The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-01
SOUTH PORTLAND.
BEroRE JUDGE HARTFORD.

John Mathews, tne inulun, WIN uuiis
from Yarmouth and was drunk on the
streets Of the city not long since and
created a disturbance, was arraigned yes
terday before Judge Hartford. He was
found guilty and sent TO jail for 10 days.
FORT PREBLE NINE.
The Fort Preble base ball nine Is round
ing up In fine form, and they had the
Crescents of Lewiston nj their mercy
after the I'd inning. At the close of the
game the Lewiston boys were very hos
pitably entertained by the soldiers and
made to feel perfectly ut home within
the walls of the fort. The score by inings
was as follows:
Fort Prebles 8 4 0 IL o 1 o x-e6
Crescents, OF o o liz
The make up Of the teams was:
Fort Prebles-McShane, pitcher; Muir
ray, catcher; Reynolds, first base; Mont
gomery, second base; Harrington. short
stop; Burns, third base; Trip, left field !;
Concannon. center field; Larkin, right
field.
Crescents-Moran, catcher; Woods.
pitcher; Matthews, third base; Kinds.
second base; Mynahon, first base; Fahey,
center field; Bartlett. left field; March
man, right field; Spencer, shortstop.
There was large crowd In attendance.
The Fort Prebles will play at Limerick
next Saturday.
Mrs. NJ A. Hanna has been awarded
first prize, $40 In gold, In the Portland
transcripts greatest living American con-
test, she furnishing the best sentiment
with her nomination.
Miss Florence Hartford of Sawyer street
passed Memorial Day with her brother.
Harry, at Biddeford.
Mrs. Lydia Oliver and her daughter,
Mrs Hiram Dyer, are visiting relatives
at Boston.
Rev. Ernest Doughty and family. Of
Fryeburg, are visiting his parents, MI
and Mrs. George Doughty of West High
street.
Miss Bertha Hill of Boston passed
Memorial Day with her mother Mrs
Cushman Hin of Pine street.
Niles Nelson's project for starting q
poultry farm for the raising Of finely bred
fowls is now taking practical shape, He
has over thousand eggs in several in
cubators, and the business is being super
intended by a very competent man,
Harry Davis. Mr.. Nelson is looking
around for a farm on which to locate the
industry.
Major Libby Of A. e. Thurreii's drug
store is still confined TO his home, No.
8 Myrtle street, Portland, by sickness.
He has been laid up for over q week.
Alderman Tilton is sick at his home,
threatened with pneumonia.
A large barge was yesterday unloading
coal at the wharf of the Ferry company
for the Elizabeth City.
The barge Globe. which was recently
built ut Richmond for Frank Coombs,
and which will be used for the transpor-
tation Of sand for the government works,
in our harbor, has been lowed from the
marine railway wharf to the Portland
side.
Mr.. Hal Harris and wife spent Memo
rial Day ut their new cottage on Long
island.
Quincy Dyer took great pleasure yes
terday in showing his friends 30 pound
cod which proved to be big attraction.
It was beauty.
Mr.. Grove Brigham, a veteran Of the
war from Mechanic Falls, was receiving
his friends at the home of X. NJ Cole,
whose guest he was on Memorial Day.
The High school nine were warmly
congratulated on their hard earned VIC
tory over the Mesthrook boys.
ID. U. willard, of the "Oid Home
stead" company, who win spend his vaca-
ton at his home here, has launched his
trim yacht, the "Evangsiine' for sum-
mer cruise
Bertha Skinner b sick at her home on
Pine street.
Capt. Rowe, who occupied one of N. e.
Gorlon's houses ON Dyer street, has
moved to the tenement ON Pickett street,
formerly occupied by Mrs Gould.
Mr.. Dow, our well known painter, Is
now engaged in work on the OTTAWA
house, Cushing's island.
Fred Pressey moved yesterday from
Portland to the house on the corner OF
Dyer and Front streets.
The Matte and Alice, the Anna E. J.
Morse and the steamer Sebascodegan
were undergoing repairs at the marine
railway yesterday.
Miss Blanche and Miss Vida MeIntire
of Bath are guests of Mrs. Lillian Wealth
erbee and Mrs. Joseph <. Coombs ON
Front street.
There will be . musical entertainment
under the auspices of Miss ETH Hamilton
ut the Knightyille school house ON Friday
evening for the benefit of the school
grounds.
Mrs. BARLEY McCullum has arrived
and has taken her old cottage not Gar
from the theatre where she win entertain
during the summer many OF her old
friends Of the Way Down East Com
pany."