The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-14
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

Union Station for the benefit of travellers
The date for the Cadets ball has been fix
ed at February LIST.
Rev. Justin d. Fulton will lecture in City
Hall Tuesday evening,
The refurnishing of Windsor Castles new
hall cost $500.
The Turnverein exhibition and ball will be
given at City Hall March 18th.
2Ihere were 10 arrests last week, of which
ii were for drunkenness.
The value Of last weeks exports were
$2S2, 5S2.11
MI. Thompson Marsh, the letter carrier,
hassresigned.
The Longfellow Chautauqua Circle will be
postponed from tonight until Jan. 2s.
The annual meeting of the Paint aud Oil
Club will be held at the Falmouth Hotel on
Saturday next
1t is reported that in the Pltcher-Milliken
case decision was made in the plaintiffs
favor Saturday.
BY the falling of the tide, Friday night. the
bark Nahant, lying at Dyer's wharf, canted
over and was somewhat damaged.
Next Thursday evenin g the annual picnic
supper of The Church of the Messiah Sunday
school will occur.
Prof. Doldts lecture Tomorrow afternoon
will be on Measurements and their signif-
cance."
| Tonight the annual meeting of the Board
| of Trade will be held at their rooms at 7.30
| p. m.
Mr.. Williams, OF the Boston & Maine, has
| detailed man to see that the hackmen
keepltheir places at the Union Station.
| Mr.. Lewis Embree had some shelving fall
on his head at Guppy's store, Saturday, cut
ting bad cash.
| There Is talk OF removing the offices of the
International Steamship Company to Frank
lin wharf.
The Portland Teachers Association will
meet this afternoon at 4.30 Rev. NJ. Crosley
will address the teachers.
The annexation committee of twenty -one
will present an enabling act at the meeting at
Lewis hall tonight, for the consideration of
| the citizens.
The Second or Knights Degree will be
conferred on seven candidates tonight by
Winslow Castle, Knights of the Golden
| Eagle.
Trinity Lodge, K. of p, has presented
| Past Chancellor G. ID. Loring with an ele-
| CANT past chancellor jewel, and he has pre-
sented the lodge with an ivory gavel.
The amount of cotton, in bales, exported
| from Portland last December was 659 bales,
containing $4,000 pounds, and valued at
| So, $780,
Tonight. at 7.45 o'clock, Colonel Logan, of
Phoenix, Arizona, and Hon. Wilbur f. Lunt
will address our citizens at City Hall on TIE
subject of "Arizonia."
The tenth annual ball of the Longshore
mems Benevolent Association will be given
at City Hall Thursday evening. There should
be large partyipresent.
The Sunday Herald train was an hour late
yesterday because of defect in the engine
which for time made is impossible to get up
| steam.
About 20 of the signers for charter for
the Oakdale Chapel Association met at DIR.
S. A. Packard's Friday evening and organ
lied legal corporation.
| Officer Usher arrested Annie Ricketts, and
Sadie Hamm at the Union Station yesterday
morning, two girls who ran away from the
Hallowell Industrial School.
Mr.. Henry Deering has presented the Re-
lief Association of the Fire Department with
Il
Guppy's store last week.
When half way between Cape Cod and
Cape Ann, on her last trip, the officers of the
steamer Winthrop saw vessel, too far off
their course to go 10 her, sending up code
signals and rockets.
| A delegation from Portland Division Sons
of Temperance went to Long Island Satur-
day and installed the officers of that division.
On their return they were treated to hot cof-
fee at the Reform Club rooms.
A liquor trap run by Bernard Devine, at
his place on Adams street, was discovered
Saturday by Deputies Crowell and Merrill,
and 20 gallons of liquor seized.
| The Sarmatian, of the Allan line, is ex-
pected from Liverpool tomorrow. The VAN
couver, of the Dominion line, will sail Satur-
day if she secures cargo, but the great
storm in Canada has kept back the freight.
lions Herald says that in the last ten
years the ladies of Chestnut street church
have paid $4,000 for a parsonage, S1,25O to-
wards the church debt, and placed fine
chandler in the audience room.
A horse and phaeton belonging in Clark's
stable collided on Exchange street, below
Middle, Saturday, with Mr.. E. S. Boothby's
express team. The express wagon had both
shafts broken and the phaeton one shaft.
A team belonging to Mr.. George Guptill
collided with Mr.. Woodbury's of Woodfords,
team on Middle street Saturday evening, and
| both wagons were damaged
The Commander-n-Ch Chief of the Sons of
| Veterans has issued general order suggest
ing that the organization adopt the 18th of
| February, Abraham Lincon's birthday, as
| a day to be observed with appropriate cere-
| monies.
Remember the annual meeting of the Sol
diers and Sailors Monument Association, to
be held at 7.3O o'clock this evening in Recep-
tion Hail. There is talk of dedicating
part of the monument Memorial Day after
noon, and decorating the soldiers graves in
Evergreen Cemetery in the forenoon.
| The dates of the lectures of Rev. Thomas
Hill, d. D., and Hon. W. w. Thomas, Jr.,
Of Portland, who are booked to appear in
Bangor, in the Central Club course, are to be
.ransposed. Mr.. Thomas win lecture on the
2Sth inst, and DR.. Hill one week later.
The Secretary of the Treasury has award
ed the contract for furnishing and delivering
the metal work required in the erection of
the lighthouse at Lubec Narrows and Crab
tree Ledge, Maine, to the Russell Wheel and
Foundry Company of Detroit, Mich Luz
bee Narrows, $16,S75; and Crabtree Ledge,
| $12,550.
1t is reported that l. P. Harrington will
erect brick block ON the site of the old
Bijou Rink. j. r. Lunt & Co. will build
brick store on the site of their present one on
Congress street, and w. II. Sargent will
erect brick block near the corner of Smith
and Cumberland streets.
The Death Rate.
| The whole number of deaths in the city for
last week was ~. from the following