The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-19
WESTBROOK.
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At the West End Congregational church
| Sunday, Prof, A. w. Anthony of Cobb
| Divinity school, Lewiston, preached an
able sermon. The report for. the second
quarter of 1898 of the weekly offerings of
| this church is as follows. as shown by
| the report of the collector, Mrs. John
Pickard: Parish needs, S74.14; vestry
fund, 500. 76; American Board, 1921;
Maine Missionary society, $751;; Ameri-
can Missionary association, $6.32;
Woman's Board of Missions, S5.77; Maine
Charitable society, 50. IS; Congregational
Educational society, SIPS; Maine General
Hospital, $l.17; Congregational Church
Building society, 80 cents; Maine Bible
society, so cents; Congregational S. S.,
and Publishing society. As cents; Home
for Little Wanderers. 45 cents; making
total of S139.37
| Arthur Luce of Portland is officiating
as organist at the West End Congrega-
tional Oh urch.
The marriage intentions of William
Petersen and Esther NJ. Petersen. both of
Westbrook, has been recorded by City
| Clerk W. ID. Lamb.
Rev. G. G. Phelan will be one Of the
ministers in charge of the thirty-frst
annual meeting of the Kennebec Valley
Camp Meeting association at the Rich
mond camp ground in August.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Laura III.
Cook was held Sunday afternoon from
the residence on Brown street. The house
was filled to it's utmost capacity with
relatives and friends of the deceased.
Rev. w. q. Mann officiated. Burial at
the old Saccarappa cemetery. Mrs. Cook
leaves husband, one daughter, Mrs.
George Barbour, and a son, aged seven
years. . ~
Mr.. Eugene M. Cummings, sergeant
in the former Cleaves Rifles, now in the
United States service at Chickamauga, is
sick with malarial fever.
The officers of Calanthe assembly, p, S.
were installed last Saturday evening.
After the installation collection was
taken for contingent fund for the men,
bers of Company n, First Maine Volun-
teer regiment, made up of the local COM
papy, the Cleayes Rifles. A good sum
was realized.
Workmen are engaged in making re-
pairs at the front of G. NJ Warehouses;
clothing store at the West End. The old
stills have rotted out and are being re-
placed by new tilnbers.
There was quite a lively blaze in the
grass Sunday forenoon at Warren park
AT the suggestion of some of the boys a
| street sprinkler was secured and four
horses hauled it through the park. In
this manner the ground was thoroughly
wet down and the spread Of the lire
ayerted. The fire burned over quite
patch OF ground and several of the seats
were quite badly burned.
The Universalists of Westbrook are to
join the union picnic with the Deering
churches on Wednesday and go to Cliff
island. Special car leaves Westbrook at
7.45 Wednesday morning. The party
| will return early in the evening by
special car to this city.
| There has been quite stubborn brush
| fire the past TWO days on the Anderson
place. on the road from Duck Pond to
bushes have been thoroughly burned.
| Mr.. Fred Cook of Brown street left
yesterday for two wesks' vacation at
| Norway.
| Mr.. George Murch had an exciting ex-
3erienoe Sunday with his horse and team.
He had o low, four wheeled rubber tire
vehicle, and his horse was nervous ami
NAL and became frightened, and in his
mad run succeeded in breaking both
shafts. Mr. Murch escaped uninjured.
| There is to be an expert electrician
FROM, Boston in Westbrook today to talk
over the matter of municipal ownership
of an electric lighting plant with Chair
man Burgess, and the committee on street
lighting appointed by the city govern.
mont to investigate the subject.
| Lieut.. W. c. Lord of a company of 74th
U. S. infantry, formerly the Cleaycs
Rifles OF this city, III Westbrook reports
that he is now sick at the hospital a.
Chickamauga with fever.
Grand Chaplain J. M. Buffum of the
l. o. g. IT,. spoke Sunday evening at the
Methodist church ON the work of the Good
Templars, and as a result of the meeting
secured .56 names as charter applicants for
lodge. Last evening, Mr.. Buffurn ac-
companied by members of Mystic and
Aroana lodges of Portland, organized n
lodge at the Methodist church to be
k nown as Westbrook lodge. The chief
uenplar of the new lodge is Mr.. E
Cartret and the secretary Mr.. Spear. Tho
lodge organized with 10 charter membarS
the remainder of the list to be taken in q.
the next meeting. 1t will meet Mondaw
evenings. A committee was appointed 70
secure a hall in which the meetings are to to
| be held. w