The Portland daily press., 1900-10-16

Knight, our very popular city clerk, was
married to Mrs. Eva Miller Of Willard by !
Rev. E. H. Newcomb.
Miss Lucy H. Jordan entertained the
As You Like IT. club last week. The
club has been taking vacation during
the summer but the meetings will be
held weekly during the fall and winter.
Miss Jordan is vice president OF the club. /
Petitions are being circulated through
out the different sections Of the city ask
ing the government through Postmaster
Barker, for a free carrier delivery of
malls.
The schooner MillYille is waiting her
turn to haul out on the marine railway
for repairs.
Eben Hopkins Of Knightville has been
engaged to finish the interior of AIrs.
bounds house on Broadway.
There must be an urgent demand for
granite paving stones in the South
Portland district OF this city, as double
leans were busy all day Sunday in the
pouring rain cartlng said stones in that
direction.
From five ten year old trees on the
premises Of NJ. A. Hanna, he has gath
cred between five and six barrels of ap-
pies. There would have been more but
for the premature harvest caused by
5he Texas hurricane and small boy cy-
clone, which shook his trees
The Fort Williams authorities In build
ng the new picket fence enclosing the
reservation have departed widely from
she course followed by the old fence, par
licularly at a point on the shore road op.
posite Judge Symond's cottage. This is
where IL is proposed to blast out the big
duff Of ledge and straighten and widen
the highway.
A vigorous and justihable kick is being
made by the travellers over Cottage road
over the execrable condition of said road
opposite the summer residence of VIII
liam G. Davis. The road which is mar
cow at this point Is perfect bog hole for
/ stretch Of several rods, and being so
oear as it is to the city gravel bank there
is no excuse for Its present condition.
Coot shooting at Trundy's reef and
down oil the Cape lights is now in full
feather. Last Saturday from the sum-
nit OF Meeting House hill and anywhere
N the Cape south of there, ,couI1 be heard
the din OF fire arms, as If San Juan were
oeing fought over again. Many eoots
must have failed to weather the cape''
in their autumn voyage south.
Clarence Williams, city auditor, whose
pretty home was burned down last fan
proposes to build again on the same site
The new building viii be planned to ac-
commodate two families.
The South Portland Republican club
is no longer an uncertain quantity or fac
5or, and is now exercising al. the funo-
lions and influences of a fuIl-fedged
social and political organization. Furni-
cure for the room and pictures and other
adornments for the walls are being do
mated by members, while some larger
promises that were made are still walt
ing naturalization. One of the clubs
BEST accomplishments Is the conversion
of certain Democrats to the higher politi-
cal faith as enrolled members OF the new
organization
Mrs. Raymond S. Brown Of Manches-
ter, n H., (nee Miss Maud Knight),
Is visiting at the home of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Knight of Kelsey
street. Mrs. Brown will return to Man
chester Monday accompanied by her
mother who will remain for a week.
when Mr.. Knight will join them fo1
brief visit.
OF A Personal NATURE.
Joseph H. York of the schooner S. F
Blackburn, was In town calling on ole
friends and acqauintances.
Mr.. W. o. SawteIle, principal OF the
Bangor High school, has been a guest al
the home of his uncle, ]. Otis Kaler, the
past wesk.
Mrs. Joseph Boucher who has beer
visiting at Boston for the past week har
returned to her home at Cash's Corner.
Mrs. Charles E. Dyer, Mrs. Andrew ]
Cash and Mrs. Charles E. Hayes OF thf,
city left yesterday morning for Bangor t,
attend the Rebekah celebration to be held
shis evening.
Frank r. Peters while on a gunnin.
trip down the bay last Saturday had tn,
misfortune to carry away the boom an,
split the sail OF his catamaran.