The Portland daily press., 1886-03-29
BRIEF JoTTiNcs.

We have received from Chandler the
Folio for April.
There were al arrests last week, of which
q were for drunkenness.
The fire apparatus was inspected by the
committee Saturday.
OConnor, of the Toronto club, was in
town Saturday, and wants to get race with
O'Connell.
Bosworth Relief Corps will give a
masquerade and fancy dress party tomorrow
evening at Mechanics Hall.
The Willis C. l.. S. c. will meet this eve
ming with Mr.. Oscar Hunt, No. $50 Congress
street.
The Maine Union Holiness convention has
decided to bold five days meeting at Ocean
Park, beginning July 81.
The second anniversary of Cumberland
Council, No. 81, of Portland, will be cele-
brated April Q.
The Willard club will have prize shoot
on their grounds in Deering this week and
another on Fast day.
The total value of foreign exports for the
week was 1928, 26647, including 969,6S6 feet
of lumber.
Schooner Margaret Smith left this port
Wednesday at 12.3Op. NJ, and arrived in
Newport harbor at the same time the
following day-a quick run.
Quinn & Co. are building boiler for Ham
ilton & Sons tow boat, the Willard Clapp;
also two steel boilers for the Brunswick
water works.
The regular business meeting of the Y. w.
c. T. U. will be held this afternoon at the
Y. NJ. C. A. hall at o'clock. Members will
please notice the change Of time.
The total number of apples thus far ship
ped from here this season is 1884 barrels,
against 81, 400 last year, and these have been
Maine and Canada apples.
d. W. Clark & Co. have finished their ice
business for the season at Lake Sebago. The
amount cut and stored by them there is 49,
600 tons.
Mr.. r. w. Snowden will erect large two
story brick block with Mansard roof. corner
of Portland and Paris streets. 1t will have
two stores on the first floor and tenements
above.
The shaft of the new Maine Central
steamer is So feet in length, and the propeller
feet and inches across. 1t is calculated
that the steamer will make from 16 to IS
miles per hour.
The thirty-third anniversary of the Port
land Young Mems Christian Association will
be celebrated at City Hall on Thursday eve
ming, April 10. Rev. DR.. Meridith of Boston
will deliver the address.
The Swedes of Manchester, N. H., have
received an acceptance of their invitation
extended to Hon. w. W. Thomas, late min
lister to Norway and Sweden, to deliver lee
ture in that city.
It is stated that block of low wooden
stores on Exchange street, opposite the
Printers Exchange, occupied. by Babcock,
machinist, and Cleveland, gas filter, will be
taken down and substantial brick block
put up by Mr.. H. N. Jose, but not this year.
There are five union cigar shops in the
city. Thomas Carey (who manufactures the
Knight of Labor cigar, F. L. Dunn, Payson
Rice, William Fowler and the Portland
Cigar Company The hands work nine
hours day. From and after the first of
May eight hours will constitute days
work. The cigar makers of Portland are
paid weekly.
LIT uCW pcnoloI dS6libs JOllH ~ AHuC1-
son of Gray, will take possession of the Office
in Augusta April l. Considerable talk has
been made to the effect that the office is to be
removed to Portland, but nothing definite
has been done in the matter. Col. Anderson
was in town Saturday.
Rev. C. j. Clark, D. D., pastor CT Pine
street Methodist church, was unable to
preach yesterday on account of partial loss
of voice. His pulpit was acceptably filled
by Rev. H P Winter, General Secretary of
the Young Mems Christian Association of
this CITY,
Mr.. Daniel 7. Kelley has erected a three
story building, 9Ox4o feet, on Kennebec
street. TO which he has transferred his agri-
cultural implement business. The factory
will be 1870 feet long. "a feet wide, three
stories high, with entrance at centre of build
ing. The firm will give employment to 100
workmen or more.