The Portland daily press., 1897-07-20
MAINE TOWNS.
items of Interest Gathered by Cores.
pondents of the Press.
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Gorham, Jnly 19-Miss Fannie Owen
of Boston is the guest of Mrs. C.P. Win
ship of State street.
A party of about 20 took advantage of
the fine weather and low rates to make
the trip TO Harrison yesterday.
Prof. a. N. Jones of the Perkins Insti-
tute of the Blind in Boston, is spending
his vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. II. Jones, School street.
The corner stone of the Congregational
chapel will be laid with appropriate ex-
eroises next Sunday at p. N.
The ladies of the Congregational church
circle will hold a lawn party at the resi-
dence of Ex-Governor ROBBIE, Wednesday
evening next. Ice cream will be served
and an entertainment by the children is
the programme.
The Sunday schools of the Congrega-
tional and Methodist churches will join
in picnic to Riverton next Monday.
The Epworth league Of the Methodist
church will give lawn party at the resi-
dence of Mr.. J. J. G. Hannaford, Main
street, on Thursday evening next. A fine
Rev. E. G. .Strout of Saco occupied the
pulpit of the III. E. Church Sunday tax
Ing for his text at the morning service
Luke, 1918, which was listened to by a
large audience.
Marshall M. Phinney has accepted a po-
sition as travelling salesman with a large
Boston clothing house He will travel
In Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Rev. Mr.. Cashmere, pastor of the M.
] =. church, Is spending his vacation at
his old home in Ottawa.
f. B. Samson of Portsmouth, N. H.,
was calling on old friends yesterday.
George Harding of Chelsea, Mass, is
visiting relatives here.
GRAY.
West Gray, July 10. Haying is now
well under way, and with good weather
will soon be completed. The crop is
about an average one, and about % per
cent better than last year. Other crops,
with the exception of apples, are looking
well and growing rapidly, although a
much smaller acreage was planted than
usual, owing to the extremely wet
spring. Apples bid fair to be an almost
total failure in this vicinity.
Master Gilbert Small of Waltham,
o
Ralph A. Leslie from New York, has
been visiting relatives here the past two
weeks. He returned to New York Satur-
day.
Miss Edith NJ. Allen w no has been WIS.,
iting friends and relatives in Portland
the past two weeks, returned home last
Saturday. Mrs. G. S. and Mrs. r. L.
I'd ill
their bicycles.
Mrs. Nellie Brown of Bridgton, and
her sister Miss Florence 1. Allen of Port
land, spent Sunday with friends and rel
atives in West Gray.
Mrs. Ida Skilllings and daughter OF
New York. are visiting at Mr.. Sewan
Franks and other friends in West Gray
Richmond Thurlow has moved into the
Twombly house, now owned by John d.
Anderson of Gray.
J. L. Robinson and family of South
Windham, are stopping at their cottage
on Horse Island, in Little Sebago Lake
Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. Morrill, have
the sympathy. of their many friends in
this place in the loss of their Oldest son,
Prof. Edward Morrill,, for several years a
resident of Montpelier, VT, and teacher
Methodist Seminary in that town. Prof.
Morrill, was young man Of much ability
and great uprightness Of character, and
Ills uup1Iuely UctUu rs d pubic loss. lie
leavessa widow and large circle of rela-
tives to mourn his death. He was about
IS years old.
POLAND
Poland Springs, July 10. Golfing,
dancing and card parties are the theme
of the hour, and Poland Springs is gay
with the gayest.
The fine mineral collection on exhibit
ton at the Maine Building attracts con-
siderable attention.
There were fifty arrivals Saturday.
Kuntz's Orchestral Club rendered the
following programme Sunday evening:
March from alfalfa, Mendelssohn
observation-disclosures, Gounod
Cello Solo
(a) Sarabande, Correlli
(b) Minimizing Breezes, Jensen
Menuett from Orpheus, Gluck
Observation-Disclosures Wagner
Largo, Handel
Hallelujah Chorus, Handel
The cello solo by Mr.. Loeff1er was es-
pecially oommendable.