The Portland daily press., 1898-11-01
DEERING.
Holdup at Deering Point Friday
Night.
WELL KNOWN WOODFORDs MAN
THE VICTIM.

Was Badly Beaten by Two Drunken Men
Halloween Party at Hoegg Hall by
Young Ladies of the Deering High
School.
An attempted hold up and robbery al
DAering Point has just come to light
Last Friday night about twelve O'Clock, 6
well known young man In business and
social circles (whose pane is omitted al
his request) residing at Woodfords ant
employed in Portland, was the victim
He had been spending the evening II
Portland and was returning on foot tt
his home. When near Bedford street, op
posite the baseball grounds he was held
up by two men who were quite badly In
toxicated.
The young man was used rather roughly.
He was thrown to the ground and one OF
the men kicked him in the side. The
young man regained his.foothold and in
@ few seconds succeeded in liberating
himself. The affair was reported to
Police Officer Monntfort, the officer on
the Woodfords beat. An investigation
was made by the officers to locate the
men, but all traces of them were lost as
the men had too much of start on them.
The young man was naturally quite
frightened and did not get good desorip-
tion of the men. The only thing that he
could say was that they were very tall
and muscular men.
Mr.. Joseph Parsons, formerly motor
man in the employ of the Portland Rail
road company on the Riverton division,
has severed his connection with the road
and is now employed on the government
work at Cushing's island.
There were four tramps at the police
station Sunday night for lodging.
Special Police Officer G. II. Thompson
was on duty at East Deering last evening.
HALLOWEEN PARTY.
The young ladies connected with the
Deering High school held very SUCCESS
full Halloween party last evening in
Hoegg hall, at Deering Center. The
party was largely attended and good
time enjoyed by all The stage was deco.
rated with autumn leaves and vegetables,
as also 'jack-o-lanterns." In the
audience room candy was offered for sale
while ON the platform was arranged a
fortune teller's booth " here the secrets
and mysteries of the future were un-
ravelled at small expense. During the
evening the following programme was
rendered: Banjo duet, Messrs. Woodbury.
and Baker; banjo solo, Arthur G. Buck
nam; reading, Miss Ethel Leighton; club
swinging, Clifton n Woodbury.. The re-
mainder of the evening was enjoyedin the
playing of games and in the indulgence
OF general sociability. The proceeds are
for the benefit of the young ladies' basket
ball CLUB, recently organized at the
school. The committee in charge Of the
successful evenings entertainment were
the Misses Blanche Hawkins, Henrietta
Huston, Ethel Chaffey, Ethel Foss. Iona
Owen, Elsie Jones and Ella Weston.
There will be harvest supper at the
Clark M. Z. church, Wednesday evening.
There are nice cooks among the ladies of
the Woodfords M. E. church.
Lieut.. Charles K. Walker and Corp.
Arthur W. Hooper of the Maine Signal
corps have gone to Castine where they
are to be the guests of Lieut.. Walker
uncle.
The Ladies Missionary society held a
thank offering meeting at the Woodfords
Congregational church yesterday after.
noon.
The street department. yesterday under
the direction Of city engineer Barbour,
commenced the work of laying a drain
pipe to take off the surface water from
the foot of Mechanic street, around tc
the old stone patch basin on Forest ave
nue..
DR.. f. 81. Gardiner of Morrills is max
ing alterations to his residence. The
house is to be enlarged.
There is to be supper and social nex
Saturday evening in Red Men hall.
/. The regular monthly meeting of Hos'
company, No. 33, is to be held this eve
ming at z. 80 O'Clock at the hose house.
MIR. Charles F. Scanmon, wife ant
daughter, College street, Morrills. leave
today for Minneapolis. Mr.. Scamm on !
health has been poor during the past yea
and he desires to try the western olimat
and see if it will prove beneficial. He i
to reside in the same town as others o
his relatives reside in.
The young people of Morrills are re
hearsing for drama to be given in con
nection with the fair to be held at an ear
ly date by All Souls Universalist church
The Sunday school connected with Al
Souls Uniyersalist church, held harves
concert at the church Sunday evening
which was well attended and thorough,
appreciated.
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