The Portland daily press., 1898-07-20
SOUTH PORTLAND.

I'd LIT. j. ID. Barrett 18th Artillery with
Lit. Edwin Landon I'd Artillery as Judge
Advocate. Mostly pay day cases will
come before the court, for some OF the
"boys' having had lively dance must
now pay the fiddler.
1t is thought that at least two OF the
men now absent without leave from the
garrison at Fort Preble are deserters.
Drill is now going on at the S-inch guns
and the command lines up each morning
in canvas suits.
Capt. Leroy McKeown is visiting
friends on Preble street.
At recent meeting of the members of
the Peoples NJ ethodist church a COM
mittee made up of a. e. Thurrill, J. e.
Fisher and J. f. Merriman was appoint
ed to make the necessary arrangements
for the annual parish picnic.
The Universalist society met last even
ing and the matter of a parish picnic was
fully discussed and the preliminary ar
rangements were perfected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cole and famil y
have returned from Quincy, Mass.
3 Four masted schooner John K. Souther
was on the marine railway yesterday.
Rev. Mr.. kimm ell and Rev. Mr.. Hay
den were in the village Monday visiting
old friends.
Mr.. Billiard, who has been doing good
work in the cause Of the Good Templars
for the past two weeks, will at an early
date return to the village and reorganize
the lodge of Good Templars in our midst.
MIR. William Spear left for Bowdoinham
yesterday on flying trip.
The management of the Cape electrics
has issued small folders on which are
views of the buildings and picturesque
scenes about Cape Cottage.
The Elm street and Brown Hill
churches will unite in holding a picnic at
Littlefields landing on Great Chebeague
island. July 2S.
Captain Minott. who has, been the guest
of Mr.. j. W. Minott, the florist, has re-
turned to his home in New York.
Miss Grace Thompson of Evans street
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Ephraim
SLOPPY of Scarboro.
aAlos AONAo AAh~PHt WIZ AASAo COOa o"eJ
for some weeks has returned to her home
on Kelsey street.
The Epworth League meeting held Sun
day evening at the Brown Hill church,
was led by Miss Lucy Cotton. Her SUBJ
ject, on which she spoke most interesting
ly, was Elaboration to Earnestness.
Miss Ford has returned from a two
weeks visit to Bowery Beach, were she
has been the guest of her brother, Rev. j.
II. Ford.
Last Saturday Postmaster L. B. Brad
ford was presented with very pretty flag
with which to adorn the front of his
office.
Miss Alice Dyer, employed at Rines
Bros, is enjoying four weeks vacation.
Mrs. Abbott and daughter Of Maiden,
Mass, are spending the summer with her
sister, Mrs. Ellen Willard.
Harry Harris of the Lowell bicycle
factory is visiting in Philadelphia.
Miss Mabel Crocker of Oakdale has been
visiting relatives in Willard.
Schooner Henrietta A. Whitney is I'M
loading cargo of cement at Fort Preble
wharf.
There was short business meeting of
the experimenting school committee on
Monday evening at Oasis hall, Knight
vile, 20 decide upon the necessary repairs
to be made to the buildings during the
summer vacation, and in regard to finish
ing new room in the Evans street
building, Pleasantdale, which is over
crowded. Whatever repairs are to be
made will be begun soon in order that
there may be no delay in opening the
schools in September.
The annual picnic of the Good Samari-
tans will be held Wednesday at Cape
Cottage. Special cars will leave the South
Portland postoffice at 9 O'Clock and mem
bers and friends are cordially invited to
attend.
There was q large attendance of mem
bers of Ocean View CoInmandery, U. ..
G. c., of South Portland at the regular
meeting Monday evening when the fol-
lowing officers were duly installed for the
ensuing term: Noble commander, Charles
P. Avery; vice commander, Mrs Finner-
ty; prelate, Mrs. Pettingill; K. of r.,
George Henley; financial K. of R., NJ.
A. Allen; treasurer, c. A. Tilton;
herald, Fred Carlson; W. of g., Mrs
Rachel Jewett; W. of o. G., Mrs. Ander-
son; pianist, Mrs. Hodgkins.
Mrs. Harris Of Cundy's Harbor is visit
Ing relatives in South Portland.
Mrs. Fannie Griffin is i'll with typhoid
fever at Cliff island.
Mrs. Skinner is confined to her home by
Illness.
Mr.. Lewis has entered the employ Of
the William Spear company.
Mrs. William Rice is visiting at Cundv,s
Harbor.
PLEASANTDALE.
A party of young ladies left Tuesday for
q two weeks outing at the Chase cottage
Trefethen's Landing. The party consists
of Misses Maude Libby, Helen Hoyt,
Edna Eamont, Helen Litchteld, Maude
Miller, Edith Nash, Apphia Crowen,