The Portland daily press., 1898-04-28
DEERING.

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Inc work OF digging holes for the
trolley poles on Main street for the Port
land railroad company's extension from
NOUN Deerlng to Oceanvale, is progress
| ing finely.
Manager Harris of the Hiob school
baseball team has arranged game for
Vnls afternoon with the Gorham High
school at bearing Centre.
Charles b. Dalton has sold two house
ioos on 6lenwood avenue and the lot,
corner OF Alba and Best streets, Deering
oen'er' Ior $4,000, to out of town parties.
Mayo's barber shop and billiard hall at
wooofords is being moved from the old
masonic hall, Forest avenue, to Adams
nail, Spring street, Woodfords, over the
Deering laundry.
East day the. general delivery windows
a1 1he CITY post Offices will be open during
tne Following hours: Woodfords, 6.45 to
.; TO 2, and to 8. Deering, z to 9; IL
TO $50, and 4.SO to Z. Deering Center, 7
10 y; II to 2, and to o'clock. The
Nortn and East Deering and Stroudwater
omces will be open all day as usual.
The Westbrook Seminary ball team are
TO play the Bolster, Snow & Co. g nine
this afternoon at 2. 3d. at the Seminary
grounds. The following will be the line
up: Bolster, Shows team, Mountfort @;
brown and Allen,p Hamilton, 1b; Carri-
gan, sb; Hayes, 3b; Hagen, SIS; Durham,
If; Webster. Of; Crawford, IF. The Semi
| nArV'a will bo Lott N.
Marsh, lib; Tracy, 2b; Kelly, IS; Hender-
son, 3b; Eastman, rf; French, OF; Mount.
| fort. II.
| The quarry of Martin Curran, Jr., at
Rocky hill, is a very busy place. crew
OF men being engaged in taking out curb
ing and paving to supply contracts at
Fessenden Park and with Boston parties
The work of connecting Harmon's bar
Der shop at Woodfords with the Forest
Avenue sewer has been completed.
The sixth annual report of the city for
the year 1S97-9S, has been received from
the printer, William M. Marks, of Port
land, and copies can be obtained at the
city clerks Office. The volume this year
is somewhat smaller than usual having
only 147 pages. This is due to the fact
that the city charter and ordinances have
been omitted, and are to be printed in
a separate volume
| The anniversary celebration Of Frater-
| nifty lodge OF Odd Fellows to have been
held this evening at Red Mems hall,
Morrill's corner, has been postponed two
weeks, owing to the sudden illness of one
of the members of the Utility club, the
club engaged from Portland to present
the comedy "Esmeralda,'' as the enter
tainment of the evening.
HOSE REMAINS LOYAL.
The members of Hose 8, Morrill's corner,
are somewhat indignant at the attitude
of certain members of the fire depart
ment and citizens of Woodfords, who have
of late been endeavoring to create senti.
ment against certain members of the
board of engineers. The impression has
gone abroad that the boys at Morrill's cor.
ner had started this agitation. They de.
sire to state in justice to themselves and
to their friends that they are now as they
always have been loyal to the board oil
engineers as elected by the city govern.
ment. and that they intend to render as
| efficient service in the future as in the
past, Notwithstanding the reports to the
effect that the company would not prove
| loyal to the orders and commands of the
engineers. So far as can be learned thore
is no real good reason for opposing the
service of any member of the board Of
engineers, except it be done for politica
| reasons.
| There will be an oyster supper served
by the ladies of Rockameecook Circle al
Red Mems hall, Morrill's corner, Satur
day evening, April 3oth, at z O'Clock.
Sociable and enterta ir ment in the even
ing.
CHORUS CONCERT.
be given by Mr.. O. Stewart Taylor the
well known chorus director, assisted by
| Miss S. Marcia Craft, the soprano soloist
and chorus of one hundred local voices,
was held last evening at All Souls
Universalist church, Morrill's corner.
These concerts are held under the
auspices of the Free Congregations,
church of Morrill's corner, the net pro
ceeds being divided, one-half to the
musical director and the balance to the
Free church.
The concert was thinly attended last
evening, but Indications point to larger
attendance this evening at the Woodfords
Congregational church. The programme
as rendered last evening was of a high
order and every number received generous
applause The attraction of the evening
conferred In the solo work of Miss S.
Marcia Craft of Boston, singer OF re.
markable ability, and the posessor of a
rich sweet soprano voice. Of the local
talent, Rev. f. NJ. Davies and Rev. E..
| L. Nelson, Miss Martha F. B. Halves and
Mrs. A. Fl. Small. were the recipients of