The Portland daily press., 1895-05-25
WESTBROOK

The electric light workmen are taking
down the old fagpole in front of the post
office. For a few years past this pole
has been used to support their wires, but
becoming decayed and dangerous it will
be dispensed with.
Mr.. and Mrs A. G. Frost of Boston, are
visiting at E. B. Newcomb's. They are to-
join a fishing party at Sebago Lake on
Monday. Raymond's steam launch has
been chartered for the trip.
RS. Robinson has purchased the old
saw mill on the upper dam, what used to
be called the Gordon mills, and will
soon begin to remove the same This is
the last of the saw mills in this city. The
old warp mill buildings are also being
demolished.
Mrs. Fred Shaw of Portland has been
engaged to sing in Warren church choir
for the coming year in place of Mrs.
Stevens who lately resigned. Y
Rev. George d. Lindsay of the Congress
street NJ E. church, will occupy the pull
pit at Warren church tomorrow mornings
A letter of acceptance from the pastor
elect, Rev. VIM Mann, will be read.
AT the Advent church tomorrow at p.
m, the pastor will preach on the signs
of the times, The sermon will be illus
trated by large diagram. The subject
is: "The signs of the times in the light
of Christ's great prophecy, or areSAdven
fists mistaken in believing that the end
of the world is near Come and bring
your bibles. Seats free to all. Az
Rev j. f. Cobb of Tufts College will
supply the pulpit at the UniYersalist
church tomorrow at o'clock.
Hon. G. M. Waterhouse met with quite
an accident to his team yesterday He
was just returning from Portland and
left his horse standing in front of his
store for a few minutes when a sudden
noise started him and he left at a lively
pace toward Gorham, the carriage collid-
ed with telephone post and was COM,
pletely wrecked. The horse kept on, but
was finally stopped without doing any
further damage.
Mr. c. E. Rollins, superintendent of the
Westbrook Manufacturing Company, has
been confined to his house since Tuesday
with a severe case of the grippe
Two young men representing country
men, claiming to hail from Vermont,
created great deal of merriment in our
city about noon yesterday, one of them
had an ancient bicycle, which he was
trying to ride. The other one carried
two bundles, one marked Standard
Clothing Company and the other marked
| Centre & Mcdowell. 1t was sometime
before their true business was discovered.
1t was a very good advertising dodge and
well carried out.
Quite a number of people from this
city and also good number from Port
land gathered on the Presumpscot river
at Cumberland Mills steamerf wharf Fri
day afternoon, expecting to take trip
to the lower falls of the Presumpscot on
the steamer Santa Maria, but were dis
appointed, as the steamer had left before
they arrived. After looking over the
beautiful intervale that stretches for a
long distance on each side of the river be-
low Cumberland Mills, they wended
their way home again much dissappoint-
ed.
Miss Marie burlington, who has been
stopping in Massachusetts for the past
six months, has returned home.
By invitation received from Rev A. n
Dairy, Cloudman Post will attend Divine
services at the Baptist church on Sunday,
May Goth. Comrades of the Post and
all soldiers and sailors are requested to
meet at q. A. r. hall at 8 80 o'clock to
march to the church.
Mr.. George Knowlton, of the Boston
Woven Hose Copmany, was at the paper
mills Friday.
At the regular meeting of Wade Camp
Sons of Veterans, held Friday evening
the following order was issued for Me
mortal day exercises:
Headquarters Wade Camp, No. 10,
d. of NJ, S. of ", U.S.A
Westbrook, May "a, 1896
Order, MOI:
LIN accordance with the usual custom
and in accordance of the invitation of
Rev. A. N. Dairy the officers and members
OF Wade Camp, No 49, will meet at O. 30
a. m., Sunday, May %, 1895, to attend
the memorial services at the Baptist
church.
HAL members are hereby ordered
to report at the camp room at s. 30 a. m.
Thursday, May Both, 1896, to assist Cloud
man Post, No 100, G. A. r., in observing
Memorial day and .perpetuating the
memory of our nations dead.
III.-All members who intend going
to Portland to participate in the dedica7
ton of the Monument at Evergreen
Cemetery, will report at the Camp room
at IL. Is, May Both to take the cars.
IV.-Let every brother make special
effort to be in the ranks on all these
occasions white goyes and badges will
form part of the uniform to be Worn.
BY order of
A. G. CLOUDMAN
Commanding Wade Camp.
HARRY MORRIS, LIST Sergt,
The new uniforms for Wade Camn ar
rived Friday and We're distributad ' a+
their regular meeting They were man,
ufactured by d. Kline & Bro. of Phila-
delphia