The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-21
WESTBROOK.

Quite a delegation of Westbrook oiti-
zens attended the dedication OF the ne"
Congregational chapel at Gorham Oh
Thursday.
The Westbrook China Decorators are
holding their third annual exhibition -
the parlors of the Congregational ohuroh
Miss Mary S. Morrill,, a returned mis-
sionary from China, is to deliver lec1uio
on Sunday evening at the Warren churoh.
Calanthe Assembly, P. S., have decloeu
to postpone it's fair to later. date, oW-
ing to their inability to secure entertain
ments to make up the programme. Aho
date will be announced later.
The next meeting of the Ammoncongih
club will be held next Wednesday with
Mrs Julia Graham, with an essay on
"Rhode Island and Connecticut, by
Miss Annie Holmes. The sub-toplcs
will be Roger. Williams. " Annie Hutch
inson,' 'sCapt. Benj. Church., King
Philips War;" and Roger Wolcott."
S. D. Warren council, No 4. o. U. A.
NJ. is to hold public installation Oh
officers in the new hall, East End, fep-
ruary 4th.
The regular meeting of Starsof Liberty
council, No. 3, ID. of L., was helo iase
evening. mLos
Saturday morning at O'Clock from %.
| Hyacinth church of which the Rev. IT;
| A. ID. Decelles is the pastor. BURIAL VIII
| be at Calvary cemetery. q
| The officers of Mizpah lodge, o. u. p,
met yesterday afternoon in Masonic h -
for the purpose of rehearslng 1ne ~
grees. The regular meeting OF tne icuso
was also held.
Mr.. Edward Herbert, Sr. of Richmond,
P. O., Is visiting in the city as the gues0
| of his son Joseph on Brown street.
| There was a singular occurrence %
| Wednesday evening in connection WIN WIZ
| the drama held in the new Spier nan.
The curtain had dropped on the !ast soen liz
and the audience were preparing 10 ~
tire. The lights had been turned ouI
during the close of the last scene ana une
stage hands were in readiness 10 tuLn
| them on. The lever was applied, put ~
| lights could be obtained. Inc clrG u,l
| had been broken by heavy lode. Ing
audience was then Obliged to grope bnelf
way from the hall by the assls0anoo u
matches and candles.
| 1t is understood that the management
of the Warren paper mills are to again
resume the manufacture or the Algn
grades of paper entirely from rag stock.
| This decision has been reached OWING ~
| the fact that the Sspruce STOCK W which
| has been in use has tendency TO Iurn
| the white paper 8 yellowish shade, Whlch
| renders it less saleable on the marAess
where strictly white paper is aesltea.
! They have recently received quaneioy
| of rags and 1t is expected tnaJ tne IN
portations will be more frequent during
| the next few weeks. .r4.o,,
| Last evening Court City OF ives oprooAi
No A r. of A., held their sixth annual
hail III The Westbrook. The music for
Tie occasion was furnished by Chase Or
chestra, An order of 10 dances was en-
| loved the floor being under the dlrectlon
| Of j. p. Graham, assisted py Joseph
/! Fredette. A, Larravay, M. Manlon, .. -.
Sullivan, p. D. Welch; At lnteri MS
supper was served in the banqueo naIl.
The following committee WAS In charge
of arraneements: P. D. WEIGH, chair
man: James H. Sullivan. secretary; .. !.
Graham. Albert Larravay, Joseph frette,
| Michael Manion, Arthur Slmenon, oonh
Gerard, W. M. Marshall, Joseph Lennl-
vile. Fl. T. Mccullough:
| The installation of the officers OF Ere
sumpsnot Valley lodge, no. =, hnie1o' g
| pvthias and Westbrook council. II. ..
IM.,
JAIL BIRD ARRESTED.
Late last evening Deputy Sheriff A. ..
Cbute of Westbrook returned from Otis
field. where he arrested James BRITT,
alias f. P. Stone, charged with obtain
| ine under false pretences the use OF
team from Mr. e. Brown Ia stable keep
err at Westbrook. Britt is one of the three
men that succeeded in breaking from the
| Auburn Jail short time ago. Britt put
| in an appearance at Westbrook on We'd
nesday and during the course OF the day
called at Browns stable and represented
| himself to be deputy sheriff residing IN
Oxford county and that he wanted TO
hire a team to go to Otlsfield ana arresp
a woman whom he had claimed was
wanted in the town of Otisf1eld: Inc
team was hitched up and an employe u
| Mr.. Brown was sent with the supposed
sheriff on the drive for the purpose OF
returning the team after the passenger
| had reached his destination. AT OTIS
field Britt made no attempt to arrest the
person when he claimed was wanted,
and this action aroused the suspicious OF
| the teamster who at once secured war
rant charging Britt with obtaining the
team under false representations. Inc
arrest was made by Deputy Sheriff An
drew Chute of Naples. Deputy Sheriff
A. 6. Chute of Westbrook happened to
be in Naples at the time and as he was to
return to his home in Westbrook last
him Britt was taken to Gum berland
county Jail last evening and will appear
| before Judge Tolman this morning
charged with obtaining the team under
| false representations.
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