The Portland daily press., 1888-11-03

About $4,000 was paid into the treasurer's
office for taxes on Wednesday
The weather the past two days has been
worthy Of Indian summer
The aldermen made 1874 changes in the
voting lists Thursday, and 154 yesterday.
About 80 new names have been added.
The lumber for the hall of the Golden Cross
at Peaks Island has arrived, and the work Of
building the hall will be pushed.
Messrs. A. c. Libby and FL. N. Pinkham, of
this city, have purchased the entire interest
in the Diamond Wrench plant.
Virginia l.. w. Fox, of Portland, has given
$1,000 toward the permanent fund of the Cot
tage Hospital at Portsmouth. N. III.
The tenants in the First National Bank
building have presented the janitor. b. d.
Barrett. Jr., revolver.
Woodnan & Robinson. of Saccarappa, will
rebuild Mr.. W. S. Pillsbury house at Pine
Point
Mr.. L. Lunt will rip-rap Steele's ledge,
Belfast harbor, and Capt Webber will do
the job with his wrecking sloop.
The annual meeting of the Little Women
will be held today at 8 Stetson place, Park
street. A full attendance is requested.
Rev. b. P. Snow will deliver his lecture
entitled Books and reading" in the North
Congregational church, Cape Elizabeth, on
Monday evening, Nov. 9TH.
There was meeting of the Citizens Re-
lief Association, in Reception Hall, last
night. There was a small attendance, and
only routine business transacted.
The monthly business meeting of the Diet
Mission win be held at the Fraternity rooms,
Free street block, today at p. m. A full
attendance is solicited.
An adjourned meeting of the Longfellow
Statue Association will be held in City build
Ing this afternoon at 4 o'clock. A full at
tendance is desired.
HThe schooner Josephine Swanton landed
5000 pounds of fish yesterday, the Margaret
Leonard 14.000 pounds, the John Somes 5000,
the Kittie Clark $4,000. the Island Queen TO-
900, the Kilburn 5000.
We acknowledge the receipt of the Journ-
al Of Proceedings of the 45th annual session
OF the l. 0. o. F. from Grand Secretary
Joshua Davis, and printed very neatly by
Charles Paine.
The last regular meeting, previous to the
annual, OF Portland Typographical Union,
No. 66, will be held at their rooms. Me-
chanics' building. this evening at 7.SO o'clock.
A full attendance is desired.
The sale of reserved seats for City hall
election night will take place today at Stock
bridges music-store There will be half fare
on trains for ticket holders from out of town.
Grimmer's orchestra will furnish music at
the hail.
The Japanese wedding festival to be pre-
sented by the ladies of the First Free Baptist
church, in connection with the sale and sup
per Nov. Sth, at Y. NJ. c. A. hall. will be one
OF the most interesting entertainments ever
given in this city.
Thursday afternoon the engineer on the
down train on the Mountain division of the
Maine Central Railroad, when about five
miles west of Bridgton Junction, noticed two
hens on the track, both of which the engine
apparently ran over. At Bridgton junction
the fireman got out to oil the engine, and was
much surprised to find one of the hens perch
ed on the cow catcher.
The new insolvency law, which will be
called for this winter, will oblige the party
praying for release from his debt to take
some steps toward the prosecution of his
cause before the court. and fixing limit of
one year in which time the petitioner may
make good his case and secure his dis
charge, or the case be dismissed from the
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