The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-11
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The Maine Historical Society holds its an
nual meeting at Brunswick, June 25th.
The four classes in the High School have
been photographed.
The annual meeting of the Women's Chris
tan Association viii accur this afternoon at
o'clock at % Spring street.
The class Of 1885, Westbrook Seminary,
win have dinner at the Falmouth Hotel on
the 24th Of this month.
The walls of the lower corridor in the
eastern wing of the City Building are being
tinted.
Marshal Hawkes. has notified the news
dealers that they must close their respective
places of business by 10 O'Clock on Sunday
mornings.
Springvale Lodge, f. A. NJ, is to be con-
stituted June 18th. VIM II. Smith, the
editor OF the Express will deliver the adj
dress.
Rev. Mr. French, Baptist missionary, ad-
ministered the ordinance of baptism to five
converts, in the Presumpscot river last Sun
day.
The Unitarian Women's Auxiliary have
their annual social meeting this friday af-
ternoon at o'clock in room No. 6, Browns
Block, Congress street.
The trotting events at Presumpscot Park
next week promise to be well attended.
Some good trotting may confidently be ex-
pected
1t is reported that horse owneda at Clark's
livery stable, on Tying staeet started last
night as two men were getting into the car
riage, and, after running a long distance
IL. en-. 1ozr
Rev. Ezra Tinker of the Congress ST.
Methodist church will address the citizens
of Portland this evening at the Gospel Mis-
sion at 7.45 o'clock on the Needs Of the hour
and temperance" All are cordially invited.
The Canadian schooner, British Star, Capt
A. Evans, from Chester, N. s., arrived in
port yesterday morning with 1865 three
quarters and 1850 one-half boxes of Holsters
consigned to the Portland Packing Company.
Deputies Black and Crowell seized 270 bot
ties Of beer on the premises of the Casco Bot
Ting Company, and officers Skillings and
Harmon secured barrel Of ale at Peter
Sullivan's place at % York street yesterday.
Owen, Moore & Co.'s cash boys viii take
part in the centennial parade. 1t is expected
that the commercial travellers will also APP
pear in line some 200 strong and uniformed
in linen busters and silk hats.
The family Of Mr.. Carl Berrer, consisting
Of his widow and four young children, will
receive pecuniary benefit from the Provi-
dent Aid Society of Portland, of which Mr..
Berrer was a member.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
will commence, in few days, with a large
crew, stringing two additional wires between
Portland and Bangor on the Maine Central
Railroad.
James McCabe, an employee in Shaw, God
ing & Co.'s shoe factory, caught one hand in
a skiying machine which he was operating
Wednesday and jammed two fingers so
severely that he viii not be able to use his
hand for week or more.
We should have stated last week that the
Chronicle is indebted. for the weather signals,
to The eXertions of Private b. a. Kinney, in
charge Of the Portland Signal Service office.
He is thorough gentleman and, very much
interested as well as successful in his work.
Pennington Chronicle.
Much interest is manifested in the new
Military Degree, 'Patriarchs Militant. Com
mander-in-Chief L. p Woodbury. mustered
in a Canton at Berwick last night and to-
night VIII muster another at Gardiner The
Canton in this city, we hear, are to parade
on the 4th.
The Grattans had grand tipie at the
islands yesterday. Little6s'd & Mitchell
prepared splendid dinner, and the base
ball game resulted in ,sevictory for the one
picked nine over thePother By score of 16
to TO- About % me1bers participated in the
eSearsien.se.
f51o6erf SEf3fAof South Paris reported to
the police that he was robbed Of $50 and
return ticket to South Paris on the noon
Grand Trunk train yesterday. He does not
know where the robbery took place and there
is no clue to the thief. A man was arrested
on suspicion of being the thief in the after
noon but proved he was not on the train and
was released.