The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-11
MAINE TOWNS.
items of Interest Gathered by Corres-
pondeats of the Press.
New Gloucester.

Upper Gloucester. Aug. 10, 1s96-Miss
Leila Miller of Thomaston is visiting
Mrs. John Gordon. Miss Miller taught
the school In this village last year.
Mr.. VIM. H. True of Portland is visit
ing his sister Mrs. Chick, at the home of
MIR. George Blake in this village
Mrs. Charles Estes has been quite sick
for week past but is said to be improv-
ing at this time.
Mr.. Philip Gross and family are stop
ping with his grandparents in this place.
A match game of base ball was played
at the fair grounds here last Saturday, be-
teen the New Glou cesters and the Ray
monds, which resulted in victory f0E
the New Glouoesters.
=. S. Martin has been at work at Dan
vile junction, the past week, for P. NJ.
Austin, the brick manufacturer.
Mr.. Alonzo Stevens has besn doing
quite an amount of repairing on his
house this summer.
We have been having some very hot
weather for some time past, but we
have heard of no serious results from the
heat about here.
A. ID. Jordan has started up his saw
mill, but Is not doing as much as before
haying.
The majority of the farmers have fin
ished their haying. The crop is said to
have fallen off from last year, with very
few exceptions.
We regret TO learn that Mrs Hannah
Latham, a former resident OF this vii
lage, is very i'll at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. W. S. Meloher of Roxbury,
Mass, with no hope OF recovery.
Archie Spring, of DeerlnS Center, has
been boarding at the home of L. G.
Curtis for few weeks this summer.
Mrs. Hobart is visiting her parents Mr..
and Mrs. Morgan in this ueigbborhnod.
MIR. W. Il. Corliss and wife, have been
visiting relative and friends at Hartford
Bethel, and other places during the past
week.
Mrs. B. =. Atkins made visit to Port
land last week.
HarpsweN.
West Harpswell, Me-, Aug. 10, 1885,
John q. Thomas and son of Auburn
were in town Sunday the guest of Mr..
Paul r. Thomas.
Mr.. and. Mrs. John S. Randall and
Miss Emma Hall from PORTLAND spent
the Sabbath with Mr.. and. Mrs. William
Randall.
Rev. I. j. SALESMAN from Missula, Mon
tana, was in town last week. Mr.. Sails
man was formerly pastor of the Baptist
church here.
Rev. L. V. Stevens from Oakland, Me, ,
is spending his vacation at Mr.. William
Randall's.
Dry Mills.
Dry Mills, August 10.-Nrs. Lula Golf
and son Irwin Of Cumberland Mills were
in the place few days last week.
Eugene, son OF S. W. Foster, narrowly
escaped a serious accident one day last
week by being thrown from horse.
Tuesday, August 4, the thermometer
registered Sc degrees III the shade at
Early planted potatoes are rusting some
i'll the vicinity.
Apples are dropping some but still it
looks like good crop
Corn is looking fine with splendid
weather to make it grow.
John Libby is putting g piazza on his
house which will improve the looks of it
very much.
The farmers have comm enced to pick
their oucum beEs, there being quite a
large acreage planted in town. They
are delivered at Gray depot.
There are several families that have
had sweet corn in their own gardens.
Thomas Mickey Of Dorchester, Mass. Is
visiting his friend Fred S. Mcdonald.
Nc young people VI Hcbb p6linOuUh
had picnic dinner at Dry Pond, Au-
gust s. In the afternoon the Falmouth
nine played game of baseball with the
Dry Mills nine at the fair grounds. The
game stood 10 to 9 in favor Of the Dry
Mills team.
On account of the small hay crop and
the low price of oats, large proportion
of the cat crop has been cut green for
fodder
The circus at Gray Friday afternoon
called ous quite large crowd for ooun-
try town
iatur, ay and Sunday were hot days, 1T
being sc 1e srees in tho shade'here, and
in some places in tie neighporhood 80 de-
grees In the shade
Richard Colley is putting on blinds
and painting his house inside and out.
Harrison,
Harrison, Aug. 8. 1896. Quite dele
cation went to the horse trot at Bridgton
today. S. G. Davis's tallo-ho carried q
load of summer boarders from the Elm
house.
Crystal Lake Cottage and the Elm
house are having a good patronage This
summer.
Three young men came up from Port
land on their wheels Friday making the