The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-21
DEERlNG.

The Lenten services at Trinity Chapel,
Woodford's will be as follows: Ash
Wednesday, 1890 a. IN. ;other Wednesdays
4p. m. Fridays, 7.30 p. m. ;holy week,
every day. There will be course of lee
lures on 1.-THE English Reformation" eve
nv Sunday evening at $780,
The residents Of Oakdale will have a
"neighborhood party at Riverton this
evening. The party is in charge of
a committee consisting of @. P. Water
man and Mr.. Fred Marsh, and all resi-
dents of Oakdale are invited to attend.
The regular meeting of Woodfords Com
mandery, q. o. 6. c., will be held on
Wednesday evening. The newly elected
officers are to be installed at this meeting.
Mayor Davis has announced to his
friends who desired to place his name on
an independent ticket as q candidate for
the mayorolty, that he is unwilling to
be considered as such. Mayor Davis says
he has always been a straight Republican
and proposes to remain one.
Mr. Luther b. Roberts, the Democratic
nominee for the mayoralty Of Deering,
yersation with PRESS representative
Saturday. Mr.. Roberts said: "Even
though the Democrats OF Deering are al
most in the hopeless minority, consider
it no empty honor to be called upon to act
as the candidate for the mayoralty OF
city of the size of Deering." Regarding
annexation, Mr.. Roberts said: IF have
lived in Deering several years now and
am as I always have been. in favor OF the
union of the two cities The sooner this
is brought about the better it will be for
both communities. AS long, however, as
we remain separate community believe
it the duty of every citizen to vote for
and place in office men who will work Tor
the best interests of the city"
The Red Mems fair. under the auspices
of Rockameecook tribe of Red Men, will
be held, commencing this evening,
and continuing the week. The follow
ing programme will be rendered this
evening:
Selection. Orchestra
Cupid's Stratagem, a comic opera in one
act, consisting of various suggestions
as to1natrimony, dueling, honor and
v.
John Beat. ST.. Mr.. W. P. Goss
John Beau, Jr., MIR. E. A. Butterield
Mrs. Augusta Button,
Miss Saidee L. Burnham
Miss Augusta Button
Miss Harriette L. Pike
Cupid. Master Clifford Pike
Pianist. Mr.. 81. H. Loring
Selection, Orchestra
The hall is to be opened afternoons
from to O'Clock for the sale Of useful
and fancy articles. A different enter
tainment will be given each evening.
The Deering Annexation society held a
meeting Saturday evening in Lewis hall,
Woodfords, which was attended by more
than two hundred people Ex-Mayor ".
W. Merrill presided and in his opening
remarks expressed pleasure at the inter-
est evidenced in the cause of annexation
paid q tribute to the memory of those
lost in the disaster of the Maine and
referred to the fact that the tag payers
and those whose Judgment was worthy
of implicit confidence both in Portland
and Deering favored annexation. He
believed in the sincerity of those who
advocated annexation and called attention
to:such matters as dumpage, ETC., which
might be to the interest Of Deering.
So far as indebtedness was concerned
Deering had nothing to lose and this he
demonstrated by statistics. In the mat
ter of Tukey's bridge there was even the
suggestion of the advantage of joint
interests with Portland and from every
point of view, the advocates of annexa-
ton saw vantage grounds for able argu-
ment.
Mr.. Fred V. Matthews submitted
q list of acquisitions to the members of
the Annexation society" after which
Mr.. T. G. Harris expressed his earnest
ness in the cause of annexation and
thought that a union of the two cities
would be of mutual interest. He recited
a pertinent and happy story and con-
cluded with table of statistics showing
the relative standing Of the respective
cities and drew the conclusion that the
advantages preponderated In favor of
Desiring
Mr.. e. G. O'Brien showed how the
feeling in favor of annexation was daily
growing and several speeches were made,
all of the same tenor, dwelling upon the
great advantages which would accrue to
both Portland and Deering bys annexa.
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