The Portland daily press., 1895-07-11
Peaks Island Notes.

Peaks Islands natural attrao tions were
| so emphasized by the bracing, bright
| weather yesterday that large number OF
people came down from the city, and all
the guests at the hotels We're out and
about glad of the relief from SO much fog
and dampness. McCallum' S theatre was
crowded and numerous rowboats and sail.
! boats were in use.
Late in the afternoon number of
| bright weather to go in bathing,
One of them was such an ex
pert that she attracted good deal of at.
tention. She SWAN far out from shore
and floated about and sported in the cold
water for so long time as to set the av.
erage onlooker's teeth chattering. She
must have been a Canadian.
Horatio Alger, Jr., of New York, the
popular author of books for boys, arrived
Monday and registered at the Union
house. This is his fourth year at Peaks
| island. Others who are now stopping at
the Union house are, H. Sneyd of Mon
treal the Misses Dyde of Quebec, the fol
lowing educators in attendance upon the
Institute now in session here, Frank E.
Parlin, superintendent of schools at Ma
tick, Mass, w. e. Russell of Gorham
Normal school, Miss G. G. and W. p.
Stone Of Kent's Hill, Miss f. r. Hobbs
and Miss NJ A. Hobbs of Brookheld,
Mass. Others are John Utz and family
of Mt. Vernon, N. Y; Eugene Sweet
land of Natick, Mass Mrs. B. G.. Stone
and Mrs E. M. Mitchell of Portland; j..
J. Knowlton and wife of Westbrook
Mrs. Lunt of Portland and Mrs. Callahan
and nie.e of New York. Mrs. Jones is
still managing the Union house, the first
public house on Peaks island. This is
Mrs. Joness fortieth season in charge o1
the house, and it can be said with truth
that she makes even better green apple
pies and fish chowders every year. Hel
lsister, Mrs. Seavey of Chicago is spending
Miss Alice, is with her at present, bu
will soon go away for the summer. Sh,
is teacher at the Jackson school in thi
city. The family of boys are all away
from the old home now. The Oldest son
James, lives in another house on the isl
and :s4SrWin" is at Bowery Beach, ant
the youngest, Bert, is married and living
elsewhere on the island Another daugh
ter, Helen, is the wife of Christopher Way
of this city.
Mrs. Jones is still enjoying good healtl
and is almost seventy years old Her hus
band, Captain Benjamin Jones, died tif
teen years ago yesterday.
The prospects for the season at Peak
is far better this year than for man.
years. Letters. arrived at the Uniol
house yesterday that inquired for rates
etc., for total of about forty people
There is one party of twenty to b.
conducted by W. Holt Apgar of Trenton
N. j. This large party will probabl.
come to Portland harbor about the frs
of August.
The Peaks Island house reports an ex
cellent business. There are now sevent.
guests registered. Many of them hav'
rooms in the cottages in connection witt
| the hotel. Among the guests are Mr.
: rockingham, Chicago, L. E. Sweetland
Boston, W. F. Allen, Nashville, Tenn.
this being his tenth year on the island
He is professional instructor and playe
of the mandolin and guitar. He give
lessons on the island. Others are Charlie
Page, Charles Schneikeo, Emily and Juli
Barcel of New York; Ira B. Hyde an
family of Princeton, Missouri; 6. D
Louis and wife of Chicago; Ira E. Cum
mings and wife of San Francisco, VIII
are with the McCallum company; Mrs
Sam Ross of Savannah, Ga, and he
} aunt Madame Gradot
| The Chapman house at Rockboun
Park, was recently dismantled of the las
of its furnishings, T. +. Foss & &c
taking possession of twenty sets of cham
, and shipping it up to the city. Thi
leaves the hotel simply a great empt
shell of bare board walls and floors. W
are informed that Mrs. Chapman is sti
, living there, her own personal belonging
in one room, being the only furniture i
the house
Mrs. Cole, who fell from the roof of til
J shed attached to her cottage at Rocl
bound Park, about two weeks ago, an
who broke her arm in two places, is in
serious condition. She is heavy woma
and the fall was about ten or twelve fee
1t has now developed that several ribs al
broken. She cannot be moved in bet
!, and is a great sufferer. She has no reco
lection of how she came upon the she
roof, although her mind in other respec
) is perfectly clear.
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