The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-09
WESTBROOK.

elected an active member OF the hossini
club of Portland at the annual nesting
held at Rivertop. May 4th.
The funeral OF the late Mrs. Nellie
Bnnnell wat held Sunday afternoon from
st. Hyacinthe's church. The buri'i was
at st. Hyacinths's cemetery.
The Rebekah circle will meet Thursday
afternoon and evening at the home oil
Mrs. kl,jah Durell, Lamb street.
The Young Peoples sooiety Of Chris
tan Endeavor connected with the West
brook Congregational church are to
hold social in the vestry of the church
next Thursday evening from 1850 to 10
O'Clock. The social is to be known as
football social" Mystery boxes and
home made candies ara to be offered for
sale.
Miss Annie Boothby of Kennebunk is
the guest of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
G. A. Boothby, Bracket street.
The next meeting Of the West End W.
G. T. U.-is to be held Thursday after
noon, May 10, at the home of. Mrs. S. j..
Gilkey, Stroudwater street.
There was special meeting of the de-
gree team of Naomi Rebekah lodge at
their hall Monday evening for rehearsal
OF the work.
The morning offerings of the Warren
congregational church for the months Of
March and April amounted to SOS. 45 and
the same has been forwarded to the Con-
Rreqat!onal Home Missionary society.
Deacon John K. Warren trustee Of the
Maine Missionary society at the service on
Sunday made report Of the work and
needs of that society. At the morning
service several persons were received into
the membership of the church. The coIu-
munion services In the afternoon was
conducted by Rev. S. N. Adams. pastor
of the Westbrook Congregational church,
in the absence of the pastor who was In
Biddeford for the afternoon.
The Ladies' circle of the Warren Con-
gregational society will meet Thursday
afternoon at three O'Clock in the vestry Of
the church.
The entertainment committee Of Am
moncongin club held meeting Mond ay
evening at the homo OF Mrs. william
Poole to perfect plans for "gentlemeu g
night" to be observed by the club W,d-
nesday evening at Riverton park casino.
umberIand Star lodge. J.. o. l., at
their meeting held Monday evening,
conferred the orange degree on severa |
candidates.
Mr.. William Mayberry Of this city has
returned to Lis home, having been in
North Carolina lduring the past winter
as a cornetist in an orchestra at one Of
the popular resort hotels.
The lad les of the Universalist circle
will hold one Of their popular low priced
suppers Thursday evening, May II, in the
vestry of the church. from 8. 80 to s
O'Clock. The supper is to be in charge
of Miss Anderson, Mrs. Silas S. An.
drews and Mrs. Edward 4. Clement.
The Westbrook baseball team are to
play a practise game this afternoon at
ais O'Clock on the Scotch hill grounds
with the Portland team. The make up of
the Westbrook team will be. as follows:
Girard, G; Adams, p; Leighton. 1b;
Spring, If: Harmon, center; Robinson
right. The Westbrook tboys have been
playing good ball this season having
made in the three games that they have
played, so hits with total Of 1876 bases.
They hardly expect to accomplish much
with Manager Smiths men but are look
ing for the practise.
Mrs. Ellen Smith of Cumberland Mills
was united in marriage April 26 at South
Portland by Elder Mains to MIR. Alvin
Libby Of Scarboro.
CARTRIDGE EXPLODED IN HIS
FACE.
Willie Bishop, young man OF about IL
years, met with peculiar accident sun
day afternoon that resulted somewhat
painfully for him. He was in the woods
with some companions. They had a re-
volver with them and had been firing
blank cartridges. Young Bishop had oc-
casion to take one of the cartridges out.
In trying to push 1t from the cylinder of
the revolver the cartridge exploded filing
his face and nose with powder. The
young man was out on the street yester-
day but his face still smarts from the
burning that it received.
An informal meeting of the members
of Company N, Cleaves Rifles, N. g. S.
Nj, WAS held Monday evening at 7.S0
o'clock at tho room of the Westbrook
Hook and Ladder company for the pur-
pose of talking over plans for re-orga-
nization of the company. There were in
attendance rs of the original and 10 Of
the volunteers portion of the company.
The meeting was presided over by Lieut..
Vim. Lord as chairman and Gardiner Ora
ham MS: secretary. The opinion Of several
of the members was to the eject that
nothing could legally be done until in