The Portland daily press., 1897-12-24

| sheathed in hard wood, fine steel coii-
ing and electric lights will be pub IL
and an elegant barber shop fitted up al
the corner next to Partridge grocery
store. Mr.. Harmon also intends to opeh
| the same building finely equipped pii-
| lard and pool room
The old Deering club has been re-or-
ganized, and it is understood that tney
are to have the floor over the new s1ore
of Mr.. Harmon. 1t was originally IN
tended to move into the rent In Adams
hall, Spring street, over the Deerlng
steam laundry, but that plan has been
abandoned as 1t was feared that owing
to the steam and heat from the laundry
the rooms would be too hot for use In
summer.
Snow plow No.13. of the Portland Kali
road company, which has a revolving
brush for cleaning the track. and regu
lar plow, has been hauled to the car house
at Morrill's and all is ready for snow
now.
The children of the Deering kinder
garten on South street, will keep Christ
mas festival at their rooms on South
| street, this morning at $50. There Is to
be a Christmas tree and exercises appro-
pirate to the occasion. Parents OF the
little ones and friends of the kindergar-
ten are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs John Smith of North
| Deering, entertained delegation OF the
members of Westbrook commandery,
U. o. @. of Cumberland Mills, at their
home last evening. A very pleasant
time was reported, and during the eve
ming refreshments were served.
RUN DOWN BY AN ELECTRIC.
Conductor W. P. knight and Motor
man Charles Spinney of the North Deer
| ing line, are detailed for the last car that
leaves North Deering every night about
10 o'clock. On Wednesday night they
left at the usual time and had gone only
short distance when they encountered
an animal of the quadruped class and
what they took to be either a steer or an
animal of that nature. The animal
run across the track suddenly before they
had any knowledge of it's presence. The
| car was going a rapid ratio SO that the
| fender of the car struck the animal heavi-
ly about the hindquarters. The animal
was throw one side into the gutter. The
car was quickly stopped and the men
damage. They found no trace of the ami
| NAL, so they returned to their car and
| continued on the way to Portland. On
| the homeward bound trip the boys de-
cided to stop at the scene of the accident
and see If they could make any further
discoveries. In their search a few rods
below they found horn that had been
| broken off from the animals head. The
horn was probably cracked when the
animal was struck and thrown into the
gutter, and 1t is quite likely as the ami
NAL recovered itself in readiness to make
a sudden bolt for liberty that he stumbled
short distance from the scene of the car
incident, and in falling broke the horn
off. The horn was more or less covered
with blood when found and Conductor
Knight now has 1t as a memento of the
somewhat novel experience of that eve
ming. 1t Is not known definitely where
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the animal came from but it was thought
stock yards at East Deering, or one be-
longing to some of the neighbors in the
rural districts that had made break for
liberty.
Work on the Deering High school build
ing is going on as rapidly as can be ex-
pected. The first floor of the building,
| however, has been laid and the walls are
rising toward the point where the second
| story is to be located.
About 6 O'Clock Wednesday evening q
team owned by Goudy Il Kent of Pert.
land was driving down Spring street.
A single team driven by middle aged
man, said to be o stranger in the city,
was driving up the street. In some men-
ner or other, not just at present known
a collision ensued. The shafts of the
team of the latter in the collision were
broken and the driver thrown from his
seat to the ground No serious damage
was done and after repairing the damage
ney homeward. No damage was done to
| Goudy q kent's team or the driver.
Last evening party of about 40,repre.
senting the eir ployes and friends of e. L.
Watkins & Co., the clothing manufactur.
ers of Morrill's corner, were entertained
at the home of the senior member of the
concern, Mr.. Ernest L. Watkins, at his
home on Forest avenue. A fine pso.
gramme of literary and musical numbers
was rendered, and ice cream and refresh
ments were served at the close of the eve
ming.
A sentiment is abroad in several of the
wards of the city in the direction OF
favoring a citizens movement and plac.
ing citizens ticket in the field for the
coming election in the spring Of 1885,