The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-13
BRIEF JOTTINCS.

The Custom House officers will have a
clam bake at Peaks Island today.
w. w. Mcintyre, the clothing dealer, is GO
lug to open store in Saco
There was no business before the Municl-
pal CouIt yesterday morning.
The steamer Merryconeag beat the Forest
Queen in race down the harbor yesterday.
The Portland base ball club left for the
East yesterday. They play at Houlton to.
day.
The morning services at Chestnut street
church have been discontinued until Octo-
Der.
The officials have received no notification
OF a cut in freight rates OH the Grand
Trunk.
There was a meeting of the committee on
streets last evening. No important business
was transacted.
their branch Office in Lewiston and will open
new one in Calais.
Washbnrn Bros, of Thomaston have pur-
chased tug Ellen of Portland. She is now
at Port Clyde repairing.
The clam bake at the lawn party to be
given by st. Luke's Guild will be served
today at 3 p. m.
The Portland Club will have shore din
ner at their island club house this afternoon
at o'clock.
The schooner Fairy Queen arrived with
twenty-five sword fish yesterday afternoon
This was the only fish arrival yesterday.
Lightweight cars of miscellaneous mer-
chandiSe were received yesterday by the Al.
c. r. r. for Portland and LOG for connecting
roads.
Preparations are being made to remove
tho schooner William c. French from her
uncomfortable bed on Gloyer's Rock, to this
port. ppr-.at
The session Of the Sabbath school at Chest
nut street church will be held tomorrow In
the vestry as usual and not in the church as
announced. n. aa SGD
Last evening Prof. Geo. A. Carter gave an
exhibition of the Edison Improved Phono-
graph at the Gospel Mission. The phono-
graph will be used In the Sunday evening
services at the Mission to read the scrip
lures. .tt.r,. .~ - d'i.len y
The Sunday trips made by the steamers on
the Portland Steam Packet Company's line
are very popular. The boats are crowded
every trip. By means of these trips people
are enabled to go to Boston Saturday night,
arriving there early Sunday morning, spend
the day and return at night without losing
any business hours.
The peddlers, who are aliens. and who
will not take out naturalization papers, eth
or from inability or lack of desire to do so,
are disposing of their stock and getting
ready to leave the State to avoid the law
which goes into effect on Monday.
Summer visitors are arriving daily at the
quiet little village of Waterford. A sketch.
ing party of sixteen. from Portland, are To-
Gated at F. A. Mobiles, whose white umbrel-
las and easels can be seen in fields and by.
paths, as they are taking in the lovely
scenery.
From Mr.. Flanders Office of the Boston &
Maine railroad some dainty summer resort
guide books have been issued. The books
bear the general title of "Here and There in
New England and Canada, by the Boston &
Maine Railroad" One of them has the spe-
cifc designation, "All Along Shores" the
second, "Among the Mountains" and the
Indicated plainly enough by these captions.
M. F. Sweetser furnishes the text, Thereby
adding to his already brilliant reputation as a
compiler of guides; choice illustrations are
scattered profusely through the 100 or $50
pages OF each volume, and the covers are
uniquely Illuminated with appropriate litho-
graphic designs.