The Portland daily press., 1888-06-04
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The regular meeting of the teachers will
be held tonight.
Ex-Mayor Deering has sold his house on
Deering street to Charles NJ. Plummer.
Parker & Nagle have built six large boats
for the Life Saving service.
The Turner's Island citizens intend to eel
ebrate July 4th in good shape.
The Light Infantry will celebrate their
S5th anniversary at Lake Sebago, June 25th,
Saturday was more like April than june
Cloud and sunshine alternated.
Saturday morning was bright and warm
and the afternoon was cloudy and chilly.
Chambers Band will play at Amesbury,
Mass, July 4th, if not engaged in Portland.
For the present the Portland Cadets will
meet in Franklin Block.
Yesterday was a fine day, a foretaste of
what is coming.
There was slight fire at Keltey's foundry,
on Cross street, Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. j. IL. Stickney, of the International
Express Co., has a fine collection of old coins
and documents.
The Fresh Air Society will meet at Miss
Cries, No. 139 Spring street, at 7.3O O'Clock
tonight.
The house of Mr.. /. V. Gould, 80 Green
street, was entered Saturday afternoon and
some silver articles stolen.
Parker's store at Woodfords was broken
into Friday night The safe was drilled but
the burglars didn't get into it.
z. A. Tukesbury, on his Victor Safety,
climbed both Grove street and Clark street
hills, Saturday.
The Portland Company are building two
LOGON otiyes for the Quebec Central road. and
one for the Windsor & Annapolis road.
The arm on the dredging machine at Back
Cove broke, last week, and some damage re-
suited.
The garden thieves are about. One stole
plants from Mr.. Starbird, No. 16O Green
street.
The City Government will probably vote to
purchase 5000 feet Of new hose for the Fire
Department.
The Diet Mission supplies will be contin-
ued throughout June. and then the rooms
will be closed for the summer.
The Veteran Republican Clubs weekly
meeting will be held at No. 6 Browns Block
at O'Clock tonight. Several gentlemen will
speak.
There Is talk of another aspirant for the
Portland d Ogdensburg Railroad. Is it the
Canadian Pacific. or the Delaware & Hud-
son?
Three hundred pound of good conner
sheathing was taken from Old City Hall.
Mr.. j. T. Baxter purchased the luted wood
en- pillars of the front portico.
Mr.. l. f. Lord, the confectioner, has pur-
chased the brick building owned by Mr..
Cushman, the fruiterer, ON Congress street.
and will move into it in the autumn.
The Portland Amateur Press Club will
meet this evening at 7.3O in Y. M. c.. A. Re.
ceptlon Room. All members are requested
to be present.
Through the kindness of Manager Furber
and Passenger Agent Flanders, of the Boston
q Maine, 200 Fraternity Primary boys had
delightful outing at Old Orchard SATURDAY..
There were As arrests last week, of which
81 were for drunkenness. Five seizures were
made Saturday night, and boy arrested for
stealing junk from the Boston G. Maine ward.
The house of Julia O'Connor, on Washing
ton street, was entered by a side window
yesterday, and eleven dollars in monev and
gold ring stolen.
Last weeks imports included 474 nrr
cheons, 2OO6 hogsheads, 374 casks and 30 bar
rels of molasses; 1850 railway ties; 1850
boxes canned and $500 live Holsters.
There will not be any meeting of the Bos-
ton and Maine-Eastern Committee until the
last of this week, if then. 1t is going to be a
matter Of considerable time to reach any re-
suit
Arcana Lodge will celebrate its 3Oth ami |
yersary by meeting at its hall, corner of |
Congress and Temple streets, next Monday |
evening. grand public meeting at City Hall, |
June 18th, and clambake and public meet
Ing at Peaks Island, June 18th.
Mr.. w. c. Clark, the electrician, at No. II
Fore street, has completed an enunciator of
100 numbers, for the new Ottawa House.
Inc checks drop by gravity Mr.. S. d.
thompson, of the Kearsarge House. North
Conway, will be associated with Mr.. Gibson
In the OTTAWA management
Yesterday morning, Hannah Donovan
very lightly clad, was discovered near the
Portland Company's works by Officer phil
lips who handed her over to Officer Weh,ta
who took charge of her 1t seems She yas
suffering from congestion of the brain and
had escaped from her home on Newbnrv
street, where she was returned
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