The Portland daily press., 1888-06-18
BRIEF JoTTINcS.

1t is said that the Falmouth Club will oc-
cupy the Sweat house ON State street.
1t is said that seven weddings are to oc-
cur in this city next Wednesday.
The Portland Cadets will hold their annual
Field Day at the Waldo, Little Chebeague,
June 9th.
The meeting of the Veteran Republican
Club is postponed until after the Republican
nominations at Chicago.
The splendid schooner yacht Ambassadress
arrived at this port Saturday night and sailed
yesterday.
c. e. Jose g. Co., Burbank & Douglass and
r. S. Rand will close Saturday afternoons at
2.30 p. m.
Saturday three horse cars ON the Deering
line carried over 22O0 passengers, the greater
part of whom visited the cemetery.
Burglars broke into Mr.. Brackets house
on Elm street. They found bag of crack
ers in the pantry, emptied the crackers, filled
the bag with frosted cake. then departed.
The water pipe connecting the new tank Of
the Street Sprinkling Company on Vaughan
street burst Saturday night. No serious
damage resulted.
There were 10 arrests last week, of which
IA were for drunkenness. Several seizures
were made Saturday. including eight and
one half barrels of ale and 62 bottles of lager.
June 18th the recruiting Office will be re-
moved TO Fore street. Since Aug. LIST, 1887
there have been 400 recruits examined and 100
accepted.
The Fraternity reunion occurs at Long
Island tomorrow and II is hoped that there
will be a full attendance. A shore dinner,
music, dancing, ETC., will be enjoyed.
The Cape Elizabeth telephone line to the
Two Lights is progressing rapidly. Poles
have been erected to within about mile of
the Lights and by Thursday of this week it
is expected that the line will be completed
President Dow, NJ. A. Holden, and b. M.
Hill Of Auburn, were added to the CONNER
cial Travellers excursion committee Saturday
night. The PRESS has outlined the pro-
gramme.
The annual meeting of the Maine hotel
proprietors win be held at the Preble House,
June 10Th. There will be banquet in the
evening and visit to the Ottawa House the
next day.
The missionary packet Alert of Boston,
owned by the Congregational Sunday School
and Publishing Society, lies at Portland Pier
and will remain here until: Wednesday. She
supplies religious books, &c., to isolated
places, and holds meetings there
Mr.. John Logan had serious fall from
ladder, placed against a store on Congress
street, where he was painting. Friday.
Luckily he struck on an awning in front of
Sawyers confectionery store and escaped
serious injury.
Some person entered the gardens of G.
Dyer, Charles p. Rolfe and James A. Leayitt
on Cedar street, and stole large number of
plants. They pulled them up by the roots,
taking all they could find both in the beds
and urns.
81. Adams Commandery, accompanied by
Chandeliers Band, will make its annual ex-
curslOn 10 Lake Winnepesankee and Alton
Bay, July 18th and 18th. They will spend
the night OF the 18th at the Pavilion, Wolf
boro.
A pair Of bay mares weighing 1900 pounds,
and an iron gray horse weighing 400, arrived
Saturday for the Fire Department They
are fine animals, bred in Ohio. The Hayes
truck will have the bays and Falm outh the
horse.
mtSSIo' T. l. DuTfOWeS & Co.. the screen
manufacturers, have bought out the contract
for taking down the Old City Hall from Mr..
Cunningham, paying him several hundred
dollars for the transfer, and they will use
the material for their factory now in process
of construction ON Centre street, adjoining
their present building.
Among the exports last week were 26,O32
feet of pckets, 296,0ss feet of lumber, $500
box shocks, 20,400 gallons of oil, As dozen
shovels, 24dozen chairs, 1858 pounds of cord
age, 1923 yards cotton goods, So cases of corn
shelters The imports included l,4S5 cases
canned Holsters. 1900 feet Of spruce boards,
lo,1O0 live Holsters, 462 puncheons, 10 hogs
heads and 10 barrels molasses.
The new and elegant steamer Merriconeag,
OF the Harpswell line, made trial trip Sat-
urday afternoon. Everything worked smooth
ly, and the return trip was made in an hour
There were about seventy-five invited guests.
and the afternoon was most enjoyably passed
Among the guests were Hon. VIM. G. Davis.
Geo. w. Beale of the Portland Company. and
James A. Mccoy of the A. Booth Packing
Co. Of Chicago.