The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-27
Bad Runaway Accident
at Woodfor6s.
Electric Light Co. Setting Poles
iu Suburbs Yesterday.

The funeral services over tn, remain
of the late Mss Alice b. Sylvester were
held yesterday afternoon at her late resi-.
dence on Lamb street. Rev. William q.
81 ann ofiiciatei. The burial was at Wood
lawn cemetnry. TIE floral tributes were
numerous and very pretty.
The new electric machines have been
installed In tie station built by S. d.
Warren Il Co, at Saccarappa and were
sc, In operation Saturday. There :ars
four dynnmcs In the building. The sta
ton Is located In the building formerly
used ty the Westbrook Manufacturing
Co. as o carpenter and machine shop.
Co. NJ. LIST Reg. Cleaves Riffs. N. g. :.
NJ, will be inspected by the company
officers ut the m Getting this evening. Tbs
new quarters are to DO dedicated week
from this evening. The city officials and
others invited guests will be present. The
new caps and belts issued by the state
have arrived and have been distributed.
The caps are of regulation style with
square tops; the telts are Of blue web
and hold ~ rounds Of ammunition. The
men are talking of having military ball
tome time the first of the new ysar.
DR.. q. X. Anderson has 20 far rscov-
cred from his recent accident as to be
BILE to attend to business.
The Portland Else trio Light company
lad large crew Of men at work on For
est avenue between woodforis and DEER.
ing Point all day yesterday erecting
poles.
A special nesting of the parish Of the
Universalist church will be held this
| evening to take action on the reslGna tion
Of Rev. Thomas b. Payne. and the call.
Ing Of n new pastor. Mr. Payne will
preach his farewell sermon Dec. 10 and
will begin his work as assistant pastor
Of Every Day church CT Boston. Dec. IL.
At the meeting of the Current Events
club 1t was voted that as next Thurfday
Is Thanksgiving. It would be well to COM
bine the programme for that day and the
one Of Dec. 2. The subject of the first
will he Philanthropy and that of the
second, Politics. Adjourned to meet
Dec. z, with Mrs. r. W. Freeman, Main
strest.
The hags about the city were ut hall
mast on account Of the death Of Vios
President Hobart.
The Westtrook, Windham & Naples
Ry. has commenced hauling gravel from
South WiIdham for the use of the city.
The Union Thanksgiving service in
this ci.y win be held Wednesday evening
1t the Methodist church. Rev. Q. C..
Phelan, the pastor. will preach.
The monthly meetings of the several
hose companies Of the city will be held
nett Friday evening.
The post Offices were closed yestef day
during the funeral Of Vice. President Ho-
bart.
USUAL SATURDAY SEIZURE OF
LIQUORS.
The usual Saturday seizure OF liq uors
was made Saturday at the bottllng
works on Central street. Joseph Comaau.
the proprietor. managed to evade the
officers Of the law. Deputy Sheriff Chute
was accompanied on his trip yesterday
by ladies who represent the West End
W. G. 7. U. and the usual places were
visited. Nothing was found except ~
Comeau's. Here quantity Of hard stun
was found.
Letters remain unclaimed at the West
brook post office for the following per-
sons: Arthur K. Brown, W. Z. Elmen-
dorf. Osgood Mason, Charles Il. Page.
Mrs. Marie Perry, W. Q. Riohardson,
Josepb st. Louis.