The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-24
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The workmen are busy on the frame OF the
new hotel near the Union station.
| A number of Italians left on the New
York boat Saturday night.
The hands have returned to the First Par
ish church, but the clock don't go.
The Hunters Degree will be worked by
Machigonne Tribe, l. o. r. NJ, tonight.
The Casco Bay Steamboat Company has
discontinued its IL m. and 7.30 p. m. trips to
the islands.
A staging, with three men on it, fell from
the new Grand Trunk shed Saturday. The
men were much bruised.
Jost & Morton will decorate the Academy
of Music and other buildings at Haverhill,
Mass.
The tails of the horse railroad have been
extended to Bradley's Corner, and will be
covered over for the winter season.
The Maine Central Railroad Company will
erect building for its uses at Sebago Lake
and lay out a park In front of it.
Mr. Charles Costello, clerk at the Falmouth
Hotel. drew handsome $75 diamond ring in
a rattle.
A woman named Curran, jumped from
train on the Western Division of the Boston
q Maine, at Scarboro, while it was under
tull speed. She was only bruised.
Thatcher Relief Corps will hold its annual
fair Nov. 9th and 7th, and Shepley Camp,
Ladies Aid, will hold one Oct 10th and
18th.
There were Al arrests last week. of which
38 were for drunkenness. Officer Firth
made a seizure on Free street Saturday
night.
The steam tugs Confidence and Rather
and cutter Gallatin are in the harbor. The
George Washington arrived Saturday, with
II barrels Of mackerel.
The harbor presented an interesting scene
yesterday, on account of the large number
of vessels anchored there. More than rs
coasters lay at anchor in the upper and lower
harbors.
The Methodist preachers will discuss the
subject of "The First Resurrection" at their
meeting in Ches tnut street vestry at 10 a. IN.
today. Essay on the topic by Rev. X. At
kinson.
Postal car No. rs will so ON the line from
Boston to Bangor, Thursday, 1t is 60 feet
long, finished in ash, with cherry stands and
sooiCo' 1hoiC 10 otcdiu uodttI, LOlleb
room, clothes closets and other convent
ences.
The Maine Union Holiness Association
will hold three days convention with the
M. K. church on Great Chebeague Island.
commencing Thursday, Sept. 9th, at 10
o'clock a. m. The boat leaves Custom House
wharf daily, at 10 a. m, and 4.3O p. m.
Mr.. j. E. jerks has sold lots at Deer Point,
Long Island, to Chicago parties. Mr. Fred
Plalsted, the oarsman, has taken up his resi-
dence on the island, and will build boat
house there. Mr.. Ponce will raise his hotel
and build several cottages.
Mr.. Henry A. Powers injured finger at
Goudy & Kents, so seriously that it had to
be amputated Miss Bailey, the artist, fell
down the front steps of her dwelling and
broke her arm, and Mr. j. II. Adams, brake
man on the Grand Trunk, had his right hand
so badly mutilated while shackling cars,
that it had to be amputated.
The Grand Trunk proposes to make uni
form charge of 30 cents on beef and 10 cents
on cattle. both to New York and Boston,
which action will doubtless compel the Mich
igan Central & Lake Shore to drop their pro-
posed rates on Boston business. The pros
pect OF another war of rates on these arti-
cles is causing good deal of uneasiness in
railway circles.