The Portland daily press., 1888-11-05
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The Portland Steam Packet Company's
boats leave Boston for this city at p. m.
The U. s. Recruiting station will be re-
moved from Portland to Providence, r. l.
The Maine Central have issued their win
ter time tables in handy pocket form.
The value of foreign exports last week
was $4,000.
There was beautiful rainbow Saturday
after the days rain.
There were 26 arrests last week, Of which
10 were for drunkenness.
About 40 new names were added to the
voting lists Saturday. 4t
rlM5sG A5dss' snRi estyRgYfh viii remain on ex'
The Womans' Indian Association will
hold its regular monthly meeting at State
street chapel tomorrow at D. m.
The immediate transportation bond will
probably be filed and accepted by the
Treasury department by Dec. LIST.
The meeting for organization of the new
Pythian Lodge will be held Nov. 10th. There
are 112 members. (
The Cape Elizabeth ferry boat beginning
tonight will leave the Cape at lilo D. m.
and Portland at 11.50 p. m.
The Willing Workers are to give a fair and
entertainments at Reception Hall Nov. 18th.
afternoon and evening, for the poor.
The Longfellow Statue Association meet
ing was again adjourned Saturday, for lack
OF quorum, to the call of the chair.
The new boiler was put in the Isis last
week and the trial trip, Saturday, proved
very satisfactory e
A draft containing the proposed changes
In the Turnverein bylaws will be presented
at the next meeting.
The Resolute Republican Club of Turner's
Island hal grand ball at Turner's Island
Hall, Cape Elizabeth Depot, Saturday nieht
The Cornelia e., will be hauled off for re-
pairs today. Her place upon the route will
be filled by steamer Greenwood.
BY paying five cents the lucky guesser of
the weight of the immense squash, displayed
at Falmouth Market. will receive So.
new gangway is being constructed at
the Maine Steamship Company and the
office is being enlarged. Ia
crowds of Italian laborers, who have been
employed on the Greenville railroad, arrive
daily to take steamer for New York.
The G. w. Cushing brought in 1900 pounds
81 fresh fish and the Arizona 10000 pounds
Saturday s
Work on the relief station at Trupdy's
Reef will be begun at once and when finished
i will be manned either by men from the
Two Lights station or by a volunteer crew.
The Longfellow G. L. S. Circle will meet
this evening with Mrs. Fisher, corner of
Newbury and Church streets. The roll call
VIII be answered by quotations from Bryant.
Mr. Joseph I. Turkey displays in the win
dow Of Portland Water Company on Plum
street q three pound trout caught on his
farm. lakewood Place. in Windham.
Among the late donations to the Soldiers
Monument fair is fine range from the
Biddeford Stove Foundry Company, through
their agents, F. a. G. B. Nash Of this city. N
Next Thursday evening the Council Of
Daughters Of Pocahontas win meet at the
wigwam Of the tribes Of Improved Order of
Red Men to perfect their organization. p
The new Sisterhood lodge of knights of
Pythias has been named Damon Assembly
No. 1. 1t has "a members and will be insti-
tuted at Castle Hall at 2.3Op. m. tomorrow
and received at 7.3O p. m.
During the past month the arc lights have
been out 1904 hours, a loss to the city of S4s,
and SO many incandescent lights that the
police have reported they could not keep
account of them.
Stevens q Cobb are making plans for
two story brick house for Mr.. VIM. Bur-
rowes to be built on Vaughan street, and
one for Mr. John Burrowes to be built on
West street.
At the Reform Club entertainment to be
given at their hall, Wednesday evening, the
Woodford's chorus, the Doten Brothers
orchestra, and Clark and Barbour will as
sist.
Mrs. Arthur l.. Bates has been chosen
president and Miss Mabel Stevens secretary
Of the society Of Kings Daughters, estab-
lished by residents of Grant and High
streets.
The Bath Times reports that the Portland
Steam Packet Company has contracted with
The New England Company to build a new
steamer. This is mistake. The contract
las not yet been awarded.
An elderly lady named Wentworth, who
ives in Brownfeld. was on Conductor Wey-
houths incoming train from Boston Satur-
lay. and fell while leaving and train and
was badly bruised. .t
ID. w. Shaylor, the penman, of this city,
has Just finished set of framed resolutions
% be presented by Canton j. 81. Dearborn,
'f Biddeford. to Canton Lucerne, of Lynn,
Mass.
Ii pane of glass was put into each fire
alarm box, that could be easily broken, and
he alarm pulled in, thousand of dollars
night be saved in case of fire. The key
business is complete failure.
The boarders at the Falmouth Hotel were
Notified promptly Saturday morning by Mr..
md Mrs. Martin, during the fire, that they
we're In no danger, and Mr. Martin and the
toward. Mr.. Hernon. supplied the fremen
With hot coffee and crackers.
The regular monthly meeting of the Port
and teachers this evening Mrs. Louisa P.
hopkins, supervisor of the Boston schools,
will address the association. 1.-THE Relation
Il Public Schools to Citizenship" will be
he subject.
A cable containing 80 wires, on which
we're 100 subscribers, was burned at the fire
saturday morning, and the services tempora-
ily INTERRUPTED to that extent naw cable