The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-29
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

No PAPER WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS
OFFICE TOMORROW.
The Maine Central have issued their win
ter time tables in pocket form.
The oyerseers will give the city poor good
Thanksgiving dinner today.
1t was pleasant to see the face of the sun
again yesterday, and the blue sky cleared of
clouds.
The trains were well loaded yesterday with
parties coming, or going, home to Thanks
giving.
The Originals" of the sd. w. G.'s" pre-
sented turkeys to several deserving families
last evening
The steamer Mary Libby will take the
place of the Josephine Hoey on the Port
land and Cape Elizabeth ferry line, today.
Harry Brown is painting fine picture Of
Bluff Cottage, Cape Elizabeth. for Mr.. q. ID.
Robinson.
Harris, Gage g. Tolman gave each of their
bookkeepers, clerks, drummers and team
sters a fine Thanksgiving turkey.
Susie c. Berry will hold meeting at Oak
street, Friends, church, this evening at 1880
o'clock.
The regular monthly meeting of the Port
land Society of Art took place last evening.
Mrs. M. J. M. Sweat was elected member.
Good turkeys yesterday were in better
supply at 20 to % cents, while chickens sold
from the carts at from - to Is cents.
ID. X. Reed, 3S Monument street. COM
plains that somebody evidently anxious for
Thanksgiving dinner, stole seven hens from
his hen house.
John Wright, who, it is alleged, set the fire
at the Aims House lately, was sent to the
Reform School yesterday during his minor
ity.
Yesterday morning Capt. }. P. Tenney, of
the Central Wharf Tow Boat Company, pre-
sented all the men in the employ Of the COM
pany with fine turkey.
Mr.. j. Z. Robins, Al Middle street. had a
peep o'day clock and brown leather COW
cred album stolen from his house, yester-
day.
The ladies of the Oakdale Chapel Associa-
tion will meet with Mrs. NJ. E. Sawyer, No.
30 Fessenden street, on Friday afternoon, be-
tween the hours Of and o'clock.
Bosworth Post, G. A R., presented each
comrade who could not provide themselves
with one. with a turkey and fixings, while
the Bosworth Relief Corps did the same for
the widows.
A despatch from Freeport to Marshal
Hawkes., yesterday, said that a man on No.
IL train Of the Maine Central got $40 out of
a.passenger, and left the train at Cumber-
land station.
John Frazier was sentenced yesterday
morning to 60 days in the county Jail for the
larceny of an overcoat from the Atlantic
House, where he was arrested by Officer
Norton.
Christmas trees are being shipped from
this State to Boston and New York. Yes
terday four car loads, containing a number
Of thousand trees, were side tracked in the
Boston & Maine freight yard.
AS is customary with the Atkinson House
Furnishing Company, Mr.. Atkinson, the
manager, presented each empoye having
family some 25) with nice turkey for
Thanksgiving.
A special meeting of Windsor Castle,
Knights of the Golden Eagle. has been called
for important business, as will be seen by
advertisement which appears in our adver-
Using columns.
A boy named Riley was arrested yesterday
on charge of stealing turkey in the Milk
street market He denies the charge, but
said boy sold it to him for a quarter of a
dollar.
During the storm Sunday the fence on the
great lobster pound of Skillings & Sterling,
House Island, was washed away, but the
rough sea, it is thought, prevented many of
the Holsters, of which there were between
1900 and 10000 in the pound, from escap-
ing
The train from Boston, due here at D. m.
last night, was an hour late on account of
the heavy train, loaded with Thanksgiving
passengers, and the carefulness with which
the train proceeded on the watch for any
washouts that might be found. There were
fixed by the section men.