The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-26
WESTBROOK.

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High school defeated the Golham High
school team at the latter's grounds Sat-
urday afternoon by score of to O. 1t
was very interesting game and was
played with much vim by both teams.
The board of registration will be in
session next week from a. m. Wednes-
day to p m. Saturday. 1t is stated
that there are quite large number of
first voters to be registered.
The Sacoarappa Gun club held the
regular Saturday meet at Kings field
Saturday afternoon. Considering the
laieness of the season there was a
large attendance. E. T. Maybery came
off first with a total of Is out of 49, W.
b. Boothby. 10 out of 25 and r. G.
Boothby 10 of IS. This score was made
firing at unknown angles.
s. d. Warren & Co. have large crew
OF men at work on the canal that is to
carry the surplus of water in the river
around their plant in times of extremely
high water. This work will entail a
large expenditure of money and it is ex-
pected that it will not be finished before
next March.
Mr.. C. e. jackson. formerly clerk in
the paper mills Office in this city. left
last week for New York, where he has
| secured lucrative situation
Clara Ida Perrin, the 9-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonso Perrin of
Saco street, died at the home of her par
ents yesterday morning after a long ILL
ness with complication of diseases.
The little girl had host of friends
among the young people of this city.
Mizpah chapter, q. E. s., will enter
tain as its guest, Beulah chapter of Cum
berland Mills this evening. Several can
didates will receive the degrees
Rev. G. N. Cayer OF Waterville, a con-
vert from the Romish faith, and Pro-
testant pastor, addressed the Young Peo-
ple's Union meeting at the Advent
church yesterday morning.
The ladies' sociable of the West brook
Congregational church will he enter
tanned Wednesday evening at the church
vestry by Mrs. 9. M. Watorhouse, Mrs.
A. h. Small and Mrs. John ". Warren.
Next Sunday will be observed as rally
Sunday at the Universalist church.
The us,rs of the Sacoarappa Aqueduct
Company's system, have been withous
water the past week. After an investi-
cation 1t was found that there was an
obstruction in the main pipe near its
beginning above the upper dam In the
river. 1t was removed yesterday.
A few bets of small amount on the
| result Of election in individual states, it
has been stated, have been made in this
city the past week.
The report III the papers Saturday to
| the effect that Full Back Small Of the
Freepurts received injuries at the Vest
| brook-Freeport game in this city, ths
10th inst, which resulted In his death
has. it Ia feared, disrupted the team in
| this city, many OF the parents refusing to
allow their sons to longer participate in
the game. When they learn that the
report was untrue and that Small played
| the game Saturday, they perhaps will
oountermand the order.
4 A relative of Mr.. Russell D. Woodman,
who Is connected with the Chicago
office of the Home Insurance Company of
New York. ne.nf tho largest fire insur-
ance companies in the United States, and
| having agencies In all Of the les, writes
| to him his Impression of the result Of the
| coming election. This friend is a sonnd
money Demoorat.Rand has taken great
| interest in the present campaign. BY
c0mmu y ication with the company a
agents in the different states he has Fad
exceptional means of obtaining forecast
of the results of the Presidential contest
He writes: "We assume here that none
OF the northern states west of Indiana
are in doubt and they will cast their
electoral votes for Mckinley assume
that West Virginia and Maryland will
probably be in the same column. There
| may be little do ubt as to Inaiana, but
do not think there is. kIllinois is all
right. The tremendous registration in
| this city, amounting to over $50, 600, de-
oides that, and I should not be at all sur
| prised if this gives Mckinley from sew
eDty five to eighty thousand majority.
Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and
| 10 wa are for Mckinley. There may be
some doubts of Kansas, but the best
Informed people assure me chat Mckinley
will have about the usual Republican
majority in that state. think that both
of the Dakotas will go Republican and
l cannot figure how Mckinley can have
less than go electoral votes, and I he.
lieve that be will have good many
more than that"
| Nj. Warren Jefferds of the Argus be.
| gins today two weeks vacation, Mr..
Arthur McCuby will cover Westbrook
during his asbence.