The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-12
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our Local
Correspondents.
SEBAGO.

New York and John cike and wife of
GorhAm are visiting ut Highland Farm.
There are. more summer hoarders at the
Di Ike House this season than last.
Sarah ID. Haley went to Portland Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles DAVIS are intend
ing to visit Gorham this week.
Chas. H. MoKonney, chairman Of SO
leotmen, is quits sick.
Burton M. Clough superintendent of
schools, lis very sick with typhoid fever.
Miss Susan Dixie died July 3rd, aged SO
years. 20 days. Funeral services Wsdnes-
| day, the 9th.
There was no church service at Convene
Sunday, owing to the weather being un.
suitable for the pastor to come. Morning
services were held as usual at Sebago
Union church.
Haying commences this week. The
! crop will not be so light as was expected.
Mrs. p. b. Clark of Rumford Falls and
her mother and sister of Brooklyn, N. Y,
are at the Camp Peabody. There has
Pond. VIM. Douglass Of Hiram and Mr..
Burbank caught some nice pickerel at
barker Pond In Sebago last week.
FALMOUTH.
| West Falmouth, July 1.-The Benevo.
lent Society recently held an all day meet
| ing with Mrs. Octavia DonaIds. A picnic
dianer was served, and the day passed
| pleasantly to all present.
MIR. Frederic Davis from Norway called
on friends here one DAY last week.
MIR. ID. F. Small and family spent July
4th with relatives at Gray.
MIR. Clinton Shaw and Miss Carrie
Huston spent Sunday with Mr.. Shaw's
mother, Mrs. Ellen Shaw and family at
West Cumberland.
Mrs Lucy Leighton and family enter
tanned relatives from Massachusetts, last
week.
Miss Floy Pearson is not well, and DR..
II. NJ. Moulton Is in attendance.
Master Harold Pearson has been on the
siok list, but is improving.
The ladies Of. the p. V. /. s. will have
lawn party TAT Mr.. l.. Huston's next
Friday evening.
The Free Baptist.church win be closed
through the month Of July.
Mr.. p. Huston went to Medford, Mass.
on Friday, june 80 to attend the funeral
of his cousin, Mr.. IrvingsDunhaIn.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Dresser are stop
ping with Mrs. Della O'Brion.
Miss LottieDB abbidge Of Deering Center
spent last Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
]. W. Huston.
Mrs. NJ. A. whitehouse has been quite
III, but ia much better at this writing.
Miss Louise Marston Is working for
Mrs. Richard MountforG
Mrs. Edgar Wilson Is entertaining her
The yarmouth Grange win not hold
any more meetings through the month of
July.
AIR. Twill Huston and Miss ,Mabel
Palmer spent July 4th at Peaks Island.
MIR. r. w. Curtis and family from
Portland were the guests of Mrs. Curtis's
parents on July 4th.
Mr.. James West had the misfortune to
split his thumb open with an. axe one day
last wesk. The wound required the ser.
Vices Of n physician who took several
stitches. to close 1t.
Miss Carrie Hadlock is nt home for a
few weeks.
Miss Nellie Leighton called on her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Mountfort, last Tuesday.
Mrs. .Richard Leighton and children
recently spent the afternoon with her par
ents.t Mr.. .and Mrs. Thomas Pearson.
MIR. l.. w. Hadlock and family spent
the Fourth ct Peaks Island.
A COW belonging to Messrs. Shaw and
leighton was found lying dead under
q tree In the pasture last Thursday even
sometime during the shower.
Mr.. Ed Pearson Is helping MIR. L. W.
Hadlook harvest his hay.
Mrs. Mary Graham, accompanied by
her grandsons, arrived at her summer
home on Blaokstrap last Saturday.
The recent rainfall has done 9 great
amount Of good here, although most of
| the farmers had considerable hay out.
Miss Geneva Olmstead Is helping Mrs.
Elmer Marston for few weeks.
FREEPORT.
| Freeport, July l0.-Mr. Louis Tuttle
spent the Fourth in town with his
family. AIr. K. y. Soule who has spent a
| weeks vacation at Peak island, returned
| Eriday morning.
| Mr.. Warren ii. l.. Watterson and Miss
| Blanche Estelle Barley were united In
marriage Wednesday afternoon hy Rev.
Geo. Merriam. The happy couple will
apend their honeymoon in Boston.
The many summer cottages which have
been built the last few years ON Dustin q
Island are all let and many calls for
more are being made.
GORHAM.
Gorham, July TO- MIR. freeman Rich.
ardson and son, who live on the old road