The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-02
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night.
| private Eugene Webb of the hospital
corps now acting hospital steward at Fort
Preble. has taken the examination for
nromotion to steward The old steward
has been ordered to Ponce for duty.
VIM. Littlejohn Of Pine street, a
brother-in-law of Second Mate Mckay,
has gone to Truro to take charge of Mate
McKay's remains
The subject of the young peoples meet
ing of the Epworth league at the Peoples
church next Sunday will be Witnessing
for Christi The meeting will be led by
Lizzie Loring.
The building occupied by the Dolphin
Yacht club has been moved from School
to Preble street.
The Sunbeam society will meet at the
home of Miss Martha Greene, Main street,
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. E. T.. Benner is visiting in Waldo
boro.
Spencer Rogers of the city has been
awarded the contract for building the
new hospital at Portland Head, and will
begin work at once and hopes to hurry it
to completion by January L. 1t will be
good, oommodious building, with excel
lent plumbing etc.
The military post at the Head is being
supplied with sleighs etc. for winter
work, and the fur equipments are being
issued to the men.
During the summer Mr.. Skinner, who
| to- Jo- H.
cottage at Higgins Beach. Later he
moved it onto another lot and placed it
on stone piers. During the storm the
cottage blew around several feet and two
of the piers were pushed through the floor
Messrs. Charles Hartford, Arthur Cole
and Fred Talbot have returned from
Higgins Beach, where they were snow
bound over Saturday.
Mr. Charles Hartford, who has been
passing week with his prents. returned
TO the Harvard Law School Tuesday
might.
Tbs South Portland Dramatic and
Comedy Company will present: 1.-The
New Partner and several other plays
during the winter.
Mr.. c. A. Tibbets will soon close up
his business at Boston and occupy house
on G street, Knightville.
Mrs. Alice Roach will remove from
G street, Knightville, into NJ A. Han
mas neighborhocd.
Miss Annie MoCalmon, daughter of
Geo. Il. McCalmon who lives on Kincaid
street, broke her arm near the elbow on
Monday last about 11.3O O'Clock. She
was going up the back steps OF the Colum-
hia hotel in the city and slipped, striking
heavily. She was taken to her home in
of he arm
set by DIR. Smith of Portland.
Miss Belle Verrill who is in the employ
of the Peoples Ferry company and her
sister, Mrs G. M. Hannaford, are visit
ing in Boston. Lynn and Somerville
PLEAsANTDALE.
Mrs. Albert G. Donnell and daughter.
in Maiden, Mass, after having passed
two weeks as guests of Mrs. III. u. Dom
nell, Elm street.
Mrs. Franz Hartman and children of
Bartlett, N H., are guests of her mother,
Mrs. Laura Noyes, Pearl street.
Mr. Charles Ressy has returned to
Pennington.
Mr.. Moses Pickett has returned to
Lynn, Mass
Miss Lottie Rogers, Summer street, has
been quite Ill for few days.
/ Mr.. F.. B. Cunningham has moved his
| family to Worcester, Mass.
| Mr.. S. ID. Lewis has accepted position
With the Berlin Mills Co., Portland.
| MIR. Walter Skillins, Evans street, is
| very i'll with pneumonia.
| Miss Margaret Paine has returned from
Steep Falls. where she.has been the guest
of her parents.
| MIR. j. A. Leavitt has moved his family
from Mechanic street to Portland.
| Mr.. &. o. Smith who has been suffer
: NIT of 1afi ar
| has recovered sufficiently to resume the
discharge of his duties as fireman on the
Boston 81 Maine Railroad.