The Portland daily press., 1900-06-13
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wINDHAM.
East windham. june 12.-Mr. John
Stevens of Gray was at Mr.. G. o.
Hawkes., Friday, to lay the pipe for
carrying water from the well to the
house.
Mrs. and Mrs. Il. n. Leighton OF Port
land, were at Mrs. A. A. Elliott's, Sat
urdsy and Sunday.
Mrs. John o. LeGrow Of Brunswick,
was ut Mrs. Lydia LeGrow's this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles jackson OF Cor
ham, spent Sunday ut Mr.. A. NJ.
knights.
A correction should be made in one
item which appeared in Saturday s
PRESS. 1t should have read: Messrs.
q. NJ. Elliot, Vim. Morrell, George and
Bert Hin, Elmer Hawkes. Of Pleasant
River Grange, also Mr.. Hermon Hawkes.,
assisted MIR. Frank Gilpatrick with his
planting two days last week.
CUMBERLAND.
Cumberland Centre. June 12.-Rev. II.
l.. McCann ofs(iray, occupieds the pulpit
last Sunday afternoon, preaching very
interest ing sermon on the "Fatherhood
of God.
Children's Day will be observed next
Sunday. The usual concert by the Sun
day school will be held In the evening.
Mrs. Il. X. Sweetser and Mrs. .. 5.
Thomes have been chosen delegates to
represent the church Mt the meeting Of the
Cumberland North Conference, at Me-
chanic Falls, this week. Mrs. q. II.
Greely is u delegate from the Sunday
school.
Arrangements are being made for the
installation OF Rev. p. Il, Miller to take
place on Thursday, June 2Sth.
The largest Republican caucus In years
was held last Saturday evening. All the
interest hinged upon the choice Of dele
gates to the county convention, though
delegates to district and state conventions
We're chosen and y candidate for represen-
tative to Legislature nominated. There
were two sets Of candidates for delegates
to the county convention, one In favor Of
the present incumbent OF the sheriff $
office, the other opposed to the way In
which the liquor law Is being enforced,
and considering the little work done by
the latter party an excellent showing
was made, the vote for the three dele
gates to which the party is entitled being
close, two being chosen by the Despeaux
party by narrow margins, while the op-
position elected one by margin OF one.
Fifty-nin votes in all were cast. II
might be said the members Of the Chris
tian Civic League, OF which there IL an
auxiliary branch here, were the leaders Of
this movement.
Present indications point to small
hay crop. Grass Is looking fairly well
but there Is no bottom.
YARMOUTH.
North Yarmouth, June 11.-Westcusto-
go Grange held q reunion at the vestry,
kx.k. to ntf darl
Among those present from out Of town
were Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Bucknam and
Capt. Marston and wife of Yarmouth,
Mrs. Asenath Gushing OF Freeport, Mr..
and Mrs. Silas Skillin Of Falmouth, Mrs.
Hattie Loring Of Portland, Mrs. Charles
A bountiful picnic dinner was served,
after which the following programme was
carried out:
Music,
Reading, Fannie Skillin
Song, Mrs. Jordan
Reading, Florence Doten
Reading, Stella Strout
| Violin Solo, Mr.. Perry
Musical Recitation, Mrs. johnson
Singing, Mrs. Jordan and Mrs. Hayes
Reading, Lincoln Strout
| Paper, Mrs. Sweetsir
Music.
| Mrs. Z. G. Morrill, Of Portland, is
stopping with Mrs. K. A. Morrill,
Children's Sunday was observed June
10th, the pastor preaching In the morning
to the children and "A children's concert
| in the evening.
Geo. Beals Is at work in the store and
Mr.. Will Blanchard is away on n va,a-
| tion.
The house owned by the late Capt.
Sawyer has been rented, Mr.. Galleson
having the upper part and Mr.. Moody
| the lower rent.
Mrs. Vim. Skillin, who has been in
Lowell during the winter, has returned.
Mrs. Mcbride is quite Ill, being con-
| fined to her room.