The Portland daily press., 1889-12-09
BRIEF JOTTlNCS,

The value of exports last week was $780,
677.
Daughters .of Pocahontas cleared $685. Al
by their fair.
There were % arrests last week, of which
II were for drunkenness.
Mr. George Coyle severely sprained his
ankle on the steamer Portland.
Thirty-two members have joined the Py-
THAN Sisterhood at South Portland.
1t is reported that the Vancouver of the
Dominion line will not run this winter.
F. o. Bailey & Co., have began work
on their Centre street carriage mandatory.
A large number of people yesterday visited
the steamship Partisan at the Grand Trunk
wharyes.
The telephone linemen were at work all
day yesterday repairing the cable on Fore
street.
The Forest City has gone into the Dry
Dock and will take the John Brooks place
December 18th.
The Mutuals hope to put four-oared
amateur crew In the field to contest for the
United States championship.
Mr.. ALBERT Marsh has been presented In
purse of $25 by the Good Templars, for his
efficient services as trustee.
A subscription paper has been started at
South Portland to form Board of Trade.
About $35 has been subscribed thus far.
Next Friday evening at Castle Hall pre-
Itinerary steps will be taken to start new
uniform rank, Knights of Pythias, with sixty
members.
On the fftieth anniversary of Mrs. Joseph
Hill, Friday night, she was presented by a
number of friends and gold headed um-
brella.
Wednesday night Mrs. H. c. Pulsifer of
Auburn will address the Genealogical Society
in the Maine Historical Society library
room.
During November the Casco Loan Asso-
citation $3.50 was placed ON loans and re-
ceipts were $4,000. There were $50 shares
disposed of.
Fassett & Tompson are drawing the plans
for a four-story block to be built by the
Brown estate on their recently purchased
lot in Monument Square.
Mr.. f. A. Billings, the Bracket street
grocer. stepped on nail protruding from q
board In his cellar the other day, and
wounded his foot quite badly.
A large crowd gathered at Winslow's
wharf. Deering. Saturday. AID saw Mr..
Gardner Floyd, the driver, locate the where
abouts of $500 pound hammer, which had
been dropped overheard.
A large quantity Of wire netting has Just
gone through on the Maine Central to Petit
Menan landing near Bar Harbor. This is to
be used to enclose an immense deer park at
Petit Menan which is to be well stocked
with deer.
1t Is reported that the Portland Horse
Railroad Company will soon take the store
now occupied by G. a. Guppy & Co, corner Of
Preble and Congress street and Ira F. Claik
the clothier, will take the old Office for en-.
largement of his store.
The Maine Historical Society Quarterly
will be issued from the press of Brown
Thurston g. Co., and the first number will
appear yearly in January. 1t is to contain
112 pages Of matter, and will conform In size
and type to the volumes of the society al
ready published.
The agent for the Dime Museum people
was in town Saturday and hopes to get au-
thority TO run museum corner OF Oak and
Free street, II he can get that property. Nc
petition was presented the city government
at Its last meeting in regard to the matter
Some OF the neighbors on Free and Oak
streets have filed protest.