The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-11-23
Brief JoTTINcs.

Wilson's stable on Federal street is being
re-foored. sSs eers,-
Scully, the policy man, procured bail last
night and was released.
Yesterday was rainy and cloudy, with
slightly lower temperature than on Thurs
day.
There was bad leak in the gas main at
the corner of Congress and Ponce streets
yesterday.
b. f. Strickland furnished 26 sets of the
Cyclopeda Britannica to Bates College,
Thursday.
There will be q meeting of the Children's
Christmas Club at o'clock in Room IS, City
Building.
pile driver is at work at Winslow's
wharf, Deering Point enlarging and i'm
proving the wharf
A barrel of lamps and hangers was stolen
from the Preble street doorway of c. E.
Jose's crockery store Thursday afternoon
The horse car company has sent out snow
plows and scrapers in preparation for the
winter that will probably cone before Con-
gress.
1t Is mooted question whether the Brown
estate will build block on their Congress
and Centre street property or erect an opera
house there.
A man pretending to be an expressman is
swindling ladies by claiming to have a bun
die for them and getting fifty or seventy.fve
cents for the alleged express package.
Norman Edwards, arrested On a charge of
violating the internal revenue laws has been
discharged, but James Buzzell was bound
over 10 $500. to the December term of court.
Clark & Chaplain's ice house on Cross
street has been torn down. Next season the
company will store their ice In the new build
ing now being erected on Merchants wharf
Rev. Mr. Gilchrist of the Church of the
Messiah will lecture at p. m. tomorrow on
"lngersoll, or the Bible-Which ?"
Rev. VIM. B. Hayden breaches at the New
Jerusalem church Sunday morning. Sub
Ject: slow the Lord Jesus Christ became
Our Helper and Sanctifier." John xvii, 49,
The Maine delegates. appointed by the
Governor to the Farmers National Congress,
held at Montgomery, Ala, have returned.
They report good time.
Moulton of Bath is making centre piece
for one of the paddle wheels of the Cornelia
H. The heavy iron was broken while the
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casting weighs nearly ton. II III
Mr.. I. c. Woodbury. suggests to the Ad.
vertiser mass meeting, at which commit
tees could be appointed to see the different
business people and get money to build the
opera house.
Slider Goodrich from Hartland will preach
at Morton's hall, Aliens Corner, Saturday at
10 O'Clock a. M, O'Clock and D. m. SUM-
day at 1890 a. m. and 8 o'clock. The public
are invited.
Upon request of the municipal officers
that the country commissioners lay out the
the boundary highway from Libby's Corner
to Stevens Mills, Deering, hearing will be
held at the commissioners office at 10 a. m.
January 21st 1890.
The treasurer's report of the Samaritan
Association shows receipts, $1,202.12 last
year, and expenditures $615.77. There was
$500, deposited in savings bank. and $S6.35
cash on hand The society has $25S3 iepos-
tied in the Portland and Maine Savings
Banks.
General Manager Payson Tucker, of the
Maine Central, has informed the different
station agents that all freight trains will
run on Thanksgiving Day. The business of
the road is so large this year that trains can
notbe cancelled on that day as formerly
without serious detriment to business.