The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-05
water works arrived last week at Union

water works arrived last week at Union
Wharf
Capt. and Mrs. Benj Webster with
friends, of Portland, drove out to Var
mouth Wednesday and visited Mrs. Il. 3.
Mitchell
Mr.. Henry Baker of York Beach and
his mother. Mrs. Mary Baker of Deering.
were in town Wednesday, the guests of
relatives.
Mrs Huldah Parsons is visiting Mrs.
Ortiz of Phippsburg, this week.
Miss Dodd and Miss Hopkins OF VIII
Jamestown, Mass, who have been guests
at Rev. J. E. Stockbridge's for some
time, returned home Monday.
Capt. Macy and family have moved
into the Matthias Allen house for the
winter.
Mrs. A. G. Dresser and son Philip left
for Cambridge, Mass, Monday.
Capt. Ezekiel Knight and wife, OF
Long Island, New York, spent last Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Wendall Hale.
The Stockbridge mansion will be closed
this week and Rev. j. G. Stockbridgo
and Miss Annie will return to Providence
r. l., for the winter.
The Y. P. S. G. e. elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year, last
Tuesday evening:
Pres.-Miss May Mitchell.
Vice Pres. Mr.. VIM. Bennett.
Cor. Sec.-Mrs. H. D. Brackett
REQ. Sec. Miss Mabel Mari.
Treasurer Evelyn Loring.
All young people are cordially Hinvited
to attend the meetings OF the Y. t. >.
G. E., which are held in the First Parish
vestry every Tuesday evening at 7.3o
O'Clock.
LOCATION GRANTED THE ELEC-
TRIO ROAD.
A town meeting was held IN Yarmouth
yesterday to grant location to the Port
land & Yarmouth electric road in the
town. The slocation has already been
granted in Portland, Deering, Falmouth
and Cumberland. Yarmouth is the last
town to be asked for it's consent The
meeting was overwhelmingly in favor Of
the road and granted the location.
The meeting was presided over by
Chairman Seabury of the selectmen. Re
marks were made by Captain J. H.
d. freeman, Mr.. Andrew Leighton, DIR.
Merrill and others, all favorable to the
location asked for Tho location granted
is along the Foreside road to Pleasant
street, thence up Pleasant street to Main
street, and along Main and West Main
street to the town house at Yarmouth
vile. The Yarmouth people are very en-
UHloltsSUlO <1lltt ullO tOeO was
in favor of granting the location of the
road.
In the morning there was meeting
held in Cumberland. There was large
attendance of the villagers. The chair
man of the selectment, Mr.. e. ii. Trlckey,
presided. A location was granted, there
being no opposition except from one
citizen, who feared his horses might be
| frightened, and proposed to leave the
question settled ocnstitutionally. The
location decided on to the Foreside road
from Falmo nth to Yarmouth.
President e. S. Parry was present at
both meetings.
North Yarmouth, October g. --Burglars
visited this place on Wednesday night
and broke into the NJ G. R. r. station
and the postoffice. At the station they
got nothing, but at the postffioce they
took about three dollars worth of stamped
envelopes. 1t was evidently the work Of
professionals.
MIR. Fred Morrill, has gone down east
on hunting trip.
Mrs. E. G. Hayes and Miss Lizzie
Mountfo {, have been attending the
Universalist Sunday school convention at
Gardiner.
Mr.. Will Staples has leased the Samue
Skillin farm for two years and has moved
his family onto the place.
There will be teachers meeting at
the school house in District No. 2 on
October 9Th. Rev. Mr.. Mabery of East
North Yarmouth, will give an address.