The Portland daily press., 1898-08-06
MAINE TOWNS.
fsems Of Interest Gathered by CORES.
pondents of the Press.
GRAY.

GRAY.
Dry Mills, Aug 4.-Mr Charles Spen
Ger of Connecticut is visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Job A. Spencer.
The U. S. r. G. of Gray had the inyi
tation to visit Fort Preble. August 10th
instead of the 18th, as printed in Satur
days paper.
Mr.. Samuel Libby and family of Port
land are visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H, Libby.
Mr.. Frank Quint has gone to Norway
to work making shook.
There will be a dance at the Pavilion,
Dry Pond, Thursday evening, Aug. IA.
Mr. Russell Fields of Augusta spent
! asst Sunday at Mr.. Thomas CUNTS.
The Poland Praying Band held meet
ing at Dry Mills schoclhouss last Sun
day.
The farmers have commenced picking
their cucumbers. They are delivered at
Gray Depot.
West Gray, August with few excep-
tions farmers have completed haying, and
considering the amount of dull weather
| the crop has been secured in fairly good
| order. In amount it will be rather above
the average. Although there has been
much dull weather but little rain has fall
len, and grain and hosd crops are need
ing it badly.
Or. and Mrs. A. II. Weeks OF Buxton
have been stopping at Charles E. Allen q
camp at Little Sebago Lake the present
week.
Charles e. Allen is visiting at Daniel
B. Cobb's at Cape Elizabeth.
VIM. A. Cobb has obtained position
as conductor of the Portland q Cape
Elizabeth Electric railroad.
Miss Edith Nj. Allen visited friends In
Portland this week.
Miss Emma M. Skillings, from Cum
berland Mills, is visiting her brother, Il.
S. Skillings.
mouth and Scarboro.
Mrs. R. A. A lien visited friends in
Portland on Thursday and Friday.
Miss Winnifred Swift of Lewiston is
| the guest of Mrs. Martha Allen.
YARMOUTH.
Yarmouth, August 5th-Among the
guests at Camp Hammond this week are
Mrs. Mary Hammond Barker, promi-
nent kindergarten superintendent of Wis
| oonsin, Master Paul Hammond of Scitu-
ate, Mrs. Robert Fitzgerald and little
| daughter Dorothy Of Cambridge and Mr..
and Mrs. Waldo Chase of Boston.
Miss Fredericka Hammond and brother
Noel whos Have, been guests at Camp
Hammond Tor the past two weeks have
| returned to Scituate.
Mr.. Edgar Chase who has been working
| for Capt. J. M. Bulkman, has entered
the employ of Mr.. Won Merrill, Durham.
| Miss Florence Sawyer Is spending her
land.
Mr.. Millett and Mr.. Egbert of Ne W
York city are at Mrs. Ella Drinkwater' S..
Mrs. Shais Abdool and children OF
| Freeport and sister, Miss Emma Eastman
Of Portland are guests of MIR. William
Freeman.
Elliott Loring, Chester Quint, Archie
Murray and Frank Leighton went to Bath
on bicycle trip Thursday.
Yarmouth was the first town to pay the
county tax this year.
Rev. Arthur Craig and family of Ber-
lin, N. 81. are the guests of his sister,
Mrs. j. Gannett.. Mrs. Mudan and son
of Berlin are also guests of Mrs. Gannett.
| Rev, Arthur Craig of Berlin will &C.
cupy the Baptist pulpit on Sunday.
| Mrs. Charles Mansfield of Haverhill is
at MIR. Joseph Mansfelds.
| Mrs. Abbie Dyer and Misses Lena and
Jessica Dyer who have been spending the
past week at Royalside have returned to
WoodfordF.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar True and children
| Ernest and Hattie, from Massachusetts,
are at Mr.. Augustus True's.
| Miss Edith Skillin has been spending
| the past week with Mrs. Carrie Hill at
Portland.
The electric light company are moving
some of their poles and wires on Main
street.
4 Mr.. Henry and Ernest -Soule of Paw
| tuoket, r. l., are at Mrs. Jacob Mitohells.
| Miss Gertrude Richards and Miss Ellen
Snow have gone on q carriage drive to
| Northport.
Rev. B. P. Snow, principal of North
Yarmouth Academy, has arrived home
| from Bethlehem. N. II.
Mr.. Lyford Pierce OF Vinalhaven is the
guest Of his niece, Mrs Bertha Sawyer.
Mrs. Annie jackson and daughter
Blanche of Portland are visiting Mrs.
Jacksoh's father, Mr.. Solomon Pfummer
POWNAL.
Pownal, August 4tll-The Republicans
of this town held their caucus for choice
of candi dates to represent this town and
Wlndnaln at the approaching legislature
The successful nominee was Mr.. Alroy
Noyes.
Mrs Chapman, mother of Mr.. Harold
Chapman, was SO unfortunate as to ex-
perience severe fall on Thursday. Dr.
@. Remission of Yarmouth was imme-
diately summoned and has the patient
in charge.
Mr.. G. Simmonds with wife and child
from Portland are at Mr.. q. H. Holds
don's.
Mr.. Arthur Warren has recently been
on visit to his home here
Miss Goldie Noyes of Portland is at Mr..
True Warren's. Mr.. and Mrs. Mcclellan
Of New York wers recent guests of Mrs
John 4. Lawrence.
BRISTOL.
Bristol, August 5th-Capt Frank Drain
is home on a..yisit, having.recently arrived
in Boston in the schooner Belle Woos-
| teri on a trip for Savanilla. S. A.:
Mr.. BENZ q. H. Kinds of New York IS
visiting friends in Round Pond.
Mr. Edmund Darker and daughter OF
Portland have been visiting relatives at
Bristol Mills