The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-07-01
BRIEF JOTTINCS.

We have received some very pretty centen-
NAL medals from Charles Day, Jr.
The new street at Long Island is about
completed.
The train for the Oxford Bear reunion at
Fryeburg will leave here this morning at
$50 o'clock
We hear that new paper, to be devoted to
Z the cause of labor, is soon to be started, with
Walter L. Sawyer as editor.
1t was the semi-annual dividend, not the
annual dividend, declared by the Portland
Rolling Mills, Tuesday last.
There will be a special train run to Lake
Maranocook, to the band concert, at 8 a. M,
Sunday.
Department Commander Lane and Mr.. A..
NJ Sawyers party will leave here for San
, Francisco, July %, $50 strong, to attend the
G. A. r. reunion,
The African lizards in the show window of
Mr.. r. S. Rand, feed on clover, cabbage
leaves, etc., and are especially fond of straw
berries.
The retail grocers and provision dealers
will close their places of business next Mon
day at 10 a. m. On Tuesday they will close
at noon.
All comrades of Bosworth Post are ear
nestly requested to be present at the meeting
tomorrow evening, as business of import
ance will come before the Post
The steamer Fannie G. will take visitors to
the war ships this afternoon, from the ferry
slip, Custom House wharf, from to 4.30 p.
m. Tickets % cents.
Conductor Berry's noon train made a
leaving that station at 11.19 and arriving in
Portland at 1856 ON time. A run of 80 miles
including IA stops.
Officer Slower seized five barrels of lager at
the Boston boat yesterday morning, and
Deputies Black and Crowell secured six half
barrels and q dozen bottles of beer at
Flynn's bottling works on Franklin street.
As two young ladies were out driving at
the Cape Tuesday, their horse took fright
and ran away. They lost all control of him,
but were fortunately rescued by Mr.. Lyman
W. Hanson without injury.
The members of the Sunday school con-
nected with the West Congregational church
will have cantata at the church this even
ing, entitled 1.-THE New Flower Queen" by
twenty-four young ladies, the proceeds to go
INTO the pew 1unQ.
Theodore P. Knight, alias Theodore Par
ker, the Lowell, (Mass.) embezzler, who was
arrested at the railway station in this city,
by Detective True the 10Th inst, was before
the court in Lowell, Tuesday He waived
animation, and was beld in $1,000 bonds to
pear at tie October term.
Mr.. d. G. Colesworthy, formerly of this
city, now of Boston, has written an account
of the old Center school, opposite the Third
Parish church, when it was under the charge
of Master Caleb Chase, which he intends to
publish at some future time; some 800 boys
nd girls attended the school about 1915 or
of whom 60 or 70 are now living.
MIR. Arthur NJ. SAWYER has received let
fromDDepartmen Commander Samuel
Lane, laying out the route of the Maine
delegation to the G. A. r. Encampment, as
FAR as Chicago. Leave Portland July %, at
$50 a. M, via Boston & Maine, Fitchburg,
West Shore, Great Western, Chicago and
Grand Trunk.
T. Laughlin & Son deny that they have re-
duced the pay of their employees on account
of early closing Saturdays, and G. NJ. STAN
wood & Go. say ''the 10Th of June we decided
to close our place of business at half-past
o'clock Saturdays, and notified cur men they
could make up the time through the week,
which they have agreed to d. nus receiving
IL. las heretofore"