The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-03-15
BRIEF JorTINcs.

There were IS arrests last week of which
Al were for drunkenness.
The pension office has been established in
Browns Block.
Saturday ID. E. McCann's horse ran away
and smashed his double seated carriage.
Bosworth Relief Corps will give necktle
party at Mechanic Hall tomorrow evening.
Thatcher Post, G. A. R., will have camp
fire tonight.
Radishes, cucumbers, green's and new
rhubarb were in the market Saturday.
1t was the Souther that was damaged in
the race from Matanzas, not the Norena.
A side bar on Maine Central locomotive
broke Saturday and other slight damage to
the engine was done.
Dr. Devoll will be unable to deliver the
last lecture in her course to-day as expected.
1t will therefore be postponed one week.
Schooner Lottie, coal laden whose severe
experience has been reported arrived here
from Perth Amboy Saturday morning
The total value of foreign exports for the
past week was $216, 721.40, including 228,162
feet of lumber.
There is great interest manifested in the
Board Of Trade and Merchants Exchange
dinner to come off at the Falmouth Hotel
Saturday. 1t will be a decided event.
The regular meeting of the Young Woman's
Christian Temperance Union win be held at
the Y. NJ G. A. rooms on Monday afternoon
at o'clock.
Already $1,000 have been expended by the
city in the work of trimming the trees dam
aged by the ice storm and the trees are not
all cared for yet.
Owing to the prompt action of Marshal
Hawkes., to whom the complaint against
Kate McDermott, for infanticide, was made
the evidence was worked up and the woman
waived examination in Court Saturday.
Messrs. A. A. Strout and James Smith are
each talking of building handsome steam
yachts, which will be added to the yacht
clubs fleet. Mr.. L. G. Downing, Concord, n
H., will add his fine steam yacht.
Rev. Mr.. Crosley preached yesterday at
the Church of the Messiah upon the OBJ
servance of Sunday, taking his text from
Genesis ill.,, 3. In the evening there was
Sunday School concert.
Bosworth Post is talking of purchasingthe
Beal lot on the corner of Free and Cotton
streets, and erecting fine building to be
used for a Grand Army hall and other pur-
poses.
Major Smith, supervising engineer, has
awarded the contract for the removal OF the
wrecked schooner Waldemar from Belfast
harbor, to the lowest bidder, S. S. Andrews
of Biddeford.
Tho usual Lenten services will be observed
at the Cathedral and ST. Dominic's on the
following evenings: At the Cathedral on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings; at st
Dominc's on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Several Portland vessels have nearly finish
ed fitting out for the early South mackerel
fishing The feet engaged in the business
from this port will not be as large as in
former years.
The office of the City Marshal has been
newly carpeted and handsome hat rack
procured for it. An entire new set of chairs
has also been purchased for the policemen's
room.
Capt. C. A. Jackson of Boston will deliver
his illustrated war lecture, Experience of
Private under the auspices of the Portland
Light Infantry in Portland on Monday eve
ming, April 9th.
The forty hours alteration of the blessed
sacrament opened at the Cathedral yesterday
morning. and will close tomorrow morning
with solemn high mass and procession of
the blessed sacrament
Mr.. Samuel Cobb, now in his 18th year.
saws his grandfather raised and built the
firsthouse (out of square, ever erected III
Portland. 1t was called the Tying House,
and stood near the foot of Franklin street on
Middle.
The Dominion liner Dominion sailed 1or
Bristol, Eng, direct yesterday morning. Que
took large cargo, including 314 cattle ana
1874 sheep. The Peruvian of the Allan llne
from Liverpool via Halifax. is due here To-
morrow, and the Toronto of the Dominion
line, from Liverpool direct, is due here
Wednesday.
At the Portland Business College Debating
Club meeting Saturday night there was
music by Messrs. Dunlap, Cameron, Cum
mings, Burnham and Baine, followed by
reading of a paper by Miss Berry. The
question 'Should Capital Punishment be
Abolished" was ably discussed by Messrs.
Folsom, Reed and others and was decided in
the negative.
A lawyer found large quantity of valu-
able historical matter, Saturday, in the base
ment under the Clerk of Courts Office includ-
ing fine plan Of that part Of The city be-
tween High and Centre streets from Congress
TO the water front This plan was traced by
Lothrop Lewis in 1907 for use in the case of
Greenleaf vs. MusSey in the Court of Com
mon Pleas.
Arrangements are being made by a com
,,,ittao of Lewiston members of the 18th
Maine Regiment and by members in other
sections of the State, for reunion OF the
10Th Maine in Portland, at an early date. All
fine members are requested to send their
names and address, and also the address OF
any comrade to A. NJ. True, Secretary,
Bethel, Me.