The Portland daily press., 1899-10-10
Girls Death Caused By Eating
White Oak AeOrns.
Rare Plant Owned By
Maia Street Lady.
Trolley Arrives For Double Sys-
tenn Of Street Railway.

Rev @. G. Phelan, Messrs. W. b.
Boothbay, Ernest rGerhats, John Peter
son and party Of Portland friends are
to leave October % on hunting trip TO
Moose river. They viii be gone about two
weeks
MIR. and Mrs. Wilson Chute are to ex-
change their house on Penneli street for
u farm In Gardiner.
Tommy Wentworth, son of Mr.. John
X. Wentworth. who was kicked by
horse some weeks ago, Is now able to
attend school by the aid of his crutches.
Ernest Brown was thrown from the
back OF horse belonging to his grand,
father. MIR. Freeman Brown, Sunday
morning. The yonng man led the horse
ont from the stall and mounted the AMI.
mails back for ride. The horse object
ed to carrying the boy and threw him.
Young Brown caught his leg in the rein
and was dragged quite a distances. break
ing his leg at the ankle.
Ihe senior class of the Westbrook High
school is 20 hold s,clable in Cumhsr.
land hall next Briday evening.
The ladies' circle OF Warren church will
hold ats harvest supper in the old yestry
of the church nsxt Thursday evening.
Mrs. A. W. Shaw, Main street. has a
plant of the brug-manzla variety that is
very handsome. The plant Is three and q
half feet high and is as broad as 1t Is
high. 1t has at present twelve whits
bell shaped flowers which are six inches
long and i've inches wide at the widest
part. 1t absorbs six quarts of water a
day. The plant is two years old and is
very fragrant.
The trolley poles for the double track
system of the Portland Railroad company
have arrived at the Maine Central depot,
Cum berland Mills. They are of southern
pine Il by ~ Inches at the base, s by 8
inches at the for and 80 feet long and ara
from the firm of McQueston 81 Co. ,sof
Boston.
DEATH OF ADA Il. HENRY.
The young school friends OF Miss Ada
h. Henry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Henry, Morton street will be
panied TO learn of her death on Sunday
after brief illness, ut the age of years
Her death was due to eating white oak
acorns, which brought on an intestinal
obstruction. She was pupil of the For
est street school. WarrenEC Congregational
Sunday school, and a member OF the Jul
nior Endeavor. The funeral services are
to be held Wednesday afternoon a. 2
O'Clock from the residence of her parents.
Burial at woodlawn cemetery.
Mr.. George 4. Springer, the West End
jeweler and variety store dealer, is closing
out his business by auction. Mr.. Spring
er has been located in this city since 1870,
commencing as jeweler and gradually
working up into other lines. In 1894 he
built a handsome brick block on Main
street, containing stores, offices and
dwelling apartments. Mr.. Springer has
not decided as TO future plans. but an
ticipates locating either in Portland or
some other larger community.
The fair in aid of st. Hyacinthe's Ca.
tholic church opened Monday evening
very successfully at Odd Fellows hall.
The fair is to remain open evenings dur
ing the week. The Westbrook city band
is to furnish music throughout the week
with the exception of Wednesday evening
when a grand concert by Portland talent
will be rendered.
Rev. W. S. AyTes, pastor of the Bap.
fist church Portland, is to occupy the
pulpit of the local Baptist church next
Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The directors of Il Q Westhrook, Wind
ham & Naples railway company have
made arrangements with, and are now
using car 81 Of the Portland Railr DAD
company on the new road to South Wind.
ham. The closed oars for the Westbrook,
Windham & Naples line are long over
due as they were promised for delivery
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