The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-29
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

Mcclellan & Mosher issue neat calendar
for 1887.
The meetings of the Pedagogical Society
will commence at Brunswick Thursday.
Harry 0xley and James O'Neil will have
glove contest at the Biiou Rink this evening.
The Sunday school of st. Luke's Parish
held its annual festival with the customary
Christmas tree at the Cathedral last evening.
A horse strayed from Stroudwater last
night and the finder will be rewarded by re-
turning it to Isl Spring street.
The children's festival Of the First Parish
and Park street societies will be held in
Browns Block, room 6, on Friday at p. m.
Geo. r. Davis is buildings block Of three
houses in the rear of his residence on Con-
gress street.
II. a. Rich, formerly of the police force of
this city but now Sergeant of Police of Bos-
ton, is visiting Portland.
Pretty calendars for 1887 have been issued
by Hall L. Davis and Loring, Short & Har-
mon.
The exterior of the new school house is
practically completed with the exception of
the stating which is now being DONE
The wreck of the bark A c. Mcguire was
sold at auction by F. o. Bailey & Co., for
si7S to Thomas Towle.
The seine belonging to the wrecked
schooner Eliza Themes was sold at auction
yesterday to Lewis, Chase & Written for
$305.
The History of Portland's Centennial
Celebration, edited by John T. Hull, will be
out this week. C. II. Kilby will canvass the
city for its sale.
The legal voters of Deering will meet at
the town hall this afternoon, to see what
action the town will take in relation to the
support of Stroudwater and Pride's bridges
few days ago the Rochester road brought
159 large sacks and 20 leather pouches in adj
dition to their regular way mail. This is
the largest ever carried by the road
Chandler will furnish the music for the
grand dance to be given by the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Firemen at Mechanics Hall
Thursday evening.
Mr.. j. w. Robinson d Son, proprietors of
the City Hotel, made each one of their en-
ployes present ON Christmas. This is a
custom the Messrs. Robinson have followed
for several years.
The Grand Trunk railroad has replaced
the wooden bridge ON its line half mile
above West Milan Village, n H., with an
iron structure and put in excellent
masonry.
By the breaking of the connecting rod of
the engine Minerva, attached to the east
bound passenger train of the western divi-
sion of the Boston g. Maine, near Biddeford.
yesterday noon, Engineer Smith was knocked
down and narrowly escaped serious injury.
At the regular meeting last Thursday eve
ming, Granite Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at
Hallowell, voted to pay its proportional part
towards establishing free bed in the Maine
General Hospital to be devoted to suffering
Pythians.
On the railway post offices, running be-
tween Boston and Portland and Boston and
Bangor, exclusively, there has been handled
from Dec. goth to Dec. 25th, inclusive, 714,-
25l letters, 1876 sacks Of merchandise and
papers, and 1929 registered packages.
A waitress employed at the restaurant in
the Grand Trunk depot, fell against win
dow which she was raising, Monday, and
cut her arm so severely that physician was
called, who extracted several large pieces of
glass from the wound.
There will be special meeting of the Port
land Typographical Union, No. c. at the
Argus composing room this evening at $50
o'clock, to take action on the death of Mr..
M. w. Higgins, Every member is requested
to be present.
DIR. Torrington of Peaks Island, fell on
the ice in front Of Bracket street school
house yesterday forenoon and broke his arm
between the wrist and elbow. He was as
sisted to Dr. Thayer's on Free street who set
the bone and then took him in his carriage
to the steamer for the Island.