The Portland daily press., 1889-06-06
BRIEF JoTrINcs.


Clouds. fog, sun and showers yesterday.
Sunday next will be "Children's Day" at
the First Free Baptist church. sss Z
-Four members of the Society of Friends,
from Pittsfield, Mass. are at the Preble. z
The Sheridan Rifles armory will be ready
for occupancy about june 18th.
The white Goats" will leave the Preble
House at a. m. and 90 to the Ocean House
today. af
The Daughters OF Pocahontas will give
strawberry festival at the wigwam on Con.
gress street this evening at O'clock
The Little Women are requested to meet at
No. Harrington Place on Friday afternoon
at 40 O'Clock. Business Of Importance.
The shore line drive, six miles in length,
around Cushing's island, will be completed
this summer.
The regular meeting Of the Fresh Air So
ciety will be held at 1S9 Spring street this
morning at IL o'clock.
All the classes that are to take part In the
concert at the First Free Baptist church next
sunday are requested to meet at the church
this evening at 615 o'clock.
Charles e. Pease, who strayed away from
his home at Rockland. came to this city.
where he showed signs of arrangement.
Inspector General Harper inspected the
Montgomery Guards last evening. They
sustained their well earned reputation.
Charles N. Kendall. who says he lives in
Nashua. N. H., has been taken by the police
and sent 10 Greedy hospital He is de-
mented.
Two hundred Frenchmen from Biddeford
and Wateryille were sent to Fabyans yester-
day morning to REINFORCE the construction
crew.
The Mount Pleasant House opened yester-
day, earlier than ever before, and people
now wishing to make visit to the Noun
tains can find accommodations at this house.
Mr. Lyman w. Hanson, of this city, has
been commissioned district deputy grand
chancellor, of the Knights of Pythias for the
fourth Pythian district.
Prof. q. j. Wyman will give his lrctuIe on
Life of Christ" illustrated with forty
beautiful colored and tinted scop:icrn views
eight feet in diameter, at the West End Con-
greSetional church this evening
The Pullman from Boston Tuesday night
brought nine cars full of passengers bound
Tor Maine Summer resorts. large party
took the steamer Richmond and the two
sleeping cars were crowded,
The stone that was rejected in the con-
struetion of the soldiers monument is an
uncut stone that is now lying in Mannix
Bros stone yard 1t was rejected by Mr.
Mannix as unfit for the purpose. and no
work was laid out on it.
Tuesday night the stole of F. e. Haegett,
corner of Lincoln and Boyd streets was
broken into, entrance being gained through |
a back window. The thieves broke open the |
money drawer aud stole small amount of |
cash; they also took five or six bags of -four
and caddy of tobacco.
Mr.. Babcock. the machinist, overhauled |
the machinery that runs the elevator in the /
First National Bank building, Tuesday /
night and found a twenty-six inch eel that
came through the pipes from Lake Sabago,
coilea around the circular strainer. The ele-
vator now runs without friction.
box for the keeping of the balls and
other requisites Of tennis players, was care
lessly left open on the grounds of the Port
land Tennis Club one night last week and in
the morning dozen new balls were missing.
This evening there will be meeting of the
Portland Fraternity. when arrangements
viii be made for the annual reunion. Mem
Ders who cannot be present at the meeting
and who contemplate attending the reunion
should send in their names to Mr.. Woodhill
at the rooms, or Frank j. Mitchell. 2io Com
mercial street.