The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-04-28
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

Yesterday was a warm spring day, the
mercury touching $50.
The following schooners landed cargoes OF
fish Yesterday: Carrie S. Allen, 10000
pounds; Fairy Queen, 10000.
The Crescent Club will hold special meet
ing at their rooms on Middle street. All
members are requested to be present.
The County Commissioners have relocated
the road from the Scarboro line to Vaughan's
bridge, through Cape Elizabeth, and are also
repairing Martins Point bridge.
Since the pleasant weather arrived we no.
tice that quite a number of our leading mer-
chants are closing earlier on Saturday after
moons, which would seem to indicate that the
warm weather is near at hand.
The monthly temperance sermon will be
preached at the Gospel Mission on Sunday
afternoon at o'clock, by Rev. S. F. Pearson.
The positions taken by the Rev. DR.. Tiffany
and Mrs. j. Ellen Foster at the late M. K.
conference will be considered.
The fourth lecture of the course, by differ
ent ministers, in the New Jerusalem church,
on New High street. will be delivered Sun
day evening, at 1880 o'clock, by Rev. VIM. B.
Hayden of this city. Subject: "The Future
Unity of Christendom." All are welcome.
The memorial resolutions of the Cumber-
land Bar upon the death of the late Freder-
lex S. Strout will be presented to the Su-
preme Judicial Court this afternoon at three
o'clock. Members of the Bar will please at
tend.
A man named Beatty was arrested yester-
day on Centre street, on complaint Of Sar
gent, Dennison d Co., who charge him with
intimidatng some of their workmen and
also of trying to prevent others from going
to work.
Charlie Burleigh, five years old. son of Mr..
Burleigh. the clothier, was run over by
market wagon on Cedar street yesterday
morning, while riding velocipede. Several
of the boys ribs were broken and he was
badly hurt in other ways.
The several lodges of Odd Fellows will re-
member the meeting at Odd Fellows Hall
tomorrow afternoon, to march from there to
Chestnut street church, where Rev. Mr..
Whitaker will deliver an address, at 2.30 o.
clock.
Yesterday morning Peter Brown was ar
raigned before U. S. Commissioner Rand on
charge of assault upon the high seas upon
Carlo De LeCasa. He plead not guilty and
was bound over in the sum of $500 for his
appearance at the June term of the District
Court at Bangor. He gave bonds.
Patrick Smith, while testing a cap used in
exploding the dynamite in digging cellar on
Centre street, had two fingers and the thumb
of his right hand blown off by the explosion
of the cap yesterday. The man was taken to
his home on Washington street where the
wound was dressed.
The revenue cutter Woodbury. has arrived
here and will have some repairs made to her
machinery and then proceed to Bucksport and
have the copper stripped from her bottom,
which is in bad condition in consequence of
her severe work in the ice during the past
winter.
Machigonne and Cogawasco tribes, /. o. K.
NJ, will leave Commercial street station at
$50 p. M Monday, stopping only at Congress
street station and Woodfords, on their way
to Auburn to visit the tribe at that city. A
train will bring them home at the close Of
the evening.
Mr.. John Wannamaker. the great dry goods
man, of Philadelphia, says: my plan for
fifteen years has been to buy space in a
newspaper and fill it up with what / wanted
would not give an advertisement in news
paper Of 400 circulation for 5000 dodgers or
posters"