The Portland daily press., 1888-06-11
le Board then adjourned.
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

There were SO arrests last week of which
"a were for drunkenness.
Fassett g. Tompson have drawn the plans
for Casco SIS new house.
The Grand Trunk Co. is rebuilding shed
No. 8.
The horse cars ran on the Spring, Neal
and Vaughan St., circuit yesterday.
There will be meeting of the Commission
OF Pharmacy at the Prebe house at 8 a, m.
Wednesday.
As soon as the Old City Hall is removed
the base of the Soldiers Monument will he
placed ON its site.
Mr.. Z. c. Connell, agent of the Travellers
insurance Co., has sent us fine lithograph
of prominent journalists.
Grimmer's orchestra will furnish the mu-
sic for the banquet at the Falmouth Hotel.
Wednesday evening.
MI. A. d. smith is building fine cottage
Tor Mr.. Burdett of Burdett & North. at
Prout's Neck.
The Longfellow, c. L. S. c., will hold the
last meeting of the season this evening at
DR.. Whitaker's, 219 Cumberland Street.
The imports last week were 763 puncheons,
% hhds, 26 tierces and 800 bbls. of molasses,
and the exports were S9S365 feet of lumber
and 1880 feet of pickets.
The hotels will be crowded with delegates
to the Republican convention today and TO-
morrow. The doctors win also be here in
force and the Good Templars.
The PRESS and Argus compositors had a
pleasant excursion to Trefethen's landing.
Saturday. They enjoyed fine dinner at the
Valley View House.
The New England Society of Friends in
session at Newport, r. l., have granted the
request of Falmouth Conference that the
meeting next.year be held in Portland.
Ivy Lodge of this city will visit Evening
Star Lodge, of Brunswick, next Monday
evening. Grand Master Gosse visited wv
Lodge, Saturday.
Sergeant j. G. Boyd and Private G. f.
Hamilton, having won the Latin School Ca
det competition medals for the third time.
they become their private property.
Inc great boiler for the New Brunswick
costing $4,000. was sent out Of the shops by,
Quinn Il Co. Saturday. The same firm sent
another boiler to the Ottawa House. and is
building one for the Iris.
n '"iso duulence assembled on Howard
street at the open air service at 8 D. m. yes-
terday, and listened attentiyely to an able
and earnest discourse from Rev. C. Il. DAN
iels.
Mr.. Michael Lee, the driver of Mr.. James
Lucas's brick team of East Deering. was
hauled up by Cruelty Agent A. NJ. SAWYER.
Saturday, for abusing one of his horses. The
Case is held under advisemenu
Those members and ex-memhers of The
Portland Fraternity who are interested in
the second annual reunion of that institution
are requested to attend the meeting to be
held at the Fraternity rooms, Monday even
ing, June IL, at 7.30 p. m.
Saturday afternoon flowers were sent TO
the Jail, and Sunday four ladies from the
Women's Christian Temperance Union con-
Quoted services in the Jail chapel Flowers
were also sent to the State Reform School
and the House of Correction.
The steam yacht Sylvan, Capt. Wescott
Of five tons register, with capacity for
about one hundred passengers, WILL in con-
nectlon with the Portland & Ogdensburg
Railway, run as an excursion boat during
the season to different parts of Sebago
Lake.
The through sleeping car which will be
run between Bar Harbor and points south of
New York, daily. during the summer season
via the Portland and Worcester line. will be
taken at Westbrook Junction by the noon
train via the Kennebec route and returned ON
the corresponding train westward to the
same junction point.
A large company from Arcana Lodge of
Good Templars drove out in Kicker. barge
last Saturday evening for the purpose of
paying visit to Oak Grove Lodge, Fal-
mouth. They were very pleasantly enter
tanned and arrived home at twelve O'Clock.
well pleased with the evenings entertain
ment.
The Commercial Travellers will 90 to Lake
Auburn Tuesday morning, July 10th and re-
turn Wednesday afternoon. They will dine
at Las.e Auburn, Tuesday, and at the De.
Witt House, Lewiston, Wednesday. The
committee are; c. Mcneil, L. p. Senter. III.
ID. Jones, Z. j. Everett and c. IL. Osgood,
Chambers band will accompany the party.
Two Pullman dining cars, the I"Vendome',
and "Iturbide" have been sent from Boston
to the company's shops at Pullman, Illinois,
to be fitted for service upon the Boston and
Bar Harbor Limited Express, the coming
summer. They will return for the COM
mencement of business, June 25th, when the
summer time table goes into effect.
The captains of the three masted schoon-
ers, Gardiner b. Reynolds and j. c. Clifford
met upon Island wharf, Biddeford, last Fri
day night, and drew up articles for race
between the two vessels. Both schooners
are owned by the same parties, and are about
the same tonnage (55o) The Clifford is the
older of the two, and is one of the fastest
and best equipped schooDers in Maine. The
Reynolds has only been built about eight
months, and the respective sailing qualities
of the two schooners have been consi ierably
discussed by owners, officers and crews
Both carry the same sails. They left Wood
Island together Saturday night for Philadel-
phia.