The Portland daily press., 1898-02-09
SOUTH PORTLAND.

| Private De Witt Phillips an old veteran
of the war. and now member of Battery
F., I'd u. 5. Artillery will retire at no
distant date. Private Phillips has served
continuously and faithfully for thirty
years. Since the war his stations have
been in various sections of the country,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas and
other States. He is a member of Thatch-
er Post,G A. r. although born in SYRIA
ouse, N. Y. At various times promotion
to the non-commissioned grades in the
service has been offered bin, which he
declined, preferring the rank of the pr1-
vate. The government on his retirement
allows him two thirds pay, and he has ac-
cumulated In deposits with the United
States the snug sum OF $1,000 which
stands to his credit-the frugal savings
from his monthly pay. In this connection
| it is worthy of note that Battery Il has
another old war veteran in the person OF
Private Cornelius Desmond, who has
served thirty one years, and although
eligible for retirement prefers to hold on
little longer
A gang of fifty men were busily en-
gagged yesterday at the fort getting in
readiness the different parts of the NOR
tar carriages which are to be shipped for
remodeling to Watertown arsenal instead
of Rock Island, as previously announced.
MIR. L. B. Bradford, postmaster in
Knightville, is confined to his home by a
severe cold.
The tug Belknap took the Puritan in
tow yesterday morning, and she is now
on the way to Gloucester, Mass.
The submerged scow off the ferry slip
has been removed BY the Dredging Com
pany, and the buoys which were placed
round the wreck after the disaster to the
Puritan were taken away yesterday.
Capt. E. g. Webster, of South Port
land, with crew of 10 men did quick
job in gettine:thGlPurit n IN readiness for
her trip to Gloucester. He began work
with the rigging on Sunday last, and
yesterday the vessel was all patched up
ready for the start.
In addition to the election Of officers
the Universalist parish listened to the re-
port of the treasurer, who stated that all
bills had been paid, and there remained
in the treasury the sum OF $l63.99.
The weekly meeting OF the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Elm street Methodist
church will be held Thursday afternoon,
with Mrs. Wallace W. Morrison, Elm
street, Pleasantdale.
The Elm street. church chorus choir will
- II
Worth's Elm sreet, tonight.
Knightville has two candidates for the
office of road commissioner to be elected
under the State law at the coming town
election, Frank e. Nutter and John Cur
ney.
Mrs. Morris Jordan has arrived at her
home in Willard from East Corinth,
where she has been spending the winter.
She has moved into her house, which
has recently been repaired from the dam
age caused by the fire of few months
ago.
There is strong backing for Edwin A.
Dyer at the ferry for the position of road
commissioner, and there is a feeling
among many that no better man can be
found for the place.
Tho crusaders who will begin series
of revivals, at the Peoples M. e. church
are Capt. Clapp, Lieut.. Jones, Cadet
Fisk, Mrs. Barker and Miss Damon.
Meetings will be held every evening with
visits to the different homes in the after
noon. Bible study in the morning daily.
The Cribbage Club had lively session
Monday night. Several holly contested
ors were carried off by Arthur W. Cole,
with score of FOG. closely followed by
j. M. Davis, score 201.
Along the line of the electrics the snow
is piled up quite high, and crews of men
are actively engaged shoyelling it to the
side of the road.
The next meeting of the Wagner Glee
club is announced for Monday evening
next at the residence of Mr.. Wright in
Pleasantdale
F. d. Shanning will occupy the store at
Knightville just vacated by j. r. Young.
Mrs. Fred Shannon is quite i'll with the
grippe at her home on cottage road.
Liz WcuO4AS VI uulSS 1oldtlCu6
Lowell and Lynn Buckley will take place
at the residence Of her father, DR.. Lowell
on East High street, Thursday afternoon
at four O'Clock.
VIM. Bosworth, who has been cutting
ice on the kennebeo has returned.
Alfred Mckenzie shipped as a cattle boy
on the English stea mers and sailed Sun
day last.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. b. R. Hamilton, who
have been at Cushing's Point with their
mother, Mrs. G. W. Stone, now occupy
their new house on Grand street.
Mrs. Edgar Littlejohn is i'll at her homo
on Front street with typhoid fever.
= The Odd Fellows met last night at their
society rooms.
Ten new mem bers joined the Univer-
salist parish at the last annual meeting.
EsMrs Herbert r. Cole Is visiting friends
in Bath, Me.
4 The chorus organized by Prof. O.