The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-05
BRIEF JoTrINcs.

The Portland Company will soon deliver
two new engines to the Boston & Maine.
There were 16 arrests last week of which
II were for drunkenness.
The Turnvereins vii. realize $500 from
their late exhibition.
The Typographical Union will give ball
shortly.
The Board of Aldermen dined at the Preble
House Saturday.
Woodman, True & Co. have been dis
charged in insolvency.
One day last week 10000 feet of lumber
were taken in at J. l.. Brackets box mill.
The Portlanders. former residents OF
Bridgton, will have dinner at the Prebe
House either March 9th or 10th.
Shepley Camp, S. of ", and the Lad les
Aid will be the guests of Wade Camp of Sac
carapba, Friday next
The Infantry have added three new mem
bers the past week and the Cadets have re-
ceived several applications.
The Wheel Club Minstrel rehearsal will
take place tonight at 7.3O o'clock. Minstrel
committee meeting at z
The voting list shows over 400 names In
Cape Elizabeth. Among them are "a Browns,
"a Loveitts. IS Dyers and 60 Jordans
Miss Jennie Ross of Bracket street, has
drawn the crayon picture given by Rounds,
the artist, to Arcana Lodge.
The Board of Aldermen last week added
sol names to the voting lists against 666 last
year.
Owing to ice the City of Richmond will be
unable to take passengers or freight for
Sedgwick, Deer Isle or Millbridge until
further notice.
The students of Gray's Business College
gave pleasant entertainment Saturday
night and presented Mr.. +. l.. Gray with a
valuable lockwood clarinet.
AS Reception Hall is engaged this evening
the adjourned meeting OF the Soldiers and
Sailors Association will probably be adj
| jour.ed to another date.
| Saturday wasIcoudy and raw. Sunday
was bright, with comparatively high tenn
perature in the morning, but a raw March
wind prevailed.
Captain Amos NJ. Jewett of Cape Eliza
| beth, has contracted to build three-masted
1000 ton schooner, TO be launched this
| spring.
Mr. John II. Robeiro of the sloop M. G..
Merriman, was struck by falling timber
yesterday and had his wrist fractured and
| deep cash cut in his head.
Besides the Govino's cargo there was ex-
ported last week 10, 796 feet of boards, 12,710
slaves, 10000 shingles, 12,430 shocks, 6190
pairs of heads, and 300 gallons of oil.
The New England base ball league season
will open April 2Sth. On Fast Day the
Portlands will play the Colby University
team in this city.
AT a special meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen, held Saturday afternoon, an
insane person was ordered sent to the asy-
lum at Augusta.
Boynton has placed sef-winding clock,
which requires winding only once a year, in
Pythian Hall. The clock is run by electric
ity.
Mrs Ii. N. Noyes, the well known Boston
artist, will hold public reception at Room
No. 8, Browns Block, from Wednesday next
until Saturday, making display of her
paintings
The headquarters of the w. C. L. IT., No.
51A Exchange street, will be open from a.
NJ to p. m today that members and friends
VI lHc may CuSu6C III PAa1CA any
hour that right may prevail in the election.
The degree team of Ancient Brothers
Lodge, l. o. 0. f., Henry c. Bagley, ESQ.,,
| degree master, will visit Fraternity Lodge,
| Woodfords, this evening to confer the first
| and second degrees.
/ The Bowdoin Freshman class are having
their class boat made in Portland. The crew
have commenced daily work in the gymna-
sum, in order to get into condition for the
springs work on the river
A horse attached to a sleigh belonging to
Mr. Nickerson ran away on Middle street
| Saturday afternoon. The sleigh collided
with jgger in Market Square, almost de-
molishing the former.
Captain Henry M. Dodge of the schooner
Elva E. Pettengill, recently wrecked in the
West Indies, has arrived home. The vessel
was owned in part in this city and was in
sured for about $1,000.
Twltchell. Champlin & Co. will erect q
large brick building for manufacturing and
storage purposes on Merrills wharf the
coming spring, and Green & Jordan are
building an addition to the boiler house of
the Electric.Light Company.
The regular monthly meeting of the Port
land Teachers Association has been post
poned to the evening of the 18th, when the
Association will be addressed by Miss Louisa
P. Hopkins of Boston, whose theme will be
"Ideal Education"
On Saturday evening Mr.. West, in behalf
of the walters of the Falmouth Hotel, pre-
sented Mr.. Fred Upper with an elegant
gold watch. Mr.. Upper has resigned his
position as waiter to accept place on the
steamer City of Richmond. In severing his
connection with the hotel he leaves many
friends with whom he has at all times been
very nnnnlar