The Portland daily press., 1900-10-02
New Lodge Room Of the
Red Men.
Duck Pond P. 0. Becomes
Highland Lake.

Repairs are being made on the open
tower Of the UniYersalist church. The
wood work around .he base of the tower
IS being replaced and the edges are being
covered with galvanized iron to prevent
the tower fromleaking. These repairs with
others made during the summer months,
puts the church IN the best Of repair.
Mr.. A. B. Stevens is enjoying a brief
visit in Gardiner, his former home.
Conductor Frank Raymond of the
Westbrook division ofEthe Portland Rail-
road company and wife, have returned
from their recent vacation trip in Brown
field and Vicinity.
The 5. d. Warren paper mill company
men are at work digging trench on
Main street, opposite the White house,
where the cables are to be laid for the
operation Of crossing gates at the point
where the standard gauge tracks Of the
paper mill company cross the street.
These gates are to be operated by hand
levers in the engine house Of the compa-
ny. Similar gates are also to be locat-
ed on Warren street. There has been no
public demand for this work, but the S.
D. Warren company with an eye to every
possible safeguard for the protection of
the travelling public, has decided to
put these gates in use.
The Westbrook Electric Light compa-
ny is putting in new boiler for heating
purposes in station No 2.
Rev. z. B. Deoary, the new assistant
priest at St. Hyaointhe's church, is to
enter upon the discharge of his duties
this week.
Mr. AID Mrs. Harry D. Brooks, Church
street, entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Pitt
MarshaIIsof Boston on Sunday.
Messrs. Arthur L. Knight and John
Higgins have resumed their duties with
S. F. Hopkinson, the grocer. MIR. Higgins
has been i'll for the past seven weeks.
The lodge room which is being COM
pIeted in the top of the new block built
during the past summer by Mr.. A. II.
Porter, is to be a model for small
lodge room. The hall is being tastily
decorated under the direction of Judge
A, W. Shaw. The hall is to be occupied
by Pequawet tribe of Red Men, Ameri-
can Mechanics and Daughters of Liberty.
In accordance with instructions from
the postal authorities at Washington the
name of the post Office at Duck Pond,
commencing with the first day of Octo-
Der, is to be Highland Lake.
ocon171t ov,d oor-o no., Il 7.,--.
been heard last evening before Judge ToI-
man, but owing to defect in the war
rant the case was dismissed. It seems
that Lewis Rioux accuses one, Archie
Cole, of an assault committed at Madison
Falls a few days ago. Officer Pomerleau
made the arrest, but as one portion of the
warrant alleged intoxication and the
other portion did not correspond, the
warrant was quashed and the defendant
discharged. A new warrant, however,
was sworn out and the cass VIII be heard
this evening before Judge Holman.
A case Of diphtheria is reported to the
board of health from Central street, the
young son Of Mr.. Joseph Smith, being
the victim. Another case of diphtheria
also exists in a tenement on Scotch Hill.
Mr.. Kimban Eastman, the Cumberland
Mills grocer, leaves today for Concord, N.
H; accompanied by his daughter, Mrs.
Elmer E. Coffin. They are to attend the
annual meeting of the Eastman family
association to be held on Wednesday and
Thursday at Concord. Mr.. Eastman has
been the president of the association for
two years.
There viii be business meeting of the
Methodist ladies' circle in the church par
lors, Wednesday afternoon at 2. 30 O'Clock.
Tbs regular monthly meeting of the
WestbrOok city government was held last
evening. The order for a sewer on West
Pleasant street at an expense of $18O was
passed. Il he renewal of ten years leas
Of the city offices in Odd Fellows block
was reported.
8 Ordered that the money received from
sewer assessments to the amount of
SSS7.7O be applied to the account on
drains and sewers.
The committee reported favorably on
the petition for the acceptance of Tolman
street. The report was accepted.
Alderman Briard offered petition
signed by Rev. Fr. A. D. DecelIes and