The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-22
Brief Jotting..

| Dou ioIget ZIP van Wrinkle WEDNESDAY
night.
Aimon Brown residing at Woodford's Corner
recently had three sheep killed by dogs.
The Allan mail steamer Peruvian from Liv-
erpoyl arrived at Quebec Saturday evening
spaulding's bell ringers appear in this city
the first of next month.
The pleasure travel over the Sebago Lake
route has more than doubled The last season.,
over the business of any previous summer.
Inc Jameson Guards of Bangor talk of Civ
ing an exhibition drill in this city during the
coming winter.
| A large crew of men were at work on Com
mercial street yesterday repairing the railroad
track.
| Rev. G. f. Holbrook of Saco preached at the
| FIRST Baptist church yesterday, and Rev. Mr.
| ketchum at the Second Parish.
Sunday morning officers Newcom5 and
Steele arrested woman in Dumpby's block for
keeping open shop, and seized half barrel OF
beer.
The Centennial Jubilee Singers sung at the
Casco street church last evening. The church
was crowded and the singing was much enjoy
| ed.
Some one broke into Casco street church
Friday night for the purpose of getting a
chance to sleep under cover probably, as moth i
| ing was missed.
The Musical Association of Woodford's Cor
| ner has elected Arthur Jordan president and S.
G. Young Musical Director. The association
meets Wednesday evenings.
Mr.. Asa Huff janitor at Park street church.
was quite seriously hurt one day last week by
stick, which flew up while he was trying to
split it. and struck him in the face
A small boy playing with small car used for
moving lumber on Berlin Mills wharf, yester-
day had his hand badly crushed under the
wheels
Yesterday was the first anniversary of Rev.
Frank e. Clark's settlement over the Willis
ton church, and his sermon in the forenoon
had special reference to that event.
Some fellow stole valuable overcoat from
the carriage of DR.. Hardy, starding in a shed
at the ssilloft on Commercial street YESTERDAY.
Thieves last week stole the bow and stern
lines from Mr.. Chas. Sparrow's yacht.
Mr.. j. L.Perkins, the fruterer, displays in his
window four Duchess pears whose aggregate
weight is four pounds, and he says they came
from tree that bore 40 pears W bose aggregate
weight is about 90 pounds
Miss Fanny Marsh has concluded arrange
ments with the Frank Mayo combination, and
it will open for a week at her theatre, begin.
ming Monday evening, Oct. 2Olh. 'Davy
Crockett is of course one of the attractions. and
perhaps other plays will be produced.
AS DR.. Stone of Woodfords Corner was driv-
ing few days since near the crossing of the
Portland and Rochester railroad in Deering,
his horse became frightened at the cars, and
his carriage collided with double team.
smashing both forward W heels and breaking
every spoke in one wheel. The Doctor was not
injured.
The First National Bank contradicts the
statement made in New York papers and tele-
graphed East Saturday morning that Victor
Woolf was held under arrest by Judge Donahue
of that city, in suit of the First National
Bank of Portland, on two drafts, one for $4,000
aud the other for $1,000, which the bank paid ON
the faith that the acceptance was genuine, but
turned out to be forgeries.