The Portland daily press., 1888-02-06
BRIEF JoTTINCs.

lvanhoe Lodge will confer the amplifed
third Tuesday evening
There were 90 arrests last week, of which
II were for drunkenness.
1t was quite a lively snow storm Saturday,
and a warm, beautiful day Sunday.
The Chinese residents will celebrate their
New Years Day next Saturday with fire.
works and candies.
The Boston and New York steamers did
not sail Saturday, and the Enterprise re-
manned at Boothbay.
During 1887, 59,655 bales of cotton were re-
ceiued in Portland. The Portland q Ogdens-
burg brought most of the floor.
The Grand Trunk had a train of fiat cars
engaged in removing the snow from Com
mercial street Saturday forenoon.
There were "a women, not four as stated
in Saturdays PRESS, tibet went out to se-
cure work on last Friday in the stores.
There were about half dozen arrivals of
fishermen yesterday with cargoes ranging
from 5000 to upwards of $4,000 pounds.
The $40 p. m. train Saturday over the
Ogdensburg. was stuck in snow drift at
Crawford's and didn't get in until yester-
day.
lLcIc 10 dn tOuplC III Wis SAeJt
botn in vigorous health, who have had ten
children. not one of whom has lived over
four months.
Owing to the gas leaking at Preble Chepel
yesterday, there was no Sunday School or af-
ternoon service. The Band of Mercy Con-
cert was postponed one week.
Mr.. Low, who drives the horse railroad
scraper was caught inside the rear wheels,
near Elm street on Congress Saturday, and
narrowly escaped serious injury.
An express pung belonged to Eugene Will
liams, was wrecked near the head of Park
street Saturday, and a horse beloning to
Howard Freeman was badly strained.
The Portland Company are making a large
amount of plate iron for the fumes of the
paper mill at Otis Falls, and lot of box
cars for the Bangor and Piscataquis rail-
road
Mr.. John Varnum sent Cumberland steam
or, company No. 3, to which he formerly be-
longed, box of oranges from his Florida
plantation, to celebrate their 18th anniversa-
ny Saturday.
j. w. Trefethen reports that the Portland
fishing fleet came in Saturday with from
1000 to 10000 pounds Of cod and haddock
each They found high wind and heavy
sea outside. and in some instances were bad
ly iced up.
Mr. George Roach, clerk of the Cornelia
H.. was standing on the platform making
repairs Saturday, when his weight carried
the wheel down, and the paddle struck him
on the head He was rescued without suffer
ing serious injury.
An old lady named Alvira Swift fell on the
ice on Congress street Friday right. and was
so dazed with the blow she couldn't tell
where she lived and passed the night at the
station. Saturday she remembered she
lived on Vine street.
Next Thursday the Willlston Young Peo-
pies Society of Christian Endeavor will cele-
pirate its seventh anniversary. There will
be an address by Rev. F .E. Clark, the found
er of the society, music by the church choir,
and other pleasing features Of entertain
ment.
Unity Lodge of Odd Fellows, win cele-
brate its eleventh anniversary at Odd Eel
lows Hall, Wednesday evening The Aedian
and Shaw's Quartettes and Miss Ida H.
Brown, reader, with Mr. Farnsworth, organ
list and an address by p. G. NJ, j. II. Crock
EFT will form the programme.
A heater car for transportation of fruit
and other freight liable to damage from frost
will be set to load on the Maine Central at
Portland for Pennington and intermediate
stations, via Lewiston, and for Skowhegan
and intermediate stations via Augusta on
Thursday of each week, commencing the
9th inst.
In reporting the sale of the bark Charles
Fobes, it was stated that judgment had been
rendered againt the bark by the court. This
was an error, as the bark was sold under an
interlocutory order from the district court
upon the application of the owners OF the
vessel. AS yet no judgment has been rem
dered in the matter.
There were $1,000 feet of spruce boards and
5000 bushels of potatoes imported, and
among the exports were 1O1 900 feet of lum-
Der, $4,000 shingles, 1900 gallons of kero-
sence oil. 7075 shocks, heads and hogsheads.
21S5 gallons of rum, 1920 pals of lard, 173
bales of hay, 145 packages Of furniture and
100 barrels of bread.