The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-29
SOUTH PORTLAND.
Echoes of the Storm on the Cape
Shore.

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Line-suffering at Portland Head-A
Disgracefu1 Proceeding-An Interest
ing Question-Funerai of Miss Nelson
Personal Items. Etc.
There is more snow to the square inch
inst now in South Portland then ever
before. at this particular time in the re.
membrance OF ths Oldest inhabltant. 1t
is piled up high against the very houses
themselves, and travel is at stanossiIi.
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock, saw
yer street was sight to benolo- Near
the corner of Front street, the ploW OF
the Cape electrios was tackling the high
est kind of q drift. while the cars penlnd
were doing considerable blowing. Ii Is
hard fight that the company IS having
with the elements. but 1t is only ques-
tion of a day when travel VIII De estap-
lished over it's entire length.
ACCIDENTS OF THE STORM.
tt was not snow that alone bothered the
peopls on the Cape shore for the wind
IN it's fury carried havoc in it's trail, and
among some VI VIC oceauonys VI ono Aooe
storm were these:
Some of the row boats belonging to Mr..
Cribby which were on Trout's wharf,
were blown # and totally wrecked. The
shed near by was smashed, and the bot
ION fairly dropped out of it, resulting in
the loss of chest of valuable tools be-
longing to Ephraim Webster Four cords
of wood which were piled up were sent
adrift, and the Nellie Nellis, the proper
ty Of the Wallace Bros, broke adrift and
was destroyed.
At willard, nearlysall the fishing boats
sunk at their moorings, and among the
sufferers were John Fred Loveitt, Nathan
Loveitt, who lost 800 weight of fish; Jed
Loveitt, Howard Thompson and Capt.
George Willard. W. 7. Studley received
information that his sloop, Chandler r.,
was ashore on Chebeague, and wrecking
crew was despatched to her assistance.
The fishing schooner Ella M. Doughty
laid just this side Of Portland Head and
rode the gale safely.
At Knightville large tree was torn up
by the roots and tossed against the root
of the ell of house occupied by Charles
Littlefeld. The house was not greatly
damaged. but the tree, large and fine
one, will be missed. The way 1t was torn
up and then sent against the honse
showed the terrific strength of the storm.
AT PORTLAND HEAD.
Probablv the most unfortunate fellows
on the Cape shore during the last few
days were the soldiers living in tents at
Portland Head. When the gale struck
the tents early Sunday morning it fairly
raised some of them and the poles fell
in every direction. 1t was getting to be
so dangerous that the cords of others
were cut, the tents taken down, while
the occupants sought shelter in barns and
such cover az was availnble near by.
Snow got in it's work at. the same time,
and to make matters all the worse, on
Sunday the bread gave out. they went
short Of coal, and wagon from TT.
Preble, With the needed stuff, got stalled
in the snow and yesterday detachment
from the fort WAS engaged shoveling the
wagon out. Surely Uncle Sans boys
Jared badly.
A DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDING
tits strange state of affairs when il
was rendered impossible for small
party of young people, like the Sta'
Dramatic company, to give an entertain
ment without being disturbed by a gane
of toughs. But such was the case or
Friday and Saturday evenings in the
Union Opera house, while the company
was giving Its play. On Friday lot Of
soldiers took seats in the rear OF the hal
and insisted in loudly singing and annoy
ing the patrons of the show. On Satur
day evening crowd of soldiers took seat
IN 'front.' passed around bottle of wits
key during the evening, engaged finally
in a free for all fight In which one soldier
was slashed with knife. How mucf
longer are the people Of this town going
to stand such rowdyism?
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
On Saturday last, Col. Lowell of the
bicycle company, appeared before the
board OIL s6ltCbiuou duu pISSou0ou uut
matter of rebate in taxes on his plant,
etc. 1t was intimated that no extensions
would be made to his present buildings
unless some inducements were offered,
and even went SO far as to suggest that
the whole plant might be reinoyed,a csr-
tain towns had made very favorable
offers, notably Freeport, which was will
ing to make rebate of taxes for 20 years
| if the colonel would move his PLAN
there. 1t is reported that the remark
was made that South Portland men wer'
not securing so many positions as the,
might. but for all this. the movement @
the plant where over 200 men are nov
employed, might be an inoalcuiable IN
Jury to- the town, to be avoided If posi-
ble
Mr.. Masters of School street, was ar
raigned before Justice McManus for as
iI+ ard battarv his wife being th