The Portland daily press., 1899-10-18
Electric. Railway People Visit Wind
ham Road.
Skating Park to be Pro-
vided This Winter.
Parson Mckinney to Speak at
Yarmouth Thursday.

TIE D. of i. circle held a meeting
Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Isaac Bailey, Park street. Arrangements
sre being perfected for q fair to lie held
later In the season.
The next meeting of the West End W.
q. Il. U. will be held Thursday after
roon at the home of Mrs. @. 9. Phelan,
Pleasant street.
A meeting Of the Westbrook High
School AL imni association Is to be held
Thursday evening. October 10. at seven
O'Clock at the High school building. All
graduates are requested to be present.
Mrs. Harry d. Brooks entertained the
members of the Progress club at her
homo Monday evening. The study of the
history of Italy has been commeaced.
The next meeting viii be held at the
home of Miss Maud Dudley, SprIn g
street.
The next meeting of the Sear,hlight
circle is to be held at the home Of Miss
Mary Norton, on the evening Of October
80.
A fine entertainment Is being prepared
to be rendered In connection with the
harvest supper to be served Thursday
evening at the Methodist church vestry.
Mr.. W. J. Alexander, Cumberland
street, is Ill and unable to attend to his
duties at the paper mills.
Minnehaha council, d. of p, will meet
at the home of Mrs. Henry Watson on
Rochester street this afternoon, and on
Friday afternoon with Mrs Will
McCaffey, Haskell street.
George Tolman. captain Of the West
brook High School Cadets, has left school
and Is at work as a motorman on the
Wssttrook, Windham s. Naples road,
where he was at work the greater part of
tbs summer.
The next meeting Of the Daphne Glse
club 10 to be held at the home of solomon
Blanchard, Warren avenue. The club Is
at wsrk rehesrsiug the opera "Cinde-
rill." which they are to prsssnt later in
the season.
The pipes of the Portland Water COM
pany have been lowered about two feet.
owing to the lowering Of the street grade
ON Main street, at Cumberland Mills.
A lstter has been received from N. b.
Abbott camp, S. OF ", and Ladies' Aid
societies, accepting the invitation to at
tend the reception TO be rendered by Wade
camp and Ladies' Aid socisty, Friday
levening. October 2)th. The reception is
In charge of Col. Il. II. Smith and
staff.
Manager e. A. Newman and Attorney
Charlos F. Libby OF the Portland Rail.
road company and President Seth L.
Larrabee of the Portland and Yarmouth
Rlsctric Railway, were among the pas
ssngers over the Westbrook. windham s.
Naplss Alsctrlo Railway company's line
to South Windham on Sunday. The
rad bed is In tine condition now and
these gentlemen expressed themselves as
we'll pleased with the ride afforded.
The Westbrook, Windham g. Naples
FL otrio Railway company collected $500
five cent fares on Sunday over their road
As the fare Is ten cents to South Wind
ham this makes 1880 passengers that were
carried. The directors of the road ex-
press satisfaction for the manner in
which the road has opened up ana the
prospects for the future. This winter
skating parties are to be in order, as ar
ranysmsnss are to be made to accom- mo-
date skaters on the oil oanil through
Woodland Stroll in South Winiham.
Mr.. Frank Grant, who was reported
as dangerously Ill yesterday is still In the
same condition. The doctor now says
that the excessive hemorrhage which Mr..
Grant had last week was due to the
breaking of an absoess in the stomach.
Mr.. Harry r. Roberts of the firm of
1
enjoying a brief vacation at Cornish.
Pequawket tribe OF Red Men are to
hold a supper AMI entertainment Thurs-
day evening at their hall.
} The work of laying the double track
system of the Portlsni Railroad COM
pany through CumbeIlsnd Mills is pro-
crossing finely and in few days the cars
viii be running entirely over the new
nss. The tracks were connected at the
yesterday, Lni the second curvs was
laced In position in front OF Warren
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest L. Dresser have
returned from their recent visit In Boston
and vicinity.
DUCK POND.
W. Il. Lowell visited friends and rela-
tives at West Konnsbunk last week.
George Allen Ia at home ON vacation.
Alice and Sadie Lord from Munioy
Hill. Portland. called on their sister,
Mrs. @. P. Sawyer, Sunday.
.Eorsn Jameson made flying visit home
last week.
Ellen Small. who hiss been visiting
her cousin, Mrs. George Jameson, re-
turned to her home In Gray last week.