The Portland daily press., 1898-11-07
SOUTH PORTLAND.

! .HMyrtle Assembly. Pythian Sisterhood,
| will meet next Wednesday afternoon at z
| o clock for rehearsal of the second degree.
Fred Doughty and Frank Griffin have
enlisted in the regular service and have
| been assigned to the 9th Infantry stationed
at Fort Thomas in Newport, KY. They
left, to join their regiment Friday night.
| Justice McManus has moved into the
Clark house on Pickett street.
| -Four masted schooner Clarence II. Ven
ner has been on the marine railway for
| recaulking.
| A sewer is being dug on Sawyer street,
at the corner of Crescent.
| Among the delegates to the Epworth
League convention, held at the Pine
| street church, was Mrs. William IL.
| Doughty of South Portland
Mr. William Weymouth is confined to
his house Ey illness
| Over two hundred signatures have been
obtained to the application to- the board
of selectmen for town meeting to con-
slider the desirability of adopting city
charter
Mrs. S. J. Clark spoke at Bethany
church Sunday evening at seven O'Clock.
In the bowling tournament at IRE
| feth ems alleys next week the following
teams win compete: Monday, Volunteers
VS.. Rough Riders; Tuesday, Deweys Vs.
Prebles Wednesday. Concords VS.. Rough
Riders; Thursday. Hobsons VS.. Schleys
PLEAsANTDALE.
! Mrs. L. S. Lombard is entertaining
| her sister, Mrs. McKenny, and Miss Ag-
nes Mckinny for a few days.
| Mrs. Charles Chickering of Kittery
was in the village Wednesday calling on
The house of Mr.. W. +. Robb on Evans
| street is fast becoming the handsomest
placs in the town. Green blinds have
| been added and the grounds are being
| graded prettily. When completed it will
| be fine residence and one to be proud
| of.
| not beer able to walk for two years, is
| enjoying these beautiful days very much.
| Mrs Milliken is almost S4syears old and
| today her hair is as black as a girls. She
| is able to read and converse on the lead
| ing topics OF the day, taking lively in
| terestin the current happenings.
| Mrs Charles S. Merrill and Master Al
bert Rogers Merrill of St. John street,
Portland, are spending few days with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Rich
ardson, Evans street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Brackett
Haskell, Lincoln street, are spending q
short time in Boston, Miss Georgia Al
len is the guest of her friend Miss Matte
| Skillings at Cash's Corner during their
absence.
Two very pretty pictures have lately
been added to the schoolroofn of the
grammar departr ent at Llgonia The
young ladies and gentlemen hive saved
| their pennies, and the pictures are the re-
| suit of their earnings. Let us beautify
our schoolrooms and make them pleasant
| for the little folks as well as the big ones.
| Miss Edith Nash, who has been the
guest of Miss Edna Lamont, has returned
| to her home in Brunswick. Miss Helen
Litchfield gave Halloween party in
honor of Miss Edith on Monday night at
her home on Kelsey street.
| The many friends of Mrs. freeman
Brown will deeply sympathize with her
| in the loss of her husband. Mr.. Brown
was at. work en- Monday, and in some
way got tangled in the machinery. He
was taken to the Emergency hospital,
where he died on Monday afternoon. He
was an old resident here, and his loss
will be mourned by great many The
| burial will be at Woodlawn cemetery,
East Boston, on Thursday.
| Mrs. Argyle Morse of Portland spent
| mart of last week with -her niece, Mrs. G.
| w, Latham, Pearl steet.
| Miss Matte Pickett spent Sunday with
relatives in Pleasantdale.
| Miss Gertrude Longley who has been
passing some months at Rochester. N.
| r.. for the benefit of her health has re-
| turned to her horne on Elm street.
Mrs. j. A. Coolbroth passed Thursday
as the guest Of Mrs George Staples,
Cumberland street, Portland.
Mr. Fred Cunningham has moved his
| family from new Elm street to the upper
tenement of house owned by Mr.. j. w.
| Minott, Summer street.
| Miss Agnes Richards, who has been the
guest of Mrs Annie Coolbroth has gone
| TO Portland for few days before return
Eing to her home in West Scarboro.
Mr.. Forest Fletcher an engineer on the
Maine Central railroad, accompanied by
party of Portland friends is enjoying
week s. hunting in the eastern part of the
state.
The Sacred Eight and few invited
guests were pleasantly entertained at the
house of Miss Apphia Croweil, South
Portland Heights, Thursday evening.
| Rev. David Pratt and wife OF Stand1sh
are guests of Mrs. Jesse Dyer.
| Mrs. Lolita Tufts and daughter trace,
are passing some weeks in Boston.