The Portland daily press., 1894-09-10
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by CorreA-
pondents of the Press.
Yarmouth.

4AImVUtAAs
Mr.. Herbert A. MilIiken has bought
Mr.. "A. P. Townsend's house on Elm
street.
The project of building a Baptist chap
els.at Cousins Island has so far material
ICED as to have over $7O0 already pledged
for the purpose. 1t is probable that ar
rangements will be made to commence
the building very soon.
Mr.. Joseph D. Dexter of San Diego !.
CAL, formerly of the firm of King &
Dexter, Portland, is visiting Capt. Joseph
Young. His family, who have been
spending the summer in the Eastern
States, are also guests of Capt. and Mrs.
Young.
Many of our summer residents are
leaving for their city homes. Mrs. Bessie
Farw ell and daughter Eta left Tuesday
for Cam bridge. Mass, and on Thursday
Mrs. W. B. Ross and children returned to
Maiden, Mass.
Town meeting Monday, and schools
in town commence Monday.
| Mr.J. A. Guimond and Miss Annie
May Skillngs of Yarmouth were married
Sept. 4th, by Rev. A. G. Pettengill.
Mrs. Charles Greedy sleaves Saturday
for Pennsylvania, where she will visit
relatives at Homer City and Jamestown.
Mrs. j. B. Dennison and grandson Paul
returned Wednesday from visit to
friendstin Livermore.
Mrs. A. Cummings of Boston is visit
ing her sisters, Mrs. j. Walker and Mrs. J.
H. Doughty.
Master Edgar Carswell returned last
Saturday from four weeks tour. Dur
i'm his absence he visited Toronto, Ont,
Niagara Falls and Rochester, NY.
Mr.. Thomas Andrew of Tideoute. Pa,
has been a recent guest of his niece, Mrs.
L. r. Cook.
Mrs. Horace Curtis, of Cam bridge,
Mass, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J.B
Dennison.
Mrs. Eta B. King o.. Portland, is visit
ing Mrs. y. Parsons and other relatives in
| Yarmouth.
Miss Hattie Titcomb is visiting friends
in Lowell.
Miss Alice Longfellow. daughter Of
Henry W. Longfellow, visited Mrs. G.
Dresser Tuesday.
A portion of Harrison suffered Tuesday
ate rnoon from severe hail and wind
storm. The belt seemed TO be about one
half mile wide, running from northeast
TO southwest. The first damage done
was at Albert Davis's on the road run
n4AS A4OtAA VIZ ANYWAY 4oaS& W 4JOlSuClS
Mills. The following are some of those
that suffered loss in window glass:
Masonic Hall, "a lights Isaac Stuart, 4S;
Arthur Tyler, 25; Geo. Barrows, so;
Wilker mills, go; Mrs. OldenwaIch, SO;
Charles Stuart, SO; Mrs. Emily Fernald,
4S; Kitty S. Cook, 10l; Reuben Cobb,
81; S.A. Andrews, A; Edward Hicks,
J. L. Green, l25. Nearly every house in
the village was damaged more or less
The shingles that were thin are split into
thousands of pieces. These buildings will
have to be shinRled. Mrs. DIR. Weston, in
trying to close the blinds, was struck
by hail stone on the hand SO hard that
it bruised it quite badly. Sumner Skill
ings was out with straw hat on; the
hail struck SO hard as to Iaise buncnes
as large as pigeons eggs. We were told
that some Of the stones were 1-2 inches
in diameter. The ground was literally
covered at the avillage. 1t has about
ruined the apple crop in this section.
Some are puttingin new windows, finding
it less expensive.
wing Monday. It measured IL feet
from tip to tip. Carol Mead is mount
ing it for P. +. Bailey.
Summer company is leaving.
We expect Republican gain in Harri-
son this fall. Some of our Democratic
friends cannot seem to see that they are
much better off for rs cents less per day
and paying two cents a pound more for
sugar and short time at that. Perhaps
if some sound common sense Democrat
(if there is one) can get at them before
Monday they might be convinced it is
much better for them this way than it
was under Republican rule.
Gorham.
ho &c fo~ i.
are completed and everything points TO
success. The track never was in better
condition and the list of entries for the
races are the best ever received. Besides
those already published in the PRESS,
Nelson has several horses entered. New
buildings have been built, and improve
ments have been made about the
grounds. With fair weather the largest
attendance ever known is expected.
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