The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-25
BRIEF JorrINcs.

The Boston & Maine railroad will pay
/, dividend Of SIS per share November 10.
:. Don't forget the social dance to be given
s. by the Ladies' Circle at Red Mems Hall to-
night.
The Water Company are laying a pipe
down Portland pier for the use of the ferry
boat.
The Portland Young Mems Christian AS
81 ISOLATION will contribute $500 for the State
r. Association. -
: =; The Weber Club visited j. o. Burke, No.
- Oak street. last evening. and had a. de-
q iIehtful time.
~ The ferry boat Corneiia Ii. has resumed
her place on the ferry route. She does not
=. land at Portland pier, however.
Bright day yesterday. The wind still re-
l.-maius In an easterly quarter The mercury
ran down low, indicating 26o at 7.30 a. N.
The owners of the stray horses found by
Officer Hussey are Weston f. Milliken of
. this city, and man at North Windham
1aSFe,terday was horse chestnut day. Some
power ia the air called and the leaves OF
nsarly every tree of that kind in the city
dropped.
Trinity Lodge. Knights of Pythias, will
work the first rank this evening, after which
they will have clam supper in the banquet
hall.
The Italian shot by Officer Hughes was
brought before the Municipal Court yester-
day morning. Judge Gould set next Monday
for the hearing.
Oficers Hanson and w. X. Frank made a
seizure of barrel of beer and some hard
liquor at Howley's on Commercial street yes
terday morning.
ing drew Benjamin A. Legrow and Walter
G. Davis as jurors for the next term of the
Superior Court to be held November 9Th.
Mr.. Granville Lee has secuted Mr.. Gustav
A. Benz of Boston, to give fencing lessons at
his new gymnasium ON Free street. Mr..
Benz will commence to form his classes on
Monday.
Dumping hot ashes at David Whites
house, on Turner street, yesterday caused a
still alarm, but the fire was extinguished be-
fore. Company No. 2's hose carriage got
there.
"A man who gave his name as F. D. Griffin
ofPertland, fraudulently obtained suit Of
clothes at Charles Wentworth's store in
sent to Jail for 30 days.
Master George Russell will launch ON Sat-
urdsy noon from his yard at East Deering, a
finely modelled schooner Of about 800 tons,
owned by ]. S. Winslow.& Co.. of this city,
the builder. and Captain NJ. NJ. Gould, who
will command her.
Deputy Sheriff Sargent arrested two young
fellows. about 16 years of age, on Free street
yesterday morning. They were drunk and
were trying to force open the door Of resi-
dence there. At the station they gave the
names. OF James Lamb and James Cum
nings. s..@-
The Grand Trunk railway has inaugurated
another much needed Improvement which
will tend to do away with a certain shock
insclass Of accidents. The openings of all
the frogs In the yard in this city are to be
blocked with wood so that it will be impos-
sible for a man to catch his foot in one.
The Electric Light Company will soon put
In another boiler, engine and two more dyn-
amos. There are 81 dynamos nine Of them
being used for are lights and IL for incan-
descent lights. Seven large boilers, rising
125 horse power each, furnish the motive
power for the engines.
The Maine Historical Society have recent
~ received as gift from John Sparrow,
Esq, the bas-relief of James Watt discov-
ering the action and power of steam. 1t
was modelled by Paul Akers as a commits
sion from Mr.. Sparrow and was cast at the
Portland Company's foundry in 1853.