The Portland daily press., 1898-07-21
SOUTH PORTLAND.


graphed. 1t goes for the saying that the
picture will be priced as happy souvenir
of the summer season of 'q8.
| About the liveliest corner in the village
for the past two or three days. has beer
that of Sawyer and Front streets, and
soda water and ice cream have been
greatly in demand.
The Samaritan Society boarded Cape
electric car yesterday morning at the
corner of Sawyer and East High streets,
and went to the Cape Cottage for day s
picnic.
The Quarterly conference of the Peo-
pies NJ E. church was held at the
church on Tuesday evening. The business
transacted was of q purely routine ma
ture. The presiding elder, Rev. MIR.
Thayer, was present.
A large gang of men were engaged yes
terday caulking the four 1nasted schooner
John T. Souther, which is on the ways
of the Marine railway.
Nat Gordon wentxto Augusta yesterday
on diving business.
| Charles Brown, son of Mrs. Wetherbee,
is expected to arrive from Boston by Sun.
day next.
At meeting of the Univeralist society
on Tuesday evening, it was decided to
have picnic, and the day was fixed for
week after next. The affair is in the
hands of very competent committee.
About So chi ldren from the Fraternity
House had an outing yesterday on the
Cape Cottage grounds. and by courtesy OF
Manager McCullum attended the matinee
performance of MIXED Pickles" The
young folks were kept in roars of laughter
and greatly appreciated the play.
A party of about twenty-five from
Westbrook will have picnic near the
Casino today.
Many South Portlander's are in attend
ace at the camp meeting at Old Orchard.
| The Ladies' circle of the Knightville
NJ. e. church met in the vestry last
evening, while IN the church the Quart.
erly conference was held in the presence
of Presiding Elder Rev. Mr.. Thayer.
Mr.. Guy Davis, paymaster at the Low
ell cycle factory, is to pass a two weeks
vacation camping out with a small party
of friends on one Of, the islands.
Rev. G. Everett Bean, while returning
from tandem ride to Kennebunk one
day recently, met with painful accident
at Pleasantdale. In some way the wheel
struck trolley pole and was upset. Mr..
Bean was considerably bruised.
1t is thought that DR.. J. Z. Rogers
will occupy one of the offices in the new
Masonic block in Knightyille when com
pleted.
The Connecticut volunteers left Man
tic for the front on Monday last.
Private jackson of Battery G, 9TH Ar
tillery, who escaped from the guard houst
at Fort Preble early Saturday morning
shipped for South America and sailed
from Portland Monday morning so il
has been learned. He should have awaited
| some official documents concerning hi
CASE. These papers, viii Oh were on th,
way, were to the effect that Private Jack
son had been "bobtailed - This order il
to discharge the soldier without honor
strip all of the buttons from his uniform
and turn him out without a penny o
money.
Mr.. Charles Bragdon has returned
from business trip to Eastport.
Mr.. George Martin has gone to Boston
for brief time.
Mr.. Fred Wormell, an old resident O
this place, has purchased farm in Deer
ing and is to move there soon.
Mrs. Hattie Barnard visited relative
in this place Sunday. .g
l. PLEASANTDALE.
Miss Alice Lindsey has gone to Port
land for few weeks. ~@
Miss Lillian Decoster of st. Paul
Mimi, is being entertained at the hom
of Mr.. Charles Cole, corner Elm an,
| Sum mer streets.
Master Danuie Rodick is quite i'll a
the home of his parents Summer streets
ssMiss Isabel Hutchinson of West Buxtol
is passing q few days with Mrs. j. A
Lewis, new Elm street.
4 Mrs. A. 6. Cameron and sons, Ros
and Willie, have returned to their HON
at New Glasgow, N. s., after passin
some months with her sister, Mrs. DAMS
Jones.
Mr.. Fred Sargent, who is under treat
ment at the Maine General ho7pital,
slowly improving.
Mr.. Fred Brice has moved his famil
from Portland TO his residence on Bran
BILE street.
Miss Susis Williams of Roslindale
Mass, is passing some weeks at the HON
of Mr.. Henry Moore, Pearl street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Decoster and chill
dren, Mas ter Donald and Miss Ruth an
maid of ST. Paul, Mimi, are passing
few days with their sister Miss NJ. A
| Dscoster, before going to Hotel Fiske
Old Orchard, where they are to pas
the remainder of the season.