The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-19
MAINE TOWNS.
Items OF Interest Gathered by C0rres'
pondentg of the Press.
CAPE ELIZABETH.

Mrs. Elizabeth Rand of Pond Cove re-
turned to their home this week.
Mr.. J. Frank Record and family of
Worcester, Mass, have been visiting
Mrs. Records parents Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bion NJ. Jordan at Pond Cove.
Mrs. William D. Murray and son
Alonzo, are visiting her sister, Mrs.
James Anthoine of Gray street Port
land.
The circle connected with the Free Bap-
fist church gavaSa lawn party at Mrs.
Elizabeth Rand's Saturday evening 1t
was very largely attended, and pleasant
time was enjoyed by all.
JEFFERSON
Jefferson, August 16.-Rev. G. E. Har-
den of Appleton exchanged with Rev
]. Pettengill last Sunday at the First
Baptist church.
Rev. Mr.. Wood of Bath preached at the
Third church and delivered a lecture on
his travels in the Holy lands in the even
ing.
Lillian t. and Florence Ring of Somer-
vile, Mass. will visit their grandmother
Mrs. A Tibbetts at Whitefeld and their
aunt Mrs. E. W. Peaslee, at jefferson,
during the present week.
q Eugene Ford of Boston is visiting his
mother.
Mrs. Americas Ames met with quite a
bad accident Sunday Her carriage col
lided with another and she was thrown
out receiving bad bruises on the arm and
also on her chest. No bones were
broken.
Rev. P. S. Collins of the Third Baptist
church has vacation Of four weeks by
vote of the church.
West Gray, August 1S-Farmers have
about completed their haying and the
crop will be about an average one in this
locality. Much of it however was secured
in bad condition owing to the very I'M
favorable weather. Potatoes are rusting
badly and the crop bids fair to be light
one. Apples are total failure. So far as
our observation extends there will not be
ten per cent. of an average crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.. Halves came out
from Portland on a tandem Saturday af-
ternoon and were the guests of B. A.
Libby over Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie O. Allen and son George,
have gone to Westfeld, Mass, on two
weeks visit to Mrs. Aliens parents.
Charles e. Allen, Mrs. Martha Allen
Boothbay on a visit to Mrs. Alonzo
Small, a sister.
Alonzo Frank has bought lot of land
of. P. Shaw on which he intends to erect
house in the near future.
Mr.. R. A. Allen is having his new
house plastered this week. Ira Brown of
North Windham is doing the job.
Herman Lawrence has been quite Ill
from q rheumatic attack.
Miss Bell Martin has been very sick
with heart trouble. She is slightly bet
ter at this writing.
Ernest Allen was in Portland on Mon
day and Tuesday.
Prof. Andrew johnson of New York,
| who is stopping at Gray Corner for the
| summer visited friends here on Monday
and Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Libby and Miss
Abbie Pennell went to Portland by way
of Riverton on Wednesday.
Miss Alma Savoy of East Gray was the
guest of Mrs. Jennie Allen last week.
Mrs. A. d. Cobb is stopping at c. M.
Stuart's this week.
Carroll9Ames of North Windham visited
Ernest Witham on Wednesday at Albert
Pennell's.
Dry Mills, August IA little son of
Morris Burn died last Thursday of ohol
era morbus. Funeral Saturday.
Mrs. Mary j. Morrill, had an ill turn
Tuesday and is very sick at this writing.
Miss Annie Bailey has returned from
Windham, where she had been at work
for several weeks.
Several from this place attended the
Reform Club convention at North Wind
ham last Sunday.
News was received here Tuesday morn
ing of the death of Mrs. Sarah Edwards
of Boston. Mrs. Edwards was sister to
Mrs. George Quint of this place who died
about wo.months ago.
The West Poland praying band will
hold a meeting at the Dry Mills school
house next Saturday and Sunday.
Carl Stewart has sold out his business
at Mechanic Falls and moved back to
this place.
Mrs. Thomas Quint returned from
Brunswick last Friday.
Mr. S. W. Foster and family were Wis
iting in Bridgton last week returning
home Sunday.
There was dance at Swett's Pavilion
Tuesday evening.
POWNAL.
Pownal. August 17.-Great satisfaction
prevails among our townspeople over the
fact that two at least of the hen thieves"
who have, for the past few months been
pilfering from many of the chicken houses
in this vicinity are at last safely lodged
in Portland Jail. On Friday Mrs.
Lapham and Mrs. Curtis of Free
port secured the aid of an officer from
Brunswick who Immediately administered
the discipline which should at first have
been given and our town is now for a
time at least rid of two of as mean crimi-
mails as have been associated with its his
tory for years, and as the offence is a
State prison crime it is to be hoped that
the law will deal with them to its fullest
extent Great credit Is due to these ladies
and Mr. Hodsdon is preserving in their
efforts to rid our community of these
lowest of all sneak thieves "a hen thief J"
Many pleasant words of appreciation
have been spoken regarding the preaching
services held 1t our church for tho last
two Sabbaths. The illustrated sermon
given in the evening WIS very fine and
had a good attendance considering the
state of the weather. These were all con-
Quoted by the Rev. Theobald A. Smythe
of Portland.
The services will be continued for the
next two Sundays at the usual hour two