The Portland daily press., 1896-07-14
Peaks Island.

MIR. Willis A. Gates has taken the
Rock Ledge cottage for the balance of
the summer.
Mr.. Isaac Snow and family of Topeka.
Kansas, is occupying N, G. Foss' IS
cottage for the summer.
Mr.. Hewins of New York is visiting
friends at the Bohemia cottage.
Miss Minnie Z. Noyes who is a
teacher in the public schools of Quincy,
Mass. is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Noyes of Trefethen's.
Mrs. Belle Theodore member of
James Herne's Shore Aores' company as
for four years past, has taken one Of DIR.
Dow's cottages on Luther street. Her
two children, Ralph and Gladys accom-
pany her.
Mr.. Parker Prince and wife are in
their cottage on Sterling street. Mrs. f..
Adams of Boston is visiting them.
Mr.. Fred Bickford and wife have rooms
at Fred Brackett's for the season.
Mrs. Anne Kilver of New York Is visits
ing Mrs. Hughes.
Mr.. G. A. Hanson will move down to
the island tomorrow and occupy his cot
tage.
Mr.. Joseph Hayden and wife and Olga
Hayden Of Davis and Kehoe's "Girl
Wanted" company are OF the Mineral
Spring house.
MIC. A. Plummer and family moved
down to Peaks on Saturday.
Mrs. Emerson of Auburn is at the 9Th
Maine Regiment cottage.
Mrs. Kate Horne of Boston the mother
of Mr.. James Horne of McCullum's COM
pany is visiting her son at the Silver
Wing cottage.
The yachts Reynard Of Newburyport,
Colum bia of Boston and Wild Duck of
Boston, were anchored off Peaks on Sun
day.
Mr.. E. P. Sullivan is occupying one Of
! Grams cottages for the season.
Mr.. Ralph Cummings of MoCullum's
last years company is visiting friends on
the island.
The large and roomy cottage belonging
to the Maine Eighth Regiment associa-
ton, situated in most beautiful spot
commanding a view of the White Head
channslsand thesopen sea SIS assuming its
accustomed look of gaiet3 and activity.
Capt Hilman Smith, the secretary of
the Eighth regimental association and
ex-mayor of Auburn was hard at work
with his willing assistants yesterday get
ting the building into shape to receive
the guests who are expected daily and are
constantly ARRIVING. The most of those
who occupy this building are members of
the Regimental association. their friends
and invited guests and Memorial hall,
as it is called, is; nightly the sence Of
musicals, dancing parties and jolly
gathering of all kind. Indesd, the sur
viving members of the gallant old Eighth
who with children and friends spend a
few weeks every summer in this cottage
enjoy themselves highly and their colony
is one of the liveliest on Peaks.
Among those now at the .Eigth Regi-
ment cottage are Capt. Hilman Smith
and family, Mrs. Horace Little and chill
dren, Mrs. William Maloon and family,
Mrs. Fl. B. Sawyer and family, Mrs. S.
L. Emerson and family, all of Auburn.
BY late boat yesterday afternoon there
arrived four Of Auburn's pretty school
teachers, who have speEt several summers
at the Eighth Regiment cottage. These
are Misses Nettie Curtis, Ida Smith.
Bertha Brown and Stella PettengilI
Several other Auburn people are expected
in few days.
The annual reunion of the old Eighth
regiment will occur on August 18th and
18TH On the first day will occur the re-
union dinner and camp fire, business
meetings and other parts Of the reunion
programme will follow in rapid sue.
cesslon. Col. Mccarthy, who presented
the cottage to the Eighth Regiment assoc
citation is expected to be present ct this
reunion for the first timo in many years.
A bout one hundred veterans are expected
to be present.
Adjoining the Eighth regiment cottage
is the Memorial cottage of the Fifth
Maine regiment, which also occupies ono
of the l3veliest spots Oh the island and is
handsome, well arranged building.
The annual reunion of the Fifth Regi-
rnent will occur on August II and IL, SO
the comm ittee which has the matter in
charge decided yesterday. The election
of officers will occur on the first day,
when a camp fire will also be held and
the annual dinner will occur on the next
day.
Among those now stopping at the
cottage are Captain j. B. Hammond and
family of New Gloucester, William B.
Adams wife and family of Auburn, Col.
Clark S. Edwards of Bethel ana Thomas
Ward of Lewiston.
Mr. Lougee, wife and daughter of
Nashua, N. H., and frank E. Goss and
family of Auburn are expected to arrive
at the Fifth Regiment cottage in few
days.