The Portland daily press., 1894-08-29
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WEST GRAY.
The corn shop started up Friday last
with prospect of good SEASONS pack.
Corn ia reported to be excellent, which
agrees with our own observation.
David Huston has been visiting his
brother Walter in Quincy, Mass, the
past and pr sent weeks.
Ralph Leslie is at work on sleighs for
Charles E. Allen.
George Douglass is at work for C.E.
Allen in the blacksmith shop.
C.S. Adams is at work at Gray Corner
Tor R. G. Hall.
Mr.. Moritz of New York is stopping at
Mr.. S. T. Skillings'.
Bert Hunt and a friend came out from
Portland Sunday on their wheels.
Miss Laura Allen, nurse in the Maine
General Hospital, spent last week at her
fathers, Andrew Allen. She returned
to Portland on Saturday.
Cumberland.
CUMBERLAND CENTRE
A small company of the friends of Mr..
r. Doughty rendered him a surprise
party on Tuesday afternoon Of last week,
it being the 5Sth anniversary of his
birth. Cake and ice cream were served,
and pleasant afternoon was passed.
The fall term Of Greedy Institute
opened last Monday with good attend-
ance.
The Sunday school go on their annual
picnic next Saturday to Sargent's shore,
at falmouth Foreside.
Several members of the Y.P. S. g. Il. at
tended the local union at South Free
bort on Tuesday OF last week. A num-
Der also attended the mass meeting of
local union at Sebago Lake on Thursday
of last week. They report the exercises
as very interesting.
The work of packing CORD at the
United Packers shop at the junction be-
gan Tuesday of this week.
North Yarmouth.
EAST NORTH YARMOUTH.
Misses Mabel and Florence York and
Mr.. Eugene Evans of Milan, N. H., are
spending a few days at Mr.. W. II. Evans's.
children of Arlington Mass, who have
been visiting at James Lawrence's, have
returned homo.
Mrs. Benjamin Pratt and daughter
Alice, of Gorham, N. H., who have been
pending a few weeks at his fathers,
brother, Mr.. c. c. Crockett, have returned
home.
Mr.. VIM. Marsuon is quite sick.
Mr.. ". A. Smith and family have
moved to Portland.
Mr.. Geo. O'Donnell, of Portland, is the
guest of MIR. and Mrs. Ansel L. Dunn.
HarpswelI.
EAST HARPswELL.
\ We have had this month some very
warm and some very cold days. There
have been two frosts this month, but
not heavy enough to injure the crops.
During the heavy thunder shower sat
urday night, Mrs. Al bie Brigham start
ed to go down stairs, and somehow
made misstep and fell off the side Of
the stairs to the hall below. Her head,
side and hip were badly injured, and she
is confined to her room in consequence.
There are daily and evening meetings
at the campmeetings at Cundy'sssHar
Mr. Wash burn IS assisted by Rev. Mr..
McAllister.
Mr.. Alfred Southworth of Portland was
at Bethel Point, Sunday.
Edward Holbrook has bought F..Rid-
ley's black horse Kitty, and William
Coffin, ,Jr. has bought horse weighing
1900 pounds.
DRY MILLS.
There was large attendance at the
grove meeting at Dry Pond Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Morrill, of Port
land are visiting in the neighborhood.
Mrs. Sarah Phillips Staples, former
resident of this place, died at Oxford
last week, and was brought to Gray
and buried last Sunday.
John Brown, who has been living in
Deering, is moving back onto his farm