The Portland daily press., 1889-01-01
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

1t is 1889 now
Today is the feast of Circumcision.
The public buildings will be closed today
and many of the stores.
There will be short supply of water on
the high levels Wednesday.
Steamer Oregon fired two guns at mid
night to usher in the New Year.
Owen. Moore & Co.'s store win be closed
all day today.
The new Democratic State committee will
meet in Portland January Sth for organiza-
ton.
evening Fred A. Porter was elected second
lieutenant
Rev. Messrs. Sanderson, Crosser and Dunn
led the largely attended watch meeting at
the Congress street Methodist church last
night.
The Chinese class of the Second Parish
Sunday school met with Mrs. E. Martin. 2S5
Cumberland street last night, and had very
pleasant time.
Mr.. Joseph Harris. janitor of Butler
school, received an elegant parlor lamp as
Christmas present from the teachers.
The new legislative train left this city for
the first time yesterday at 1890 a. m. for the
State capital. 1t was well patronized.
There was slight break in the water
main on Portland street opposite Marston
street yesterday.
The Portland Rolling Mill has declared
semi-annual dividend of g. per cent, payable
Jan. LIST.
The annual meeting of the Children's
Christmas Club will be held in Reception
Hall, City Building, next Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock
Louis Bloomington, who was arrested on
suspicion of having been the party who as
sauted Capt. Mcclellan so brntally last Fri
day, has been discharged
Last evening the Catholic churches held
jubilee meeting in honor of the results ac-
eomplished in the churches during the Pope's
| jnbilee year.
A Happy New Year to all our readers.
During the past year the number of
tramps applying to the police station and
accommodated with lodging was 727.
The annual meeting of the Martha Wash
ington Society will be held at Mrs. N. E.
Redlon's, 46 Brown street, Thursday after
noon at half past 2 o'clock instead of half
past B. as published yesterday
| At the Salvation Army today at p. M, a
holiness meeting will be held to which
everybody is welcome. The officers will
also be glad to see all lovers of Christianity
| at the meeting every night at Sp. m.
| Stevens & Cobb have made plan for
building and roofing over the two wings of
the building now occupied by Zenas Thomp-
son, making new offices, and putting in an
elevator.
Mr.. Fred A. Tompson has been trying his
hand at modelling in clay and has produced
an excellent bust of his partner, Mr.. F. II.
Fassett The plaster cast is ON exhibition
at Fassett & Tompson's office.
| The Atkinson House Furnishing Com
pany have presented the Portland Turn
verein with an elegant nickel-plated ink
stand, on which there appears in raised let
tiers, the word ''Turnverein."
| Schooner Mary A. Clark, Gloucester. with
1900 pounds of cod; schooner Lucy w.
Dyer, with 10000 pounds of haddock, and
number of shore boats came in yesterday
with about 5000 pounds of fish.
The family of Alpheus Doughty, living on
Stanford street, South Portland, retired one
night last week, leaving the drafts closed to
their coal stove. They narrowly escaped suf-
location.
| The ship Portland Lloyds, of this city,
which sailed from Baltimore recently for
San Francisco, took out about 100 tons of
coal, on which the freight paid was S13 per
ton. This is an extra high rate and nets
about $4,000 for her Portland owners, which
is good for her owners, but very bad for the
Californians, for it means about S21 a ton
| for them.