The Portland daily press., 1895-06-04
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered bv Cores
pondents of the Press.
Brunswick.

Brunswick, June THUS far this
season, over 1000 persons have been enter
tained at "Jake" Conant's new "shore
supper" resort at New Meadows.
The funeral of Capt. Albert Otis, who
died at sea, three days out from Portland,
Oregon, occurred Saturday, Rev. E. c.
Guild of Boston officiating.
| Frank Woodbury. and wife of Gardiner
former Brunswick people, visited friends
in town this week.
| Rev. Mr. Covell of Worcester delivered
the Memorial address before Mountfort
Post, G. A. R.
The Dandelion club took breakfast at
"Jake's" Memorial day, in accordance
with time -honored custom.
| 1t is rumored that Mr.. Cobbett and his
friends desire to agitate the sewer ques-
tion still further, and will attempt to call
another meeting soon to reconsider the
vote recently passed
DR.. Charles S. F. Lincoln of the City
hospital, Salem, is in town.
| Cumberland.
| Thursday morning at 10 o'clock a game
| of ball was played between the Married
men and Single men, the former winning
| by score of Al to 36. Batteries-Jones
and Moxcey; Jones and Jones; Doughty
and Moxcey. Umpire Stearns
The second game was to be between
the North Yarmouth Academys and the
Falmouth Black Hawkes. and to begin
at LIS. Umpire Howard waited till 2
o'clock and the Falmouth not having
ms n thoi1. t1e
forfeited to the N. Y. AS by the score
of to O.. A heavy Crmbeland team be-
ing on the field, they played game
against the Academy boys resulting in
a victory for the latter with a score of 80
to "a.
West Gray, June s.-on Saturday after
| noon quite an interesting game Of base
ball was played here between the mem
bers of the old nine which iourished here
some ten or more years ago and some of
the young men of the place. The old
fellows, most of them, had not played
any for eight or ten years, but had no
difficulty in getting away with the
younger ones by a score of 26 to IS.
| Mrs. Kate Skillings was at her fathers
| on Sunday.
]. B. Allen and Ralph Leslie spent
Memorial Day here.
/ Mr. and Mrs W. H. Adams spent We'd
nesday last at Mountain View Farm, his
former home.
| G. K Freeman was out from Portland
Memorial Day.
The house belonging to the heirs of the
late Isaac Libby is being improved by
the addition of piazza. Mr.. Harrison
Dill is doing the job.
Geo. W. Libby is at work at his trade
of brick laying in Portland.
Nv u A ,br, Of
was in the place last week. He has just
returned from Colorado where he has been
for the last seven months. His health is
| much improved by the trip He was
quite well pleased with the country but
does not think of going back.
The weather is now quite warm and
vegetation is advancing quite rapidly
With little more rain grass and other
crops would flourish.
: W. S. Allen is having the old home
stead newly clapboarded. c. S. Adams
is doing the work.
= Mr. and Mrs E. S. Skillings visited
friends at Cumberland Mills on Sunday.
Standish.
Steep Falls, June 3-Miss Martha II.
and Miss Annie E. Tucker have returned
to their home, having spent the past three
months visiting their brothers in Chicago
and Minneapolis.
Mr. Isaac Mayo of Cobb Divinity
School, Bates College, is at home on a
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Cousins attended
the Free Will Baptist Quarterly meeting,
at Cape Elizabeth, Tuesday and Wednes-
day of last week.
Miss Levina Coombs of Lewiston, form
elry missionary to India, gave very
interesting lecture on the manner of liv
ing in India at the Free Baptist church
Sunday evening
Mr Dennis H. Coolbroth has finished
a course of study at the Bsoston conser-
vatory of music and has returned home
for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Frost who have
been visiting at Mrs. Angie Wood s, have
returned to their home in Boston.
Windham.
| Windham Center, June 3.-Ralph H.
| Turkey has been spending few days with
| his parents.
| Sunday morning several children from
| the Baptist Sunday school, with their
pastor, D. F. Small, made some calls
| Ireland, carrying flowers to them and
| singing for them very nicely.
| The Women's Missionary Society were
well pleased with the attendance at and
the proceeds from the very instructive
address given by Miss Lavina Coombs at
the Baptist church last week. The
children were as much interested in it as
the older people and several of them were
heard to say that the address was alto
gether too short. The society was able to
pay five dollars to Miss Coombs, the great
er part of which will go toward paying
| her passage back to India in the fall.
| Harpswel.
West Harpswell, June 3.-The funeral
services of the late Sylvester Stover took
place from the Baptist church Wednesday,
May 29th Rev. G. f. Waite, pastor Of
the Universalist church at Brunswick
officiated Music by a quartette from
North Harpswell There was a large at
| tendance.
:, Mrs Mary johnson from Princeton,
Maine is visiting her sister Mrs. William
Randall.