The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-28
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The art exhibition will be open at the Art
Building until $50 o'clock tonight.
Notices of the Sunday services will be
found on the third page this morning.
Murdoch & Freeman lost horse valued at
$500 last Thursday from congestion of the
lungs.
B. B. Farnsworth & Co., as usual, presen-
ted each of their men with nice fat turkey
Thanksgiving.
Rev. Mr.. Halloek's lecture at Williston
church tomorrow at o'clock will be on
Miracles
The employees of the Tucker Printing
House were all presented with Thanksgiv-
ing turkey.
Mr.. Warren of Cumberland Mills distrib-
uted 700 turkeys among his employees this
year.
Rev. W. Il. Fem. D. d., will speak at
A private meeting of creditors of the firm
of Aver Brothers, Limerick, was held at the
Preble House yesterday.
There will be Gospel temperance meeting
at the Mission this evening at 7.3O O'clock
All are invited.
The man who had his leg crushed by q
Grand Trunk train on Commercial street
Wednesday will recover.
J. j. Bagley and George Emery of Saco
will have champion wrestling match at
Portland Skating Rink inside of two weeks
Rev. Mr.. Crosley of the Church of the
Messiah, will by request, again review Can
on Farrar on Dante tomorrow evening, The
public are cordially invited.
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s. L. Carlton, Esq, will address the temper
ance meeting at Preble Chapel tomorrow
evening.
1t seemed good to have the bright sun
shine again yesterday, and Congress street
was crowed with shoppers, and sleighing
parties.
Hon. Wilbur F. Lunt delivered an interes-
ting and instructive lecture to the law stu
dents last evening on the subject of CONNER
cial law.
Meetings Of the Maine Historical Society
for the reading of papers and for discussion
will be held at the rooms in City Building
December %, at 2.30 and 1902. m.
Checks for the sale of the reserved seats
for the Portland Wheel Clubs ball will be
given out at Stockbridge's next Monday
morning at 7 o'clock. Go early and avoid
the crowd
Three young men entered Patrick O'Mal-
ley's store Wednesday night, and one priced
garment, put it on, and then ran pursued
by Mr.. O'Malley. He finally threw away the
coat which Mr.. O'AIalley recovered.
By reference to advertisement it will be
seen that after the withdrawal of the City Of
Richmond the steamer Lille will run be-
tween Mt. Desert Ferry and Millbridge dur
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Owing to the death of vice President Hen
bricks the flags on the National and City
Buildings were placed at half-mast yester-
day, and also on many of the vessels in the
harbor, including the English steamers.
The Portland, Bangor and Machias steam
er viii make one more round trip, leaving
Portland Tuesday, December LIST at the usu-
al time. Returning leave Machiasport
Thursday December Sd.
So far as is known Mr.. Hendricks never
visited Portland but once. Several years
ago he stopped one day here, and was driven
about the city by Hon. Bion Bradbury. He
with Mrs Hendricks, was on his way home,
having just made tour through Canada.
Inquiry is made as to the meaning of the
word cantileyer, found on the M. G. r. R.
time tables. 1t is the name of the through
freight from st. John to Boston, and was
christened for the cantilever bridge on which
it crosses the river st. John, between Garlic
ton and Portland in New Brunswick.
Mr. George A. Clarke has beautifully en-
crossed on yellum, with symbolical illustra-
tions, the resolutions of thanks adopted by
st. Omer Commandery K. 7. of Boston, on
account of courtesies received from Portland
Commandery and it is elegantly framed by B.
S. Moulton of Boston.
A handsome new combination car has been
completed by the Maine Central railroad at
Augusta and put upon the road. The car is
numbered 416. 1t is painted in yellow and
dark red on the outside. The inside work is
in ash. The apartment for baggage is large
and the space devoted to passengers will seat
forty persons.
Among the many thoughtful and humane
people of Portland, who so generously re-
membered their poor neighbcrs on Thanks
giving Day, we have to record the rather re-
markable fact that two Portland ladies now
in Germany and one in Washington, prompt
ly forwarded their usual generous Thanks
ing offering, and thereby 46 families were
blessed with a good Thanksgiving dinner.
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