The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-03-11
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The value Of last weeks exports was S2l1.-
S64.
There were 43 arrests last week, of which
81 were for drunkenness.
The chess and checker tournament will
begin at the club rooms today.
1t seemed good to see the bright sun and
blue skies yesterday.
Marshal Ballington Booth of the Salvation
Army will be at City Hall tomorrow night.
Ivy Lodge. ID. of R., will visit Queen Es-
Their Lodge of Bath, March goth.
A small quantity of live Holsters were
shipped to New York Saturday.
The United States cutter Woodbury. arriy-
ed at this port yesterday afternoon.
The tow boat Belknap went to Boston last
night, after the schooner Norman.
The Longfellow Chautauqua Circle will
meet this evening with Miss Giddings at No.
IS Alder street.
The doors of the new engine house were
grained Saturday, and Truck No. will go
in the first of this week.
Officer Skillings has returned, from Boston
with John p. Sullivan. who lately skipped
his bail.
The Wheel Club will hold its annual meet
ing next Monday night, and have supper at
the Prebe House.
A sea spider, two feet wide, can be seen at
Doughty q Baston's fish market on Cumber.
land street.
Ex-County Attorney Seiders will lecture
before the Law Club next Friday evening.
on Criminal Procedure"
March Goth, the Order of United Fellow
ship will celebrate its fifth anniversary at
Thatcher Post Hall.
The adjourned town meeting will be held
In Deering today, when it is expected all of
the articles of the warrant will be acted on,
The Deering Village Circle will elect off,
GERS at Mrs. j. E. Chenery's, Woodfords, to-
morrow, at 2.30 p. m.
The orchestra of Gray's Business College
assisted at an entertainment at Cumberland
Mills Saturday night. for the benefit of a
blind boy.
A woman, made insane by a child's death.
was taken to the station Saturday evening
as she was causing great excitement on Con-
gress street.
The first of April has been decided upon as
the time for starting up the Forest City Re-
hnery, and 700 barrels of sugar will be turned
out daily.
John E. Greene, W. c. Nelson, Alfred Ber-
~ W. +. McClintock, and E. L. Cooling are
the committee on the fifth annual dinner Of
Inc Shoe and Leather Association.
olncers Heath and Stevens boarded the
BRUSH Dark Hecla, Saturday, from Maitland
NJ D, and arrested three sailors who refused
TO do duty.
MT Rufus N. Merrill has given the YIN
Y. a. handsomely framed steel engraving
Oh pen drawing, by Delwin F. Brown. Of
the Lords Prayer Picture"
order of Columbia will hold their adj
Joufned meeting at 412 Congress street. =
hlghI The installation of officers will occur
next Friday. V
A Portland firm Saturday contributed soso
W tne soldiers, Monument fund. Charles
COOK OF Cook, Everett & Pennell. has given
SlVO, making the subscription fund now
amount to $4,545. NJ"
r,iuay night, would-be burglars cut bo,a
,nsne slass In a vestry window of the First
oap.ist church, but failed to get in. Thau
wouio nave had their trouble for their nains
II successful. ' pains
Mr.. Alger j. Currier is soon to conv Tho
portrait OF Rev. DIR. Nichols, owned nv the
First Parish Society. The copy is to be sent
TO Boston and placed In collection of Dor
traits of Unitarian divines.
Six candidates will be adopted at the meet
ing Of Winona Council, Daughters of Poca
hontas, Thursday; Machigonne Tribe will |
work the Hunters Degree tonight, and Cog
awesco the Adoption and Hunters degrees |
tomorrow night.
The steamer Forest Queen took an excur-
ZION party of half a hundred or more to see
ne stranded ship Governor Robbie yesterday.
The party left in the forenoon and returned
'arly In the afternoon, aftersa delightful sail
N very calm sea. They got good view of
he stranded ship.
A party Of railroad men went through
cortland Friday night, on their private car.
ne Danube. These gentlemen were mem
'ers OF the st. Andrews Land Syndicate,
Sulen Is building the fine hotel, The Algon-
y gum al St. Andrews, N. B. They were met
). .ne station by party of friends and en-
). s,S~,neo the Portland people with an elabo-
"'o iuhch on the Danube.
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