The Portland daily press., 1886-04-12
BRIEF JorTiNcs.

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The decoration committee on centennial
celebration will hold meeting Wednesday.
The Longfell0w c. L. S. c. will meet in
the Chestnut Street vestry this evening, at
7.45 o'clock.
The Cadet Band will accompany Sagada-
hoe Encampment to Portland from Bath, On
the Goth inst.
One of the statues made by the late E. r.
Thaxter was sold at the sale of the Morgan,
collection in New York for $1,O50.
Marshal Hawkes. and Deputy Marsh al
Crowell seized three barrels of ale at Keely's
Saturday.
The total value of foreign exports for last
week was $14S,0 3129. including S21,7 21 feet
of lumber.
The goods brought here from the wreck of
the Oregon sold for S1759. OF this the gov
eminent got $4S7 in duties
The regular business meeting of the w. C.
T. U. will be held this afternoon at o'clock
at Y. M. G. A. Hail.
The committee on entertainment in aid Of
the Aged Mems Home had supper at the
Preble House, Wednesday evening
Ancient Brothers Lodge, L. O. 0. f., will
pay fraternal visit to Laconia Lodge of
Biddeford, May 10th.
target with II bulls-eyes, 90 centers and
one inner, may be seen at Davis, made by
E. j. Cram and w. G.. Cummings, Co. G,
Biddeford, with army rifles at 200 yards
The United States Hotel will have new
boiler and steam pipes, an elevator, be new
ly papered and painted, and receive new
furniture
Frank E. Merrill, son of Josiah P. Merrill
of Freeport, while splitting wood, accident
ally cut off the thumb upon his left hand at
the first joint.
Charles W. Hearn will be the class pho
tographer of the class of sc Portland High
School, and the Bath, Alfred and Yarmouth
High Schools
The moot court trial at Gray's Business
College, Saturday night, was breach of
promise case, and resulted in favor of the
defendant
Two drunken men were refused admission
to tenement in Stafford Block, Saturday,
beat down the doors and brutally assaulted
the inmates before the officers arrived.
Officers Hicks and G. Frank arrested Susan
Hamilton, Saturday, at Stafford Block, for
the larceny of watch from Canadian.
Officer Thrasher recovered the watch.
For the week ending March 9th, the
Grand Trunk roads earnings increased $780,
752 over the corresponding week in 1885, and
$1S0,053 for the first three months of 1896
over those of 1885.
Officers Webster and Pickett, Saturday
morning, made a large seizure of liquor from
tho oar e fba Ioi
cured SO half barrels of beer, 10S bottles Of
ale, barrel and keg of whiskey.
The real estate, covered by Mr.. Dilling-
hams store, corner of Park and Spring
streets, was sold at auction to j. w. Dyer,
Saturday, for $4,625. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Dillingham; is the purchaser.
Saturday, as pair of hack horses belong
ing to Sawyer's livery stable was driven
along Federal street, one of them fell in fit
of blind staggers. He was lanced in the
mouth and recovered.
The music committee Of the centennial Gel
ebration met Saturday night and organized
Mr.. E. W. Kent was elected secretary.
Messrs. John L. Shaw, Hermann Kotzschmar
and j. B. Coyle were added to the COM
mittee.
1t was announced Saturday that there is
no dispute between the Electric Light Com
pany and their employees. The men can
have weekly or monthly payments as they
desire. The petition for weekly payments
presented Friday was signed by only few
of the men. The greater part of the en-
ployes do not care for a change in the present
method.
The letters forwarded to England by Con-
ley's representative did not appear in the
London Sportsman as they were written,
and Perkins had no means of knowing how
to reach Conley save through the columns of
the paper in which the challenge appeared.
He sought that avenue of communication,
and the Sportsman is authority for Perkins
late acceptance of Conley challenge.
Yesterday is known in the calendar of the
church as Passion Sunday, SO called from
the passion of Christ. This feast was or
dained by the church, the better to prepare
its communicates for the worthy celebration
of the latter solemnity. On this day cruci-
fixes, statues, stations of the cross, etc., are
covered in the churches with mourning color,
both to commemorate the Saviour's go
ing out of the temple and hiding himself,
and to dispose the faithful to compassionate
his sufferings