The Portland daily press., 1900-02-17

ME-. and Mrs. oisrsncs Hail have hssn
called to Easptort by the serious Illness
Of Mfs Halle mother, Mrs. Andrews.
Mr. 4. @. Jshnson and wife were the
guests Of Mr.. and Me. j. w. JOHNSON,
Nrs. Tsssbreot Barry of Maohias and
her brother. Mr.. u. n. Bowers, visited
their niece, Mrs. Lucy Q. Brown, We'd
Mr.. James Gooding seems 70 30 slowly
reeaining his health.
NEW GLoUCEsTER.
New Gloucestsr, Eeb. 16.-Ths masked
ball which has been deferred three weeks
on account OF storms, was held a. fown
hall Wedr esday evening. Feb, IL, ana
spjoysd BY forty couples. Al p. m.
about twenty masket ooupl's formed for
the ertnd march, lad by MIR. and Mrs
Woodbury. OF Auburn Among the mssk-
ers were clowns. summer dudes. . bride,
Ministries. nuns, gliding around with
downcast eyes, q Highland lad, monks.
flower girls, etc. The costumes were
very tasteful and pretty. especially one
worn by Mrs. E. STIR ird, who represent
ed minstrel. Among the tine dancers
were " sny Auburn and Lewiston people.
An oy ster supper was served on the lower
hall by Mr.. Geo. bennett. Music was
A very exciting accident happened
during the late freshet Mr.. washing
ton Cssh, who orr;ies the United States
mail from Upper Gioucss ser TO the d'and
Trunk station. start ID TO Drive ecrcs the
fats bet eesn the Maine Centri ! and
Grand Trunk railroads Wednesday morn.
ing, and when just beyond the Royal
river mis- hurss LOST ti' foc ting and was
carried ont Into TIE d tch. The water
wa abort sight fees deco, and IL it hal
not been for the tiInsly assis.ano, oil
some OF the urand Trunk section hands
both man ana horse would have undouet-
edl7 been drowned.
Capt. J. Is. Hammond, l. q. Curtis
and Fred LaTratoe ATTENDED tbs u. A.
X. enoaupmsnt at Portland. FEB. IL ana
10.
Mr.. George Fields spent few days In
Portlend last week.
The Y. p. :. q. L. gave valentine
rociabie at the Congregational yestry
wedn, stay evening.
Ihe 30 whist Club will meet with Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Jordan. Saturday even
ting, Feb. nth.
A very IRE ~ home wedding occurred
at the home Of Mrs. Bsnj. MnIntire. Feb
ruary IA, when her daughter Mabel was
united In marriage to Geo. i. Rowe OF
North Yarmouth. The ceremony took
place at three O'Clock, and WAS performed
By Rev. Mr. Mcbride Of North Var
mouth. Mrs. Il: III. MoIntire playing the
wedding march. After the ceremony
u int refreshmsnts were s,rved to the
gussts. There were many pretty aud
useful gifts.
Bristol, Feb. G.--The open winter IL
proying disastrous to our lumbermen
and mill men. The mills are practically
closed, no logs on hand. J. W. Cosean
has a large lot, ready to haul to the
Damarisootts river, but cannot move
ground bare. A number of cottage
frames are still In the rough in the woods.
Farmers ere all hoping for snow.
The operations on the les ct Clarks
Cove, have hen suspended for the prss-
emit, At least. Our local dealers and those
who I'LL their priyats Ice houses have net
as yet been able to harvest.
Miss Elizabetn U. Yates, the we'll
known lecturer, leaves Saturday for an
extended trip to Few York. Miss Yates
sr II cred q dislc C stion Of the ankle last
July, and this II her bret trip from home
since the accident.
The Debating club at Bristol Mills Is
ourreps topirs. DR.. 3. W. Johrs1n Is the
president. Ar. q. W. Young. formally
super In tsndsnt of schools In Pipestone,
Mimi. nov spending ths winter In
Bristol, and many others are taxing an
active interest.
Nichols Sc Thompson ara pushing work
on new yacht for J. Britton ESQ.,, oil
Bottom.
Peter Ssnssn has contracted to furnish
lot of monumental work for = firm In
Houlton.
Mr.. David IRVINE recently died In this
town at the age Of NINETY ysas.
The Sanoset club ct Round Pond will
hold q regular NEE ting next Saturday,
night. II. II. Chamberlain. Esq, VIII
| read q paper on "SAmoset."
WINDHAM.
East Windham. Feb. 16.-The storm
| of Monday and Tue1day did considerable
damage to bridges In this vicinity, as
well other parts OF Windham. Among
those carried of were the GiIbsIt bridge.
the one near Mrs 4. A. EIliott's and
NJ. VIM. Varneyis, also tae private
bridges Of Messrs. Vim. Thompson ana
Cornelius Morrill,. Large cakes OF los are
left many fest from the rivers bark. The
boom Of logs near Mr.. Edward Huston 9
mill broke and May of them went down
river. Repairs have slrssdy been begun
on the bridges.
MT. aud Mrs. George varDey of Port
land visited bis parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Vim. Varney, quite recently.
Miss Lizzie Knight 10 spending several
days at Mrs. ]. d. Hsrpsr's. windham