The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-31
Bids For Carrying Mail Opened Yes.
terday.
Westbrooks Beat a
Portland Ball Team.
Baptists to Have a Lawn Party
Wednesday EVening.

Mr.. II. l.. Berry and wife, who have
been spending the past month at their
former home, New Gloucester, are to re-
turn to their home in this city for Old
Home week
Mrs. Levi Wescott, Mrs. Lizzie Clark
and Mrs. 9. G. Bailey have been the
guests of Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Payne at
their summer cottage at Higgins Beach.
Frederick and George Mariner of the
Virgil CIavier school, New York city, ac-
companied by Miner Gallup, are enjoy
ing their summer vacation at the sum-
mer cottage OF their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs George Il. Mariner, Peaks island.
The Westbrooks played the Indepen-
dents OF Portland ball game on the
Scotch Hill grounds Saturday afternoon,
winning the game by the score of % to
II.
The Yarmouths expect to play game
of ball with the Presumpscots on the
Warren Park grounds next Saturday az
ternoon.
Mrs. John W. jess has gone to Quebec
on a month visit to relatives.
The Baptist church ana society are to
hold lawn party on the grounds at the
corner of Lamb and Main streets, We'd
lemonade viii be served, and band is
expected IN attendance. If stormy the
party win be held the next pleasant eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew G. Cloudman
have returned from Peaks island where
they have enjoyed two weeks vaoa-
ti0n.
Samuel Watson, clerk at Kimban
Eastman's grocery store at Cumberland
Mills, certainly must have been a creature
Of fate yesterday, judging from the mis-
haps that befeIl him. During the fore
noon when he was engaged in delivering
goods, his horse became disabled and
fell. When the horse fell Mr.. Watson
jumped from the wagon, and as he did
so came in contact with bicycle ridden
by Mr.. Moses Eastman. Mr. Eastman
had with him d sharp Ratchet, and as
Mr.. watson jumped he put out his right
hand to save himself. Unfortunately for
him his hand struck fair on the edge Of
the Ratchet, infiicting quite a bad wound
that the doctor was called upon to saw
up. He also sustained injuries to his
left hand in the fall he took. AS a result
Of the injuries, Mr.. Watson viii prob
ably be laid up for several weeks.
! The bids for carrying the-man from
the Cumberland Mills post office to the
Cumberland Mills depot ana return are
to be opened today and the award made
at once.
The following persons have tickets to
distribute for the evening meeting at
Westbrook Opera house, Old Home
Week: Hon. j. l.. Horr, Mr.. Charles
Cloudman, Mir. William Hodsdon, Mr. /
Jesse Estes, Mrs. f. ". Freeman, Mrs. |
Levi Wescott, Mrs. Andrew BODICE, Rev.
Il. B. Bailey.
Rev. j.. IL. Barbour, pastor Of the West
brook Universalist church spoke Sunday
on ''Our attitude toward China Among
other things he said:
1t would be far from the truth to think
that China is bIameless, but it is certain |
she has great provocation as cause for dis
like of foreigners. II some time ago when
we excluded the Chinese from our shores
China had disregardsd our law and sent
a feet to attack San Francisco, took pos
session of the city and demanded certain
privileges besides, it would have been
very like the action of England at Hong
Kong under somewhat similar circum-
stances and this example has been fol-
lowed by other European powers, and
Cinnamon believe that they are badly
dealt with by foreigners and their own
government. Now the Chinaman is in
telligent he is patriotic, he is slow but
constant and after his poor conception
religious. Shall we make capital of his
present exigency- and make one of those
who would try and ravage their states or
partition their territory among the pow
ers or demand an outrageous compensa-
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