The Portland daily press., 1885-09-07
BRIEF JoTTINcS.

A sail boat capsiZed at her mooringS off
Ferry Village in the squat Friday night
There were q arrests last week of which
10 were for drunkenness.
The dredging machine is cutting out a
broad channel in Back Cove
The Camp Gibson boys have broken camp
after pleasant summer at White Head
The first class in shorthand and type
writing at the Portland Business College
will be formed this evening.
1t was beautiful September day yester-
day and the churches were all open the
pastors having returned from their vacations.
Sargent, Dennison & Co. are to erect an
elevator scale next their Office on Long
Wharf.
The value of foreign exports for the past
week was $21,12575, including 1,236,3S4 feet
of lumber.
The term of the U. S. Court which Judge
Webb has been holding in Bath, completed
its business and adjourned Saturday. Judge
Webb has returned to the city.
An excursion party of four hundred peo-
pie icame from Lewiston over the Grand
Trunk Saturday and went to Peaks Island
on the steamer Cadet.
directed Mr.. Morse to remove and bury, at
the expense of the owners, the horses burn
ed at the South street stable fire.
The Portland Company are bnilding an
iron chimney, 108 feet in height, for Law
renee, Phillips & Co., Somerset Mills, to
burn shayings, single sawdust and mill
refuse.
Saturday afternoon, as the Lewiston
freight train over the Maine Central Rail
road, was pulling off of the siding at Greene
from some cause the switch turned and near
ly the whole train went off the track. No
special damage resulted.
There was only one arrival of fish Satur-
day, the schooner Hattie Weston, with 60
barrels of mackerel Total number of YES
sells arrived for the week was 80, with 5,5O5
barrels the largest fare was that Of schooner
James Dyer, 400 barrels.
A foot race took place Saturday evening
between Thomas Murphy of Ligonia and
Bert Strange of this city. The distance was
100 yards for purse of $25, and was run be-
tween State and Bracket streets. Murphy
won.
Ira C. Hatch, about 20 years old, formerly
In the Reform school, was arrested Saturday
morning at the Boston steamer wharf for
stealing an overeoat from Mrs. CoStellos
house on Commercial street Hatch is
confirmed thief. He has been before the
court for theft number of times.
The Milan Mining Company, whose lease
of the Portland Smelling and Reduction
Works was lately announced have put in
large amount of machinery and appliances
for the modern treatment and reduction of
ores of every description upon quite an ex-
tensiye scale. Eighty men are now employed
at the mine in Milan, N. H., and twenty at
<the works in Portland.
The excursion party of the directors of the
Maine Central and Boston & Maine railroads
arrived at Portland Saturday afternoon ON a
special train from Bar Harbor. The party
dined at Lake Maranocook. There were
forty in the party including President Sewall
and Superintendent Tucker of the Maine
Central President Lord, Superintendent
Furber and ex-President White of the Bos-
ton & Maine, F. w. Hill, VIM. Brown, DR..
Nichols Frank Sewall, Mr.. Paul, Mr.. Jose,
w. G. Davis and Mr.. Bradley.
Saturday night and Sunday the police made
a number Of seizures. Officers McDonough
and Massure got key of whiskey ON Market
street; Officers McDonough and Skillings at
the shop 81 Commercial street got bottle
and tumbler of rum; Officers Hicks, New
comb, Slower and Sterling secured a barrel,
bucket, sprinkler and tub from a place on
Center street; Officers Pickett and Harmon
seized four half barrels Of beer at the Bos-
ton boat; and also got quantity of hard
cider at Il India street Officers Nawcn1nh
Hicks and Sterling secured one barrel and
two sprinklers of ale at 30 York street and
Officers Jackson and Cole got at the Boston
g. Maine freight sheds, three half barrels of
ale, two kegs Of beer and keg of whiskey.