The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-30
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The Boston ting Elsie was in the harbor
yesterday W.
.Theiower cndof Preble street will be ma.
esdamized before winter.
Nearly $50 Vessels teak shelter from the
gale yesterday In the harbor.
There WAS high sea in Back Cove yester-
day, on account Of the high strong wind.
Cold, raw and disagreesble yesterday, with
cloudy skies and spits Of rain and a northeast
gal.
Tde weekly gospel temperance meeting
will be held at the Mission this evening at
T.30. All are Invited.
II. 5. Dyer. formerly of Portland, is in
town looking up horses to purchase for the
New Yoik Riding Academy.
4. The Abilene. Kas., bank that has failed is
not the Abilene National Bank Of which
hon. Clark Barker is president.
Steamer Eleanora has been in the dry dock
and had her bottom scraped and painted.
She goes on her route again tonight.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Port
land Society of Art will be held IN the So
sety's rooms this evening at o'clock
The first sleigh of the season was out yes-
tsrday. 1t went from the American Express
Company's stable to Talbot & Moulton's
paint shop.
A new siding Is being built on Merchants
wharf to accommodate the Clark & Chaplin
Ice Co.. who are building large ice sheds on
the wharf.
boat-house for the United States board
ing-efficer's boat is to be built beside the en-
trance to the ferry slip at the end of Port
land pier.
The new four-master, Mile G. Bovine.
lumber laden. was toweG into the harbor
yesterday afternoon, seeking shelter from
the storm.
George Haskell slipped on the sidewalk In
front Of Mason's apothecary shop last eve
ming. and broke his leg He was taken to
the Falmouth Hotel. ,, .,-y 40
The Western Union Company has receive
cd a lot Of cedar cross-ties for new lines,
The bors are covered with tar paint as pro-
lection against the weather. 81.
A legal question now raised is whether or
not there is authority in the statutes for the
Incarceration of prisoners in the county jail
without mittamus. I'LL.
All ladies who wish to become charter
members In Daughters of Pocahontas will
please meet at Red Mems hall tomorrow eye-
ming at 1880 o'clock.
The only arrivals Of fish yesterday were
the schooners Idella Small with 1000 pounds
Of cod and paddock, and the Jennie Gilbert
with $500 pounds Of pollock.
Days like yesterday, with sharp, searching
wind. are the bane of horse car mans life.
They try his temper and his constitution
more than driving storm does.
DR.. Dalton's lecture, entitled "a Canter-
bury Tale" will draw a large audience to
Baxter Hall, Public Library building, Fri
day evening. Tickets should be procured
now.
Plans will be submitted to the City Coun-
ell next Monday night for new building to
be erected on the city's land for the accom-
mediation Of the stone crusher and steam
roller, to cost about $500.
In Stockbridge's window are some photo.
graphs of the ruins of Portland after the
great fire. 1t is to be regretted that the
Kodak and other cameras were not invented
In 1866. for the pictures of the greatest thing
that ever struck Portland are few and far
between.
The crews of some of the coasters In the
harbor evidently never saw any sea gulls be-
fore, for during the last few days constant
fusilade against the birds has been kept up
from the decks of the vessels. Up to the
latest accounts no gulls nor anybody else
had been hit. When vessels are packed in
as closely as they are in the harbor at pres
ent such indlscrinlinate shooting is somew hat
bpiced with danger, f'--fL