The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-07
MAINE TOWNS.
Items OF Interest Gathered by the
Press Correspondents.
Cape EIIzabe+h

| FaOoo SOtt0SPonQ0ntS.
Cape Elizabeth.
The yacht Brentwood was on the South
| Portland marine railway Wednesday. July
LIST. having a fresh coat of copper paint put
| on her bottom.
Quite number Of village gardeners had
| green peas and new potatoes from their own
| gardens on the Fourth. Your correspondent
| was among them.
The sloop yacht Brita. lately owned by
Mr.. Charles Goddard, has been sold by him
to Mr.. Smith of High street, Portland
The family of Native Americans" from
OldtowD, that squatted last fall on the
Knightville shore and remained through the
winter, have pulled up stakes and returned
| to their tribe. 1t appears that Mrs. Lo got
| access to a neighbours private supply of fire
water and as result cut up so badly that
| her sanup felt himself obliged to give up
civilizing influences and resume tribal re-
| lations.
Among the peculiar transactions of Oscar
Skillings. now lying lin Jail awaiting trial
for alleged forgery. was the purchase year
| ago, of a $50 clock for the Knightville school
house, Skillings at the time being school
Agent Although funds were subscribed for
| the purpose, not cent was ever paid by
Skillings for the clock. The district has
been threatened by Senter & Co., who
| furnished the clock, with a suit to recover
| its value, and but for the fact that the dis
| trict has apparently endorsed Skillings's acts
| as school agent. 1t would probably repudiate
| the debt. AT q school meeting held two
weeks ago, it was voted to try and raise the
amount by subscription. but the canvass has
proved so unsuccessful that 1t now looks as
II a tax would have to be assessed to pay the
| bill.
Mrs. j. P. Keene and daughter Gertle of
Boston. are visiting at Mr.. Hannas.
DR.. Wilbert SOule of the Boston Veterinary
Institution, has made flying visit to his
home in Knightville
SOUTH PORTLAND.
Union hall was crowded to overfo wing
| Sunday evening to listen to temperance ad-
vocates. Captain r. S. Sdelinger presided,
| and introduced to the audience Capt. Robert
81. Murphy, who made a brief address from
| the standpoint Of reformed man. His
| speech was very interesting, as the expert
| ences of reformed drunkard. Gen. Neal
| Dow was the principal speaker. He was re-
| ceived with round after round OF applause.
| He said: "a great many years ago used
| to come to this place to speak. The town
| looked different then. 1t showed the evil of
| the rum curse, and all the towns in Maine
| were about the same. Today there Is great
| change, there is not prettier looking town
In Maine. 1t shows thrift, and there are
L
Maine there is about the same condition of
| affairs. The prohibition of liquor helps
| everywhere. | can remember when there
| were seventy distilleries in Portland. Now
much liquor sold in Portland as ever, but it
| Is not so. Common sense shows different
| state of things, and facts and figures prove it.
Some say the prohibitionists are severe; we
hit too hard; we put man in JAIL A fool
| ish man would he be who would attempt
/ Tn 6riVQ q njlQ with q hundrQ6 nnund vUniUht
| when it needed a thousand pound weight.
| We mean to put the grog shops down, and
the politicians will have to get out of the
way. [Applause,] The Democratic party
passed. 1t afterwards catered to the liquor
element. The Democratic party as 1t
dropped the temperance question went
down, and it went down so deep it has never
come up since. Another party now stands
In the way. l call no names, but it will go
down If 1t neglects the temperance ISSUE"
Many interested people stood outside under
the windows, as they could not find standing
room inside.
Freeport.
Notwithstanding the clouds and early rain
the glorious Fourth" was duly celebrated
in our village. The ringing of bells, firing
OF salutes, fantasies, games and sports of
various kinds, base ball, shooting clay pig
cons, band concert in the evening, closing
with serenade to the "best shot" in Free
pOhts OOnpOoC0 tuO CAOlCtoOo anu pl0douKoS
OF the day. The whole celebration was fine
ly managed, and the general expression was
that everybody had an enjoyable time. The
following scores were made by the members
OF the shooting club out of a possible 30:
DR.. Twitchell. Z. E. Plnkham.... -. "a
Will Huston. 80 Oliver Merrill. ...,27
Will Merrill. .........36 Ed. White "a
f. b. Soule. ..36 A. Odlin.... ..........23
The second event was doubles, with pos
slbie i've pairs. and resulted:
Fred Soule. .........5E K. White. ..... 80. ...2
w. g. Merrill. ........4 W. Huston. L
DR.. Twltchell .........2 Pinkham.
Among recent arrivals are: Miss Lizzie S.
Melcher, Boston; Mr.. Henry Cook and wife,
Portland; Frank E. Blake and wife, West
boro, Mass. Leon Shaw and lady, Portland I;
William l.. Lowell, ESQ.,, wife and sons,
Newton, Mass; William Fish and mother !;
Miss Bertha Anderson.
Three funerals occurred the past week.
Miss Ella Smith, died in Massachusetts,
June 30tb, aged Al Mrs. Dora, wife of John
Goldrnp, died July 1, aged 43; Benjamin l..
DennisOn, aged rs.
works has begun in earnest, and will be rap
| idly pushed to completion. Several crews of
men are at work on different Parts of the
| line.
| The new shoe factory is nearly completed.
and will be ready for occupancy at the con-
| tract time.
We have been informed that plans are
now being made for large and commodious
boarding house, which will be speedily need.
ed for incoming operators.