The Portland daily press., 1899-10-20

High school. She Is to make her home
Iat Mrs. II. L. Hefrlman's.
Rev. q. N. Adams. VIM. J. Lyons ESQ.
and Frederick W. freeman, principal Of
the high school. have been appointed
judges for the medal contest 20 be held
In the BAPTIST church at South Wind.
ham, Friday evening. October 20.
Wawenook tribe OF He'd Men have been
invited to attend the harvest supper to
be held by pequaket tribe on the evening
Of October Gath.
Mr.. Willard W. Spear has purchaeei
the house IS Spring street, where he has
lived for the past six months or m ore.
He is to make extensive improvements
MIR. Harry f. Roberts of che firm Of
Hodsdon q Roberts, undsrtakers. has
returned from her recent vacation in
Cornish.
The Westbrook Electric Light and Pow
er company is to move two dynamos In
a. few days to the building on Bridge
street. which is being equipped with ma
chinery for the generation Of electricity.
Ihs dynamos are of the ID 80 pattern,
made by the Thompson Houston cleo
trioal company. The brick piers in pro-
cess Of construction for the reception Of
ths generators are fe,t, inches square
at the top, upon which will be a frame
work Of southern pine. When the piers
are completed the dynamos will be placed
In position and connected by sbaftin0
with the Holmes wheel which furnishes
thu power for the mill occupied by the
Haskell Silk company. ON the northern
side Of the Presumpsoot river, Bridge
street.
The grand lodge Of Maine, Sons of
Temperance, are to hold their semi-an-
nual meeting at the Daughters of Poca-
hontas hall, Wednesday evening, Octo-
Der 90.
Minnehaha council, d. of p, will hold
a meeting Thursday evening, October
Goth. at which time two candidates win
receive the degrees.
Mr.. Albion Senter, Seavey street, has
q rose bush in full bloom in bis yard.
The bush has not teen out of bloom since
last May, and at the. present time there
are 20 buds on 1t.
Pequawket tribe of Red Men will hold
a harvest supper and smoke talk Tues
day evening of next week at which time
the great chiefs of the Council Of Maine
and the embers Of Wawenock tribe of
Red Mon Of Westbrook are expected In
attendance.
The Westbrook. windham s. Naples
electric railway company's gravel cars
were kept busy Thursday in hauling
gravel from the gravel pits in south
Windham for the ballasting Of the tracks
along Main street. The work of ball
lasting this five miles OF track Is now
completed and the road bed is In fine
condition for travel.
The official figures of the receipts of the
fair held last week by St Hyaointhe's
Catholic church have been given out
by Rev. FRI A. ID. Decelles. Asa result
of the weeks work the society Melted
the sum Of 81, 926.
The Intentions of marriage between
Mr.. Herbert Pitts of Harrison, and Miss
Alice Josephine Adams, daughter of as
sistant tax assessor Frank Adams, have
teen recorded at the city clerks office.
@Ao AnAaAAo6O 10 W SSour nexb wednesday
evening.
The Republican candidate for Congress,
Hon. Amos L. Allen of Alfred, is to adj
dress mass meeting of Republicans of
Westbrook on the evening Of November 8.
mir. Frank Grant, who has been criti-
cally Ill. is now reported as more COM
Portable. He is now able to take consid-
cradle nourishment.
SCHOOL BOARD.
The October meeting of the Westbrook
school board was held last evening, but
nothing out Of the line of regular busi-
ness was transacted and the meeting ad-
journed at 8. 40 p. m.
w. II. S. A. A.
nesting of the Westbiook High
School Alumni association was callei for
last evening at the High School building,
but no business was transacted ON ac-
count Of the lack of quorum.