The Portland daily press., 1897-08-26
MAINE TOWNS.
Items Of Interest Gathered by Corfso
pondents of the Press.
BOWDOINHAM.
TROOP F AT BOWDOINHAM.

| DOWuoluudIn, Aug. Ho-AlooP
| rived at Bowdoinham at one O'CLOCK
Tuesday and went into camp here, as
Capt. Dodd decided not to proceed TO
hlchmonda as previously intended. Inc
troop passed the first really unpleasant
night since starting from Vermont. Inc
rainafell in showers from the time OF
going into camp until la to at night. A
start for Richmond was made at O'Clock
Wednesday morning.
HARPswELn
West Harpswell. Aug. 25-Rev. e. V.
Stevens and family, Mrs. II. B. Wells,
Miss Myra Wells and Miss May Macart'
ney, from Oakland. are stopping at Mrs.
Lydia Randall's.
.aMessrs. Chas and Fred Flanders with
their families, are occupying rooms at
Capt. Norton Storer's.
Messrs. Chas., Fred and Geo. Van Nor
man have returned home to Springfield,
| Mass.
MIR. and Mrs. Walter Cobb, from Au-
burn, are visiting Mrs. Cobb's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul c. Randall.
Mrs. Rose Merriman has sold her place
to Capt. Walter H. Merriman. Mrs.
Merriman will move to South Portland. J.
Mrs. +. M. Parks, from Portland, IS
at the Willows. She assists Messrs. Drew
and Wilson in their biological work. She
brought with her young alligator re-
| Gently received from Louisiana.
Capt. Walter Merriman, schooner Lydia
Grant, brought load of grain from
Portland for Arthur Palmer, Thursday
| and a load of ice from Small Point to
Bailey's Island for D P Sinnett Saturday.
OTIsFIELD.
| Otisfeld, Aug. 25-Not much corn,
apples scarce and potatoes rusted seems
to be the general verdict among farmers.
On meadow land hay is still uncut In
some localities.
The Christian Endeavorers of Spurr's
Corner have invited the members Of the
| Christian Endeayor societies at Harrison,
Maple Ridge, Bolster's Mills, Otisield
Gore, East Otisfield, Oxford and Casco to
unite with them in an allday's meeting
to be held in Union church at Spurs
Corner on wednesday, September l. 1t is
hoped that many will accept the invita-
| ton.
OGUNQUIT.
Ogunquit, Aug 25-The large general
store of N. P. M. Jacobs was badly dam
aged by fire Tuesday. The grocery de-
partment in building by itself was
toyally destroyed. Mr.. Jacobs carries a
stock of about $4,000 and as yet he cannot
estimate the loss but 1t will be heavy.
1t is fully insured. Dana Perkins, one
of the clerks, was badly burned in the
face and neck. The fire was caused by
lGmp falling and exploding.
| sCARBORo.
Eight Corners, Aug. 25-Extensive re-
psirs are being made on the corn shop.
| The repairs on the school house in this
L RI Iicfp inf hoV oVo hnoY tod Ixy fo,.
| the fall term.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bowers and two
children from Pleasantdale, spent Sunday
with Mr.. Bowers's sister, Mrs. Joshu a
! Libby.
| Miss Ida Libby was the guest of Miss
Grace Cook Saturday afternoon.
| The rust has struck the potatoes In
many places in this community.
| BALDWIN.
| North Baldwin, Ang. 25-Mr. Nathaniel
Cousins, of Lincoln, Mass. is visiting
friends in this place.
| A. D. Cram who has been at work in
Falmouth, has come home on account of
the illness of his mother.
Mrs. L. R. Blake, of West Buxton, is
visiting relatives in this place.
| l.. N. Sanborn and wife will entertain
their friends at home this evening
| Mrs. Lucy Cram died Aug. %, after a
long illness. She leaves two sons and one
daughter.
| Dry Mills, Aug 25-The West Poland
Praying Band held their quarterly session
at Dry Mills Saturday and Sunday, A ug.
21 and %. There were 18 members of the
band present. During the meeting there
were IL prayers and rs exhortations and
seven manifested desire to lead better
| M n q
were six that joined the band. The fol-
lowing is the yearly report of their meet
ings: Number of meetings held, 147;
number Of prayers, 600; number of exhor-
tations, 247a; rose for prayers, no; num-
| Der of members at present time including
band was organized August 1, 1878.
Two died during the past year. The
band will hold meetings at the Dry Mills
school house next Sunday forenoon and
afternoon.
George Golf has got through with his
JOB at Westbrook and returned home;
| Mrs. Addie Stimson, wife of Leon
Small, died Monday, Aug. 80, after an
illness of few weeks.
The Flee Baptist Sunday school had a
concert at the church Sunday evening,
with the following programme: Organ
voluntary prayer by Rev. II. K. Childs;
opening song, Sunday school; recitation,
| hllil1 WlluACJ lOOAUesVioh' A<ascSA - couSAt
recitation, Artie Leighton; song, Sunday
school; recitation, Anna Clark Nearer
song, Sunday school; recitation, Mildred
Colley; recitation, Wilma Morrill,; recita-
ton. Tlda Smith recitation, Cora
Prince; recitation, Leforest Mayberry;
song, Sunday school; recitation, Jessie
Mayberry ita feoitatGn, Emma Tharlow
Bert Barstow; song. Mabel Foster; recita-
ton, Phillie Dow and Jimmie Colley;
recitation, Bessie Burns; recitation Eth
eli Cross; song, Sunday school; recitation,
sMaiden's Prayer" by nine little girls;
closing song by Sunday school; benedic-
tion by Rev. Mr. Childs.
Mrs. M G. Morrill,, who has been very
sick, is 5hought to be improving little
at this writing.
Miss Lowe, who has been stopping at
the mills for the past month, has returned
to her home in New Hampshire.
| Joseph II. Shaw of Green street, Port.
land, is visiting in the neighborhood.
| POWNAL.
Pownal, August s5.-Tuesday brought