The Portland daily press., 1888-07-30
BRIEF JoTTIncs.


The liquor deputies made sixteen seizures
last week.
The close time on Holsters will begin We'd
nesday, and last six weeks.
There were 81 arrests last week, Of which
AZ were for drunkenness.
The foreign exports last week were valued
at $33,479.44.
Stevens & Cobb have drawn the plans for
church for the Second Adventists, to be
erected on Congress Place at cost of $4,000.
H. r. Stickney is building an oil engine for
the twenty-foot foot steam launch that Davis
will run.
The Catholic Orphan Asylum's second ex-
cursion will take place the middle Of August,
and will go to Little Diamond.
The aldermen are In session from a. m. to
II m, and to s p. m, to revise the voting
lists, each day until Thursday.
The change man" played the game on
John Cox, the cigar man in Market Square.
Saturday night, and got IS out of Cox.
Mr.. William Burrowes will use the $50, 900
bricks taken from old City Hall for mill he
will erect on Kennebec street.
The receipts of the Maine Missionary So
ciety from June 18th to July goth, were ST.
1879. a'.
A lad named Conley was arrested on
franklin wharf yesterday afternoon ON a
charge Of stealing some bottles of beer from
case on the Boston boat.
The committee on fire department has
voted to buy another pair OF horses for Casco
No. 5. and approved the putting Of the last
purchased pair in Machigonne's house.
"Pink-eye" has reached some of the Port
land stables at last. 1t is not dangerous
disease, either for the horses or the men who
take care of them, but it is disagreeable.
No. 9S engine will be delivered by the
Portland Company today. to the Maine Cen
trail The engine will have a perfectly straight
funnel
offlcers Morse and Sparrow arrested Rob-
ert Hughes Saturday on a charge of indecent
assault upon Sarah Conley, aged IL years.
The case will be tried Wednesday.
Friday night Timmons & Hawes's COM
mercial street oyster house was badly food
ed by water from the water closets over
head.
The Argonauts' annual sail will come off
Thursday evening next, and Long Island
will be the objective point. There will be a
supper, bonfire and Examinations.
There is talk Of a complimentary benefit
concert to be rendered Prof. Crouch some
night this week, at City Hall. The Profess
scr will celebrate his eightieth birthday
Tuesday.
Owing to the weather, there were only
about twenty-five couples participated ia the
Portland Club shore dinner and dance Satur-
day There was an order of ten dances, with
music by Chambers orchestra.
Att special meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen, held Saturday, }. F. Proctor
was granted leave to mCve a wooden build
ing, 16x30 feet, from Pine street to Newbury
street.
Marshal Hawkes. and Officer Firth recov-
cred in Str0udwater woods on Saturday the
rifles stolen by the deserters from Fort Preble
lately, and in the evening one of the men
went to the Fort and surrendered himself.
The Stoneware Company's employees went
to Long Island Saturday, and SO did the
furniture workers. About $50 went to
Greenwood Garden from Sabattus and way
stations. Canton Ridgely and ladies will go
to Long Island next Saturday.
Stevens & Cobb will make the plansfor a
large addltinRR 70 the Poland Springs house,
-Sco.Ssl75 feet in size, and for church, for the
Church of Christ of this city, to be erected
on the westerly side of Gray street, between
Clark and Bracket streets.
The Portland Company will deliver 8
heavy freight engine To- the Portland 4
Rochester in September, and passenger en-
CINE to the Maine Central today, with an
1Sx24 inch cylinder and driving wheels 8 #. ,
| in. In diameter.
Reinhart Sackscrooder, German sailor
met John Morgan Saturday night. and Nor.
| gan wanted the sailor to lend him 500, tt
pay bill. Sackscrooder had but $40, which
he handed over. Morgan agreed to meet
him at the New York boat, but failed to turr
up. and the check for 500 on the Chemica
Bank of New York, given as security, is M
good.
Col. Il. c. Harrington. Inspector Of Rife
Practice. is arranging State tournament
for rife and trap shooting, to take place al
Sebago Lake Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug
2lst and 3D. The prizes will be liberal out
side of entrance fees; the entrance fees tc
cover the cost of pigeons and the handling OF
traps, etc. Colonel Harrington would like to
hear from any interested In the project Of
having good match and good time