The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-21
WESTBROOK.

| from Boston. His place in Craeie's store
has been filled during his absence by
! Arthur l.. Knight.
1 A party of forty Westbrook Universa-
lists went yesterday on the Union picnic
with the Deering societies to Cliff island.
They report having had pleasant time.
The party returned early in the evening.
MIR. Alexander Jones died Tuesday al
his home on Braokett street after long
Illness His age was 81 years. He leaves
a widow, three daughters and one son.
Mr. Herbert Hudson has received from
Mr.. Walter Smith of Co. M, now at
Chickamauga, o gavel made by him from
wood taken from q tree on Lookout
| Mountain. The gavel is handsome piece
OF Workmanship, and the letters 20. u.
A. NJ" are carved upon it, also the
words Lookout Mountain. A bullet
is heavily imbedded in the wood. The
members of S. d. Warren Council, o. U.
A. NJ, will prize this gift very highly as
token OF the esteem and good will in
which their brother member, Mr.. Smith,
| is held.
Mrs. Fred Wentworth of Norwalk,
conn, is visiting in this city as the guest
OF ID. L.. Hartman and family, Church
street.
Willie ]. Gilman, the twelve year old
son of the late VIM. Gilman, died late
Tuesday afternoon after brief illness.
| The lad was taken sick Sunday with in
fiammation of the bowels caused by eat
ing an over abundance of green fruit and
vegetables. The funeral services are to
be held this afternoon at O'Clock from
| the residence of his mother on Brown
street. Burial at Woodlawn cemetery.
Mr.. j. D. Brigham and ex-Mayor W.
| W. Cutter returned yesterday from their
outing in the Rangeley Lake region.
The new plum bling arrangements for
the Masonic hall, West End, have been
| completed by Mr.. L. H. Snow The
Masonic quarters are now well equipped
| with sanitary arrangements which have
long been needed to add to the equipment
of tn cir hall.
= The officers of Minnehaha council d.
of p, were installed last evening, full
| attendance of the council being present to
witness the ceremonies. The following
officers were installed: Prcphetoss, Mrs.
Eta Mailman; Pochahontas, Mrs. Hattie
Berry; Wenonah, Miss Mary Cobb; Pow
hatan, Mr.. Henry T. Watson. There
were in attendance as invited guests q
delegation of the members of Pequawket
trfl ofD cd 41r,
served after the installation.
The regular meeting of the Westbrook
school committee for the month of July
will not be held this evening. The board
will probably hold meeting on the
regular evening in August.
In the interview published in Wednes-
days PRESS with Mr.. A. E. Winchester
of South Norwalk, Conn, the expert
electrician, one of the sentences was not
complete. 1t should have stated that the
proposed contract price as bid by a private
company Of $l7 for lights generated by
water power was too high, and that I'M
less the city could get still further re-
duction it would pay them to run a plant
of their own.
City Collector and Treasurer Clinton S.
Eastman is busy preparing the tax bills
for the 1898 collector. The report of the
assessors shows that the valuation of the
city has increased some over $4,000 during
the past year. The tax rate this year is
$l7 on the $1,000. The poll tax remains the
same, So. The real estate tax is reduced
So from last years rate.
| 1.-THE electric lighting committee of the
Westbrook olty government, together
with the special committee appointed to
look into the ACCESSIBILITY of erecting a
municipal power house, held a meeting
last evening at the city assessors Office.
Mr.. A. E. Winchester of South Norwalk,
| Conn, an expert on electrical subjects,
as present and advised the committee
on various points. Chairman Burgess of
| the committee, with Mr.. Winchester and
E. B. Newcomb, manager of the West
| brook Electric Light and Power COM
pany, visited the power station of S. D.
| Warren & Co., at Smelt Hill, during the
afternoon.
LiiO AtSp VI hcbUOTOOk uOld q
| caucus last evening at Odd Fellows hall,
West End, W. K. Dana acted as chair
man and Mr.. F. A. Verrill as secretary.
The following were elected as delegates
to attend the district convention: S A,
Cordwell, Fl. M. Stevens, E. Fl. Phillips,
S. w. Lowell, J. W. Morris, C. NJ. Water
house, John Rousser, Walter Haskell,
Charles R. Goodall. Francis II. Grant.
They were given power to fill vacancies
| in their numbers.
The Saccarappa ball team has arranged
a game for next Saturday afternoon with
| the Sanfords at Sanford
Miss Loaise Lowell of Boston, Mass. :,
accompanied by her friend, Miss White
more, are enjoying brief vacation, as
the guests of her uncle and family, Mr..
| Samuel W. Lowell, Valentine street.
The alarm of fire at 10. 80 last evening
called the department to lively blaze in
the stable of a BRAN Houle, residing on
North street. The fire destroyed the
stable and worked it's way into the ell OF
the house, but here the fremen confined
It, In the stable there were three or four