The Portland daily press., 1895-06-28
place at Union Hall on Tuesday of this
Standish.

place at Union Hall on Tuesday of this
W eek.
Standish.
Standish, June PA week ago last
Friday, B. B. Whitney met with quite a
painful accident He was at work in his
blacksmith-shop, when a piece of steel
flew into his eye nearly destroying the
sight A few years ago Mr.. Whitney lost
his left eye while at work at South Wind
ham and in the same manner Mr.. Whit
ney went in Portland on Saturday last
or the purpose of having an operation
performed.
The damp weather together with the
frequent showers for the past few days
favored the growing crops quite little,
moistening the grass that had already
begun to turn especially on the high
ground where rain was needed the most.
Standish band, together with few in
vited friends, gathered to the home of E.
FL. Norton last Tuesday evening. Mr.
Norton has been a very active member of
the band since its organization. So the
band thought it fitting to give him call
dAo COllSietUltldU0 1llll Oll LIS ulUY
birthday. After partaking of ice cream
and cake and extending to MIR. Norton
their best wishes they separated to go to
their homes.
Rev. Mr.. Burrows will preach in the
Congregational church next Sunday
morning.
Mr.. Howard Whitney's mind is some
what deranged again. Last winter his
mind was affected, but he soon rallied,
hnir, Ar,1x low, M III
has always been a good upright citizen
and he surely has the sympathy of the
whole community.
The High school closes next Wednes-
day, June 26.
Standish band has been engaged by the
Lakeyiew- Park association, of Sebago. to
furnish music at their celebration, which
occurs July 4.
Rev. A. ]. Small finishes his labors
here July Z.
kThe Sebago Lake team plays the third
game of the series next Saturday with
the South WindhaIn's Each team has
won game and this game will probably
decide which is the better team.
vinalhaven.
Vinalhaven June % Sea Girt Lodge,
knights of Pythias, No. 101. was insti-
tuted here last night with a membership
of 40. Grand G. c., VIM. A. Taylor,
Grand K. of R. & S., W. G. Smith
being present at the institution the fol-
lowing officers were chosen and installed: :
P. C's-F. S. Walls, H. L. Raymond,
NJ F. Lenfest, E. A. Pendleton.
G. C.-J E. Tolman
+: NJ of E-J. A. Davis.
M of F.-Hiram Hopkins.
K. r. ST. E. Littlefeld.
Prelate-E NJ Hall.
M. of All. f. Mcintosh.
l. G.-L S. Hall
o. G.-Ervin Arey.
Attest
.ssJ. Hopkins, B. I. Wilson, Chas. Rob
inson, E. S. Fossett and T. Duran.
Several lodges were present. Warren
lodge of Warren worked the rank of Page,
Waldoboro lodge the rank of Squire, and
Rockland lodge the rank of Knight on
the several candidates. Their regular
meeting night will be Thursday in the
G. A. r. hall for the present
Schools all close here this week.
The committee have secured seats for
| the hall in the Memorial building The
work on the building is progressing fine
ly and will be in readiness for the fourth
all right as per programme.
Mrs. W. e. Gaskin, Mrs. W. S. Carver
and Mrs. r. T. Carver were elected dele
gates to attend the W. G. T U. conven-
tion held in Warren Thursday, June 27.
| Mr.. Howard of Camden, is doing a fine
job on the interior of the Memorial hall.
| Wilbur Billings, who was burned with
powder slightly while firing blast on a
paving quarry this week, is doing nicely.
Vinalhaven intends IT, celebrate the
fourth this year and large crowd of
people are expected frcm different points.
Come all.
Mr.. G. B. Vinal is quite ill and con-
fined to the house
W. A. Walker of Castine, was in town
Saturday.
built on the Mcdonald lot on the west
side of the bridge
Isaac Calderwood returned home from
Orono this week, for a few days.
The drouth here was broken last night
by light rain. Water is getting quite
low and the farmers expect that their
strawberry crop is going back every day
The reservoir on the East Boston road
had to be blasted into solid ledge after
getting down about four feet.
South Berwick.
South Berwick, June 24-The COM
mencement week at Berwick Academy
began Sunday with the sermon to the
graduating class by Rev DR.. A. MurL1
| land, president of the New Hampshire
Agricultural college at Durham, n. H.,
The Congregational church was filled by
2. 30 p. m, with an appreciative audi
| ence. Rev. George Lewis, D. D., offered
prayer and read the Scriptures Rev.
DR.. Mukland took for his text, "Let
him that hath purse take it also his
| scrip and let him that hath no sword sell
his garments and buy one." From this
text he delivered a very able and excel
lent discourse, and drew therefrom much
wholesome advice for those who are
| about to leave the influence of the school
room behind them and step FORTH some
| to higher institutions and some into the
world to live upon their own resources.
Cornish.
Geo. w. Copp is very sick
The fishermen, Messrs Brackett, Par
ker, Badgerly and Lord, who recently re-
turned from the Rangeleys, report poor
| fishing and lots of mosquitoes
| The Odd Fellows decoration day (Satur-
day, June 22) was observed by decorating
the graves of deceased members
Mrs. Anne Knight has gone to Boston
| for short visit.
The Misses Mamie and Hannah Cliff
| ford are at home from Gorham Normal
school on a vacation