The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-14
WOODFORDS.

The Ladies' improvement society will
meet Tuesday evening. February 81, with
Mrs. Frank MiIlkcn, Stroudwster.
The alarm for no school was sounded at
IL IS O'Clock yesterday afternoon for no
session in the primary departments of the
Deering schools owing to the severe snow
storm.
Several member of the Woodfords Hose
company were at Woodfords corner yester-
day afternoon when the alarm for no
school commenced to ring. The boys with
out waiting TO count the second round of
the alarm FASTENED to the hose house and
hauled the wagon out into the street, and
waited for the arrival Of the horses. The
bells stopped ringing and as the horses
did not come the boys discovered that the
alarm was of more interest to the school
children, than to the members of the fire
department, SO the hose wagon was
hauled back into the house.
Miss Gertrude K. Hopkins, daughter OF
Representative Hopkins, who has been III
at the Maine General hospital with ap-
pendecitis, has so far recovered that she
has been removed to the Falmouth hotsl
where she will have rooms for the re
mainder of the season.
The members Of the OCEAN street gram
mar school realized about seven dollars as
result of the entertainment which they
gave last Friday evening in Lewis hall.
The proceeds of the event are to be de-
voted to the purchase of books for q school
library.
The Deering aldermen will hold an ad.
journed hearing on the petition OF the
Dirigo Telephone company, this evening
at the city council chamber. The pc tition-
ers ask for the right to erect poles and
wires and the laying of oonduits for the
carrying on OF a general telephone bust
ness.
Mr.. James Ii. Davis of Falmouth street,
Oakdale, who was thrown from his sleigh
city, Is SO far recovered that he WAS able
| to go to Biddeford on business yesterday.
His back, however, is in very bad shape,
and 1t Is feared that the injury will be of
q permanent nature.
The wheelmen of ward eight are plan
ming on going into the political arena
this spring in dead earnest. During the
past few days the wheelmen have been
talking over the situation and have de-
oided to fuse the knife on all candidates
who are opposed to their interests In the
direction of good roads. According to
the wheelmen they are after the scalp of
Mayor Moulton and Alderman Lane, who
are candidates respectively for aldermen
and councilmen. 1t sesrus that the oppo
sition to the nomination of these gentle
men comes from the fact that Mayor
Moulton and Alderman Lane last spring
exerted their influence against the build
ing OF brick bicycle path along Forest
avenue. Alderman-at-Large George 5.
Wyman is now being mentioned by
mum Der Of his friends as candidate for
alderman and IL Is believed that ne will
accept the same II rendered it by the
caucus. The wheelmen say they are
favorable to Alderman Wyinan and II he
decides TO run they propose 60 throw their
strength for him. Bor councilnen the
wheelmen say they shall support Messrs.
leighton, Jacobs and johnson.
At the annual meeting of Deering
lodge L. and A. NJ, the following Off
GERS were elected;
w. ME-. l.. Watkins.
5. Wv. 5. Coleman.
j. Ms. Il. Adams.
Sec--F f. Chase.
Treas-W. E. Willard.