The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-05
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The following delegates were elected
Saturday to attend the Knox county Repub-
lican convention held in Rockland August
Sth: T. g. Libby, Chas. Littlefeid, T. j.
Lyons, F. L. Carver, F. S, Walls, w. S.
Carver, F. ii. Webster, III. M. Noyes, J. A.
Davis. Harry Julian.
The game of base ball here Saturday be-
tween the Hurricane team and the Juniors
of this place resulted in the defeat Of the
visiting team to 2.
The members of Lafayette Carver Post
leave here for Boston Saturday, August 9th.
Messrs. T. G. Libby and wife, DR.. E. III.
Lyford and wife, Calvin B. Vinal and wife,
and Rufus Arey, Jr, and wife have secured
rooms at "a Waltham street.
Gray.
WEST GRAY.
Miss Annie M. Pennell is at home from
Portland for month. She is accompanied
by Miss Marion Merrill of Portland.
Miss Maria Haskell of Portland is visiting
at her brothers John w. Frank.
George w. Adams of Portland visited his
friends in West Gray on Saturday and Sun
day.
John Fl. Allen and wife and their son.
George p, are stopping at Falmouth Fore
side with Mrs. George Hunt.
Alfred Campbell has left on sea trip to
New York and other ports.
E. b. Crockett from Deering was here on
Sunday.
Mountain View Farm is being well pat
r0niZed this season, 1t being filed with
boarders from various parts Of the country,
all Of whom are well pleased with the place
and fare.
Josiah G. Skillings, from Yarmouth, hat
been visiting friends in West Gray the pas
week.
DRY MILLS.
Alvah Morse of Emporia, Kan sas, is visit
ing his friends in Gray after an absence of
eleven years.
Mark Morse of Auburn gave us call Sun
day.
On account Of the wet spring the acreage
of grain is smallin comparison with previ-
GUS years.
Potatoes are looking finely
Oats are rusting in many places.
Haying Is nearly finished. The crop has
been got in in fine condition.
There has been a general stampede for
blueberries the past week. They have been
very thick in places.
Gray Grange meets Wednesday evening,
Aug. 6.
Bethel.
The Ladies Social Methodist Circle will
hold an entertainment and festival next
Thursday evening in Mrs. G. S. Littlehale's
grove on Alpine street. Ice cream and cake
will be served. ALI are invited to be pres
emit.
Forty army veterans will leave here on
the 18th inst. on the a. m. special train for
Boston to attend the National Encampment.
Rev. Mr.. Hardy and family will leave
Monday for Massachusetts on vacation,
The work of laying the piping across the
river is about half done. The accidental
breaking of the rope will delay the business
for several days.
f. W. Coolidge of the firm of Rines Broth
ers, Portland, and family are spending the
summer at the Alpine House
Mason.
There was much excitement and nearly
c0nfiagration in town Sunday. George d.
Morrill, and wife went home from meeting
and built a fire in their house. Soon after
ward they went out to the garden to pick
some peas for dinner. While they were
there they saw there was more smoke than
usual at the house. Mr.. Morrill, rushed in
and found the upper part filled with smoke.
and lot of clothes in a closet were on fire.
Mrs. Morrill, ran to some of the neighbors
for help. AS soon as possible they came
and by free use of water the fire was ex-
tinguished and the buildings saved from de-
struction. Mr.. Morrill, was so overcome
with excitement, heat and the smoke taken
into his lungs that he was In great distress
and for some time almost insensible. AT
last accounts he was more comfortable.