The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-19
MAINE TOWNS.
Items Of Interest Gathered by Our Local
correspondents.
BRuNsMrcK.

Brunswick, Sept. IS The SATURDAY.
Club programme Miss Hatch says, win
be cut By the Goth probably, only one
more date remaining 10 be filed.
Captain Sylvester Dunning is thinking
seriously Of prosecuting the American
Sugar Refining Company, as responsible
for the recent accident TO his young SOD.
Willis. The boy fell down hatch in the
evening which had heen Left open by
the Company's stevedores, after instruc-
lions 70 keep IL olosei when not using II.
The ship George X. Skolneld, Of which
Captain Dunning is In command and
which Is owned around Brunswick, is re-
| ported sold.
The house boat fitted with All the p,od-
ern oonveniencee which has been building
this summer In the yard Of Samuel
knight. was successfully launched at the
landing, Friday.
u is 70 be used largely for cunning
camp. The following are owners and
buildegs: Capt. ED kiekerson, Samuel
knight, Jr., Harvey Given, Willard Stet.
son. Capt. David Scribner, Oscar 4.
Mason, Edward Graves and Albert
Wheeler.
The yacht '.Illehee, +" which Mr.. Isaiah
Simpson built himself last spring, has
been taken from Cesco Bay to the Ritter.
1 st'fsfN ~ va eCt1estAs hHNAA h80ANu w
for the winter.
smith IL Lerton believe they have lust
completed The largest halter 10 the State,
IL Is TO tie the mammoth OK at the PARK
DIR Alfred Mitchell DR., OF Togus. is
visiting at his fathers in Brunswick,
DIR. Mitchell has been suffering very Sc
verely with rheumatism, ne.essitating
this vacation OF several weeks DIR.
Mitchell will be here unil after his sis
ter's marriage, Thursday evening,
Mr. VIII Hitz and his nephew, Arnold
Burton, arrived from Dssr Isle, Friday,
and arr visiting for week at Mrs. Bur-
ton's-on Mason strest.
Arthur E- Young. Yale 1901. leaves for
New Haven this week. Morris HouRh-
ton. eldset son of Prof. Houghton OF the
Bowdoin Latin Department., enters also
his fathers. alma mater Yaie--as Fresh
man.
Miss Lillian W. Gould Of Portland
visited here over Sunday. She was
member of b. ii. s., 1901, until this fall.
when sne entered Portland Business ooi-
lege
Captain John Blshop returned Friday
from New York, where he witnessed the
launching Of the Governor Dingley.
Mics Harriet o. Perry, for many years
teacher in the intermediate school, Is viss
iting hers for couple of weeks. For
the last year she has lived with relatives
In PeuDsly vania.
4AA4SS 4Aho VI OcbIbuhu1s uAu2nJeF OF
Cumberland County'a Shsriff, has heen
visiting Miss Grace Crawford.
GROHAM.
Gorham Sept. i6e--Mr. G. S. Bickford.
State street, counted $50 carriages pass
his house Thursday afternoon from three
TO six O'Clock on their way home from
the fair This does not include the many
carriages from Buxton, ..StaEdish and ALEC
those that returned By the way of High
re-
The Normal. High and other schools of
our village were closed Thursday AFTER
noon and nearly all of the teachers and
pupils attended the fair.
Mr.. Shaw. the well known real estate
broker. who has been in Gorham during
the summer months. returned to Port
land last week, and is very much missed
from the community.
Miss Ann Farnham of woodfords,
formerly Of Gorham. was the guest OF
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis johnson, High street
on Thursday.
Miss Nellie Parker has returned TO her
home, and will soon commence her duties
In the training school OF that city,
Mr. Sidney Mari of Cornish has been
spending few days this week In Cor
ham.
WINTHROP.
Rest Winthrop, Sept. I7.-Ths house.
ell and stable belonging to George q.
y.
at about 1880 =. m. today. The IRE Is
supposed 20 have caught around the ohm
ney In the ell. The furniture In the lower
part OF the house was saved in damaged
condition. AS the ell and stable has only
been built three years and the house with
In year, the loss will be quite heavy.
Insured for 5000 In the Downing agency,
Augusta.
SEBAGO.
Ssbago. Sept IS There are about 90
students at Potter Academy this term.
Rev. Mr.. Hsrold will hold SERVICES ut
East Sebago on the 9th instead or at
Sebago Union church.
Rev. Mr.. Greenhalge of Cornish
preached at Convene church Sunday
making ten Sundays. There will be no
more services for q while.
Among the ELM cottage visitors at ],
O. Babb's. list in part is given below;
some are Portland people: 8. Prince
Davis, Elizabeth ID. Drake, VIM. ].
Strong, Harry W. Lathrop. K. W. Kalor.
Boston visitors are rs follows: MIR. Vim
cent Ballard and family, Miss Anna
Edmands. Jessie III. Douglass. Mrs. j.
III. Henry, Mary E. and Marion S. Cush-
ina. Mrs. VIM. II. Edmands, Edith s.
Holden, Howard J. Daniel, Mr.. l.. o.
White. Many of the summer visitors In
Sebago have gone home. There are ret
some at Douglass's ands Chad bourne's and
at Dixie Farm House. Some Portland
people are among the visitors.
d. Walker, tks7.. of Bridgton, adj
miuistrator of estate of Oliver NJ. Pike,
(deceased) was In town last week with
Chas. Rankin of East Hiram, Peter
Sawyer and Brazil Ii. Whitney of Con-
vene and made appraisal Of the estate.
Mrs Julia Pike and two of Mr.. Pixies
sons, ". Il. and Charles Pike aud two
grandchildren are his heirs. Fred L.