The Portland daily press., 1886-03-30

We have received the Pythian Herald for
April, full of news interesting to the order.
r. W. Miller has bought the yacht Leila
from Mr.. E. Woodman.
A gang of about thirty men were engaged
in relaying the track, and replacing sleeperS
on the Grand Trunk bridge yesterday
The public schools of Westbrook began
Yesterday with the exception of the Warren
school
Bosworth Post Relief Corps will give a
masquerade and fancy dress party this even
ing at Mechanic Hall.
The project for Uniform Division, X. Of
p, in Portland has been given up and the
money collected returned to the petitioners
Pennel the provision dealer, sold three
magnificent wild geese to the Falmouth Hotel
yesterday
An adjourned meeting of the Y. w. c. T.
u will be held this afternoon at four
O'Clock at the Y. M. G. A. rooms.
Remember the usual temperance meeting
tonight at the Gospel Mission, at 73O O'Clock.
All are cordially invited.
Ivanhoe Lodge, Knights of Pythias, will
have social entertainment at their hall this
evening.
A horse belonging at Hayes's livery stable
ran away on Pine street yesterday afternoon,
breaking the shafts to the wagon to which he
was attached.
Mr.. A. d. Smith will build Mr.. Swinton's
new brick block, corner of Paris and Port
land streets, and Knight & Redlon will do
the mason work.
Gov Robie, Councilmen Locke and Smith,
did not visit the School for the Deaf yeSter-
day as the school is not in session at this
time.
Ocean st. Circle at Deering, Saturday
elected Mr.. G. II. Crocker, president; Mr.. S.
T. Fowler, vice president; Mr.. I. G. Hooper,
secretary and treasurer.
S. n. Rand has set what is said to be the
largest light of glass in the State in Austin's
clothing store on Middle street. The pane is
10 by 10 feet, making 100 square feet of sur
face.
Grand Master F. l. Day of Lewiston says
that a liberal brother has generously paid a
sufficient sum to maintain free bed at the
Maine General Hospital for the benefit of
Masonic brethren.
The late Clarence E. Clary, who was blown
up in the powder mill explosion at Gambo,
was member Of the I'd Glass in the Endow-
ment, K. of P. $4,000; he also had $500 in
the Powder Mill Co.'s Insurance.
In their magazine for April, Harper &
Brothers announce, as nearly ready, book
by Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson, entitled "Geo
Eliot and Her Heroines." 1t will give a new
portrait of George Eliot as frontispiece.
There was special meeting for praise and
prayer held last evening in the yestry of the
First Baptist Church There is an unusual
interest in the Sabbath School at the Ipresent
time.
There were two policies of insurance on
w. N. Sanborn & Co. stock, omitted in yes
terday's edition. One of $4,000 in the Hart
ford with Palmer & Anderson, and $1,000
with that firm in their Washington of Boston
on oil paintings in the store.
The committee of the Fire Department
from the Portsmouth, n. H., City Govern
ment, were in town yesterday to examine our
hose wagons, and were shown their opera
tions by Chief Cloyes. They were much
pleased with them.
Yesterday morning, at Clark & Chaplin's
ice house in Cape Elizabeth, Win. Wescott
was caught by hook used for hoisting. His
side was badly torn. The doctor could not
tell the extent of his injuries. He lives on
the Long Creek road.
The entertainment given on the 18th inst.
by the Congress Square Sociable Committee
for the benefit of the Aged Men, has netted
$354.71. For the past three years the sum of
$1,070.48 has been cleared for the home by
these annual entertainments