The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-07-26
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

There were 81 arrests last week, of which
Is were for drunkenness.
A young man named Ryall, employed at
the Kerosene Oil Works, received a serious
wound on one hand the other day.
The yacht Starlight, of the Portland Yacht
Club, has gone on two months cruise with
party from Harvard College.
The Electric Light Company has contract
ed to put up several electric lights at
Ligonia.
Officers Lawton and Sylvester captured a
beer team on Middle street last night. The
driver got away.
Atlantic Lodge of Masons will go on their
annual clam bake, at Spurwink, Thursday,
August 9TH.
The annual reunion of the United Order
of the Golden Cross will be held at Peaks
Island
An excursion on the Portland & Ogdens
burg railroad, from all stations this side of
Baldwin, will arrive here Thursday. They
will .go to Peaks Island on the steamer
Forest City.
The train from Boston, due at this city at
Soclock Saturday evening, did not arrive
until $50, on account of the rush of summer
tourists to Maine.
The exports for the past week amounted to
$1,212.5O including $50 barrels of -four The
imports included 1854 cases of canned lob
sters.
At the Falmouth Hotel E. Fl. Joses alb
sence is regretted about 500 worth He has
failed to put in an appearance or return from
''Saccarappa."
A small two-masted fishing schooner went
ashore Saturday morning on the shoal off
House Island. She laid in favorable posi-
ton and came off at high tide.
The steamer Cadet in making landing
Saturday, ran into the wharf with sufficient
force to smash the woodwork around her
bow. No serious damage was done.
The committee on public buildings has
ordered the removal of the urinal under Old
City Hall and the closing of the outer doors
that lead to it.
The catch of the schooner E. p. Boynton,
$4,000 pounds of halibut, Melted $2,700.20.
Wyer Bros own the vessel The firm re-
ceived $4,000 pounds of mackerel last week.
The steam yacht Stranger of Boston ar
rived in the harbor Saturday afternoon, and
the steam yacht Edith and schooner yacht
AI1bdSSduIcSS WtIG Out, UOuuu NcSIWdlu.
An unsuccessful attempt was made Friday
night to effect an entrance to the shoe store
of j. H. Wetherell & Co., No. 225 Middle
street, by cutting hole with diamond
through the glass panel of the door leading
out on Temple street.
Mr.. John Cox, the cigar dealer, No.2
Market Square, received notice from the
National Tobacco Works of Louisville, KY,
Saturday morning, that he had taken the
third prize offered for the collection of their
tags, diamond ring valued at $240.
1t is said that the American Quick Transit
Company of Boston has brought suit against
the New England Shipbuilding Company of
Bath in the sum of $4,000 for damage to its
business and the conversion of the steamer
Meteor last August.
The police and deputies Saturday seized
two barrels and four half barrels of beer at
the Boston boat eight half barrels and about
300 bottles of beer at Murdock's bottling
works, and one barrel and about 300 bottles
at Lanes bottling works, besides small guam
titles at John Feeny's and Catherine Cary's
A son of Mrs. Charles Mullen robbed the
safe in his mothers store on Fore street,
Thursday, and took about $15. He pur-
chased a ticket for Boston on the 2.3O train
Friday afternoon, but was arrested at the
station by Officers Hanson and Frank. He
is already under sentence to the Reform
School.
Mr.. G. 0. Barrows, while sailing in yacht
off Boon Island, enclosed postal card in
bottle, on which was his address and a re-
quest that the finder should mail 1t to him.
Last Monday he received the card, on which
was written: "Found in Gloucester Fresh
Water, Conn, by pilot George Sawyer, July
II, 1885," The bottle had therefore been in
the water less than three days, and had
Travelled at least thirty miles.