The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-03-17
Brief .Iotting..

Brief Jottings.
There were 81 arrests last week. of which 80
were for drunkenness.
The Quebec, Caspian and Austrian are all
expected to arrive by Tuesday.
The value of foreign exports last week was
1924, 66496.
MIR. Dairesne, of the Dominion Line, has re-
covered from severe fever.
There have been % snow storms. with gross
iali Oh feet II inches SO far, this past Winter.
MT. Y. ID. Skillin has been elected Secretary
OF the Board of Engineers.
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument Asso-
citation adjourned Saturday evening without
'ransacting any business
Mrs. Lsckford, sister of Boyce, killed in the
explosion at Bryant's Pond, became violently
insane Saturday.
The managers of the Board of Trade will
discuss the silver currency question Thursday
morning at their meeting.
Mr.. Frank Shaw, employed by Burgess,
Fobes & Co., had to submit to second ampu-
tation of his two injured fingers Saturday.
line photograph of Postmaster Barker, by
Hearn, has been placed in Owen, Moore &
Co.'s window.
The late lothian f. Clark had his life in
sured in the Equitable for between twenty-five
and thirty thousand dollars
Mr.. W. T. Small has been elected cashier
Of the Cascc Bank, pro tenn, while Mr.. W. A.
Winship recruits his health.
Mr.. VIM. Howard, checker at the Grand
Trunk, has been presented with smokers
companion" by his fellow workmen
The photographs, by Hearn, of the Dirigo
base ball nine of 1888 and 1884 may be seen in
the window of G. Fl. Guppy & Co., corner
Preble and Congress streets
The late Mr.. L. W. Sawyer had life insur-
ance policy of $1,000, and his widow also
receives $1,000 from Preble Council, Legion If
Honor.
Our Irish American citizens will celebrate
ST. Patrick's day to-day with grand enter
tainment at City Hall, given by the pupils of
the Catholic schools and Chandler's Band.
Messrs. s. A. & j. FL. True have leased the
extensive tide mills of George w True & Co.,
known as the Casco Bay Mills, located at
Harpswell.
Officer Sparrow found DR.. Weeks horse
and sleigh Saturday morning. The robe and
blanket were gone and the horse had been
badly used.
Rev. Mr.. Phelan, agent of the Provident
Association, will call at the houses OF citizens
for contributions. The society has assisted 47S
persons the last year.
The union morning prayer meetings. held at
a. m. at the rooms of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, will be continued every
morning this week
AT meeting of the Republican City Com
mittee for 1884-85 the following officers were
elected: Chairman, Frank S. Waterhouse
Secretary, Jabez True.
Steamer Oregon, Capt Williams, of the
Dominion Line, which sailed for Liverpool
Saturday, took cargo valued at about 800, 900,
6 cabin and Is steersge passengers.
There will be a meeting of the managers
and visitors of the Associated Charities to-day
at O'Clock, at the Reception Hall, City
Building.
Saturdays Boston Journal says that paper
has information from reliable sources that
Insurance Commissioner Tarbox will reinstate
the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Maine in Massachusetts.
Assistant Engineers Charles Skilings and
Robert jackson, with a. Fl. Pickett, c. H.
VALLEY and others Of the steamer Machigonne
attended the fireman's bsll at Bath, Friday
night.
There were IA deaths recorded in the city
last week: from consumption and one each
from old age, paralysis, congestion, lung fever,
bladder trouble, lung congestion, childbirth,
infantile and brain fever
The Oxford Bears have decided on April
18th for their reunion. Major Charles Walker,
j. II. King and Harry Virgin were appointed
dinner committee, and Gen. j. j. Perry and
e. S. Osgood committee on extending invita-
tioDs outside the limits of the society.
The body of the boy named freeman M,
Griffin, who was drowned in the back bay
while coastiDg, four weeks ago, was discovered
Saturday, lying face downward in the mud
near where he broke through the ice. Coroner
Gould considered an inquest unnecessary.
The New Portland Nine, base ball club, has
been organized and will play the Bowdoins at
Presum9scot Park on Fast day. W Mahoney
will be manager. The grounds will be put in
frst-class condition: Games will be played
later with the Harvard College Nine, Ire
monts and other clubs
at the annual meeting of the Engineer
Mining and Developing Company, on Satur-
day, the following officers were elected:
President, franklin j. Rollins; Secretary,
Thos. j. Little; General Manager, F. G. Pat
terson; Treasurer, @. j. Chapman; Directors,
Franklin J. Rollins, w. S. Dana, G. Fl. True,
Thos. j. Little, W. L. Bradley, H. Hight,
F. G. Patterson, W. H. Stevens and j. j,
Gerrish.
William Franklin Seavey died in Bangor
Wednesday and was buried on Friday. AL
though but 36 years of age, he had acquired
high reputation in the Department of Patent
law, to which he was specially devoted, and
large proportion of all that business in the
Eastern part of the State came into his hands
He read law in the office of William Henry
Clifford, Esq, in this city, and went to Bangor
in 1870. He leaves wife and daughter
Mrs. Leonowens, who will lecture on aRussia
after the assassination of Alexander H." at
the First Parish church tonight, arrived in
the city Saturday and attended the reception
at the Society of Art building that evening,
where many were introduced to the lady made
famous by her long connection with the Court
of Siam. Mrs. Leonowens is thoroughly con-
versant with Russia, and its social and polti-
cal agitations, and her lecture will be highly
interesting and entertaining.
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