The Portland daily press., 1899-11-29
Another Raid on Rumsellers Made
Yesterday.
Making Sixth Call OF
This Kind.
Personal and Other News from
W00dfOrds and Morrills.

The ssarchlieht club Was entertained
Monday evening at the home OF the Misses
Norton, Saco street. The roll call was
answ cred by q name Of q constellation.
Miss Adelaide Bowen followed with cur
rent events. discussing In particular the
South African war. The next meeting IL
b be held In two weeks ct the home Of
Miss Alice Hall
Mics Clara Cutter has been i'll at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ID. brigham
with q dipthretio sore throat. Anti
toxine has been administered with bene-
fetal results.
The Daphne Gles club was entertained
Monday evening at the home Of MS
Annie Dolley, Main street, Cumberland
Mills.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Charles Clark OF Sanford
have recently been the guests Of Mr..
Samuel Ingersoll, Lamb street, Cumoer-
land Mills.
Mr.. Edward Larrabes has resigned his
position with MIR. q. l.. Foxg and 40
osp cd q position as clerk with kimbaH
astman, the East End grocer.
Mrs. Simeon Elwell and brother, John
Sawyer, left yesterday for Grafton, N.
H., for o visit with friends.
ON THE WAR PATH.
The uouor sellers Of Wessbrook were
visited again yesterday morning py
several of the ladies OF the westbrook ".
q. 4. U. and Deputy Sheriff A.C. Chute
who armed with warrant started out In
search of liquors. Mr.. Chute was accom-
panied by Mrs c. g. Phelan and Mrs.
George McCubrey. The first visit was at
the shop of John Gauntlet on Main street.
6audet was ut home and WINS busily en-
gagged in entertaining several friends At
game of pool. The counters and shelves
we've thoroughly searched but without
success. Not content with this search the
rstry went into a small room in the rear.
In the room was q bed, trunk, mirror,
etc. The sesrchers were rewarded here BY
the o. p ,ure of several half pint bottles Of
whiskey. Gaudet was ordered 10 appear
before Judge Tolman Friday morning to
answer to q charge Of search and seizure.
Joseph Comean, the proprietor OF the e.
tablishment run in the Westbrook soda
and Bottling compsny's building, was
the next party to receive visit from the
searching party. The sssrchsrs found
MIR. Comean and cle1k at home on this
occasion. Comeap and his clerk were en-
gagged in tearing down the bar and re-
moving BOTTLES preparatory to packing
them up. Comean claims that he Ia 60
ing to quit the business. The bar at
Comesn's plnos of business may be said
to be quite unique in Its make up.
search was made here last Saturday but
nothing Was found, but q discovery Of
value WAS made. The sheriff In feeling
Under the counter found spring which
when it was pressed opened, letting down
lust wide enough for bottles 80 be- laid In
flat. This Is about the sixth call that the
ladies' have made with Deputy Sheriff
Chute on the liquor sellers Of Westbrook
and the work Ia to be continued.
Officer Cousins arrested an elderly gen.
tleman yesterday afternoon for intoxica-
ton. The man belonged In an adjoining
town and had been into the Portland
markets. While In the city he sos pretty
we'll Intoxicated and by the time he
reached We stbrook was Unable to handle
his horse properly. He was arrested and
placed in the cooler, and will be given en-
opportunity to give an account OF himself
to the judge this morning.