The Portland daily press., 1886-07-07
BRIEF JoTTlNcs.

Several ladies were Frustrated by tie heat
yesterday.
Mr.. Stetson, and large party from San
Francisco, were at the Falmouth Hotel last
might.
The fireworks will take place, il the wealth
er is pleasant from the plain below Bran
hall Hill at s p. m. tonight.
The fine yachts Fawn, Mr.. Gordon Dexter
owner, and the Fleetwing Mr.. Thayer, ar
rived in this harbor last night.
An officers knot belonging to an officer of
the 1st Maine Regiment has been picked up
and can be found at the police station.
The Horse Railroad Company carried near
ly $4,000 people Monday, and the cars did
not run the four best hours of the day.
Mr.. James Cady presented fifty button
hole bouquets to the little boys from Prima-
ry School, No. B. IN the Centennial process
sion
Mrs. II. W. Taylor of Long Island, slipped
and fell while getting on board the steamer
Gordon Monday and was quite seriously in
iured.
The Advertiser made verbatim report of
yesterdays proceedings up to the time of
going to press. 1t was a great undertaking
well done.
Nathaniel Butler. in the one scene of the
sham fight with the Indians Monday night.
received a half-moon cut on the cheek from a
tomahawk.
A young lady was taken into Dana's drug
store yesterday suffering from heart-disease.
Mr.. Dana treated her and she was soon able
to go home.
The members of the class of 'SS, p. II. S.,
will remember the class picnic to Long
Island tomorrow, leaving Custom House
wharf at $50 a. m.
The crushed stone and fine screened stone
will be put on the roadway on temple street
today, and tomorrow afternood the steam
road roller will finish up the street
A still alarm from Mr.. DeeA s, corner Of
Tying and York streets Monday aslespond-
ed to by Falmouth Hose Comp ny No. 4, but
was extinguished with couple f pals Of
water.
The Pine street NJ. e. Sabbath school will
go on their annual excursion Long Island
on Thursday, July 8, leaving CT stom House
wharf at 9 a. M Tickets for sale at the
Inc Forest City Steamboat Company will
run boat after the fireworks this evening
to all points along its line, leaving the city
at 10 o'clock.
The regular officers of the police force and
specials were provided with capital dinners
by the city on Monday, which Alex Bell pre-
pared and served in splendid style in the
City Building.
Messrs. E. I. Burrowes & Co., of this city
have fitted large number of the windows
of the Maine General Hospital with their
sliding wire screens and presented them to
the institution.
There was slight fire last evening upon
the roof of Mr.. Charles Fobes' house on En-
cry street. The fire caught from fire works
sent off below and was extinguishcd
without an alarm.
There was still alarm from Mr. Mans
fields house, corner of Lafayette and Con-
gress streets Monday. The fire was extin-
guished with slight effort by a force from
Portland No. o Damage slight.
We are informed that William II. O'Brion
of the class of &c. P. H. S., has not been late,
absent, or dismissed once in four years.
This is the first time that This remarkable
record was ever made and this is worthy OF
special notice.
A negro employed at Hay stable and who
saws his name is George Henry, assaulted
John Elliott, another employc with an axe
Yesterday afternoon inficting quite severe
wound in Elliott's head. Elliott then
knocked the negro down and George is now
locked up.
According to the measurement by the city
civil engineer the route of Mondays process
sion was 81 miles long. The procession was
little over four miles long, as the last two
divisions had not started when the head
of the procession had finished the line Of
march.
Owing to an accident to one of the street
sprinkling carts, occurring in its use before
daylight Monday morning, and also break
age in the pipe supp lying the tanks with
water, the Street Sprinkling Co., were unable
to protect all of their patrons just right on
Tuesday, but will have all repairs made and
be in good running order on and after
Wednesday morning.
Fire In Cape Elizabeth.