The Portland daily press., 1888-10-15
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The Masonic Token for October has been
received.
The total value of exports last week was
S47,966.70.
Tonight Mr.. Alger v. Currier gives the
private view Of his paintings at Stubbs.'
There were SO arrests last week, of which
Is were for drunkenness.
The towboat Belknap will 90 on the rail-
way for repairs today.
The Berlin will be taught at Gilbert's to-
night
Machigonne Tribe will work the Hunter
degree tonight.
ANY one willing to give an evening a week
as teacher at the Fraternity will address
Miss Foster, No. 104 High street.
The travelling men are to have a reunion
at the Pemiegewasset Hotel, Plymouth, N.
H., Wednesday evening.
The smelts are running in Back Cove and
the shelters are catching them in large num-
bers.
Tonight the ball given by the drivers of
the Fire Department will come off in City
Hall, with music by Collins band.
The Cape Elizabeth cabbage crop, the past
SSeoohs Wiit atluuub w DbtWCCu AOuA anu DIN
thousand tons.
The Portland Steam Packet Company will
have new steamer, larger than the Ire
mont, but the arrangements are not yet COM
pleted.
An election for captain and first lieutenant
of the Cadets will soon be held The new
armory on Union street will be very fine
when finished.
There will be meeting of the Typograph-
ical Union at the Argus Office at 6.15 this
evening, to take action on the death Of
Joseph Castell, Jr.
DR.. H. A. Lamb delivered lecture on
"The Science of Life" to highly apprecia-
tive audience at Science hall yesterday after
noon.
The regular Monday evening meeting of
the Veteran Republican Club will be post
poned until next Monday evening, October
I'D, when good speaking may be expected.
Mr.. G. E. Libby will extend his omnibus
line next summer from Portland to the Ocean
House, making six trips daily. Last sum-
mer Mr.. Libby carried 5000 passengers.
The following were the arrivals of fishing
vessels Saturday: Martha u. McLain, 1900
pounds; Lizzie May, 1900 pounds; Willie
and Alice. $4,000 pounds; Little Nell, 10000
pounds; Monticello. 1900.
Burnham q Morrills canning establish
ment at South Paris has put up this sea-
son 100000 cans of corn and succotash.
One-third of the crop was destroyed by
frost.
The southeast storm was heavy outside
Saturday, accompanied by thick fog. The
City Of Richmond and State of Maine put
back to this port and the Katahdin came in
for shelter.
The schooner Moonlight which was re-
Gently damaged in collision at sea, will be
repaired here to an extent that will enable
her to reach Calais safely where she will be
fully repaired. About 1000 bushels of her
cargo of $500 bushels Of corn were dam
aged
Gen. John j. Perry will address the Port
land Prohibition Club tonight at their rooms,
5la Exchange street, giving reasons why
they should vote for Harrison. Members of
the club will reply. The public are in
vited.
1t is reported that Galen G. Moses & Co.,
of Bath, will build the hull and the Hyde
Iron Works the engines and boilers, for a
new steamer for the Maine Steamship Com
pany. which will be sister ship of the
Winthrop.
There were fifteen boys taken to the police
station Saturday morning for robbing or
chards on State street. They received a
severe reprimand from the Marshal and
were released on promising not to DO so any
more.
Mr.. r. j. Chisholm, the owner of Rich
mond Island, off Cape Elizabeth, has raised
on his island farm this year 225 tons of cab
bage, 300 bushels Of beets and 100 tons of
hay. Forty-four head of cattle will be win
tered on the island
A man named Perry, who lives on Cotton
street, on opening his, door Saturday morn
ing. found stranger in the entry who asked
If Mr.. Conley lived there. Mr.. Perry said
no. supposing the man was asking for a
boarder. The stranger waited until Mr..
Perry went about his work and then cut
Mrs. Perry's pocket from her dress, contain
ing a small sum of money.