The Portland daily press., 1900-04-19
Regular Monthly Meeting Of School
Board Last Evening.
Power Station To Build
at Madison Falls.
VIII Furnish Power For Sew.
eral WcstbroOk Industries.

A lively scrimmags ensued yesterday
noon on Main street near Cumberland
Mills IL appears that NJ. J Q. Lane,
Q isaulted man named Harry Parsons. o
nsighbcr. According to the story told BY
Lane, Parsons has annoyed him consider
ably Of late both In sreeon and actions,
and that Psrsons' children have also
j,ined In the abuse. Lane says that he
has endured as long as possible and that
when abused yesterday on the street, he
turned on Persons and gave him q
thrashinR. A warrant 10 out for the ar
rest OF Parsons on o charge Of aggravated
assault.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Westbrook school oommittse was held
last evening at the high school building.
1t was voted to allow the school teachers
3, close their schools April goth In the az
terncon, to attend the lectures under the
Warren church. Only routine business
and the approval of bills was attend ed to
by the ocmrr ittee.
The track events arranged by the West
brock high school at Warren park are TO
lie postponed until Friday owing to the
condition of the grounds caused by the
rain of yesterday.
Msssrs. Clark, Morton, ex-Mayor King
s. Raymond and A. A, Cordweil, Chas.
A. Moses, A. n. Waterhouss and other
well known Cumberland Mills people
went to Ssbago Lake on fishing trip
Tuesday. MIR. Raymond returned yester-
day bringing a trout with him. The rest
OF the party are to remain a few day
LONGER as they have had no success as
yet. The ice has not all disappeared from
the lake but 1t is expected that with the
the rain of yesterday that 1t will now
rapidly disappear.
A message has baen received In this
city announcing the death Of Miss Marie
burlington Of Lynn, Mass, q young lady
of about nineteen years of age who died
suddenly on Tuesday. Miss burlington
rs well known In this city where she owns
property. particularly at the corner Of
Main and Stroudwater streets the same
eing held In trust for her. Miss fur-
ripgt0n was In attendance upon Easter
seryiosF, Sunday, and in apparent coed
health.
TO BUILD POWER STATION.
The work of erecting power station
by ths Madison Falls Power company,
eompcs.d ef representatives Of the West
brook. Windham and Naples Electric
Railwa, company, the Dana warp mills
and she Haskell Silk company. will prob
ably commence in Q very short time. Ii
is expected that contracts for the work
viii he signed In few days and the
work started. An electric power static n
is to be erected at Madison Falls and the
power transmitted to West brook, whsrs
1t will be used by the concerns named.
The water whsels for uss at the power
station have been ordered and are ex-
pented to arrive very soon now. A dyua-
mo of the General Electric company will
the mills, while one OF the Westinghouse
dynamos is to be used for the develop
msnt of the power for the electric road,
The following order has been issued
to the members of Co. NJ, Cleaves Rifles,
by Capt. Graham:
The members OF this comm and are
hereby ordered to assemble at the armory
at a. M, Thursday, April 10, in fatigue
uniform, lsggins and overooats, without
capss. At 80 a. m. tbs company will
form and march TO warren church and
escort Co. b, First Infantry Of Portland.
to the range. where practice shoot will
be held. At II. 80 q. M, the company
will again form and march to the armo-
ry. At IL 30 p. m, dinner will be served
In Odd Fellows hall. At ]. 80 p. M, the
company will form and march to the
range when q team shoot viii be held.
Each man will before leaving tbs armory
receive from the quartermastsr sergeant
20 rounds of ammunition, which will bs
placed In the belt. Front sight covers