The Portland daily press., 1896-07-22
SOUTH PORTLAND.

o"AAeo 20 Boston last night on account OF
severe accident which befell Mrs. Lii
tleneld's father, Mr.. Priest
Miles Nelson's little daughter Marion,
VINO Is at White Rock, has been severely
| Ill, but is now recovering.
Hiram Dyer and wife have returned
| nome after short visit 60 Boston.
: Mrs. Hutchins has moved from Capt.
4ork's house on Spruce street, to the cor
ner of Dyer and Front streets,
| Mr.. Frank Harrington has returned
home from brief visit to Cundy's har-
bor
Sam Gould is spending brief visit at
| Willard.
The schooner Matte @. Russell Z, Capt.
Drlnkwater, Is on the marine railway.
| Mrs. Freeman Griffin of Preble street
is very sick, threatened with rheumatic
fever.
DR.. Moulton of Cushing's point Is en-
| tertaining relatives.
David Allen ofs.New Gloucester, is Wis
| iting Herbert R. Cole OF Pleasant street.
| John g. Royal returned to Detroit,
| Mich., after two weeks visit with her
uncle r. NJ. Cole.
| DR.. B. l. Brown is entertaining his
BROTHER William, wife and child of Mas
| saohusetts.
In. Il. Trefethen and family leave to-
day for two weeks visit to Monhegan
| island.
About rs people assembled on Cush-
inc3s Int
witness the balloon ascension.
Mrs. Albert Smith of Willard is visit
ing Mrs. Fred Harrington of High street..
| Harry Doughty, one OF the "T Seven, %
who are camping on the Cape, stuck a
bone in his hand yesterday and. was
| obliged to come in and have 1t out out.
The electric road is keeping great
| many of its spare cars on Broadway
while the switches at the car house in
knightville are being placed in position.
These CARS make a favofite play ground
Tor the boys. one of whom yesterday got
monkey wrench, placed the trolley on
the wire and turned on thessjuioe.s After
| riding up and down the street for some
time one OF the employees of the road APP
| peared on the street and succeeded in
boarding the car and driving the boys
| away. Since then o watchman has been
placed In charge Of the cars to keep them
| from being run off.
| Charles Jewett has entered the employ
OF @. ". Doughty.
| The electric road is now considering the
adyiaability Of laying another track on
Broadway, making It double track on
that street. and. running their through cars
to Willard over that line instead Of fol
lowing the regular line down Sawyer
street through the village of South Port
| land. It this extra track were laid on
| Broadway 1t would shorten the distance
| to Willard by nearly ten minutes Regu-
lar cars would be run through South
| Portland at frequent intervals and care
| for all thesregular travel to and from
that place. 1t is very likely that the
extra track will be laid and the road
may shortly ask the town for permission
| to lay il. Then when the Fort road is
widened the company will have a double
| track nearly all the way to Willard.
The property owners along the Fort
| road which has besn widened by the
town and who have been awarded land
| damages are far from satisfied by the
| amounts which have been given them.
In one case man who has recently built
| nice house on his land close to the orig
inal street line, has been ordered to move
his house back several teet This will
necessitate the rebuilding of his founda-
tions and the job will be rather expen-
sive one. But the town only allows him
$40 damages for all this owner claims
that this sum will not reimburse him
for the cost Of moving the house much
less pay him tor the Land and the new
foundations which are required.
Miss Elizabeth Gott. the efficient clerk
at the post office, has resigned her posi-
tion and has been succeeded by Miss
Annie Fickett.
Mr.. Edward Cole has recovered from
his recent Illness.
The South Portland grammar school
will reopen the 9Th of September.
Messrs. Greenslit and Brigham of the
Lowell Cycle company, left for Worcester
Monday.
Miss Hattie SWEET of New Bedford,
Mass, is visiting Mrs. Robert Logan on
FL street.
The Ladies' Aid of the Method list
church, Elm street. will meet with Mrs.
North Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Irving J. Brown of Portland and
daughter, Mrs. Pitman OF Worcester,
Mass. are visiting Miss Alice Moses on
Middle street.
The members Of the Elm street Metho-
dist church choir, will meet with Mrs.
William q. Worth, Evans street. Friday
evening.
The five weeks job on the electric
tracks at Knighuville is early completed
| and the workmen are busily engaged in
filling in between the rails and paving
| stones. The street will have % much