The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-15
ISLAND NOTES.

The Little Diamond Island association
had meeting few nights ago at the
Micao and perfected its organization for
the present season with the choice of the
following officers: President, Mrs. ii.
P. Larrabee; first vice president, George
E. Raymond; second vice president, @.
D. Liver1nore; secretary and treasurer.
Miss Edna Raymond. An executive COM
lnittee was chosen made up of several of
the young ladies on the island. The
various reports Of the officers for the past
year were received and audited, and it
was decided to hold the initial entertain
ment of the summer at the Micao on Sat-
urday evening next, when supper and
dance will be given.
Miss Niver of Boston. who has been the
guest of Miss Livermore will leave for her
home today.
Miss Kuhnhart Of Boston, arr ived at
Little Diamond yesterday and is the guest
of Miss Livermore.
Flags are flying in front of several cot
tages and Little Diamond presents a most
patriotic appearance.
Miss Mildred Curtis of the city is the
guest of Mrs. 81. P. Larrabee.
The 18th Maine Regiment will hold
on August 16
At the Union on Peaks island the fol-
lowing are registered: George E. Shute,
Hyde Park; r. W. Millspaugh, New
York; A. E. Rosevoar, Detroit, Mich. :;
and G. o. Spear and wife, Dover, N. Fl.
At the Peaks Island house are j. Gif-
ford, Thomaston, Boston; Mrs. r. P,
Dram and family. Port Orange, N. j. /;
Miss Il. Shannon, N. Y, and Mrs. G. B,
Granger and family.
Mr.. W. G. Harlow of the avenue at
Peaks has souvenir of the battleship
Maine which he very naturally prizes
highly. 1t is pound shell, taken from
the battleship by one of the divers who
was working under the ship to recover
the bodies of the sailors. The shell was
given to Mr.. Harlow by his brother-in
law, Benjamin f. Blaisdell, who was
engineer on the steamer Triton, tug
boat, used for carrying dispatches. Mr..
Blaisdrll also secured two six pound
shells which are on exhibition at the store
of Tho mpson Bros. in Bath. Mr.. Harlow
is very willing to show the she'll to any
one interested enough in the matter to
give him call.
Mr.. B. e. Mason of Portland has Joined
the campers on Peaks.
Mr.. Fred z. Kendall and wife of Bos,
ton have engaged rooms at Peaks cottage
for the month of August.
Mrs. John Russell, the Kimball cot
tage, Oakland avenue has as guests A. P.
Welch and wife.
Capt. G. W. Howard is home from the
Rangeley lakes for short vacation.
Mrs. Mitchell, the Indian woman, who
has been a constant visitor to the islands
for the past rs years arrived on the island
Monday. During the past winter she has
made at her home, Pleasant Point, near
Passport, about $50 baskets of different
sizes. Her son Charles is with he az usual
and they can be found near Sterling's
Mineral Spring house
Recent arrivals at the Ottawa are:
Miss e. f. Glover, Miss G. A. Leavitt
and Miss E. A. Robinson, Boston; Miss
j. Sturges, Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. Led
yard Stevens, Miss Stevens and maid, N.
Y. George Ell. Richardson and wife, Miss
Susan A. Straw; e. A. Straw, e, Fl,
Daveis, Miss Daveis and G. D. Merrill
Portland; Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. r.
Keillyad, Toronto; Dudley Buck and
wife, Dudley Buck, Jr., Brooklyn; G. X,
Foster, Danville and G. j Miller, Peoria,
Ills.
Miss Dorcas Forbes of Boston is the
guest of Miss Ernestine Leavett at Little
Diamond.