The Portland daily press., 1896-06-13
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Gray.

have benefited the grass crop very muoh
and it now looks as though there mich,
be a fair crop of hay. Owing to the con.
tinued cold weather other crops arc no,
advancing very rapidly.
Mrs. Jennie o. Allen is stopping N
Portland this week.
Walter Skillin gs has removed from the
Simeon Skillings place on to the place
formerly owned by Samuel Hunt.
Miss Edna Foster, teacher at South
Gray, was the guest of Mrs. Jenni. O.
Allen on Sunday.
Mrs Martha Allen, Ernest Allen and
Mrs. Lottie Frank were in Portland on
Thursday.
Mrs. Charles E. Mason and daughte,
Laura, have returned to the home in
Chicago.
There will be game of base bali in
West Gray on Saturday at 9 O'Clock u.
M, between the Windham Center clut
and the West Gray boys.
Yarmouth.
Yarmouth, June 12-Capt. William
Goodlng has purchased the Matthias Allen
house on Main street.
DR.. and Mrs. Goo. Twitchell and Mrs.
Matthias Allen, who have been spending
two weeks in town expect to return to
Augusta on Saturday.
Mrs. Lizzie Richardson, who Is in Bos
ton, is SO ill with rheumatism that she is
BILE to leave her room.
Mr.. W. W. Mari, and Mrs. B. p. Snow
attended the Cumberland Congregation
al conference in West Falmouth on We'd
nesday as delegates from First Parish
church. Mrs. Carolyn Russell attended
also. The Conference meets in Var
mouth in October.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Merrill arrived
home from visit in Manchester, N. H.,
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Green, who have
been visiting relatives in town for some
time, returned to West Braintree, Mass
Tuesday.
Mr.. VIM. Bennett moved Wednesday
to the house on Bridge street, which he
has recently purchased.
Miss Tina Farrer. of Bangor, has been
visiting Miss Ada Gray.
Commencing June 18th Hillside library
will be open Saturday afternoon from
2 to and from to O'Clock, standard
time. The following Magazines can be
found on the reading table at the library.
New England, Munsey and ST. Nicholas.
Miss Gertie Senbury, who has been
visiting her mother for week left for
Lynn, Mass.
The graduating exercises of the class
of '69 of Yarmouth High school, take
place at First Parish Oh uroh on Friday
evening, June 10. The bacolaaureate
sermon will be preachedby Rev. G. E.
Mckinley, Sunday morning at First Par
ish church.
The event Of the season here a church
wedding, occurs on June II.
About two weeks since Mrs. Wendall
Hale, while trying to hang up q heavy
article sustained severe internal strain
from the effects of which surgical oper-
alton became necessary. On Thursday
DR.. Weeks and another Portland pnysi-
clan and DIR. j. NJ. Bates the attending
phy sioiHn, met at her home and very
difficult and scientific operation was
successfully performed. The patient was
at last accounts very comfortable and has
a trained nurse with her.
Sanford,
Sanford, June 12-Yesterday afternoon
while the crew OF prisoners from the
York county Jail were at WORK concret.
ing the sidewalks in front Of the Court
House at Alfred four attempted to escape
when shot from the revolvers of Over
seer Cate frightened one, who returned to
work, the other three swimming the
river entered the woods and have not
been seen since. The three who escaped
were John Joyce, James Riley. aid John
Clark