The Portland daily press., 1900-02-14
Democratic CaucuSeS
Last Evening.
Wesibrook Republican Coucuses
Tonight.

Not since the days when Paddy Har'
rington's Lake" it.elf was a Topographic
cal feature of certain section Of this
country nd SO recognized on every we'll
constructed msp of earlier times has
South Portland er j st such a genuine
flood as that OF yesssrday. The situation
of this ancient body of water was nesr
that sire oh of land now Dounded by
Broadway, High, Sawyer and contiguous
STREETS, and " the old lake had been res
uir cited. 50 to speak, the appearance of
things in this vicinity could not have
been mate lily different from That Of
ytster lay, save that houses might posi-
bly, nave bte1 seen along the borler Of the
old lake, while yel srday they were rs
matter Of fact, sanding straight up in
the centre of the flood.
This condition OF affairs as every body
knows, was tr.ught about by the terrific
toutheast wind, heavy rain and high tides
which caused the water to back mp from
the barber through tae sewers. We
ray from the harbor, ana proof Of it Is
found in tho fact that Nj Meriiman 5
eellar, on the corner of East High and
Sawyer streets, vas literally filled with
salt wLtsr.
Looking up School street aortss tie
sxpanEe OF water could be seen Leeman's
barge tipped over Early In the morning
the water brosel up high enough to
float the top of tie bar1e. and csrryin 6
It Off the runrers, tie top c6r5ensd ov +
by virtue of its own weight.
Quincy Dyer had a he rae in stable on
this s!rset, and Is the horse did not stand
SO very many hands high, naturally some
anxi.t TT was felt for his tfety. A res
ouipg.party ives sent In punt and net
too soon, for on arrival the parties found
the water up to the horses body, and
Grain scattered on the waters from the
stable to the Peoples II. K. church.
Two or three men were bard at work
Laiiing out John Howel's house on High
ste t, and all along the district others
were slmiis r,y engaged. Ihe track OF
the Cape Elizabeth railroad was flooded
on Sawyer street just above the post
cffioe, and the watt oourssd on to Sree
sttest, making travel along West High
street impraoticable fer the eriinaiy
wayfarer.
Other parts of the city suffered from
the heavy rains, not so much so, however,
aad generally speaking our city yesterday
Yves In a state Of vatery wee.
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS.
The school authorities have agreed on
"a system Of signals for tta,hsrs and
scholars in care of no school. The mat
ter, SO far as the schools In South Port
land village are concerned WAS left in
the hands Of Commit 3emen Iiltou and
DIR. Brown. They have adopted the
following System. In Gaze Of NO school
ats O'Clock a. m. the bell of the People )
church will give five distinct taps with
a pause which will he followed with five
more taps. For one session the same
signal will be sounded az l1.30 In the
morning. The signals outside Of the viii
lase proper will be regulated by Superln-
tendent kalsr. who will cause the bells
at Town Houfe and Browns Hill church
to ring, and other sections will be noti-
fed by telept 1es at Blish's drug store,
Knightvills, at Knapp Bros store,
Pleassntdals, and at Bowery Peach.
PETITION FOR ADDITIONAL MAIL
SERVICE.
A petition to the Postmaster General
is being circulated representing that every
Sunday ats u. M. the rnsii leaves Poit.
land for Knigntville. Willard, Pleasant
dale and Fort williams, while mail for
South Portland Ia retained In Portland
till a. m. Monday. South Portland Is
on the same route as the other places just
mentioned and during the week the NAL
for all these places Is delivered on { he
same trips. 1t is represented by the petit :
tioners that the discrimination on Sun