The Portland daily press., 1889-03-04
VOTE EARLY.
Brief JoTTIMcs.

The value of last weeks exports wa
sos, 269.47.
Five schooners brought in Al, 900 pounds 0
fish Saturday.
The aldermen added DAT names to the yot
ing list last week.
TIE "Red Men" will give an entertainment
'ee March 10th.
and dan. 20 arrests last week of which
There wen. -anness.
10 were for drunA. 'gelical Alliance will
The Portland Evan. e evening at 1880
meet at Y. M. C. A. hall tn. Hiding was
Since the Public Library b.
opened 1900 cards have been issued. Il
There have been 40 days Of sleighins ar
eleven bell alarms for FIRE the past winter.
Commencing today the go a. m. car for
Union station, will leave Munioy hill at 6 a.
m.
Ira Stockbridge will have clearing out
sale this week before moving to his new
store on Congress street.
The Little Diamond Island Association,
will hold their annual reunion and celebra-
ton at Gilbert's Hall. next Friday eve-
ming.
Tomorrow night the grand competition
drill between the Portland Light Infantry
and Neatly Rifles will come Off at Lewis
ton.
The Little Women" who take part In the
Samaritan Association this evening, will
meet at City Hall promptly at o'clock to
meet Mr.. Gilbert for rehearsal.
The March meeting Of the Y. w. c. 7. u.
will be held this afternoon at 2. 80 o'clock at
headquarters, 514 Exchange street. A full
attendance Is requested.
The First Parish coffee party, which was
to have been given on Tuesday evening of
this week has been postponed until further
notice.
All interested in the work of the Alliance
are invited to attend. The pastors of the
evangelical churches of the city and their
supervisors are particularly requested to be
present..
The little island steamer, and water boat
Ben Hur, was launched Saturday. Quinn &
Co.. will put in the boiler, and Jones &
Hitchins the machinery.
The Maine Central contemplates making
frst-class ball ground at Lake Sebago, with
a reviewing stand, a quarter mile running
track and a hundred yard straight-away
course
Timmons & Hawes' horse ran away on
Middle street Saturday, and on going up Ex
change street threw the driver from the
sleigh. He was somewhat bruised but not
seriously hurt
The engagement of Reception hall for this
evening will cause the indefinite postpone
ment Of the regular monthly teachers meet
ing, which would ordinarily, take place to-
night.
Mr.. G. r. Lee. Of the Athletic Academy,
and Mr.. Fl. W. Noyes of Freeport. will con-
duct al athletic exhibition at Yarmouth this
evening. The programme will consist of
sparring. banjo playing, and club swing
ing.
drunken man, who drew a revolver on
Conductor Kennedy of the Deering horse
railroad. was brought before the court In
Deering. Saturday, and fined SIS and costs.
very interesting lecture entitled "a trip
across the continent" was delivered at West
Buxton, Feb. 2Sth by A. f. Moulton, Esq,
Portland, and was much appreciated by the
audience.
Those new memorial windows have Just
been placed In st. Luke's Cathedral They
are new Testament designs and of stained
glass. executed In England. They are In
memory Of John March Mitchell. d. D., Oc-
tavia Belle Sargent and James Gassaway.
Alfred Tuckwell, who has recently bought
house near the Eastern promenade, dis
covered in his cellar and garden large peat
bed witch has furnished large part of his
fuel this winter. Mixed with coal 1t burns
freely without drying.
East bound rates from Chicago are dis
turbed over the proposition of business taken
by the Grand Trunk. That road last week
took about one fourth of the eastbound
freight and was reported as making export
rates via Portland cents less than the rate
made by other lines via Boston.
Mrs. Foye Of California. occupied the plat
form Of the Portland Spiritual Temple, yes
terday afternoon and evening At the test
seance in the evening, many tests were given
and all pronounced correct by those who
received them. Mrs. Foye will give another
seance at Congress hall this evening at eight
O'clock