The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-24
Warren Church Delegates to Con-
ference at GOfham.
Democratic Rally at
Westbrook Tonight.
No Meeting of the City Council
Last Evening.

Mayor Raymond and sx-Mayor Cori-
well have returned from their recent
hunting "trip In the woods Of eastern
Maine. MIR. Cordwe brought home with
him deer; he shot and wounded a large
moose, but as 1t was nearly dark, after
travelling mile. they wers Obliged to
give up the search At Pressure Isle Sat
urday the ground was we'll covered with
snow.
Rrsgational ohursh will hold sociable
Thursday evening in the vestry Of the
church, The entertainment Is to ba fur
nished by several of the teachers in the
public schools.
Warren church AMI Sunday school have
elected the following delegates to attend
the Congregational conference to be held
Wednesday at Gorham: Mr.. Jacob Bragg
don Mr.. Charles Graham. Mr.. John Il.
Warren was electsd a delegate to the state
convention.
Deacon James Grahsm end Mr.. ]. @.
Lane were chosen as delegates TO the Sun
day school convention.
Wednesday evening Beulah chapter, o.
Il. s., Will entertain AdRh chapter, Bid
deford; Lonefellow chapter, South Port
land, and Pine Tree chapter Of Gorha am.
The degree of the order is to be conferred
Hon. Luther +. Mckinney, Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress from the
First Maine district, viii speak at Odd
Fellows hall, Wedr esday evening of this
week. Other prominent speakers and the
Westbrook city band will be- in attend
ance.
Ex-Street Commissioner Frank Grant,
who has been dangerously Ill for the past
week, is now reported as much more
CONFER table.
The Westbrook High school football
eleven were defeated at football saturday
afternoon at Gorham by the Gerham
High school elsven, the score being % to
in favor OF the Gorham boys.
1t Is hoped that the talk on chow to
Judge Picture.' by MiSs lnez A..
Blanchard of Portland, for the bt nsfit of
the school room decorating fund, will bs
well attended. Miss B blanchard will IL
lustrate by pictures. Some Of the pictures
recently placed in the schools win be
used.
Rev. W. B. Whitney. who preached
Sunday at the Baptist church, returned
yesterday to Boston where he is to resume
his studies at Newton Theological semi
nary.
Messrs. Ernest Gerharty, Charles Hurd
and several others left Monday morning
for Moose river on hunting trip of two
weeks.
Street Commissioner SkilIngs has had
the sidewalk ON Fitch street repaired
condition and this fact will be appre
ciated by the many who ara obliged to-
pass through this street to reach the
Portland and Rochester depot.
q. II. Smith, the West End painter,
left last evening ON a brief business trip
to Boston.
1t was stated In yesterdays papers that
a meeting of the Wsstbrook city govern
meut would be held Monday evening. At
the time of adjournment OF the council
last Monday night IL was understood by
some of the aldermen that the meeting
was to adjourn until this week, but as no
motion was finally made the nesting
could not therefore be hello, except call
be Issued for special nesting. AS there
Is not much busine IS to be attended to 1t
is doubtful il u special meeting is called
for this month.
A lecture on Science Talk. with expert
ments, subject shooting Stars. by Asa
Boothby. A. NJ, under the auspices of the