The Portland daily press., 1885-09-14
BRIEF JoTTINos.

The organization of Plymouth parish has
been dissolved.
The honorary members of the Montgome-
ry Guards will hold meeting Tuesday eve
ming.
On Thursday night large tree on Winter
street, was broken off two feet from the
ground by the high wind.
man attempted to jump ashore at Frank
lin wharf, from the cadet, Saturday night,
and landed in the dock. He was rescued.
The value of foreign exports last week was
$4S, 444. SO, Including 1,2S4,312 feet of lum-
Der.
The Montgomery Guards, with Chambers
Band, will go to New Haven October 18th,
and give ball in City Hall, October 9Th.
Quinn & Co., are building the boiler which
will heat Mr. Davis new block on Congress
street.
The Portland and Rochester employees
went to Harpswel yesterday, and Fletcher
got up capital clam bake.
Comrades of Bosworth Post, No. 9, G. A.
R., intending to go to Cambridgeport are re-
quested to meet at the armory this evening.
The fiat rails have been laid and street
paved, on the Congress street extension of
the horse railroad, as far as Weymouth
street.
A. P. Chapman & Brothers are buying
their Christmas trees in Lincoln county.
They pay fifty cents hundred on the
stump
There will be no trips after D. m. Sun
days from Portland on the Forest City Com
pany's route, and the Forest City will be
hauled off after today
The time for closing the morning mail via
the Grand Trunk railway, north of Danville
junction has been changed from 900 to 100
a. m.
Chambers last out door concert for the
season, given in the ''Oaks'' Saturday after
noon gave great pleasure to the large audi
ence present.
Lewis, Chase & Written are preparing for
the building of their wharves on the Cape
Elizabeth side of the harbor, giving up their
present location on Portland Pier.
There were 80 arrests last week of which
16 were for drunkenness; there are 98 barrels
and half barrels of beer standing in the cor
ridor of the station.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held on
Tuesday, September 10Th, lat p. M. at Head
quarters, 513 Exchange street.
Mr.. M. F. Davis of this city will fill an Or
der for his outriggers and appliances for the
large barge of the King of the Sandwich Is
lands.
@John A. Lidback has been awarded the
contract for repairing the machinery of the
cutter Dallas. The Dallas is now in the dry
dock where her propeller will be removed.
The work will take about three weeks.
When the outward bound freight train
which leaves Portland at 73O p. M reached
Falmouth Saturday night four of the cars got
off the track A wrecking crew from this
city put things in running order again
James Lucas will furnish the brick for
fine house to be erected in New Bedford
Mass. G. Fl. Kimball has made the plans
and earle and Snow will superintend the
bricklaying.
Two clerks from Smith, Tibbetts & Co.,
assorted and piled 96S kegs of nails Saturday
in two hours and fifteen minutes, cargo of
schooner Sadie Kimball at iWidgerys wharf
from Weymouth, Mass.
little girl, named Welsh, residing on
Pleasant street, fell into the cellar of one of
the stores corner of Congress and Brown
streets, Saturday afternoon, cut cash over
her eye, and was badly bruised.
W. G. Brown, the veteran stableman on
Federal street, has been in the business 40
years. He has never had fire, lost horse
or hadan accident occur through the careless
ness or incapacity of an employee
The old dwelling house on Congress street
which has been raised and two stores put
underneath, is to be remodeled into family
hotel, and restaurant will be run in con-
nection with the same.
A meeting of the Willis Chautauqua Cir
Gle will be held this evening at the house of
Mrs N. Waterhouse, MOI Russell street,
for the purpose of recognizing. All for
mer members and all intending to join this
circle are cordially invited to be present.
Arrangements have been made for grand
bicycle contest to take place at the State
Fair, probably on the oath, in which purses
will be given for the championship of the
United States in five, three and one mile
races. Mr. F. A. Elwell of this city will act
as referee.
James Connell. who resides on Danforth
street, has slept with his treasure by his
side, his hiding place for beer being in the
wall OF his bedroom, and the bed being plac-
ed against 1.-THE wall Yesterday morning,
however, Deputy Marshal Black and Officer
Hanson discovered the hole and took there
from two half barrels of beer. The place
also had room in it for pile of beer barrels.
Friday afternoon "A members of the Boys
Literary Society of the Portland Y. NJ. C. A.
accompanied by General Secretary Winter
and Mr.. " Richard Foss visited Augusta,
where they were entertainediby the Boys
Branch of the Society of that city and visit
ed the capitol and other places of interest A
ball game and fine collation. were much en-
joyed both by the visiters and their enter
tainerS