The Portland daily press., 1886-02-22
BRIEF JorTlNes.

The Westbrook alumni will dine at the
Falmouth Hotel Wednesday evening.
There were SO arrests last week of which
81 were for drunkenness.
The Telephone Company closed the last
of their $50 lines in the city Saturday
An electric light has been placed over the
entrance to the police station.
Longfellow Chautauqua Circle will meet
this evening with Miss Helen Emery, No.
1876 Park street.
A number of Portland Knights Templar
visited Trinity Commandery, at Augusta,
Friday night.
The Maine Central train that will take the
Odd Fellows to Bath will leave at 5.15 p. m.
to-day. Tickets can be obtained at the depot.
The Willis C. L. S. C. will meet this eve
ming with Mrs. Edward Cheney, 1879 High
street
The forty hours devotion of the Blessed
sacrament opened at st. Dominic's church
yesterday.
The total value of foreign exports for the
past week was $2O7,929.07, including 1906
4s7 feet of lumber.
The Ontario, of the Dominion Line, VIII
sail as soon as her cattle arrives, and the
Caspian of the Allan Line is expected tues
day.
The Young Peoples Social and Literary
Guild connected with the Plymouth cnureh
will hold meeting in the yestry OF the
church this evening.
A special meeting of Ivanhoe Lodge, K.
P, will be held at Castle Hall this evening
at 7.45 o'clock, to take action on the death OF
Edward A. Allen.
A delegation of the Montgomery Guards
carried testimonial to the Sarsfeld Guards
of New Haven, Friday, for courtesies ex-
tended the company last October. They re-
turned home Saturday.
A lamp broke in room in Frye's drug
store Thursday night and the burning oil
was scattered about. Messrs William Perry
and VIM. Oliver subdued the flames, Mr..
Oliver receiving a bad cut on the hand
In Stubb's window. Congress Square, can
be seen a fine painting of the interior of an
old barn by FL. B. Brown, and of Portland
harbor from Browns wharf by Mr.. Nc
Masters of the Allan Company.
During the high wind Saturday night a
number of heavy timbers on the lower end of
the burnt building on Central wharf were
blown over and fell through the roof of
shed on the next building.
AS the tug c.. A. Warren was engaged in
towing bark out of the harbor yesterday
forenoon the towing bits at the stern of the
tug were broken off. No other damage re-
suited.
The lecture, previously announced, to be
given by DR.. Sarah W. Devoll at the Second
Parish vestry, this evening, has been post
poned one week and will be given then on
the subject formerly mentioned
Saturday afternoon at House Island,
Messrs. F. 0. Bailey & Co., sold the schooner
Reaper with all her tackle, apparel and fur
niture, to Messrs. C. and Fl. Trefethen for
$75.
The students of L.. A. Gray's Portland
Business College extend a vote of thanks to
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. NJ. G. A., for
the fine way in which they were entertained
on Thursday evening.
During the high wind Saturday night one
of the signs in front of Lang's fish market on
Congress street was picked up and hurled
through one of the large show windows of
the store.
A man named Charles Lord, charged with
larceny Of clothing, was found secreted in
the attic of the Canadian House, by Officer
McGrath He was brought before the NUM-
cipal Court Saturday, and given thirty days
in jail
Among the old Masons in the State the
Augusta Journal says: "John d. Lord,
Esq, of Hallowell was made Mason, in
Kennebec Lodge in the year 1918, and is
still one Of the liyeliest of the citizens of
Hallowell.'
A Mr.. Fitz of Desring is said to have dis
covered in Maine fr-wood the material of
which the violins have been made that have
been selling in Cincinnati at great prices.
Out of one log, shipped to Cincinnati by
him, $4,000 worth of violins has been made.
Last night Fish and Game Warden John
l.. Thompson and Deputy Sheriff II. R. Sar-
gent seized lot of short length Holsters on
Burnham's wharf, at the boiling house of
VIM. S. Trefethen. The officers also seized a
lobster smack lying there and placed keep
er on board of her.
The Electric Light Company has taken out
the two large engines in the central station
on Plum street and replaced them with the
arlington & Sims engines There will be
eight of these engines, when they are all in.
They are smaller than the old style and the
larger number will be likely to prevent put
ting out the lights in case of accident.
The Portland Globe says the ladies who at
tend the Thursday assemblies at Gilbert's
Hall got up surprise party for the gentle
men but married lady gave the surprise
away and when, at the last assembly, the
disguised in sheets and pillow-cases were
prepared to meet the gentlemen and be
escorted into the hall, the gentlemen met
them also disguised. The ladies took the
joke very well.