The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-24
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

We have received from W. E. Chandler,
Harrington Block, the Folio for June
There were 81 arrests last week, of which
20 were for drunkenness.
The value of foreign exports last week was
S21, 1853 including 964, 42s feet of lumber.
Mr.. John Printable caught 80 trout in the
brook at the rear of the Crawford House,
White Mountains, Friday
Springfield Commandery X. r., will prob
ably visit st. Alban Commandery the coming
season.
The first annual convention of the Maine
Hotel Proprietors' Association will be held
in Portland Friday, June 4th at 2.30 p. m.
The annual meeting of the Middlesex Elec-
trio Light Company stockholders will be held
in Portland in June.
twenty-five G. A. R. Comrades and their
relatives of Portland have expressed their
intentions of going to San Francisco to at
tend the Goth National Encampment.
The Provident Aid Association and Ma
sonic Relief Association, have passed resolu-
tions of respect to the memory OF the late
Judge Kingsbury.
The steamer Frostburg, 225 feet long and
1850 tons burden, drawing 10 feet of water
discharged coal last week at the foot of
Franklin street. This is the first steamship
that ever entered Back Cove.
The fishing party on the Maggie have re-
turned from Biddeford Pool. They got 372
birds, of which number only 16 were coots.
Coots, velvet duck and northern divers are
very scarce.
Messrs. Quinn d Co., will build 70 horse
power steel boiler for the Portland Rolling
Mills. The firm shipped two so horse power
steel boilers Saturday to the Pejepscot Water
Co., of Brunswick.
A warm summers day yesterday, succeed
ed the heavy showers of Saturday. Horse
cars were filed with people, the sidewalks
lined with promenaders, and the country
roads filled with carriages.
officers Stevens and Warren arrested j. j.
Coney, Saturday. for drunkenness and an as
sault with.a bottle on G. w. Arey and cutting
cash in the latter's head. COnley was under
suspension of sentence for drunkenness dur
ing good behavior.
Officers Pickett and Sylvester early SUM-
day morning seized four barrels of beer in
the yard in the rear of James Conwell's
place on Danforth street, and later the same
officers got another barrel in the yard adj
joining John Howley's on York street.
In accordance with orders from the Adju-
tant General the Mechanic Blues Saturday
night elected G. w. Davis, first lieutenant,
and Charles F. SWEET, second lieutenant.
Lieutenant Davis will be promoted to his
old position as captain.
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will be displayed for the first time at the big
celebration in Gorham next Wednesday.
They are for Gorham Lodge, No. 9S, l. o. O.,
F. and Dirigo Lodge, No. 81, X. of p, of that
town.
The Portland schooners Matte p Dyer,
Henry Morganthan, Eddie Pierce. Abbie
Deering and Lizzie Maud have arrived at
New York the past week with fresh mack
erel and sold them at from two to three cents
each.
Lawrence Sillze, the young man arrested
in this city, Thursday, has been arraigned at
Stonington, Conn.,, on a charge of stealing
about $40 from NJ T. Martin, his employer.
Martin gave Silke the money with which to
transact some business in Providence, and
he went.on journey instead.
Gentlemen representing the city govern
ments of Portsmouth, Lawrence, Mass, and
Portland, will visit Manchester tomorrow to
view the work of the new imported steam
road roller. Aldermen WEIGH, Sanborn and
Reynolds and Councilmen Shannon, True
and Kendall will entertain the visitors.
The Forest City Steamship Company have
just completed substantial wharf, with
pao1 lie;
Island. When Ponce's wharf at Long Island
is completed they will stop there. Two adj
ditional trips daily will be made on and af-
ter today.
The Portland Commandery will stop at The
West End Hotel, Bar Harbor, on their pill
grimage; will make the trip, each way, in
six hours, and make brief stop, June 25th
In Bangor. Sir Knights Of st. Adams; Trim
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