The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-04-19
BRIEF JoTTiNcs.

The artesian well at Peaks Island has reached
depth of twenty-five feet.
There were 46 arrests last week, Of which &c
were for drunkenness.
The value of foreign exports last week was
$22e, 1851, including s4,o61 feet of lumber.
M. T. Mulhall has painted the largest corner
sign in the city, for Allen & Co.
The ladies of Willard have raised $25 for beau
tfyng Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Tomorrow the Jewish feast of the Passover will
begin.
The grocers and provision dealers will close
on Fast Day.
The Montgomery Guards will give a grand
charity ball about the Goth of May for the benefit
of the st. Elizabeth's Orphan Asylum.
A requiem mass for Mrs. Bridget L. Cummings.
who died April 18th, was celebrated at the Cattle
draI of the Immaculate Conception, Saturday.
The degree staff of the Portland Odd Fellows
lodges will exemplify the third degree at Wood
fords.
The Paint and Oil Club enjoyed their monthly
dinner at the Preble House Saturday night. There
were no invited guests or speeches.
officers McDonough and Frank took woman
named Hamilton to the station Saturday night,
who tried to drown herself at Franklin wharf,
and also cut her wrist with case knife.
The trustees of the Bath Orphan Asylum have
purchased from Samuel Thurston of this city a
fine piano for the asylum with the funds pre-
sented by the G. A. R.
The new board of managers Of the Y. M. C. A.
will meet at o'clock p. m. today for organiza-
tion The Boys Literary Society will meet this
evening at 7.3o O'Clock.
Police Officers Harris and Lawton found a
horse and wagon, the wagon containing two half
barrels of beer, in shed on Plum street, last
night, and took possession.
Yesterday was Palm Sunday and duly observed
at the Episcopal and Catholic churches. At the
Congress Square Universalist palm trees were
placed on either side of the pulpit.
Services will be held in st. Stephens Parish
every day during the present week: Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday afternoons, at
4 o'clock; Wednesday evening at 7.30, and Fri
day at 1890 a. m.
The ladies interested in the work room of the
Associated Charities are invited to meet at Mrs
Lewis Browns residence, No. 80 State street,
this afternoon at o'clock, to make arrangements
for the annual sale.
There was slight FIRE in C. W. York's wood
and coal office on Commercial street, Saturday
night, but it was extinguished by a hydrant
stream with slight damage The fire took around
the steam engine.
Yesterday was a summer day, the mercury
touching 100 In the shade, and gentle breeze
blowing from the southwest The roads over to
the Cape were filled with carriages, people i'm
proving the fine weather
Prof Leslie A. Lee of Bowdoin College will lee
ture before the Society of Natural History this
evening on the formation of limestone. His re-
marks will be illustrated by Mr.. Fuller who has
prepared a large number of lantern slides.
Mr.. Genthnsr of Waldoboro has bought the late
Thomas G. Loring's apothecary stand stock and
fixtures-without proprietary medicines-for
$4,000, an advance of $765 over the appraised
valuation.
A special meeting of the Young Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union will be held at the Y. NJ.
C. A. rooms this afternoon at o'clock. A full
attendance is especially desired as business of
Importance will come before the meeting.
In addition to the work intended to be done by
fine mark commissioners in Lincoln Park as pub
lished in the PRESS, it is proposed to have Cloud
man rebronze the fountain, and have an entrance
to behring's Oaks with iron posts and granite
pillars.
The Ontario, of the Dominion Line, arrived
from Bistol, Eng, Saturday, with one CABIN ana
thirteen steerage passengers, and 1850 tons OIL
freight. The Sandman, of the Allan Line, VIII
be due tomorrow, and the Peruvian will be the
last boat of the season.
Lie SESSION OF inc 1OIlldHu DuolllCoo NoAlOSO
Debating Club Saturday evening, was most en-
joyable one. After the regular business social
time was spent, enlivened by orchestral music
singing and other diversions. The festivities con-
tinued till a late hour.
Officers Harris and Lawton captured two bar
rels OF beer at the corner of Danforth and Maple
streets, yesterday morning. Officers Frank and
McDonough got three barrels bottled lager and
twenty gallons of whiskey at Franklin wharf.
Saturday; Deputy Crowell some rum and whiskey
at James Days, and Norton and Firth ale at
John Sullivan's.
A. d. Smith will build a three-story brick block
of two stores and four tenements on Centre
street, next to JEWELS stable, for Ex-Governor
Morrill,; A. d. Sullivan and Z. NJ. Coyle, a double
dwelling corner State and Sherman streets; J. F.
Hoyey. a wooden block corner of Hanover and
Portland streets, and A. j. Cummings two
story house corner of Grant and High streets.
Maine Central was one-half point higher at
1171b Saturday. Eastern rs were off one-quarter
to 1271b. with the stock steady at 81. The Bos
ton Herald saws there is an indefinite rumor of an
Eastern scheme to issue collateral loan, on
which Maine Central stock is to be hypothecated,
the semi-annual dividend on Maine Central to be
increased to per cent. to enhance its value as
collateral.