The Portland daily press., 1886-06-21
BRIEF JoTTINcS.


The Munjoy c. L. S. Circle meets this
Monday evening" with Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ.
Donham, No. II Vesper street.
The police seized five barrels and two half
barrels of beer at the Eastern Depot Satur-
day morning.
The number of marbles contained in the
glass globe upon which so many guesses were
made at John E. Davis was 2,139
Three men were capsized in row-boat off
the Prospect House, in the harbor yesterday,
but escaped with thorough wetting.
The David Sprague brought 6oOO live lob
sters Saturday from Westport, N. S., to W.
S. Trefethen.
The ship-smiths and stationers propose to
close their places of business Saturday after
moons.
The regular business meeting of the Y. w.
c. T. u, will be held this Monday afternoon
at four o'clock at the Y. M. c. A. rooms.
A horse attached to jigger ran away on
Pleasant street Saturday and collided with
barber pole. The team belonged to c. A.
Weston & Co.
The Seventh Maine will go into camp at
Long Island, August 21st, for one week.
Their new building will be 26x16 in size with
an all-round piazza.
The Portland Commandery excursion to
Bar Harbor will leave the Congress street
station, not the Boston and Maine station, at
8 a. m, sharp on Wednesday.
c. C. Chapman has the plans drawn, and
will erect five story block on Middle street,
where Deane & Sawyer's store was located.
1t will have two stores on the first story.
The value of exports from this port last
week amounted to $10,647.42. There were
331, S21 feet of spool-wood and 40,946 feet of
deals exported.
Mr.. Eben Freeman's son and another
young man were returning from Windham
Friday evening, when their valuable horse
was taken suddenly i'll and died.
The Horse Railroad Company have just
erected two settees on Congress street, at the
head of Grove street, for the convenience of
waiting passengers at that point.
The fine weather yesterday tempted people
out of doors and the roads on the Cape were
lively with carriages while the island steam
ers carried crowds.
The members of the Fifth Maine Regi-
ment Association are requested to meet at
the secretary's rooms this eveing at 7.3O to
complete arrangements for the coming re-
union.
Capt. Doughty has received the contract
for finishing the street from the landing ON
Long Island to the building of the 1st-1Oth-
29th regiment Association, and has begun
work.
A man passing between Portland Bridge
and Ferry Village, Cape Elizabeth, one night
last week when stranger asked the time.
The man took out his watch and the strang-
er seized it. There was a scuffie and the
stranger cleared out.
At meeting of the 18th Maine Regiment
Association held at Grand Army Hall Satur-
day evening, it was decided to accept the in
vitation of going to Norway to celebrate the
annual reunion at that place on the 18th of
August.
A large crew Of men are at work in the
Boston & Maine and Maine Central yards,
replacing frogs and relaying the tracks so as
to enter the new depot. Trains will COM
mence running to and from this station June
28th.
A quantity of seized liquors were spilled
Saturday, consisting of about 1900 bottles Of
lager beer and about 800 gallons Of other
liquors in barrels, kegs and jugs The lager
beer bottles after being empttied are sold by
the authorities for 60 Gents dozen.
Messrs. Sargent, Lord & Skillin, received
telegram from Halifax Saturday, stating
that the schooner Ella NJ. Doughty. has been
bonded Capt. w. A. Doughty started last
night for Halifax where he will meet the at
torneys of the United States. who will then
go to Englishtown for his schooner.
A handsome double arched foot bridge has
been thrown across the upper end of the
gulley in behring's Cakes. Work on it has
been in progress for about fortnight and
was finished Saturday. The post holes for
the new granite entrance way have been
dug.
Col. Greene says: whether the shore
road will ever get through to connect with
the Grand Southern is more than can tell
The towns want us to do pretty much all the
work, and are not contributing as much as
they should to a work so important for
them"
The Knights of Labor say that Mr.. Kelly,
the foundry-man employed eleven moulders.
An application was presented to Mr.. Kelly,
signed by ten of the eleven, asking for week
ly payments, at the time of which request
nearly eight weeks pay was due, which he
refused, and consequently the men left his
employ.
The Blues on Wednesday will leave their
armory at 7.15 a. m, At Sebago Lake vari-
GUS amusements will be in order-target
practice, base ball, foot ball, etc., divided
among the active and honoraries. Dinner
will be served at the Lake House. A sail on
the lake will be one of the many pleasant
features of the day.
Yesterday was Trinity Sunday, feast in
stituted by the church in honor of the most
blessed Trinity. 1t is also the octave of
Whit-Sunday, and signifies that the work of
redemption and specification, then complet-
ed, are common to God in the three persons.
This feast was instituted about the ninth
century, and approved at Rome about the
18th.
The Norway Light Infantry will arrive
here on the return from State muster, Satur-
day, July Sd, and will proceed to Long
Island, accompanied by the Norway Band,
when they will take up quarters at Reunion
Hall, the use of which has been kindly ten
dered them by the 1st-10th-29th Regiment
Association. They will take part in the cen
tennial parade.
Dunlap Commandery on Friday, will be re-
ceived by the Portland Knights on their ar
rival and escorted to the Falmouth Hotel,
where dinner will be served, in which both
Communicates will participate. Then will
follow short season Of sociability, and the
Bath Knights will be escorted to the de-
rot in season for the II Is Pullman train for