The Portland daily press., 1899-04-05
SOUTH PORTLAND.
EXTRACTS OF LETTERS LATELY
RECEIVED FROM CUBA.

lTlNhb3 CthDlty huDD1Fi ot int llurpi'
TIL Corps of the u. ). army who is doing
duty in Cuba sends home ieitsrs OF q re-
cent date from which the following very
Interesting extracts have been oullci;
''rhis Is the hottest day we have lad
yet, most of the boys are knocked out
with heat You ought To be down here.
we could have the only real sport of the
season. l mn going wildcat hunting IN
the mountains tomorrow. l was told
by "a Cuban that there are lots OF them
about L am teaching a Cuban the Eng
lish language, and he IL teaching me
Spanish. l bought Mauser rifle from
the father OF this Cuban friend in Sagua.
1t is new one; only seen service once. IL
Is peach, would tc u dandy % tike out
10 Richmond Island.
81 bava been on four day pass, emit
all over the Province looking for relics.
and found some very fine ones, among
ttcm was the skull took from the skele-
ton of soldier that was killed in block
house about live miles from santa Clara
Some OF the boys have Us many as ten.
and their tents look more ike the picture
OF hsdes than place where anyone
sleeps.
IL went up to Cienfuentes, and Ii Is
enough to make anyone sick to hear them
tslI what ther SUITE red during the war
with Spain l then went to 5apto Do
minJo and found IL about the same In
comparison, but the place is not quite so
large. In Santi Espiritus and Renedios
the average of the Inhabitants are fairly
well off, but there is need of inprovement
ms 1T is / went to the battlefield OF
SaRusa. but it has all been hunted over.
Some of the Toys had more time than j,
mud visited the site of the mt ssn6re that
took place at sugar plantation. Ihey
found the buildings all burned, the crops
a. tod f,.t 10, amin mn nd
the oharred remains of the inhabitants,
wit h the exception of the few that got
outside only to have their heads cut off
with machetes Their skeletons are still
lying right whers they fell, and no one
to care whether they are buried or not
Il visited lots OF school fouses and
found in them the most brilliant looking
boys and girls that you could find any
where Their teacher told me that they
ara very smart. / asked him some Of
their ages. ana he pointed out three or
four; their ages ranged, all the way from
eight to twelve, but they looked rs far ad-
vanced as our kids home look at fliteen,
but of course they have been kept down
SO by the Spaniards that their education
at their age is very limited.
REV. MR.. NEWCOMERS RECEPTION.
There were many notable features about
the reception given to Rev. Mr.. New
comb, pastor of the Bethany church. by
the members of his congregation on Men
day evening, and the affair will abide as
a pleasant memory to all who rarticipat-
ed An address of welcome was made
by Mrs. M. q. Young, 10 which the pas
tor responded in good taste and with
much feeling. Notes of cordial greeting
EOIp,cc
tor of the Peoples church. also by Rsy.
Mr.. Lawton OF the North Congregational
church and other remarks were made by
different members of the Bethany church.
An entertainment followed which in
cluded song by Harold Gatchell; read
ing. Miss Plummer; solo. Miss Davis,
and a reading By Miss Griggs. The YES
try was very appropriately decorated for
the occasion and at tables, fruit punch,
fancy crack ers, cakes, cocoa ETC., were
; rived. Mrs. NJ. G. Young ana Mrs.
l.. b. Proctor were the reception com
mittee who presented the several guests
to those in whose honor the affair was ar
ranged.
Mrs A. j. Brown and daughter have
gone to Connecticut, where they will join
Capt. A. j. Brown of the schooner Alice
Mcdonald, thence on a trip south.
Misses May and Bell Wslto n who have
been visiting their father, Henry Walton.
on Pleasant street, have returned to
Yarmouth academy.
The steamer Madeleine is on the rail
way for repairs,
Miss Margaret Pickett is quite i'll at her
home on Dyer street,
Andrew Cooper and son are shingling
the house of Fred A. Dyer on Dyer street.
Miss Bertha Skinner OF Pine street, who
has been seriously i'll, is gaining rapidly.
Mrs. Ellen Cobb of Willard Is visiting
Mrs. K. c. Jones of Portland.
William Burgess is confined to his
home on Spruce street by sickness.
There is an epidemic of the mumps
raging in various sections of the city,
notably so on Pine and neighboring
streets.
Mrs. Georgia kroph of New York city
is visiting her father, William Taylor at
Cushiue's Point.
Mrs. Goss of Auburn WAS paying visits
to friends in the city Tuesday.
Mr.. Skillin, the new road commissioner
is inspecting the streets in the South
Portland district with view of making
much needed Improvements.
The monthly meeting of Hiram Lodge,
f. ande A. NJ. was held Tuesday even
Il at which the e. A. degree was
Vorked
1t is the intention CT the new superin-
tendent of schools, Mr.. j. Otis kaler,
10 visit each school in the city every two
wsekp.
At the regular council ire Of Mascono-
mo Tcite, l. o. X M. of Kuighgtville,
Monday, at its Wigwam, the Great Coun
oil of Maine Red Men made an 0tiicill
visit. A rarity of chiefs and members of
the new ScitIerygussett Tribe, /, o, Ii.
M. No as OF Stroudwater was present.
The chiefs degree was worked On several
pale faces. and big feed OF corn aud
venison was served.