The Portland daily press., 1899-01-06

laws which will allow them 10 meet In
the new rooms in the Masonic building
at Knishtville State Senator T.. 9. Rey-
noIds Is expected from Augusta to attend
the meeting.
The Sentinel Office Is being whitened
and Its walls tinted, thus improving the
general appearance OF thinas The job
printing plant which the proprietors have
been using In Portland will be trans
ferred to the South Portland building.
JH. Hartford Is in Boston on a business
trip He WAS accompanied by his
daughter Miss Florence Hartford who will
visit for week or so friends In Everett
Mass.
Mrs. W. ID. X. Hamilton Is Frustrated
with the grippe. MIR. Hamilton has re.
covered and Is able to be about.
The Chase & Written wharf Is being re-
planked and generally overhauled. lie
new coal shed Of Smith and Baker will
be located at this pier.
At the last game between the Deweys
and south Portlands, the Deweys won
With the SCORE of 1881 to 1851.
Mrs Rich OF the restaurant IL late ad-
dition to the long list OF sufferers from
the grippe.
The committee appointed by the Uni
versslist parish to confer with the trus-
tees of Westbrook Seminary in relation to
the lot Of land on Pine street, have found
perfect willingness on the part Of the
trustees to relinguish their claim to the
land upon being Reimbursed. The
amount paid out by them for taxes with
interest thereon, aggregating something
like s26. No definite conclusion has been
| reached by the parish In the matter Of
building a chapel on these lots and nego-
tiatlons are still in progress with the
Bethany congregation with view of Sc.
curing the privilege Of holding meetings
for q time at least In the Bethany church
building.
Mrs. John W. Barbour the retiring
chancellor commander Of Myrtle Assem-
bly,, Pythiap Sisterhood, was presented
Wednesday with q very handsome "reoog-
milton PIN by the members Of the assem-
bly,. At the close Of the installation
exercises, which were very successfully
lCOnuuCitu, thc iAhithte WttS thsNt toAhca
at a good supper.
The Universalists gave very pleasant
supper last evening from 9 to s O'Clock in
the Union Opera house. An entertain
ment including several musical numbers
followed the supper which was enjoyed
by the aoodly number present
Mr.. Charles West of tine Syracuse Uni
ersity In New York Is at home for a
short stay.
DR.. j. H. Syphers is confined to his
home by Illness.
Mrs Margaret Gushing is said to be
seriously Ill at her home.
Or. W. S. Eldrsdee. formerly resident
of this village and latterly of Brown
street. Portland, but now of Saginaw.
Michigan, where he went two or three
months ago and took up his residence
in the great West, has had one of his legs
am putated above the knee and for the
first week he was an intense sufferer.
The doctor has been troubled with vari-
cose vein for some years. 1t got to be
incurable and amputation was at last
found necessary owing to his sufferings.
The operation was performed last week.
At the conclusion of their business
meeting last evening, the Epworth league
connected with the Peoples Methodist
church had q sociable which proved 10 he
a most enjoyable feature of the gather
ing.
Mrs. ". ]. Rogers has been sick with
the grippe.
The committees of the Epworth league
Spiritual work-C. A. Jewett, Belle.
Parsons, Z. A. linton, Ella Trefethen
Mrs. c. N. Ridley.
Mercy and Help-sophia Thurrill, AIRS.
p. .. Haley, Mrs. W. b. Hamilton.
Mrs. q. c. Manter. Mildred Henley.
Literary Work-Florence Hartford. Mrs.
]. H. Fisher. Mrs. q. A. Vincent, Grace
Brown, Henry Holmes.
Social Work-Wayne Lowell, Hattie
Doughty, Emma York, Gertrude Wood
bury, Ida Trefetben.
The marine railway was working yes
to-day and the Sebascodegan was all
ready to be taken on the ways. She win
be followed by the barque Celina.
The post hospital at Fort Preble is
crowded with cases of the grippe. there
being about fifteen victims. Sergeant
Dundy's attack is quite serious.
PLEASANTDALE.
Mrs. W. q. Moore Of Elm street is en-
tertainiug her sister, Mrs. Guy Mills of
Rutland, VT.
Mr.. ]. w. Ninott, florist, is very Ill
with pneumonia at his home on Summer
street.
Mrs. Ami. Smith and daughter, Miss
Bessie, of Palmer street, are visiting iela-
tives in Massachusetts.
Mr.. Elijah Hamilton and family, have
returned from Rockport, Mass, having
been called by the death of relative.
Master. Dannie Rodick who has been i'll
for some weeks. is much improved.
Miss Maude Hamilton is suffering from