The Portland daily press., 1896-01-01
WESTBROOK.

The vital statistics of Westbrook fol
the year 1895, present the following facts
There have been during the year 24O
hi this, 1871 deaths and 81 marriages. This
is loss in births compared with 1894 of
20, and Of deaths compared with 1894 Of
one. Of the births, 81 were born of par
ents natives of the United States, 81 Of
parents Of French Canadian nativity
80 came of parents born in the Provinces,
Sweden was the birthplace Of the parents
of five, and fifteen of Scotch, one of Eng
lish, four Of Irish parentage. Of the
deaths, consumption leads with the num-
Der of eighteen, ten fell victims to disor-
ders of the brain, nine we're carried off
with heart disease, infectious diseases
claimed but twelve, pneumonia apd ty-
phoid fever being the chief in this list.
This small number of deaths from infec-
tious diseases attssts the healthfulness
and good sanitary condition of the city.
A watch meeting was held at the Meth.
odist church last evening.
The Midway bridge is being agitated
again.
Cloudman Post, 6. A. R., ars to have
public Inhalation of off GERS, next We'd
nesday evening.
Mr.. Peter Landry, who was ARRESTED
| by Officer Dresser Monday evening,
charged with stealing $3.50 from the per-
son of Joseph Corran, Sunday evening,
was before the Municipal COURT yester-
| day. Landry, Corarn and other friends
were intoxicated Sunday evening and
| Corran became SO badly off from drink
| that his friends carried him to the rear
| OF Ames' granite works to sleep off his
drunk. When Corran sook account OF
stock in the morning he found that he
was short $3.50 and a ring. Landry was
suspected and arrested Lawyer Loyns
| appeared for the go vernment and w. W.
Webb for the defense. The government
| based their case upon the finding of a
ring, a prescription and piece of coin
claimed by Corran. The ring was iden-
titled by witnesses as Corran's, and Guy
lP. Woodman testified that he had COM
pounded the prescription in question. AS
TO the ownership of the coin the proof
was not so conclusive. The defense
claimed that Corran in his intoxicated
condition, gave the ring, done up in the
prescription paper. to Landry, and that
the coin came into his possession by Cor
ran giving it to him to put in slot ma
chine, and instead of carrying out his
wish kept it. The witnesses for the de.
fence testified that they heard Corran
state to Landry that he was going to
make him Christmas present, but did.
MT see anything pass bewteen them.
After hearing the evidence the Judge
bound Landry over to the January term
Of the Superior court in the sum of $500.
| Westbrook lodge, No. ~, K. of p,
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year at their regular meeting last
evening:
| G. C.-Lewis Mason.
| V. Colts j. Young.
| Frelate-Frank L. Merritt.
| M. and A.-LDexter K, Hamilton
NJ. and W.-Albert M. Meserve.
M. and F.-Charles Madison.
| K, of r. S-George B. Sproul.
Trustees-A. B. Winslow for three
years Frank Allen for two years.
| Representative to Grand Lodge-W. H.
| Parker.
! 7. G.-Robert Bryson.
| o. G.-Albion Senter.
| Ammonoongin lodge. Odd Fellows,
elected officers as follows, Monday even.
| ing, December 30th:
N. ,G.-S. f. Wilkins.
v. Crank Parker.
| Recording STANDARDIZATION Holston.
Permanent Secretary-C. W. Mace.
Treasnrer-A. G. Chute.