The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02

Mr.. FreI B. Orcutt of the monitor Mon
faux, was the guest Of his aunt, Mrs.
Weeks, Wednesday.
Miss Hattie Ford, who has been the
guest of her father, Rev. Il. d. Ford, has
gone to Bowery Beach as the guest of her
brother, the Rev. Mr.. Ford.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN PLEASANT
DALE.
About four o clock yesterday afternoon
fire was discovered in the barn belong ing
to the Old Pickett house on the corner of
Elm ana Robinson streets in Pleasant.
dale, owned by Matthew Woods and occu-
pied at the time by A. D. Coolbroth. The
blaze was first seen by lot of boys who
had been playing nearby, and through
whose calelessness it is supposed that
the tie originated. A general alarm was
at once sounded by blowing the whistle at
the repair shops of the Boston and Maine
railroad, to which the Pleasantdale and
hEightVille hose companies promptly re-
sponded. When the companies arrived on
the scene, the fire had made considerable
progress, owing to the infammable con-
tents of the barn, for besides large
quantity of hay, etc., it contained a lot
of shingles, which few days ago had
been stored there by Mr.. Wood. The blaze
soon spread to the house, and the efforts
of the firemen were directed to saving it
and the adjacent residences which were in
danger from the flying sparks. For two
hours the fire was fought and at last sub
dued, water being thrown constantly on
the houses for the barn was total loss.
The interior of Mr.. Coolbroth's house
was badly damaged, but the frame of the
building was saved. At the time of the
fire there were horse and carriage in the
barn, belonging to Miss Richards, who
was calling at the house when the alarm
was given, which she succeeded in
rescuing. Two other horses were in the
barn at the same time and these were
saved by Mrs. W. W. Morrison, who
bravely entered the barn during the
ogress of the fire and led them out
A greater part of the furniture, etc.,
which belonged to Mr.. Coolbroth was re-
moved from the house and escaped de-
struction. There was an insurance of
$500 on the house and barn, which it is
thought will cover the loss of Mr.. Woods.
Mrs e. G. Benner has moved from
Knightville to 50 High street in the city.
PLEASANTDALE.
Mr.. Walter e. Hayes, Summer street,
has gone to New Glasgow. N. S., where
be will pass the month of July with
friends.
Miss Lettie May, who has been stop
ping at the home of Mr.. Matthew Woods
for some weeks, has returned to Port
land.
Miss Ella G. Dyer passed Wednesday as
the guest of Mrs. Clara Kenney, Broad
way.
Mrs. Sarah Philbrook of Cumberland
street, and Miss Grace Brazier of Myrtle
street, Portland, have been pleasantly
entertained at the home of Mrs. Louise
81. Pillsbury.
Mrs. Charles Mcdonald, Robinson
street, is confined to her home by Illness.
Mrs. Emma Maxwell and son Russell
of Millbury, Mass, are the guests of her
sister, Mrs. Granville Libby.
Mrs. Isabel Flynn, Green street, Port
land, is stopping at the home of her son,
MIR. Hugh F. Flynn, Brown street.
Mrs. Ira 7. Warren and daughter, Miss
May, Forest avenue, have returned from
passing short time with Mrs. Stewart
Wooster, Brighton.
The Sunday school class of Miss Helen
Logan are to give series of entertain
ments for the purpose of raising funds to
purchase a window in the new Elm street
church The first was donkey party at
the home of Miss Matte Dyer Friday
evening Ice cream and cake were
served.
EPMORTH I.EAGIIE