The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-15
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The lobster close time ends tomorrow.
Yesterday the schooner Hattie Maud
landed 5000 pounds of cod and paddock.
{ The entering class at the Gorham Normal
School number 80.
The Casco Bay Steamboat Company will
make trip for all landings Saturday eve
nings until further notice, at $50.
Forest City Lodge, A. o. u. w., will cell
citrate their sixth anniversary on October
22d.
The Haskell Silk Company, at Saccarappa,
contemplate putting $50 electric lights into
their new mill.
The regular shore dinner of the Portland
Club occurs as usual at the summer club
house, today, at O'Clock.
Members of the Commercial Travellers
Association will notice advertisement in
another column.
1t is said that when the Longfellow statue
is unveiled. Hon. G. F. Libby will make the
address. Mayor Chapman will respond, and
poem by Mrs. Cavazza will be reaa.
Ernest Billetloux, brakeman on the
Portland & Rochester, jammed his arm bad
ly while Stacking cars at Cumberland
Mills, Thursday. No bones were broken.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlen is expected to adj
dress the young people Tuesday evening at
their convention in Bangor. The delegates
from Portland are to leave at ITO a. m. Tues.
day.
The adjourned meeting of the Longfellow
Statue Association will occur this afternoon
at o'clock, at city building. As matters
pertaining to unwilling the statue are to be
considered, large attendance is desired.
The Cooling family of this city had a de-
lightful reunion and dinner at the summer
club house Of the Portland Club, on Thurs
day afternoon. There were 90 members Of
the family present.
The annual meeting of the Cumberland
County Agricultural Society, for the choice
of officers and other legal business, will be
holden at headquarters 1 p. M, Wednesday,
Sept. 10.
Commencing Monday. Sept. II, the steam
ers OF the Portland Steam Packet Company,
will leave Boston for Portland at 6. p. m.
Tomorrow, Sept. 16, will be the last Sunday
trip OF the season.
sailor named Sylvester ran down Com
mercial street yesterday forenoon, apparent
ly in pursuit Of some one. Arriving at the
Grand Trunk station he said he had been
robbed of So.
The Lidback Manufacturing Company will
put up an addition to their building on Com
mercial street The company is building a
compound marine engine for S. w. Thaxter's
steam yacht
The Maine Central Railroad will sell ex-
cursion tickets to the Caledonian County
fair at st. Johnsbury. VT, the 18th, 18th and
Goth. Tickets good to return until the oath.
See advertisement
Mr.. William W. jackson, Jr., will deliver
lecture at Knightsyille, Cape Elizabeth, in
the Methodist church, Sunday evening, at
6.45 o'clock. Subject: Goods presence and
providence demonstrated in the beginning
and progress of great events"
The exhibit of penwork at the State fair.
spoken of in yesterdays issue, is by Shaw's
Business College, and the young lad whose
beautiful writing was so highly spoken of, is
VIII Sampson, of Bowdoinbam, Is years old.
student of the above named college.
There will be several meetings at the
Mountfort street church during next week.
Rev. Mr.. Scott of Baltimore, Rev. Mr.. Hon.
kins Of New York, Rev. DIR. johnson of
Providence, and several other ministers of
this city, will be in attendance.
1t is estimated that there has been 10 DE,
cent more travel on the Boston boat, the In.
ternational line, the Boston & Maine and
Maine Central roads this year than last. The
island boats have not carried so many people
as last year.