The Portland daily press., 1898-10-01
DEERING.

About TO- 30 O'Clock Thursday night Mr.
William Small who resides near Tukey s
bridge at East Deering was attracted to q
noise from the street that led him to in
vestigate Mr.. Small lives in the next house
to the grocery store kept by Mr.. Thomas
Bell at East Deering, formerly the old
Knapp store On investiga ton MIR.
Small saw three mon leave the rear or
Bells store. He followed Them. but In
some way lost track of them as his eye
sight is quite bad. 1t was discov cred that
they had pried off one of the shutters
from the rear window and IL they had not
been disturbed, in few minutes they
would have effected an entrance.
City Marshal e. X. Brown reports the
loss of the gold badge presented to him
Deering friends. Marshal Brown was at
Stroudwater on Thursday evening on
business and on his return noticed that
he had lost the badge.
A house owned by Mr.. Berry on Fall
mouth street. which has been in process
of erection this summer, was entered or .
night during the past week and several CT
the tools belonging to the carpenters that
are at work there were stolen.
Mr.. I. T. Wil1ett resides on the Wind
ham road at Morrills has been worried a
great deal lately by the appearan ce Of
tramps, who have been stealing from his
hen houses. Only two weeks ago his hen
house was entered and several hens stolen.
OF late he has kept sharp lookout In
hores that he might catch the tn ieves in
the act. Thursday night he heard noise
and raising the window of his house fired
several shots from shot gun. The shot
must have taken effect, probably in the
leg of one Of the thieves, as he made an
cutlery and called Mr.. Willett several un.
III a e,nod THAR
escape. but without any plumber.
There were two tramps, both young
men, given lodging at the police station
last night.
Jasper Richardson. formerly of Dser :
ing Center, and who lately returned from
Chiokamauga very Ill, has SO far re-
covered as to be able to be out
Mrs. Snow and her daughter Mrs.
Decatur, recently visited friends at Deer
ing Center. Mrs. Snow was on her way
to the convention of the W. G. T. U. at
Bangor.
Mrs. William T. Jordan is again with
her sister Mrs. Grace johnson of New
and Leland streets.
The DeeriDg branch of the W. G. T. u +.
held a meeting last Wednesday with Mrs.
f. E. G. Robbins OF Woodfords. The
next meeting ID appointed for Oct. 18TH. !,
with Mrs. Osgood of Deering Center.
At the last meeting of The Far and
Near Authors Club, Mrs Clara Marcelle
Greene of Portland gave soma delightful
readings from her own writings. She
read also charming poem by Fanny M.
Merrill of Ridley Park, Penn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward j. Fobes expect
to make their home at Deering Center,
and have already begun to furnish IL.
Miss Lena Clark of Leonard street Is
better.
Miss Edith Richardson Of Norfolk,
Virginia. has returned to Deering to pur-
sue q course Of study at the Deering High
school.
Mics Louise Knight Of Deering Center
is visiting Miss Annie Emery Of Buxton,
Maine.
Mrs Neal and sons, George and Saxon,
OF fremont, Mount Desers Island, have
been visiting friends in Portland and
Deering, on their way home from Massa.
chusetts.
Mrs. John Richardson has started for
her home In Norfolk, Va, on account Of
the Illness of her husband there.
The p. U. Shakespeare club, will be-
gin it's fall readings at the usual place,
Monday. October 3. Play, Julius Caesar.
The Far and Near Authors club are
fortunate in having secured the member
ship of kev. Edward N. Pomeroy Of We'll
lesley, one Of New England's most gifted
poets. $3.50 @
The assessors of taxes completed their
Odd Fellows block. Woodfords. The as.
every piece of real estate in the city.
These descriptions have been written on
cards and f12ed away SO that it W i'll be an
easy matter in the future to trace back
and obtain any desired inform alton re-
garding anysparcel of1lnnd.