The Portland daily press., 1888-04-16
BRIEF JoTTINcs.


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J. B. Reed will be the manager of the Wal
do House the coming summer.
The Govino of the Funess line is expected
today.
The Eagle Hotel ON India street is having
a veranda constructed.
A young son Of Mr.. Rufus Huxley was
run over Saturday and quite badly hurt
w. H. Stevens Il Co. have issued the calen
dar Of the Maine chautauqua Union for 1888
There were 80 arrests last week. Of which
II were for drunkenness.
There were only about 1000 pounds of cod
and haddock brought in Saturday.
The Grand Lodge, X. of p, will meet In
Portland May 10th.
April 26th the Light Infantry will elect
First Lieutenant.
The Yarmouth Rifles will have shoot at
Parsonss range on Fast Day.
At the Reform Club supper Satul dayir'el-
ing about 50 members ami IA number al In
vited guests were present. re-
The wrather vane on old City Hall, weigh
Ing about rs pounds, has been stolen from
the building.
A valuable stallion owned by Mr.. Walter
Pickett, of Stroudwater, dropped dead Friday
evening
Inspector Libby, of this city, visited Daniel
Chaplin camp, Sons of Veterans, In Bangor,
Friday evening.
Saturday was very disagreeable, with snow
and rain. Yesterday was bright in the morn
ing, with mercury up to 500.
One hammer has been started at the East
ern Forge Co.'s works at East neering and
the other three will follow suitin a few days.
+. p. Tibbetts q Co. have received the con-
tract to furnish the large dining hall at the
Union passenger Station.
+ Hearn has taken the photographs of the
Brunswick High School and will take those
OF the Fryeburg Academy.
The managers, agents and lady friends Of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. will dine
at the st. Julian tonight.
Bosworth Post. g. A. r., will attend State
street church the Sunday before Memorial
Day.
Post Commanders in Chief f. =. Merrill, of
Auburn. will inspect Shepley Camp, S. of ".
tomorrow evening.
Edward Reach, of this city, has sued the
Maine Central for 5000 for the death of his
mother ON the railroad track near the Avon
Mill, in Lewiston, year or more ago.
Mr. Sawyer, OF the Peaks Island House,
has rented tie Greenwood Garden dining
hall, and Howard Knowlton the Garden and
Opera House. for five years.
The officers of the American Philatetic As
ISOLATION are: W. S. Aldrich, president; w.
W. Jewett, secretary aud treasurer; III. 5.
nannaford. manager Of exchanges.
The new Rockland Company. will be Co
Ii, LIST Regiment, and the Frye Guards, Of
Lewiston, will be Company B of the I'd Regi-
ment
Officers Freeman, Pickett aud Harmon
made several important seizures Saturday,
including, in one haul, 264 bottles Of ale, 240
bottles of lager, and five half barrels If beer.
Moore's Military Band of KeDnebunk has
Their year. This band pi obably ranks as the
second band in this State.
Mrs. Herbert Winslow of Baltimore, Mr..
E. H. York of Portland and Mr.. Wheeler of
Deering, sailed for Europe from New York,
Saturday.
Messrs. Sayford and Shaw, the evangelists.
conducted services at st. Lawrence street
church yesterday There we've large and in
terested audiences present.
Mr.. Thonas Fisher gave an able lecture
before the Young Mems Liberal Association
in Science Hall Yesterday afternoon. The
ball was well filled.
An Associated Press despatch from Sacca-
Kappa says that Rudolph Skoog, manager of
the Camille Thompson Theatre Company, has
skipped with the eomlany's funds, leaving
upaid bills and salaries behind him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Weeks. at the eleventh
anniversary of their wedding, received an
elegant silver ice pitcher and mug, silver
fruit dish. fruit knives, and other gifts Mr..
John Pike make the presentation speech.
The Portland Yacht Club Is trying to get
up a grand regatta in June, which it expects
the big New York aud Boston yachts to at
tend The annual cup regatta will be held
June 10th ~
The new steamer Merryconeag, for the
Harpswel line, was launched Saturday noon
from Rlssell's shipyard at East Deering.
The launching was witnessed by a large
crowd. Her machinery will be put in imme-
diatey.
A man named Jordan, while at work on
the foremost of the steamer Stare of Maine,
Saturday forenoon, fell twenty-five feet.
striking on the pilot house. He was taken to
his home in Knightville. 1t is feared that
he is hurt internally.
The Trefdale Association will go to Ire
fethen's landing in the Forest Queen and
Greenwood Fast Day and dine at the Valley
View House. The annual meeting and pic
mic supper will be held at Gilbert's Hall the
Goth.
The imports last week were t,22o hhds and
1909 tics. of molasses = the exports included
56i, 175 feet of lumber, 8. 164 shocks and heads,
l,o2l empties, 1,150 barrels of naphtha, 692
reams Of paper, II cases of labels and paper,
$50 barrels Of laquer. 40 bbls. of beef, and 105
bbls. solder fluid.
The school house at Block Point, Scarboro,
has had the chimney torn down, plastering
destroyed, furniture broken and windows
smashed. Some think the deed was done by
parties looking to division Of the school,
district and the building Of new school
house.
Friday, Myer Goldman, a tailor, emp loyed
by NJ H. Reddy, sent by some means ma
chine needle through his finger, nail and all,
breaking the needle at the same'time. Before
the bit of metal was removed the man very
nearly died of lockjaw, having a narrow es-
cape as IL was.
The supreme secretary, United Fellowship
visited Portland and Cumberland Councils at
Portland last Thursday evening, and found
them In fourishing condition. All were
much pleased with the prospects and prom
Used to have the required number for grand
council in short time,