The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-09

ono CT six schools which have been eskeu
90 Join and help form an Interschoiastic
Base Ball league, playing for penn.sn.
TO be furnished by some college,: ire
other schools are: Lewiston Hign, Water
Vile High, Autumn High, Coney High
and Bath High schools A meeting has
been called and ERNEST Souie chosen 70
represent r. II. ). when other represent
tatives OF each Of the other schools shaA
meet In brunswick and organize.
party of young people attended the
! Italian Opera at the jefferson saturday
evening. Feb 4tlL A very pleasant time
was reported.
The Bresport Hose company gave a very
pleasing concert in Town hall, Tuesday
Jan. 81, IN the following programme:
First, a six o'clock supper WINS served
until seven thirty, while following this
was the concert and entertainment by
Hutch and shilling OF Portland. asss,stsd
by J. T.. Doulgas dramatic reader. and
Miss ClementiLe Varney, vocal sololst
Messrs. Hatch AMI Skillin have come
before Frecport audience In the past
and are great favorltes here. The whole
entertainment closed with n dance, music
by Prof Manchester. This proceed Of this
affair, which was about $50 90 Will 20 for
the benefit Of the hose company, not per-
sonally but for apparatus and running ex-
psnses. Ii Is not necessary at TINS TINE 70
call attention to the very valuable service
which this company OF men have In times
past rendered 10 the town ana stand
ready at "a moments call TO again nj any
and all times render.
CHEBEAGUE.
Chebeaaue, Feb. MIR. Harry Il.
Hamilton, the carpenter, with his crew,
commnced work on Mr. W. J. Curtis
new stable the 9th Inst.
MIR Geo Moor, the carpenter, Is finish
| ing the lower half Of Mr. j. johnson
new house.
Mir. ". n. Henderson and wife are
visiting friends at West Scsrboro
MIR. Arthur Hamilton spent the LIST. INA
and 3rd inst. with friends at No. Wind
ham.
Mr NJ. NJ. Mansfield and Mrs Howard
:. Hamilton are on the sick list
MIR Sherman ri. Hamilton has recently
purchased new horse.
Miss Ethel Curt has been visiting
friends NJ Harpsweli the past week.
Dir Clifford Hamilton while ehopping
wood cut bad gosh IN his knee one day
last week.
BALDWIN.
North Baldwin, Feb. o.-Loronzo
Thorne IS not MS well as at our last writ
ing.
Mrs. Jane Binford is improving,
MIR aud Mrs. n. Virgin and Mr.. and
Mrs. =. II. Wiggin visited Maple Grove
Grange Feb. 4
On account Of SO much illness the in
stallation at Mt Aetna Grange has been
postponed until Feb II, when Maple
Grange is expected to be present
Airs. j. al. Sanborn will visit her son,
l.. II Sanborn Of Gardiner this week.
SANFORD.
Springvale, Feb. 6-Rev K NJ. Traf
| ton, the new pastor OF the Free Baptist
church moved his family here last week.
= Rev. W. b. Shumway left here last
Wednesday for New York, where he took
steamer Saturday for three months
tour of Egypt and the Holy Land.
Our physicians are kept pretty busy all
the time this winter. as the grippe is
doing its very worst, scarce family in
this vicinity but some one, and in many
cases whole families have succumbed to
1t.
The power station at Mousam Old Falls
which is TO furnish electricity for the San
II I'd Mills is fully equipped and Will
start this week.
Rev Mr. Milcomb Of Chester, n. H.,
preached in the Baptist church last Sun
Jay and is engaged for next Sunday.
Dea Thatcher Kicker. an old and life
long resident OF Shapeieh, passed away
after "a brief illness of pneumonia, Jan.
81. Dea. Rioker was born Nov, 1916,
the only son of Simon Kicker, j.. and
grandson of Simon Kicker, a pioneer set
| tier in Shanleigh and of the 3rd genera
tior OF Maturin Kicker, who came FROM
| England u this country in 1872 Dea.
| Kicker was man OF sterling int gritty,
IA genial disposition and highly esteemed
by all who knew him. He had enjoyed
remarkable health and strength all his
| life, and seemed ana appeared ike man
go years his junior He was deacon
of the End baptist church in ShapleiRb,
located at Emery's Mills 40 years. he
will be sadly missed. He leaves IA son,
Simon N, of Alfred, a sister. Mrs. Silas
Ridley of Portland, and an adopted
daug liter, Mrs Minnie Berry OF Emery's
Mills, who has been his housekeeper since
his wife's death three years ago.