The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-21

dence Thursday, Rev. Elijah Kellogg OH
Chatting. Beautiful floral offerings testified
to the affection of tho family and friends
Deceased was 70 years of age.
Capt. Hussey and daughter were one
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William hanual
Friday. Miss Hussey will remain 1e"
weeks
Miss Emma M. Cate from Winchester
is also boarding at Mr.. Randalls.
FL arold Weber is helping Mr.. William
Randall with his haying.
Rev. H. B. Williams, who mas peen
away on short vacation returned frloay'
Miss Lucy Orr from Bath, IS visiting
friends here.
NEW GLOUCESTER.
Intervale, July 20. Haying IN thls
section is progressing very slowly. Ihere
is a prospect of large crop, pu5 pau
weather has hindered the haymakers.
Mr.. Charles Hammond is spending mis-
vacation at his old home.
Mrs. Almira Nevins, of Orange, N d.
with her daughter, Miss Ella ID. Nevlns'
and granddaughter, Mildred Neylns. nave
been visiting Mr.. Amos II. Nevlns
for few days. Mrs. Nevins is the widow
of the late A. Wilson Nevins, native
of this town. Mrs. Nevins and her three
daughters and four grandchildren are
spending the summer at Falmouth. Mr..
Wilson G. Neyins, her son, and ME-.
Frank Conkling, her son-in-law. both OF
Orange, Will come to Falmouth in Au-
gust.
Miss Marion True, teacher in the
schools of Somerville, Mass, is spending
her vacation with her parents, MI. ano
Mrs. Jabez True.
CORNISH.
Cornish, July 2O-The Great Ossipee
river for the past few days has been seven
feet higher than low water mark, doing
great damage to grass and crops on In
tervales that have been covered with
water
Bryant Bradley, of Bar Harbor, has
been visiting friends here recently.
Mrs. Emily Chadborn Of Boston, is Wis
iting her father, Freeman Hatch.
Mrs. Waite with her nephew Frank
Parker, of Boston, have been visiting
George FL. Parker recently.
/ Miss Marion Merrill, of Portland, has
been boarding at the Boynton House. She
has a fine saddle horse on which she rides
to numerous places of interest.
William III. Norton, who has been very
i'll, is improving.
Mrs. John E. Flye who has been sick
for some weeks, is gaining slowly.
Lawyer Perkins and wife are at York
Beach.
Frank P. Aver, a Bates student, is at
home on vacation.
4 Clarence Flint is at the Fisk House,
| Old Orchard.
The annual excursion of the Cornish
Methodist Sunday school to Long Island,
will be on Wednesday, July rs. If stormy
the next day.
Richmond, July 20-Ansel D. Blanch-
| ard, an esteemed citizen of this town,
died at his home near Iceboro, Thursday.
He was born December 23, 1916, and was
a son of Capt. Solomon and Eleanor (Pat-
ten Crawford) Blanchard. He carried on
a small farm, and was formerly for
twelve years, engaged in the grocery bust
ness at Richmond village, as senior part
ner of the firm of Blanchard & Gaubert
He was an ardent Republican and had
served on the Republican town committee
for many years. He had also served a
number of terms as member of the
/ III. "A
him.
| GORHAM.
| Gorham, July GOV. W. Woodman and
family left for Old Orchard this morn
| ng for the summer months.
Joseph Finnerty with f. II. Emery, Is
taking vacation of two weeks.
Mr.. J. F. Mason of Portland is visiting
at Mr.. Ed. Gammon's, Main street.
k..s~ ~NQ -, L.
horses left for Rigby today.
Mr.. E. r. Summersides has gone to
Peaks island for weeks vacation.
Mrs A. G. Kinds and daughter are at
Bridgton for a few weeks.
G. E. Odirone. wife and child of Port
land, are spending the summer at his
fathers on Main street.
Mrs. O'Neil W. Straw is visiting in
Hollis for few days.
Miss Hettie Jones of Boston, is spend.
ing her vacation with his sister, Mrs.
WEIGH of Main street.
/ Miss Clara Cobb of Boston is at Mrs
P. d. Cobb's, South street, for few
Idays.
Mr.. Henry Cobb and wife of Auburn
are visiting Rev. G. F. Cobb. Preble
street.
E. A. Soule and family are at Old Or
chard for the summer.
John Ridlon and wife are spending the
summer at their farm in Benny Eagle.
Our summer visitors are rapidly com
ing in. Following are the arrivals Of thu
Crystal Spring house: Mrs. Frank W
Jewett, Misses Julia and Margaret Dun
ply, Portland; Mrs. G. E. Bowles, Column
bia Falls Conn; Mrs. Gen. E. Upper
Duluth; the Misses Catherine, Madeleine
and Lillian Sheehan, Boston, Arthur
M. Rood, Ed Olson, Boston; N. H. Haw
kins, Buffalo, N Y.
There seems to be little controversy
as to who shall move the town monument
from the chapel lot. 1t is proposed t.
move it to the school house lot, which
would seem to be the proper place.
Some little feeling has been created by
the destruction of the stone known a
the Phoenix rock, that was so much il
evidence at the last centennial. 1t wa
blown to pieces by the workmen WHIT
were laying the foundation for the chape
last Saturday.
Attacked the Governments Policy.
Madrid, July 2O-Senor Moreet Y
Prendergast, the Liberal leader and for
mer minister, delivered brilliant speech
last night on the Cuban question. HI
Il tho pO1jcv Of the por