The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-19
BRIEF JoTTINcs.
was Passion Sunday.

Today the horse cars VIII resume sche0uie
time.
ST. Patrick's Day was celebrated by mass
at the Catholic Cathedral.
The Canton Ridgely fair will begin April
23d. and last through April Goth.
Two tugs took the barge Washington to
Bath from Portland yesterday.
$4,000 pounds of fish were brought in Sat-
urday.
The High School Agassiz Society observed
Its anniversary Friday.
There were Sc arrests last week, of which
So were for drunkenness.
The Eastern Forge Co. will be ready for
business the Goth inst.
Members Of Munjoy Lodge, X. of p, at
tended Mr.. J. c. Robinsons funeral yester-
day.
The train taking the Turnyerein to Bruins
wick today will leave at 455 p. m. and the
members will return on the pullman.
The Irish American Association ball will
come off as usual on Easter Monday. Chan
dlers band will provide excellent music.
Georganna McCloud fell from Portland
Pier Saturday night. She landed on
schooner and was badly bruised.
Marshal Hawkes., Deputy Black and OH
Ger Skillings made seizures Saturday at
Keating's and Harringtons.
Overseer of the Poor Ezra N. Perry, en-
tertained the rest of this board at his house
Friday evening
The tug Dec Volente and steamer Mime
haha, both sunk by the recent storm, have
been raised and are only slightly damaged.
A Taper has been put in Cloudy & Kent's
bakery and their steam whistle will blow
fire alarm.
The Hays truck company had a pound
party last Wednesday evening in celebration
of their anniversary.
Capt. j. l.. Long, of the Gordon, had a leg
badly bruised Saturday by barrel Of clans
falling on it and Mr.. o. G. Elwell was thrown
from his sleigh and his ankle sprained.
The Portland Company have made lot of
new machinery for the Hudson Paper Co.,
and have nearly finished the boiler of the
new Harpswell steamer.
The exports last week were 40,217 feet of
lumber, 1000 shocks and heads, 347 bales of
hoops. The imports were those of the Ma
dura.
Rev. N. I. Whitaker Of Chestnut street
members Of the Sabbath school in the Civil
| War;
The meeting of the Society of Natural His
tory that was adjourned last week on ac-
count of the inclemency of the weather, will
occur this, Monday, evening, at 7.45 o'clock.
Miss Crocker's lecture on Modern French
Painters. Saturday night, was much enjoyed
by her audience. An extract will be given
in our columns tomorrow.
The Y's will meet this afternoon at No. Sc
Brown street. Business meeting at 2.30
| prompt. Win members please come pre-
| pared to sew.
The Winthrop, delayed in New York by
the storm, arrived at p. m. Saturday, and
sailed on her return trip at 5 a. m. yester-
| day.
Mr.. Watson, the coal dealers, team, and
DR.. H. Fl. Hunts sleigh collided Saturday
and the doctors sleigh was considerably
damaged.
The regular meeting of the Boys Literary
| Society will be held this evening in Y. NJ. C.
A. hall at 7.S0 o'clock. A full attendance is
requested.
One business house received from the Port
land Post Once over $4,000 letters and postal
cards by southern and western mails, on
Saturday, the 18th inst. The whole mail
consisted of $4,000 letters.
Chagnon, the bail skipper, refused to re-
turn to return to Maine without requisi-
ton, and was bound over till March 26th
when a requisition for him will probably ar
rive from Maine.
Mr.. John Joyce, the bricklayer of this city
in the employ of Tibhetts & Smart, while at
work on the new buildings of the Otis Falls
Pulp Company, fell from wall Wednesday,
distance of 10 feet, and broke his leg.
Two beautiful days were Saturday and
Sunday, although the mercury dropped to Ice
Saturday night and made Sunday consider
| ably colder than had been experienced for
some days past.
The Paint and Oil Club dined at the Preble
| Saturday evening; the Life Underwriters
will dine there tonight; the Horse Railroad
Co. and employees Thursday. and the Turn
veren the 30th
| The Portland Steam Packet Co. have
| placed several of the Buckmore self-levelling
berths in their boats which are highly APP
proved by passengers who are usually suffer-
ers from seasickness.
| Officers Thrasher and Morse who went to
the Portland Company's works Saturday to
break up supposed prize fight, didn'. find
the combatants but did take into camp three
boys stealing copper
The Irish National League meeting which
was to have been held tonight has been
postponed until next Monday night. The
| anti-coercion certificates have been received
4 In - Ill. 4lx.&
| time.
A snow-drop was open Saturday at the
Stone cottage, head of Park street. They
bloomed on the same date, st. Patrick's
day in 1886 and 1887. They have appeared
as early as February 21st and as late as
March 25th The buds appeared above the