The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
WEST GRAY.

WEST GRAY.
At the meeting of Mystic Division S.
| of T., held Saturday night, June 80,
these officers were elected:
W.P.-Frank H. Haskell.
W. A.-Lizzie j .Knight.
r.. S-A bert Pennell.
A. r. Sable S. PenneII.
F.S.-Ernest H. ALLEN.
Treas. Mrs. John H. Allen.
Chap.-John H. Allen.
| Con. Mabel L.Knight
Asst. Con. F. Huston.
| I.S.-Fenwick Skillings.
O.S.-Franklin Maxfield.
These officers will be installed next
| Saturday night
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Allen were at Lewis
ton on Thursday last to attend Com
| mencement exercises at Bates College.
A granddaughter of theirs, Miss Kate
A. Leslie, formerly of West Gray, gradu-
ated with honor at that time.
| Nalph A. Leslie is at d. L. Bailey's.
Miss Emma M. Skillings and friend
| from Cum erland Mills are visiting at
Edwin Skillings's, her brother.
Mrs. Hattie j. Ryder was at Mr.. D. t..
| Bailey's on Saturday and Sunday.
The weather still continues hot and
dry, although at this writing there are
| some signs of rain.
| Mrs. Floyd, from Portland, is visiting
.
and Mrs. Sanb born, from Springfield,
| Mass, are visiting at Harrison Dill's.
! Mr.. and Mrs. George Hunt and Charles
E. Allen were at Falmouth Foreside on
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Una Clark from Washington, D..
c.. is at Mountain View Farm for the
| season.
The village schools closed on Friday,
| June 29th. The primary school taught
| by Misses S. Weston and E. ID. Walker,
gave ansinteresting programme of exer-
cises on Friday afternoon, which was at
tended by many friends. This was fol-
| lowed by Il picnic for the school at
Chautauqua Grove.
The weather has been very hot for the
| past few days.
The potato bugs and grasshoppers are
| troubling the farmers more than usual
| this season.
| There are SO far few summer visitors at
! the Oxford and elsew here in the village
Mr.. George Haley of Brownfield, a
| special student at the Maine State Col
| lege, has been lecturing here upon
| botany during the past week. He had
| five classes of children and adults, all
of whom are very much pleased with his
instruction in this, his favorite science.
Mr.. Haley is now giving this course of lee
| lures at Conway, N. HI.
| The Holy Supper was celebrated on
Sunday in both the Congregational and
the New Jerusalem churches. Four per
sons united with each church. A the
New Jerusalem church previous to the
| morning services the pastor, Rev. B.
| Stone, dedicated new repository. This
repository is very fine one, and is made
OF carved black walnut, inlaid with
brass. 1t was a gift to the society from
the New Jerusalem church in Newton
vile, Mass. where Rev. John Worcester is
pastor. Two children were also baptized
at the morning service of this church.
Gorham.
| An error occurred in our report of the
affair at Gorham which stated that M r.
| John Simmons threatened to shoot Mr..
Lewis Mcclellan, one of the selectmen,
who called on him in regard to moving
his buildings. The facts are that Mr..
Mr.. Willis Bickford, road surveyor,
called alone in regard to the matter, and
Mr.. Simmons threatened to shoot him,
the municipal officers and anyone who
interfered with his property. The arrest
was instituted by Mr.. E. M. Wilson and
Lewis Mcclellan of the board of select
men. and Mr.. Simmons will be brought
before County Attorney True Thursday.
Windham.
SOUTH WINDHAM.
Haying has commenced in earnest In
Windham. When John Mcclellan mar
shals the clans and has twelve or fifteen
men, six or eight horses, and moving
machines, rakes and stacks galore, awe
know it is haying time.
Mr.. VIM. G. Holden of Portland is here.
South Windham claims her full share
of graduates this year, having Miss
Efie Idella Folsom, from the Gorham
Normal School, Ernest Edwards, from
the Gorham High School, and Miss Jen-
ME Clement Davis and Jesse F. Cloud
man from Frederick Robe High School.
Russell Field, of this place, who is in
the employ ofsthe Maine Contra. railroad
at Augusta, returned there Monday
after brief visit at his home
Rev. e. G. Cook and his wife will spend
/ the most of this week with their children
at Sanford.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Babb were to
leave Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, July,
1st, and are expected here about the
goth.
The S.W. B.mill is shut down for one
week and the wooden mill at Madison,
Falls for two weeks.
Miss Elizabeth Huston Read, who has