The Portland daily press., 1898-02-03
DEERlNG.

All students of Deering High School
are requested to assemble at the High
School building at O'Clock a. m. Thurs
day.
Public meetings of the anti-annexa-
tionists will be held at Lewis hall, Wood
fords, on Thursday, February Sd, 10th,
18th and gath, also Thursday, March Sd,
and Saturday, March 9Th, at 8 O'Clock
p. m. Committee meeting will be held
at the Office of A. W. Pierce, Woodfords,
which place will be headquarters.
Several of the circuits of the fire alarm
system are located so as too very much
exposed to the force of the storm, but all
of them have been in working order
throughout the period of the recent
storm.
The students of the Deering High
school are REQ uested to meet at that
High school building at 9 O'Clock this
morning.
Rev. Gowan G. Wilson returned to his
home yesterday noon from Eastern Maine
where he was detained owing to the re-
cent severe storm.
The monthly meeting of the auditing
committee of the Deering loan and build
ing association, was held last evening
at the office, Woodfords.
The election Of the officers of the Deer
ing Centre 1. o. @. T., was not held on
Tuesday evening owing to the storm.
Efforts will be made to elect at the next
meeting.
The Stroudwater W. G. T. o., held It's
meeting yesterday afternoon and Mrs.
Gertrude Leayitt.7 Addresses were de-
livered by prominent temperance workers,
including Mrs. Geo. S. Hunt. of Portland.
The Crescent Sewing circle, Pythlan
Sisterhood, met yesterday afternoon with
Mrs. Charles Symonds, % Leland street,
Deering Centre.
The electric car service was in opera
ton on the double tracks. early yesterday
forenoon from Portland to Morrills. The
East and North Deering lines, and the
branch to Riverton, were left until the
last moment as the bulk of the travel is
taken between Morrills corner and Wood
fords. The Westbrook line succeeded In
running through to Portland from Cum
berland Mills early in the afternoon. The
first car from Westbrook left the car
house at O'Clock in charge of Conductor
Roberts and arrived in Portland at 6.
Later in the evening the cars were run
ming practically on the scheduled time.
A crew OF nearly 200 men were kept all
day yesterday in shovelling snow from
CIR TO I'M tn hp fpaT nj no In
car company, to be hauled off.
One of the electric plows Of the Port
land Railroad company in use on the
Westbrook division, was thrown from
the tracks yesterday forenoon. Attached
to the pillow was car III of the Congress
street.-The, which was in use to assist the
pillow in making better Eheadway. The
car was drawn with the pillow into an adj
joining field. The pillow was not injured,
but the hood OF the car was somewhat
broken. The crew managed during the |
forenoon to replace the pillow and car on
the rails.
A special meeting of the Deering school |
committee was held last evening to take |
action on the death of Principal Edgar |
81. Crosby of the Deering High school, the
victim of the railroad accident at Wood |
fords on Monday evening. A committee
consisting of Rev. E. P. Wilson, d. W.
Hawkes. and Geo. B. Jacobs, were ap- |
pointed to draft a set Of resolutions, the
same to be presented at meeting to be |
held next Wednesday evening. The COM
mittee voted to attend the funeral ser
vices in a body. 1t was voted TO resume
the sessions of the High school next |
Monday morning under the temporary
charge of the superintendent of schools
with such assistance as may be neces-
sary.
The funeral services of the late Edgar
II. Crosby, principal of the Deering High |
school, are to be held this afternoon at
g. 80 from the bWoodtords congregational
Spring street. The services will |
be conducted by Rev. E. p. Wilson, the
pastor Of the church. The burialEsis to
take place at Brownville. Me.
hearing on the Glenwood avenue
sewer assessment was held last evening
before the Deering aldermen. MIR. Lucien
Phinney appeared and made claim that
his assessment was about $40 in excess
of what he thought it should be. The
council heard the plea and as there was
no other business the meeting adjourned
The decision of the aldermen wassre-
carved