The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-04-02

There were "a arrests last week, of which
81 were for drunkenness.
The contract for school supplies was
awarded to Hall l.. Davis.
Ivanhoe ledge will confer the second rank
ON four candidates tomorrow evening
The Fraternity Cadets are requested to
meet at their armoiy at 7.45 this evening.
Longfellow lodge will entertain Rocky
Hill lodge of Deeiing. Wednesday evening.
The Portland Steam Packet Company will
put up large new freight shed on Franklin
wharf.
A new carpet has been put into Congress
Street Methodist church and the platform
enlarged.
Rev. Mr.. Whitaker of Chestnut street
church will soon deliver a special sermon to
Odd Fellows.
A large amount of beer lies in the corridor
of the police station seized by the officers
last week.
The Cumberland resumed her route Friday
night, taking the place of the State Of
Maine
A man was arrested, Saturday, for steal
ing cans from Freeman's oyster house, by
Officer Sterling.
A Little & Co. attached the dry goods
stock of Eben Throne of Rochester, N. H.,
Saturday. for $4,000
Two teams collided in Congress Square
yesterday and the result, to the less fortu-
neat one, was broken shaft.
Mr.. Frank C. Emery has been appointed
clerk in the liquor agency in place of Mr..
Flanagan the present incumbent.
The 18th Maine Auxiliary Corps will meet
with Mrs. L. l.. Thurston, No. 26 Melbourne
street this afternoon and evening.
The body of Mr.. Gordon, first mate Of the
Auburndale, drowned Friday, was found In
the water at Deake's wharf Saturday.
A car load of cotton on a side track at
Westbrook Junction was burned last even
ing 1t is not known how the fire started.
The horse cars on their first morning trip
will leave Franklin wharf at 6.15 a. M and
the post Office at 620 to connect with the
Maine Central trains.
1t is reported that Portland parties are
talking of buying a steamer in New York
to run in opposition to the Casco Bay Steam
boat Company this summer.
S. II. Colesworthy the bookseller, has the
manuscript farewell sermon Of Rev. Mr.. L.
b. Ripley of the then Federal street Baptist
church preached March 30th, 1928.
The regular monthly meeting Of the US
will be held at 2.3Op. m. this afternoon at
No. Sc Brown street. All interested in the
Kitchen Garden work win please be present.
Mr.. J. e. Blabon has sent the Aged Mems
Home box of Florida oranges. Bosworth
Relief Corps have invited the inmates to
visit their bazaar and Mr.. J. f. Libby will
transport them.
The Dominion schooner Vanguard arrived
Saturday morning from Cape Island with 10
passengers, all fishermen. They will ship
for the coming season on board of fishing
vessels from this port.
There were 1856 hhds. and 1s9 tierces mo-
lasses imported, and 1851 feet of lumber,
$4,000 gallons of coal oil. 1913 box shocks
1000 barrels shocks, 500 gallons terpentine
1868 pounds of cordage and 4.263 yards Of
cotton cloth among the exports.
The brushmakers of this city have organ
lied base ball team to play this season. 1t
is made up as follows: Nash and Quaip,
battery; A. jackson, list base; S. Bond, End
base; j. Holland, Sd base; s. Kennedy. CT I;
G. jackson, IF A. Cook, If +. Oliver. IS.
The regular monthly meeting OF the Port
land Teachers Association, will be held this
evening, at Rossini Hall. The association
will be addressed by Mr.. Charles f. King,
master of the Dearborn school of Boston,
and President of the National Summer school
Of Methods.
Judge Gould's purchase of land at Long
Island has been named Fern Park, and cor
poration has been formed with Richard Cat
ley, president and George f. Gould, treas
urer and clerk. The capital stock is $lO,-
900. Ilsley and Cummings will lay out the
goods, and 90 cottages will go up at once.
Forty lots have been sold. The following
board of directors were elected Richard K.
Galley, Z. P. Chase, Edwin F. vose of
Portland, and A. S. Twtchell and A. R.
Fayns of Gorham, N. IL.