The Portland daily press., 1899-08-14
SOUTH PORTLAND.
DESERVED COMPLIMENT TO
EyERETT Il. PITTEE.

The high regard In which MIR. hveretb
E. pittee. the lato manager Of the Peo-
plies Ferry company was held By his en-
ployes, was evidenced few evenings
since ty Che surprise , which they
gave him. Mr.. and Mira George II. Up
ton, Mr. aud Mrs. Nathan n. Young.
Miss Blanche Elliott Newton KIliott
Miss Ada Cribbey and Mrs. Fred Good.
now, quietly walked into Mr.. Pittee's
house and summoning him to the parlor,
presented him with with an elegant
couch, token Of esteem from the em-
ployes of the company. Mr.. Pittee &C.
cepted the sifs with appropriate romarks
and then followed reign Of sociability,
Ice cream, cake and cocoa being served.
MUNICIPAL COURT CASES.
On Saturday last Judge Hartford In
the municipal court set in Judgment
on two cases cf drunk and disnrderly.
He found the two men guilty and.nnrd
them 50 and COSTS, which they paid and
were discharged
Noah Knight the efficient city clerk,
says that there Is a smaller number Of
deaths recorded this season than for a
similar reriod in many years. This is
gratifying. but in the same breath he re-
ports u corresponding falling of In mar
riayes. How about the iatters
The hose company at Its last meeting
endorsed the new coupling presented by
the agsnt and voted to uss 1t In the fu :
ture on all new hose purchased BY the
company.
Mrs. Littleiohn and children, accom-
panied by Miss Hattie Bailey. will 60
with the captain on his next trip. The
schooner ia bound for Sullivan, thence
to New York, with stone. Clarence Will
lard Is mate and George Cushing and
Horace Griffin viii go before the mast.
Miss Margaret Pickett. librarian Mt the
public library, has tropical plant with
over 80 buds and blossoms On 1t, which
Is attracting much attention.
Among the visitors at Higgins Beach
are: Mrs. Scott Cambridge; Miss Ethel
McClalium. Portland; Miss LILA Mac.
Donald, Everett; Mr.. and Mrs Charles
GiIkey Of Auburn; Miss Edith Penley
and Miss Lizzie Chase, Auburn; Miss
Lucy knight and Miss Lavone Dyer.
South Portland; Mrs. d. Edwards and
daughter, Detroit. Mich.
Mrs.Jossph Grouix and daughter Alice,
and Miss Timber of New YORK, recently
visited Mrs. Young They will stop here
for the last week in August on their re-
turn from Bar Barbor.
Mrs. George NJ. Ritchie of Pine street,
il visiting relatives in New Brunswick
for month.
Mr.. James Baker and wife. Mrs. DR..
Baker cf Media, Penn, and Mrs. Jean
Sesrle OF Pennsylvania. are guests at
Mrs. NJ. G. Young's, Prebie street, TN
til the first of September.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter B. Christmas of
Scranton. Penn, who were the guests
of Mrs. NJ. q Young, Preble street.
They came TO see their son, who is at
tached to the hospital corps at Fort Will
liams.
The Good Samaritans elected the fol-
lowing officers at meeting held at the
residences of Mrs. q. b. Jewett: Presi-
dent, Nrs. Mary 6. Talbot; vice pres.
Mrs. K. p. Gardner; 2i vice pres, Mrs
Olive Jewtt'; 81 vice pres, Mrs. NJ. l..
Henley; secretary, Mrs. L. b. Proctor;
asst. sec., Mrs. George F. Henley; treas
urer, Mrs. Mary +. pettsngin; SUPER
visor of work, Mrs. Carrie Gregory; as
sistaut supervisor. Mrs. Maria Dyer; sick
committee, Mrs. Emma Upton, Mrs
Olive Jswett, Mrs. Fred Gatchell, Mrs.
Maria Dyer. Ths next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs q. II. Henley on
Sept. q.
The assessors of the city of South Port.
land have advanced In their work suffi.
cient.y to afford the following informa
tion:
Valuation of real estate, resi-
dent, 81 463, $40
Valuation of personal estate.
resident, 166. 03g
resident, S4s, go
Valuation of personal estate.
nonresident so. 9s5
Total valuation, $!,4s5. .474
Total valustlon year 1898, 1881, ,leg
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Increase In valuation, S574 275
The money raised for all purposes for
the year 1898 was $40. .4i5.O2. The amount
raised for all purposes this year Is $5t,-
40a 0s, an increase of 81, 954. .05. The rate
OF taxation for this year. 1899, will be
$50 40 on each 81. 900 of valuation, a de-
crease of $3.50 over last year. Number of
polls in town 1,z4a. gain over last year
of 255.
The combined picnic OF Bayard Lodge
K. Of p. and Myrtle Assembly, Pythian
Sisterhood, which was postponed on ac-