The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-30
Brfef Jottinas.

change of time table goes into effect on
the Ogdepsburg this morning.
A lodge of the Knights of Honor is about
being organized in this city.
The Dirigos expect to play the Androscoggns
Wednesday and Biddeford Reds Friday.
The private moonlight excursion on the
Houghton which was postponed Thursday night
will come off this evening if pleasant.
A little boy named Cady was run over By a
team on Free street Saturday noon and seri-
ously injured.
The Auburn and Lewiston Odd Fellows will
visit Portland, via the Maine Central, August
ID.
The Allan mail steamer Peruvian, from Liv-
erpool, passed Farther Point Saturday morning
at O'clock
Miss Won Hillern wants to get up running
match with some Pennsylvania regiment.-N.
Y. Herald.
On Friday last an employe by the name of
Frost, in the paper mills at Cumberland Mills,
fell through an elevator and fractured his arm.
1t is reported that the firemen on the Eastern
and other roads are' appointing committees to
confer with the managers on an increase of
pay.
Messrs. George W True s. Co. of this city,
are building new dam at the grist mill at
Harpswe]l, under the direction of Mr.. w. e..
Waldron.
Chief Engineer Littlefield has attached to
the bell on Portland rs house, Munjoy Hill, an
apparatus for striking the number of the box
from which the alarm is sounded.
AT meeting of the town officers of Deeripg
Joel Nevens was drawn to serve as grand juror,
and VIM. Fl. Baxter and Albert P Bennett, as
traverse jurors for the September term of the
Superior Court.
Mr.. MeKenney has leased the large house
owned by the Rollingsford Savings Bank, stu
atea opposite the site of the Brighton House
in Deering, and has opened it for public
house.
The steamer Charles Houghton will make an
exc uraion to Harpswell this afternoon, leaving
State street wharf 2 and Portland Pier at 2.15
p. m. This to be delightful trip
Uncle Oliver has returned from the camp
meeting at Old Orchard, and his smiling coun.
tenance is now to be seen at the police station.
The night force gave him three cheers on his
return.
A blast from the sewer building on Fore street
sent large pieces of rocks through the sides of
carpenter shop near the Custom House Satur-
day, but fortunately the proprietor, who was
setting in the shop, was not injured.
A man went into William A. Peace's on I'm
ion street.Saturday with an order for SIS worth
Of lead pipe, which was delivered to him. He
sold it at junk store and absconded. The Or
der bore the signature of Charles Sparrow.
Saturday night two fellows named O'Neil and
Ready entered the house of Patrick Plunkett,
on Fore street, and, began to abuse him severe.
ly. Officers Rice and Hicks heard the outcry
and arrested the assailants.
Kate Quillan, the woman who has been arrest
ed several times for obtaining money under the
false pretence, that she wanted to bury child,
and whose sentence was suspended at the last
term of the Superior Court, has been at it
again, and will now pass some time in Jail.
Mr.. Woodman, man about IS year. of age,
who keeps boarding house at Pine Point, went
to Boston about ten days ago to be absent two
days, taking quite sum of money with him.
The last heard of him he had called at an
uncle's in that city, and told him be expected to
return about last Wednesday. 1t is feared he
may have met with foul play.
A year ago Mr. james M. Wolhaupter book
keeper for the Portland Kerosene Oil Company,
conceived the idea of taking account of the va.
rious way in which the word kerosene was SPELL
ed on the orders received by him. The result
go far is fifty wrong spellings