The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-20
WESTBROOk.


o'clock in the westbrook opera house
the free use of the building having been
generously rendered to the committee b,
the owner and manager. Mr.. Alex Spiers.
The J business TO DO acted upor
at this caucus Is the selection
of candidate for mayor. thre'
aldermen at large, n city clerk and mem
Der OF the school committee The names
prominently mentioned as candidates stol
mayor are Messrs. W. X Dana, Prof
George A. Quinby, 4. ]. Foster and w
t. Aver. The names mentioned fol
aldermen at large are Joseph A. Warren
e. s. Brooks and George A. Quinby. Mt
Edward 81. Smith, formerly city clerk
viii probably be nominated to that posi-
ton. The Republican ward caucuses are
to be held on Wednesday evening at 7.3'
in the several ward rooms.
Ths Democrats of wsstbrook are &c
hold their general mayoralty caucus or
Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows block
West End, at 7.3o O'Clock. Candidates fol
mayor three aldermen at large, city
clerk and member of the school commit
tee are to be nominated at this caucus.
The only candidate named for mayor IL
Hon. Il. 5. Raymond, who has served
the city during the past year rs mayor,
being selected year ago on combina.
ton ticket Of the Democratic and Citi
zens' party. This year the Citizens have
withdrawn their support from Mr.. Ray
mond and have nominated candidate Of
their own. For alderman at large only
one name Is prominently mentioned, and
that is Mr.. Timothy Pomsrleau, at pres.
ent an alderman from ward four. The
name of MIR. George A. Haley is being
mentioned as candidate for city clerk.
An adjourned meeting the Westbrook
city government is to be held on wednes-
day evening at $50 o'clock.
The graduating class of the 'Deestrict
school" are to hold their graduating ex.
ercises Thursday evening, February 2Sd,
at Gum oerland hall. The class parts
are now being rehearsed ty the several
participants and an enjoyable occasion
Is being looked forward to.
The class of 1901 are to have presented
uurPStbs ~ NAb WtsbcApSf>
Dramatic club the five act comedy
drama, entitled His Last Bet" The
drama is to Represented at the Westbrook
House, Tuesday evening, February 81.
The warrant against MIR. Peter
Letarte on search and seizure count
dated Saturday, February nth, was re.
turned Saturday morning to the West
brook municipal court. The seizur
amounted to thirty bottles of lager beer,
taken by Deputy Sheriff Chute. Letarte
was represented by Irving W. Parker,
| Esq., of Portland. The case WAS dismissed
| owing TO defect In the warrant. The
name Of Letarte was omitted from tht
| part of the warrant instructing the Off
Ger to make. the arrest
The Democratic ward caucuses Of
Westbrook were held Saturday evening
at the ward rooms. For the most part
the caucuses were thinIy attended and
| very little interest was taken in them
| The only ward that had q large attendance
was Ward4 The following was the re
suit of the csucuses
Ward 10. A. Cobb, chairman: George
Leighton, secretary. Aldermen. n. Is
Lowell, Luther Frank; warden, .. A
| Cobb; clerk, Clark b. Eastman; oonsta
BILE, Henry Black; school committee
George II. Leighton; city committee, e.
B. Eastman, Eugene Harmon, A. n
Waterhouse, Forest Hawkes., Ira C.
Strout.
Ward 2--Aldermen, Paul L. Chandler
George l.. Field; warden, John p. Ora
ham; clerk, Ohas. Madison; city commit
tee. J. H. Sullivan, John Killian, DR.
A. T. Murch. John =. Graham.
Ward Sired A. Libby, chairman; Johr
4. skiliin, secretary. Aldermen, Thad
deus L. Dodge Willard b. Boothby
warden, Edward Coppook; clerk, Johr
r. Skillin: constable, John f. Cutler
city committees, Thaddeus l.. Dodge, J.
&. Scases, Fred A. Libby, W. Scott
Pratt John r. Cutter.
Ward An. o. Sullivan, chairman
Ferdinand Briard, Byron Haskell; war
den, Anthony Gallant, clerk. Pear
Brown; constable, Lewis Christian; city
committee. Cleophrous Aube, Nj. o.
sullivan, Thomas WEIGH, Alexander q
Wilson, Charles Elder.
No returns could be received from
Ward up to a late hour as they are sew
eral miles from the other wards and with
out telephone communication.
MIR. Hugh A. Craigie and wife returned
home from a two months sojourn in Eu-
rope, at about O'Clock Saturday eve
ming. MIR. Craigio is IA superintendent
at the S, ID. Warren paper company and
has been abroad for his health. Mir.
Craigie returns much improved in health
as q result of his trip. A number of ths
mbers of his sunday school class al
he Warren church and friends at the
mill called ON Mr.. and Mrs Craigie.