The Portland daily press., 1889-05-06
BRIEF JOTTlNCS.

and refurnished.
Elizabeth City Lodge. l. o. o. F., will
form degree team.
y henry Ruessell is making the clocks for
the new steamer Portland.
Maine Lodge will work the second degree
tonight.
The inspection Of the State militia will
occur tonight. The captains will inspect.
Work on the extension of the Casco Bay
house ct Long Island will begin today.
Cumberland Lodge, N. (. Order of Protec-
ton. will entertain Saco Lodge tonight.
There were % arrests last week Of which
20 were for drunkenness.
The Congregational church fair at Wood
ferd's netted about $500.
nThere were 5000 weight OF ccd and had
dock brought in Saturday and 6OO0 Holsters.
The Associated Charities Sale, which
closed Saturday, was the most successful one
yet held.
Wescustogo Spring and Park Company
have bought from Z. G. Chase the spring at
Walnut Hill and 65 acres of land.
The Superior Court grand Jury will not
come in until the 14th inst, as Judge Bonney
is out west.
TWAS warm day Sunday. The mercury
mounted to 720 in the shade and 800 in the
sun.
The fellow employees of the late Appleton
Rand sent beautiful floral crescent to the
funeral.
Bosworth Relief Corps will meet with Mrs
Charles Jones-who is about to leave for
Germany-tomorrow evening"
II. l.. Merrill, Noah p. Burgess and Chas
NJ. Abbott have Joined the "Society of Cali
fornia Pioneers of New England"
MessrS. +. W. Walker and ii. w. Wight
will run shoe mandatory on Plum street
where L. P. Hawkins was lately located.
The Portland tennis club has three courts
the Cumberland two and several private in,
dividuals have courts.
The men who always turn out at fires to
help the fremen are going to have a badge
Of a small gilt fire hat, and propose to act as
an auxiliary company. o54s..
The cherry trees blossomed Saturday, two
weeks ahead of the average. The earliest
date in Portland is May LIST and the latest
May 3lst.
The regular monthly meeting of the Wo-
mans Indian Association will be held to-
nOllOW AAuCoudyJ dlbcIuUuu NJ % J. ClOCk III
the vestry of Williston church.
Portland Teachers Association will meet
this evening at 7.30 o'clock In Reception
Hall. Lecture on temperance instruction by
Prof. II. NJ Estabrook, Gorham.
A meeting of the granite cutters will be
held tonight at 5l3 Exchange street to per-
feet the organization Of the Granite Cutters
Union.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Chase were thrown
from their carriage at Woodford's by the
breaking Of part Of the harness, but
escaped with bruises.
A rumber of the members of Shepley
Camp, S. of ", will attend the 18th annual
encampment Of the order at Bangor Wednes-
day. Mr.. E. c. Milliken willbe delegate.
webb & Gushing, the shoe manufacturers,
occupy both their old factory and the one
djoining, recently occupied by w. B.
Sawyer & Co. They employ 100 hands.
Lewis, Chase & Written have sent seven
vessels to the banks this year. Last year
their vessels brought them in 1900 quintals
Of Goldfish.
quantity of plug tobacco was stolen
from Lewis, Chase & Whitten's store Satur
day night, and quantity of cigars from
Mariner & Co., on Thursday night.
Prof. Shaylor is drafting very handsome
set Of resolution to be presented by the
Monument executive committee as test-
monial for the handsome results from the
late fair.
The May meeting of the Young Women's
Christian Temperance Union will be held
at headquarters, 81 Exchange street this
afternoon at 2.3O o'clock. All are invited to
attend.
Twenty-one new members were voted into
the Maine Commercial Travellers Associa-
ton Saturday night 1t is thought the an
nual dinner will be held at Cushing's Island
July 9th.
A man named johnson, from Bath, tried
to enter the window of house No. 17S New.
bury street Saturday night, but was caught
and held till taken In charge by the police
He was drunk.
"Whiskers," the amiable terrier, corner OF
Preble and Congress street, went about with
a box around his neck Saturday, and a
placard stating he was nobody's dog and
asking nickels to buy him license He got
II.
Mr.. James Whites horse took fright at
locomotive Saturday afternoon, and ran up
the alley by j. S. Winslow & Co.'s on Com
mercial street Mr.. White was thrown out
and received bad cash in the forehead
which DR.. Merrill sewed up.
Last night Officer Staples discovered the
back doors In the second story of Walter
Corey's furniture store open and suspected
the building had been entered by burglars.
He ganf m ha nj
and thorough search of the place was
made, but no burglars were found.
Civil Engineer Jordan was In Saco Satur-
day at the request Of Mayor Emmons, and
made survey Of Fairfield and Clark streets
and Main street, above the residence of Jos.
Hobson. The object of the survey was to
determine the most available method of
sewer drainage.
One of the large Corinthiap pillars, taken
from Old City Hall, was placed in front of |
the band stand, at DesriDg Park, Saturday.
1t sits on granite foundation that weighs |
two tons, and VIII be surmounted by the |
miniature ofChe old hall, and zinc tablet |
will give sne pillars history.
Saturday morning as the Maine Central
freight from Skowhegan was running into
WIG 5"iu an elecIIic HRHt wire, winch had
been broken in some manner and was hang |
Ing over the track, caught in car load of |
lumber Before the train was stopped three
poles and considerable wire had been pros
trated and all lights in the vicinity of the
Union station and Libby's Corner were ex-
tinguished 5-SSnN
The steamer Portland now in process of |
construction at the yard of the New Eng |
land Company at Bath for the Boston and /
Portland line is nearly timbered out, and her |
heavy frames of oak and hackmatack. |
secured by iron screw bolts, with a solid |
10 be craft capable Of facing rough seas |
without danger. By her side Will soon be |
SET up the hull Of steamer for the New |
2 n1rk q Portland line, duplicate of the
Wt VIII Dullt mere for the same company |
the yarc. and most of tready for using. "