The Portland daily press., 1899-06-01
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered ny Cores
pondents of the Press.
NORTH YARMOUTH.

nst North Yarmouth, May so--Mr.
and Mrs. Aivah II. Kendall have moved
70 YarmouthviIlo. They win be greatly
missed.
Mrs George W. Haskell and children
are recovering from the measles.
Will phipps has returned from Byron
where he has been at work for several
weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. George Blossom from
Turner who have been visiting at Mr..
Melvin A. fogg's have returned home.
MISS Melsins Ross, who lives with her
sister, Mrs John Clark. has had shock
recently which rffectsl her throat and
tongue. She has been an invalid for
years.
Mrs. A. L. Dunn has. been suffering
from severe sore throat the past week.
Her sister, Miss Mary Lawrence, is with
her
Mr. Daniel Estes from Durham is
painting Mr. Ansei L.. Dunn's store
Kew. q. p. Cleaves, from s5ebago Lake,
spent Fridav with his family, who are
visiting at Nh. james Lawrence's. Mrs.
Cleayes' health is improving.
Mr.. Allen Phipps's daughter Ruby lis
sick with the measles.
Mrs. T. W. Gould ana children are
visiting at Shelburne, n. H.
Who can beat this? Mr.. Geo, W. Has
kell has had new potatoes from his gar
den this spring.
Mrs. Nj. l.. Whitney spent Friday in
Portland with her daughter Linnie, who
Is sick with the measles.
vINALHA VEN.
vinalhaven, May S0-Lafayette Car
yer Post q. A. H.. and the Ladies' Re-
lief Corps attended church services Sum
day at Memorial Hall. Rev. III. j.
WallsEpreached from Jas. IL; T.
Rev. W. II. Littlefleld who has been
confined TO his home most Of the time
since his arrival from Portland 10 some
better. but not able to attend the Sabbath
school of VIII ich he has been superintend-
eat for the past 25 years.
Hon. II. S. Walls Is having the Lanes
Island house thoroughly overhauled and
put in 1rst class. condition.
Quite q number of the boys who went
this week. Theysall enjoyed the trip very
much but think very little of the natives
there in Manila.
Lane, Libby & Sanborn are buying
large quantity of flsh and running full
force in all departments.
The Bodwell Granite Co. shut down all
work in their cutting department this
week. Tbs Sands quarry 10 still rum
ming and the quarry which is known
as the Wharf, quarry but no stone
quitting at either place.
Schr. Harvester Roberts brought 1000
bushels of corn from Boston for Z. Il.
Noyee, schr james Webster load Of. .sand
for G. b. Vinal and Chas. Robinson.
Capt X. w. Arey who Is having q
new four masted vessel Quilt in Thomas
ton, is home looking after her construc-
ton.
The officers of Star of slope Lodge I.
o. o. +. have had their lodge rooms
thoroughly renovated this week and will
lay new carpet in their working hall.
Some IL or more of the men from here
who have work at Somes Sound came
home Saturday to stay over Memorial
lay.
Mrs. Harry Mcintosh and children will
leave for North Rygats, W., this week
TO join her husband, who lhas secured a
situation there.
Tuesday. May 80, Memorial Day @. v.
Blanchard delivered the Grafton. Rev.
ID. j. Walls offeredsprayer. All places OF
businegs were closed.
West Gray, May 31.-Mrs. Hart and
party from Rosemont, Pa, arrived here
last week and now occupy their summer
residence at Little Sebago Lake. Mrs.
Harris health is much better than when
she left here last fall.
Capt. Albert Maxfield who has been
visiting friends here the past week, re-
turned to his home in New York last Sat-
urdsy.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph B. Allen of Port
land. were at Mr.. r. A. Aliens, Sunday
and Monday.
Ernest Ii. Allen and wife, attended
the W. 9. L. U. meeting at Yarmouth
Many from West Gray attended the
graduation exercises at Gray Corner last
Friday. The salutatorY address was
given by Miss Lucy l.. Freeman and she.
AS well as all the rest of the graduating
class did, finely.
Miss Mabel knight is keeping house
Iflfor Mrs. Jennie Allen during ner absence
4in Portland.
MIR. John Coughlin. our genial fisher
man, has resumed his weekly visits to
West Gray and vicinity which were sus-
pended during the winter.
Mr.. Harrison Dill who has been help
zing Mr.. Edward Huston on his barn,
ssreturned to his work in Portland last
? week.
The weather still continues dry, and
= vegetation is almost at stapdsrill. The
seed planted does not come at all well,
and grass is looking very slim5 indeed.
lit Is the general opinion that there will
mot be more than half a crop even II the
weather should be favorable In the fu-
ture. 1t is badly winter killed and that
with the drought will make the crop
very light4probatly.
Dry Mills, May 3i.--Waltsr Frank.
who 10 working In Massachusetts, paid a
visit to his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. John
Frank. stopping Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. William Morrill, and his daughter
Wilmer. snaniesfrom Westbrook on their
wheels Monday. and are visiting at Mr.
Afr.Aand Mrs. Stephenson Small and
wife OF Portland, have been spending a
week or SO with MIR. NJ. c. Morrill,.
Mr. VIM. M. Dow killed snake four
Feet or more long while passing along the