The Portland daily press., 1898-07-26
SOUTH PORTLAND.

lne south Portland Dali team Nould
like to arrange games with any strong
teams throughout the state. Clubs de-
sirous of making match games should ad-
dress Harry Hartford, South Portland.
Proposals for furnishing the MINER
story of school No. 3 at Pleasantdale
must be received on or before July 90
at IL m. Strict compliance with plans
and specifications will be required and
such plans may be seen at the school
room in Oasis Commandery building at
Knightville.
DELINQUENT POLL TAX PAYERS.
Delinquent poll tax payers are likely
to receive attention from the tax colleo-
tor sometime next month.
THE CONNECTICUT TROOPS.
Mr. +. I. Brooke has prepared poem
dedicated to the Companies K and B 1st
connecticut Volunteers dated July 20
1858. He sent copy to the command
ana has received in acknowledgment a
handsome souvenir badge with 'Camp
Alger, 1898. Falls Church, Va.i' inscribed
thereon. In letter just received by MIR.
Brooke it is stated that there were about
80 cases of sickness in the regiment and
that the men of Co. s Z and E were long
ing for taste of good Sebago water !;
that the water they were obliged to
drink at Camp Alger would scarcely have
been used for washing purposes at "dear
old Camp Burdett. :"
METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL PIC
MIC.
If the weather be favorable. the picnic
of the Sunday school of the Peoples
Methodist church will take place to-day.
The party will leave the Ferry landing
on the village side at s. 80 O'Clock and ar
riving in the city will take the steamer
| Madeleine for Cousins island. There will
BIZ accommodations for every body for If
| the Madeleine is inadequate another boat
| will be in readiness for the use of the
| school.
| The tax list for the current year Is ex-
pected to reach the collector, Mr.. ). E.
Merriman, the latter part of the week.
The grocers of South Portland will
close today in order to attend the picnic
at Old Orchard.
Walker Springer has gone to Livermore
Falls on weeks vacation.
Mrs Mary B. Day of Lowell, Me-, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Dyer.
Mrs. Thomas Lake died at her home on
| East High street, Monday forenoon. Be-
sides her husband she leayes two sons
and a daughter. She was 90 years old and
has been 81 OK with consumption for a
long time. She was an attendant at the
Peoples NJ. E. church when well.
Miss Sadie B. Seavey of the village is
visiting relatives as Lynn, Mass, for a
week.
The young son of Conductor Perley
Emery of the Cape electrics, who broke
his arm about a fortnight ago, was taken
to the Maine General Hospital yesterday.
Mr.. Walter Springer and Miss Nellie
Richardson are on visit to Mr.. Spring
er's sister at Livermore Falls
| W. F. Robb of the Chase house In the
city has purchased the residence and farm
of Ira Thompson in Pleasantdale. He
will place piazza about the house and
make numerous other improvements for
he accommodation of summer boarders.
He expects to make an outlay of from
three to four thousand dollars.
Mr.. Thompson, lats of the Nelson
Morris Company, has accepted lucrative
position in Newark, N. j. His wife and
family will join him Thursday.
Miss Ethel Hamilton has returned from
Linden, Mass.
School Supervisor. J. S. Ficketu pro-
poses to make improvements which are
much needed around the Knightville
school house. The fence is to be changed
and squared and otherwise greatly i'm.
proved.
Mrs. DR.. Sanborn of Newport, R. T.,
is visiting Mrs. Ames.
MIR. Doyen of South Portland, recently
had valuable young colt at pasture near
the old Rolfe farm at Cape Elizabeth
bitten SO badly by two dogs that it was
necessary to have it killed. One of the
dogs is shepherd and belongs to nearby
farmer. Several animals in the vicinity
| have been bitten in the same manner only
not so badly and it would seem about
.AAaO w pun VIC uOe5o ouo VI lAo way.
The Two Lights club Of Portland
had an outing yesterday at Cape Eliza
beth. The party had barge and shore
dinner was served.
Mrs. Joseph Tryon and daughter Miss
Oeneyieve Tryon OF Cambridgeport,
| Mass, are visiting Mrs James Robinson
| of Pond Cove.
AT the Cape Cottage today the members
of the Aged Brotherhood of Portland to
the number of about 75 will have course
dinner at ~. 80 o'clock and an outing.
DIR. John T. Palmer, Jr., and family
| of Congress street removed Saturday to
their summer cottage at Simonton's Cove,
| Willard.
The many friends of Joe Ingram.
brother of Miss Beatrice Ingram of the
McCullum theatre. will be pleased to
| hear that he is on the road to recovery.