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WOODFORDS.

Mr.. A. II. Cloudy, Spring street, Wood
fords, has commenced on the construction
of cottage at Duck Pond which he will
occupy during the coming season.
The freshmen GLASS of the Deering High
school held a meeting for organization
Monday afternoon. The following officers
were chosen, President. Carl Stevens;
vice president, William X. Harmon;
treasurer, Miss jackson. The class Is
planning to hold q sociable and dance In
Crosby hall at an early date II the permits
sion OF the school committee can be Sc
cured.
Columbia Rebekah lodge, will hold q
public supper and entertainment Thurs
day evening. April 49, Entertainment
will consist OF vocal and Instrumental
music, reading and selections by the
Deering amateur orchestra. and supper
is to be served from 6 to 3 o'clock.
The all day power circuit of the West
brook Electric Light company has been
completed. A new line Of wires has
been run from the power station at the
upper falls, Westbrook, to Cumberland
Mills, thence to Forest avenue, Riverton,
over the Pleasant hill power line. and
along Forest avenue to Woodfords. La
ter the wires will be continued along the
avenue to Day Point A voltage of $50
is maintained over this circuit.
The ladies' circle Of the Woodfords Uni
versalist church are to hold supper and
social Friday evening in Lewis hall,
Woodfords.
A large muskrat was seen Monday eve
ming on Spring street, running along the
open lot on the land of Capt. +. 4. Hsr-
mon. The animal showed fight and 1t
was not until after a fierce contest had
bsen wnged that the muskrat finally sue
cumbed.
Foreman of Streets Hawkes. is ha wing
quantity of cinders hauled onto Saun-
ders street to be used in grading and put.
ting into condition the sidewalk on the
easterly side for the summer season.
The Newman house on Spring street.
which is being remodelled, is now being
painted by Mr.. George Hudson Of Wood
fords. Smith s. Abbott Of Portland are
also titting the house with steam heaters.
Mr.. William Motley, son of VIM. Motley,
ESQ.,, the Woodfords attorney, vino has
been spending the winter In Central
Maine, was in the city yesterday calling
ON friends.
Tho assistant teachers for the several
primary schools In the city went on duty
Tuesday.
ha q In of ha adtaa,
Missionary society at the Woodfords Con-
gresational church on Wednesday after
noon at o'clock. This meeting is held
in response to a request which has been
sent from the Woman's Board in Boston,
to all auxiliary societies In New Eng
Lon
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MORRILLS.

Conductor Oscar Moses of the Riverton
line, Portland Railroad company, has
been laid up with heavy cold for the
past few days.
Mr.. Theodore Moses, constru ction
superintendent of the Portland Railroad
company, sustained an injury to his
knee Saturday while running for car.
Mr. Moses wIenched his knee quite badly.
q. The spring term of Westbrook Seminary
commenced Tuesday morning under the
direction of President Rev. Ii. 5. Whit.
man and the same corps of teachers.
majority of the students in attendance
upon the last term have returned and q
number Of new ones have registered for
the ensuing term. The base ball team
at the seminary which has been q strong
feature of the athletic work, will orga-
nize and commence practics very soon.
Mr.. Arthur j, Floyd, assistant superin-
tendent at Evergreen cemetery, has COM
menced work on his new house and stable
at the corner of South street, and Lawn
avenue. Deering Centre.
Tie Presumpscot river at R.verton
park has been rising rapidly during the
past three days. The water supply at the
casino has been cut off MS a result The
water was over two feet above The steam
er wharf. No damage has thus far oc
CURED. The water was not as high Tues
day.
MIR. Harold b. Eastman, Pleasant
street, Deering centre. returned Tuesday
to Bowdoin college, after two weeks
vacation.
The ladies' circle of All Souls Univer-
salist church will meet Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Benz. Meader,
Stevens Plains avenue, for the TRANSACT
ton of business. A picnic supper will
be served the gentlsmen in the evening.
The ladies' circle of Rockameecook
tribe of Red Men are to repeat the ''Dees-
trict Skule" on Thursday evening. April
18th at Red Mems hall. The school and
teachers is made up of well known local
persons and the school Is to hold this ex-
hibition in response to numerous re-
quests. The ticketsss..are meeting with
ready sale. The doors are to open at Z. 10
p. M. school begins at Z. IS O'Clock. The
ladies are to hold their regular supper
on saturday evening of this week.
picnic supper is to be held this time.
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lanthropy than this cannot be imagined.
A medical missionary like yourself is
what this world needs most, as you are
always willing to give free advice to all.
I find Pe-ru-na to be the best medicine
for female complaint, and in all cases of
extreme weakness think it is the best
remedy in the world, as it has done me
a great deal of good. Ny friends say
that 1 am looking better now than I
have for years. They want to know
what 1 have been doing, look SO well.
1 tell them that Pe-ru-na did it. I hope
DR.. Hartman will live many years moro
to help others as he did me.".Mrs. Il.
Buthe, 1884 Sixth street.
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cough and catarrh caused by Ia grippe.
am sure that would have been in my
grave now had I not used it. 1 have
told many others the good 1t did me.
Everybody said that had consumption,
and I knew that would have 1T unless
I got relief. Every fall for the last four
years take it as preventive from cold.
1 believe that if people knew what a
great preventive Pe-ru-na is they would
have less trouble from that dreaded dis
ease, Ia grippe. It never fails. I am
we'll advanced in life, but feel that
might live through many winters with
the help Of Pe-ru-na. I never forget to
recommend 1t to young as well as old
for all kinds of colds, coughs, catarrh,
etc. feel it my duty to give praise
where 1t is due. am and ever shall be
grateful to the man who discovered Pc
ru-na.r-Mrs. s. f. Dicker. "a
New ORLEANS, La.
DIR. s, B. Hartman, Columbus. o.:
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bRYAN AND THE DOLLAR DINNER

kRYAN AND THE DOLLAR DINNER
10 the Editor Of the Press:
As the jefferson dinner draws near a
great anxiety on the part of the Demo-
cracy becomes painfully manifest. 1t is
not the quality of the food, nor the
amount, that disturbs the dinner party,
although i. is said the caterers are
figuring desperately low to furnish a
satisfactory menu for one dollar per plato.
The real disturbing influence is Col
Bryan's speech. That speech is sure to
set the issue for the next campaign. and
that issue will fix the fate Of the Democra-
cy in next years Presidential election.
Now of course, as every body knows,
Col. Bryan's fad is frse silver coinage at
IL to /. He made that the issue for the
last campaign, and, although defeated,
he was not dismayod, But the great body
of his party was considerably dismay ed
and, in consequence, great many hints
are being thrown as the Colonel in the
hops Of turning his stream Of eloquence
into another channel. Even the commit
tee on the dollar dinner offer him gentle
Tip" to the effect that territorial, IN
stead of monetary. expansion should be
the leading subject of his discourse. In
commenting on their printed Invitations
the Argus said yesterday:
1t may be presumed from this that the
danger from imperialism will figure
prominently in the post prandial oxer-
discs. Mr. Bryan will have an opportuni-
ty to dilate on this theme in the speech
which 1t is announced he will deliver;
and he will no doubt make the most of it
in ringing utteraDces that will embody
the anti-imperialistic sentiment Of the
county.
But it is no use. 1t was only very re-
Gently that Bry an wrote letter showing
same as ever, only more so. In TACT, be
quoted the touching speech OF Ruth to
Naomi as parallel to his own attitude
tow ards 16 to l, viz, "Where thou goest l
will go. Where thou lodgest will lodge.
Where thou diest will die and there will
l be buried.
Against such devotion as this 1t Is use
less to argue. They may say that l6 to
died and was buried at tie last election,
but Bryan will not be convinced.
They may pull of both his coat tails Mt
the banquet, but his silvery eloquence
will still 20 on. They may try to over
whslm his utterancss with bass drums
and slide from bones, but that clarion
voice will rise above the din preaching
the doctrine of 10 to l. In Short, nothing
but the political interment of Col. Bryan
IN the same grave with 16 to l will
change the issue for the next campaign.
q. A. h.
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WESTBRO0k.

The ladies Of the Upiversalist society
Will givs a supper at the vestry o: their
church next Thursday evening, April Is.
The supper will be under the charge of
Mrs. Levi Wescott, Mrs. A. B. Winslow
and Mrs DR.. Witham, and will be served
from 80 to p. m. The public is cor
daily invited 70 attend.
The pulpit CT the West End Baptist
church was occupied Sunday by Harvey
Bishop, a graduate of the westbrook high
school and at present student at Colby
college, Waterville.
The. locomotive recently purchased of
the Boston s. Maine railroad by the S.
ID. Warren Co. to be used in their freight
department. arrived Saturday. This en-.
CINE is OF the regulation width and the
narrow gauge tracks are to lie relaid to
| the standard gauge, thus enabling the
cars to run direct to the mills to be load
ed.
The Ammoncongin club win be enter
tanned by Mrs. Ansel II. Porter at her
home on Main street, Wednesday after
noon. There will he three minute reviews
of books read during.the year by all mem
bers, ,interspersed by music.
Superintendent of Schools, Mr.. Fred
Benson, has gone to Newfield to attend
the funeral Of relative.
The ladies OF the Universalis. church
ara to hold a ten-cent supper in the YES
try of the church on Thursday evening
from $50 to O'Clock. The public are
cordially invited to attend.
The jolly Six are to hold Fast Day
ball April Goth, at Odd Fellows ball.
The Ammoncongin club will meet with
Mrs. Ansel II. Porter, Wednesday after
noon.
The West End W. G. 7. U. will meet
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock at the
home Of Mrs. Georgs A. McCubrey, corn
or Files and Pleasant street.
The Searohlight circle was entertained
Monday evening at the home Of Miss
Thirsa Davis, Main street The subject
Of the evening was Benjamin Franklin.
Miss Lillian Smith read an interesting
paper on the cart OF Printing" and
Mr.. Alfred Wtnslow gave an interesting
review of foreign events. The next meet
ing is to be held April 24th at the home
of Miss Lizzie Adams, Bracket street.
The degrees OF th e order were conferred
Monday evening on several candidates by
Mizpah chapter, 0. II. S., at their hall
A delegation of 80 of the members of
Iona chapter of Portland were present
and paid fraternal visit. A tox supper
was enjoyed during the evening. Inc
worthy grand matron, Miss Eliza Doug
lass, is to be pres at the next regular
| meeting in two weeks for inspection. A
party of IL of the members of the chap
ter ara to visit Olivet chapter Of Lewis
ton on Thursday evening of this week.
Master Fred Boynton, Main street, OBJ
served his eighth birthday Tuesday after
| noon from 3 TO O'Clock. Eight Of his
young friends were present as guests.
An enjoyable afternoon was spent by the
little fellows who departed for their
homes wishing their young host many
returns Of the day.
| A full attendance of the members of
Eeulah chapter, Q. III. 3, is desired at
the meeting TO be held this evening as
arrangements are to be made for enter
tanning Iona and Mizpah chapter. also
Deeriug cnapter of .sWoodfords, recently
organized. The reception is TO be held
April Goth.
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straighten up Without the most severe
pain. am well Of that, and am much
better in other ways. I am still taking
Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin and am giving
it to my two little girls. We took it all
through the yellow fever scare. Every
body in this town, think, had the
dengue, but If we had it, it was so light
that we did not know it; only one of
the little girls had light headache and
2 little fever. 1 did not call the doctor,
but used your medicine, which l praise
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A VETERAN OF 81.
what the Late w. II. II. Merrill OF
scarboro Endured when wounded.


Mr.. W. II. II. Merrill, who died at
Scarboro on Monday was veteran OF the
civil war, having enlisted in the 9th
Maine and served as corporal in Co. X.
until the storming of Fort Wagner on
Morris island in Charleston harbor, on
the night Of the ninth of July, 1868.
when, as he was in the front rank and
within q few rods Of the out bastion of
the fort he was struck in the side by a
piece of bursting she'll, and lay all night
on the marshy ground.
He was struck few minutes after
nine O'Clock In the evening and knew nc
more until some time towards morning,
when he was awakened by the LAYING OF
the incoming tide on his face, which re-
vived him sufficiently to enable him to
crawl up the long sloping beach beyond
the high water mark, passing scores of
the wounded, who we're drowned
About nine o'clock that morning the
rebels came out of the fort, picked up the
woune ed and put them aboard small
steamer and carried them up to Charles
ton. There they dragged them out and
put them on the wharf where they re-
NAMED all day in In the hot July sun
with nothing to eat or drink. drunken
negro driver, with two mules hitched to
! common baggage van, with the assist
nee of other negroes, leisurely pilsd the
wounded into the van and hauled them
ONE two miles to hi, tobacco ware
ncuse where they We're again put on the
floor, and left without anything to eat or
drink save what they could beg from the
guards OF purchase.
The old veteran has often related TO the
writer how he lay on the wharf watching
he loading and listening to the cries OF
be wounded for water, and waiting for
mis- turn. The driver in his drunken
Efforts to turn his cart on the narrow
wfa,f hacked over the side Of the wharf
and mules. cart and driver all went into
the water. Only the driver escaped which
he finally did greatly frightened and con-
siderably sobsred This delayed matters
for couple of hours and 1t was nine in
the evening when MIR. Merrill was finally
put into the last van and driven over the
coblle streets, to the warehouse, where he
iay four days without having his wounds
even looked at, or anything to eat save
an occasional orange.
When he WAS exchanged four days after
md taken aboard our fleet his shattei ed
,ide was past being much benefited by the
,ryeon, and ever after his ribs looked as
Rough they had been pounded with O
s!edge ham mer. And yet he was always o
ard working man and until last fall
might always have been seen both early
and late looking after the affairs of his
Scarb 70 farm.
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ROBBED BOARDING HOUSE
Charges hsains Young Man Arrested In
Lynn and Brought To Gardiner.

Gardiner, April ll.-George Dryde l.
one of the young men supposed to have
committed the robbery at Mrs. Harm:n =
boarding house, and who was arrested ~
the Lynn officers fran descriptions sen
them by City Marshal Drake arrived here
yesterday afternoon, oonsenting to accom-
pany the officers without requisition
papers He is young man Is years cid,
light curly hair, well dressed and has the
appearance of a bright youth. He say
his home Is in LINN AMI he Is we'll con
nected He picked up ayoung man by
the name of George Patten, to getter they
came to Gardiner. obtaining lodgings at
Mrs. Harmon's, on the i6thh they left to-
gether on the freight train and at New
buryport Patten left him. He has net
hea I'd or seen any thing of him since.
At preliminary hearing this morninf
he plead not guilty and was bound owe
to the first Tuesday in September in th'
sum of $500 for trial ut the Superior cont
at Augusta. Failing to obtain surety he
was taken to the Augusta jail to avail
trial. When the car on which the Office
wa conveying his prisoner stopped in
front of the State Houss, Dryden made
Jump for the door and succeeded In g. :
ting away, running down Capital STREE 1
towards the river and hiding somewhere
IN the vicinity of the shoe factory. lie
police force of Augusta are assisting IN
the search. but up to the present time
they have failed to find him.
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az can scarcely find words to express
my gratitude to you for all your kind
ness to me. We have used Pe-ru-na in
our family for the past year and find it
a wonderful medicine. It has robbed
the grave of one victim, for 1 was in q
critical condition when wrote you be-
fore. Thanks to you, however, my health
is fully restored and am better than 1
have been for five years. L cannot say
too much IN favor Of your medicines. If
you can use any words of mine to assist
you in your work I will only be too glad.
I;wish every young lady in our town
could read your book. There would be
q great deal less sickness and puny
women. miss Bertha Z. Sargent.
NAvAsoTA, TEX.
DR.. s, B. Hartman, Columbus o.:
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" / am feeling
much b Q tier
now thanI have
for two years. 1
have taken ten
bottles of your
Pe-ru-na and
will continue
t a k ing it and
willrecommend
1t to my friends,
as a greater and
and truer phi
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NEW TOWN HOUSE FOR OLD
ORCHARD.

The town of Old Orchard held special
town meeting Monday morning and vet d
to build n new town house costing S1p,'
co., which money should be raised by Is
suing 20 year bonds at four per cent
They also voted $500 for the high school,
which measure was voted down at the
rem lar meeting
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DR.. s. B. Hartman, Columbus, o.:

"I think 1t Is
time to let you
know W h a {
your treatment
has for me.
1 am rid of that
terrible trouble
/ had W h en- l
wrote to you.
When I would
6 toop over I
C gu d n o :
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Iotat -.'''..'''''.'.'... '.'.'.-..SZ,oTo,zio.o3
State of Maine, County of Cumberland. IS.
l, Charles G.. Allen. Cashier OF the above
named bank do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true TO the best Of my
knowledge and belief.
CHARLES G. ALLEN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworo to before me this 10th
day of April, 1899.
Correct--Attest:
HENRY b. CLEAyES,
AUGUSTUS X. WRIGHT, ! Directors.
CLARENCE HALE,
april d3t
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MAINE PATENTS.

Washington, April 1.-THE following
patents have been granted the Maine
people: L. Hswken, Rookland. water.
guard for trolley ropes or poles; +. ID.
Matthews, Bangor, supporting hook fer
tire.hose.
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HULL OF CASTELAR, SOLD.

Halifax. n. s., April 1.-THE hull of
the wrecked steamer Castilian was sold
by auction at Yarmouth today for II, 450.
The cargo still on board for S615.
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DR.. s. B. Hartman, Columbus, o.:

Ia . tos Af- AhA WIG
ar am 8 u re
that Pe-ru-na is
one of the best
m edicines on
the market. I
have { ak en- it
every winter for
the last four
Y ears. I first
tried it after q
long, hard spell
Of la grippe, for
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

DROPOSALS will be received by the under
signed until April 81 $780, for furnishing
the public schools of the city, of Portland, Me-.
for the euren year commencing April 81. 1880
and other supplies Usually furnished for school
use. All proposals Will be- opened by the oom.
mittee on estimates and expenditures VINO will
reserve the right 70 reject all such proposals as
may be deemed contrary 70 the interest OF the
city. Schedules OF said supplies will be furn-
ished on application at once Supt. School Build
ings. Wrlaa BRADLEY, Sapt Sbhooi Build
inga. aps1odtd
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MISCELLANEOUS
WHAT GRATEFUL WOMEN SAY
About Pe.ru.na as a Remedy for Female
Catarrh.

highly and recommend."-Mrs. F. K. F.
Gille, Box 10.
OGyrA Mae
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1899-08-11

Nous avons perdu lie seul de nos
compatriotes qui travaillait pour
IEtat dams le comt6 d'Hennepin,
ct les apparences indiquent que
personne ne lie remplacera. Duluth
q trois employees canadiens-fran-
gals. St-Paul compile I'm Abundant
General. LIE comt6 d'Hennepin ma
rien, 81 ce nest DIES progresses.
Dams tous les cas-, il ne reste plus
que DIES positions subalternes. ST
nos amis canadiens-francais sont
,satisfaits de promesses, il pourront
continuer de TRAVELLER pour le
sGouverneur. Mais s'ils veulent
Atre reconnus dune mani6re subs
tentielle CONNIE lis lie m6ritent, lis
feront bien de voter pour un Gou-
verneur republican, l'ann6e pro-
chaine. La position de nos amis
d6mocrates dams lie comt6 d'Hen-
nepin est assez humiliante pour
que nous n'insistions pas sur CO
sujet. Que dire DIES republicans
qui ont support6 John Lind?
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1899-08-11

New-Haven Conn. Un officer To-
cal de lUnion DIES t6l6graphistes
de chemins de fer a declare que
ceux DIES membres de lUnion qui
sont a pemploi de la New York,
New Haven and Company, sont
sur lie point de Sc METRE en- grove
parce que les hauts fonctionnaires
de la compagnie refuse denton
Dire le1rs plaintes. Sur 800 opera
teurs qui ont etc consultes, 5l3 Sc
sont d6ja prononces On favour de
la greve, ct I'm grand nombre mont
pas encore r6pondu.
I'm drame 6mouvant s'est de
roule u me ferme voisine de
Fitzgerald, George. Charles Will
liams un enfant de IL ans travail
lait dams I'm champ pres de la case
Oh sa mere Sc trouvait seul avec un
b6b6 de deux mois sur les bras,
quand une femme Jane Ford est
pass6e rapidement a cote de lui ct
est entr6e dams la case Oh ellie a
attaque la femme Williams a coup
de marteau. Charles en- entendant
les Girls pouss6s par sa mere a vole
a son secours; il a d'abord supple
la femme Ford de Sc retirer, mails
CONNIE ellie continual a frapper la
victime Charles a .pris lie long du
muir lie fusil de chasse de son pere
ct fat feu sur la femme Ford qui
est tombee morte avec la Motto de
la tete emportee. Bien que lopi-
Mon publique exonere des mainte-
nant lie jeune Charles, il a etc ar
rete ct conduit a la prison en- at
tendant quill passe en- Jugement.
II sera certainement acquitt@.
Charles afrme quill a etc oblige
de tirer sur la femme Ford pour
sauver les jours de So mere.