The Portland daily press., 1899-08-24
MAINE TOWNS.
Items OF Interest Gathered by Our Local
Correspondents.
LEEDS.

PORTLAND is tue guest OF miss Garlic Rand.
Mr.. Drew Drake and family Of Lewiston
spent Sunday with his uncle, Frank E.
Drake.
X. ID. Rand s. Co. have been making
extensive repairs on their luill here.
Percy Libby OF Lewiston is visiting at
home.
Mrs. I, G. Reynolds and nephsw
Harry returned to their home In Chelsea
Saturday after spending the summer here
nmong their numerous friends.
VIII Burgess OF Lewiston IS stopping
with his brother. Elmer E. Burgess.
Geo Foster Of Lawrence. Mass, Is the
guest of Lewis L, Lindsay.
A very destructive fire is burning on
the bog between Monmouth and Lseus
This has been slowly burning for the
last two weeks but has spread with great
rapidity during the last few days.
Mrs ELLIS, Miss White and Mrs. and
Miss Thompson OF Portland are the guests
OF Maniey Wiggin.
MONMOUTH.
Monmouth, Aug. s2 MIR. and Mrs. W.
W. Woodbury., with their two boys, of
Nashua, N. H., are visiting here.
Mr.. Cyrus Il. Owen, formerly of this
place. but now of Houlton, is calling on
his many friends here.
The Grange go to MerrymeetIng Park
on Wednesday for their annual Deld day.
Mrs. DIR. E. p. Marston has returned
from Read field.
Miss Shorey and Miss Nellie Shorey are
Rt LitchfeId for few days.
Mr.. Wing of WaterviIie is the guest of
Hon. Benz leighton for the month.
Mrs. Darius Ingraham of Portland, who
has been at DIR. 9. III. Cumston's, re-
turns to her home today
Mrs. Katherine Morse and Frank Morse.
Miss Baker and Mr.. Albert Neely of Mel
rose. Mass, are the guests oi .. NJ. Max
well.
Miss Minnie Morse returns to Harps-
well today after an absence of one month.
Carl Getohell was called very suddenly
to West Auburn ON business Saturday
last. lis mother accompanied him.
Monmouth Academy begins Aug. IS.
Common schools begin Aug. 4.
NEWCASTLE.
Newcastle, Aug. IA decision has
been received from the Law Court In the
II. Webster, of Newcastle in which the
full court sustained MIR. Webster In his
course as q magistrate In a former case
tried before him. Cotton had sued Justice
Webster in an action for falss impriscn-
Jnent In which Cotton claimed damages
for Illegal restraint of his liberty for sew
eral days. The decision finds that the
case fails to show any iilegality on the
part of Alr. Webster, and the plaintiffs
exception was accordingly overruled The
case was tried at the April termsof Court
in Lincoln County, In which MIR. Web
sier's counsel secured non suit which
the full court has Just confirmed. MIR.
Webster should be Congratulated as his
efficiency as magistrate. was in issue.
and he has been exoneratod by the higher
court. His case was fully argued before
the full bench the first cf the present
month by Ozro ID Castner, Esq, of Wal.
doboro, who argued orally to the court
Cotton was represented by Hilton s. Hill
ton of Damariscotta
GRAY.
Dry Mills, Aug. 1e -Mr. Howard ver-
rill and family, with quite number of
invited guests spent very enjoyable day
at Cumberland Foreside Monday.
Mr.. VIM. Morrill, and Mr.. Waterhouse
spent Sunday with Mr. M. O. Morrill,.
True Morrill, is gaining rapidly.
Mabel Mason is visiting In Portland and
Miss Josie Goff In Westbrook.
Q1ite number from here attended the
picnic at Underwood Park, Wednesday.
As the weather is not very warm the
cuoumber5 are growing very slowly.
Grain is ripening fast.
FALMOUTH.
West Falmouth, Aug. a2.-Mrs. Fred
Merrill and daughter, who have been
spending few weeks with relatives here
have returned to their home at Mechanic
Falls.
z Miss Lena Dyer of Portland spent last
week with her aunt, Miss Bertha Hods-
don.
Quite number from here attended the
funeral service of Mr. Otis Mountfort last
Tuesday at his lato residence at West
Cumberland of which place Mr.. Mount
fnwf Fol Il Ii 1.t-I
resident. The sympathy of this COM
munity goes out TO the lonely wife who
survives him.
MIR. Milton Huston, who has been
spending his vacation here with his par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. b. S. Huston, re-
turned to Providence, II. l., last Thurs
day.
Miss Carrie Hadlock returned home
from Portland last Saturday.
Mrs. Rufus Leighton and Mrs. Addie
leighton spent Wednesday afternoon at
Riverton Park.
Thieves visited the poultry yards OF
Messrs. o. K. Roberts, Isaac Harmon, A.
ID. Black and Ed. Ham last Tuesday
night and helped themselves to load Of
hens and chickens
We heard with regret of the serious ac-
oident that Mr.. Sumner leighton met
with last week In his collision with the
electric car. be was a native OF this
place and has the respect and esteem of
hope for his speed restoration to health.
MIR. and Mrs i. W. Hadiock spent
Saturday afternoon at Underwood Park.
MIR. ami Mrs. A. s. Noyes and SON and
daughter. accompanied by Miss Minnie
Pearson, who have been spending two
weeks at their cottage at Old Orchard,
returned home last week.
MIR. K. L. Leighton and mother at
tended the wedding of Miss Abbie Frances
Holding Of Deering and Mr.. Virgil Louis
Leighton, Phi. d. of Tufts College, Bos-
ton.
Mrs. Joseph Huston was the guest of
relatives in Deering last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID. Black spent Thurs
day afternoon at Riverton Park
Miss Grace Hadlook went to the city
last Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Hadlook and
daughter, Miss Edna Hadlock accom-
panied by Miss Geneva Olmstesd, Eat
tended the meeting of Cumberland
Pomona held with Westcustego Grange