The Portland daily press., 1886-12-20
BRIEF JoTTINCs.

Splendid day yesterday.
The streets were full of Christmas shoppers
Saturday
Portland will receive ton and half of spruce
gum from Byron.
snow slide from Clapp's Block Saturday
struck lady and demolished her hat
mThere were 2l arrests last week, of which IL
were for drunkenness.
McGinnis who was so severely injured by
pickaxe in the hands OF Brown, is out again.
The Boston & Maine Railroad Relief Associa-
tion now numbers over 800 members.
There are 10 cantons, numbering 613 members,
of Patriarchs Mltantin Maine.
The steamer Peruvian of the Allan line will be
due here Tuesday.
An arc light has been placed on Oak street, at
the head Of Prospect street.
The fishing feet did not make single trim last
week, and fresh fish are scarce.
The new cooperative store started by members
OF the Knights of Labor is called the Casco.
There is soon to be billiard and pool tourna
ment in this city,
Commencing this evening the store of X. John
Little & Co. will be open every evening until
Christmas.
The Willis Chautauqua Circle viii meet this
evening with Mrs. Annie Chapman, No. 1926
Bracket street.
league e. Bennett will build a wharf on Horse
Island, near Cape Small Point, and also the new
railroad across York River at Kittery
The Turnverein has received another addition
OF seven members. Prof. Doldt has selected the
class Of 20 for exhibition.
The brig George E. Dane arrived Saturday
night, towed back from Cape Cod, where she lost
her deck load
The value of last weeks exports was 1866.
9ee.o4. There were 359,97s feet of lumber
exported
The tow boat VIM. II. Scott has been sold bv
the Independent Tow Boat Company to parties in
vinalhaven.
Miss Alice Gould will give an exhibition of her
own and her pupils work at her studio, Wednes-
day afternoon from until o'clock.
The Portland Company are building rs horse
power steam engine for the new tube mill at South
Boston, and Quinn g. Co. Saturday put the steam
boiler in the United States Hotel
the freezing rain on the sidewalks made hor-
rible walking Saturday night. The Street Com
missioner's men sanded the sidewalks yesterday
morning.
petition is being extensively signed to the
Horse R.R Company, requesting them to keep the
tracks open this winter, and remove the surplus
snow from the sides OF the tracks
Mr. Eleazar Shaw, Saturday, by active work
among the merchants, secured a barrel of -four
and $41 in money for a poor sick woman with
three little children.
Star OF the East Council, No. H. United Fellow
ship, Of Bangor, will celebrate its anniversary the
hrst week in January. All the Maine councils
are invited, also the Supreme Cou ell.
petition is being circulated asking that the
Horse Railroad Company may extend their track
through Vaughan street in order 10 connectNthe
Spring street and Congress stree ines.
Lewis Chase & Whitten control fifteen fishing
vessels, employing over $50 men and catching
about 10000 quintals of fish annually. They
employ a dozen men putting up their boneless
hsh, which they have begun to ship to California
man from Yarmouth Saturday drove team
that had little house on the forward end, in
which he sat and drove, the reins passing through
an aperture. The house was warmed by an oil
stove.
The stenographers and shorthand writers of the
city are considering the matter Of forming an
association. If sufficient encouragement is re-
ceiyed, those who now have the movement in
charge will issue call for the formation of such
an organization.
There was matched game of billiards at the
City Hotel Saturday between John Call and j. V.
Fahey, who was backed by Mr. Albert Pickett
Fahey won the match 1t is understood that Call
and Fahey are matched to play 500 points for
500 side.