. James S.
Morse was nominated as a candidate for rep
resentative to the legislature. Mr.. Morse is
staunch Republican, prohibitionist and
granger.
ington, is on visit to his father Colman
Hemingway. He came Unexpectedly, has
been absent eight years, and his father and
mother, brother and sister did not recognize
him. So after playing stranger and traveller
awhile he made himself known and then
there was much rejoicing in the household.
Mrs. S. B. Jones, and her three children,
| is visiting her father Mr.. w. Clark. She is
| from Saxonville, Mass.
Mr.. Whtmarsh and family and Mr.. Sewer
and family, from Boston. Mass. are board
| ing at F. p. Putnam's. Also Mr.. Daggett
| and family, from Boston, are boarding at j.
| N. Irish's. These gentlemen are proprietors
| Of Mt. Zircon Spring, which they visit al
| most daily, a distance of some three miles
| fr I'm their boarding places. They have with
| them the plan of magnificent hotel, which
| they intend to build near the spring next
| season.
Mrs Ardella WymaD, of Boston, Mass, is
| visiting her father, Mr.. NJ. L. Vyman.
Hay crop nearly secured in fine condition.
| 1t proves to be larger crop than last year.
Dat crop will be light.
Corn has made a wonderful growth during
| the past two weeks
Cray.
WEST GRAY.
There will be a sociable and an ice cream
| supper at Mystic Hall on Wednesday night
| Aug. ID.
Col. Royal T. Frank, of the regular army,
| is visiting his brother John w. Frank, Col.
| Frank is from Fortress Monroe where he
has been stationed for some time.
Capt. Albert Maxfeld from New York Is
visiting at his brothers Franklin Maxfield's.
Leonard Ross from Portland is visiting at
d. l.. Bailey's.
Andrew Allen is putting in large build
ing to be used as carriage house and for
other purposes.
While returning home from Gray Corner
one night of last week, Mr.. John W. Franks
horse stumbled and fell. Mr.. Frank and his
son who was with him jumped from the car
riage in order to assist the horse In rising.
The horse, however. got up himself and
started upon the run, before they could get
hold of him, He ran some three miles, col
liding with another team and running one
wheel OF toe same; He finally brought up in
tie dooryard of Mr.. Greenleaf Frank. The
horse and carriage were but little damaged.
New Gloucester.
Whooping cough is quite prevalent at the
lower part of the town.
Blackberries are ripening fast, and there is
promise of large harvest of them.
Mrs. Hannah Soule of Freeport is i'll at the
house of her sister, Mrs. Lucy Bennett.
Mrs. .Arad Evans, Of West Medford has
been visiting at e. A. Whites.
Peleg w. Small. of Fall River is in town.
Miss Dora White is visiting her brother in
Boston.
Mrs. Frank Merrill has gone to the noun
tains.
Mrs. Adrienne Small is in failing health.
Mrs. A. S.Perham and Mrs. John Haskell
will take cottage at Camp Ellis for few
weeks.
of Fall River, Mass, both experienced fisher
menermen, went fishing in LovelPs Brook
last week and brought home a string of 127
handsome trout.
Raymond.
EAST RAYMOND.
Farmers are busy securing their grain.
Oats will be fairly good where the rust did
not iniure them. Wheat and barley are also
good.
Mrs. L. B. Mason and three children are
visiting at her fathers, o. P. Jordan's.
Among the arrivals Saturday were Il. W.
Gage, Esq, David Hooper, and Geo. q. Le-
favor of Portland, erasmus Symonds of Me-
chanic Falls, Lemuel Rolfe Of Deering,
Riverside Grange with invited friends
made an excursion on Sebago Lake last
Friday in Knights Canal boat
The bell on the Chapel st Raymond village
some five miles distant was distinctly heard
at this place Sunday evening.
The apple crop will be very compared with
former years. Corn and potatoes will be
fairly good.
LinIngton.
Rev. Frank Blake of London, N. H., sup
piled the pulpit at South Limington on Sun
day last.
Mrs. S. F. Tufts, South Limington, is
stopping in Portland for short time and is
the guest of Samuel Gllkey's family.
Miss Genia M. Preble Of Saco is visiting
friends in Limington.
A little son of Rev. 4. f. Maxim, South
Limington, aged six years, in crossing a
brook last Friday, fell breaking both bones
of the forearm. DR.. Moulton was called in
atttndence.
E. c. Small and wife of Cornish have been
visiting friends in Limington the past week.
HarpsWeIl.
EAST HARPSwELL.
There are a good many summer visitors
here now, most of them campers and tran
sients. Some of them hold Sunday services
at different places on the island, which are
much enjoyed by the inhabitants.
A broncho owned by Mr.. Charles Southland
took a run over the island Saturday and Sun
day, jumping fences and frustrating all at
temptsitO capture him. He was brought to
at last with Iasso.
There are plenty of blackberries this sea-
son but blueberries have been very scarce.