The Portland daily press., 1890-08-18
BRIEF JoTTINos.

err w. jackson ana CnaIleS .. COOK as dele
gates-at-large, all for Sargent for sheriff.
BRIEF JoTTINos.
The new pavilion at Little Diamond will
be finished and dedicated in about two
weeks.
The American Band of Saccarappa and
friends made an excursion to Long Island
Saturday.
A hose house is being built on Mechanic
street, Saccarappa
There were AZ arrests last week, of which
80 were for drunkenness.
The regular meeting of the Central Labor
Union will be held tonight. ~
Ivy Lodge voted Saturday night to go on a
picnic to Pond Cove Wednesday.
Members of the Grand Canton Ridgely
will remember the meeting tonight.
The steam yacht Ungowa and the yacht
Mohican sailed from this port Saturday.
c. J. Schumacher & Son of Boston, will
begin the frescoing of Mechanics Building
today.
Mr.. Lowering, the Congress street hair
dealer, complains that someone stole a $40
wig Saturday.
Andrew j. Talbot, employed at F. A. Wal
dron's. Commercial street. was bitten by
dog Saturday.
Hotel Saturday, ITO at the Preble and 60 at
the United States.
The schooner Eva Rice harpooned 1900
pound turtle in the Bay of Fundy, but
couldn't bring it home.
There were 561. 1854 feet of lumber exported
last week to South America and Porto Rico
and "a, 1853 shocks and head.
DIR. Way sewed up an artery in tte nose of
Clarence Rand severed by a blow from a
stone thrown by another boy.
About 400 of the Ancient Order Of Hiber-
mans Of Lewiston went ON an excursion to
Mariners Landing Saturday.
The horse railroad carried $1,000 passen-
gers Forepaugh day, Of which number 5000
were taken to the circus grounds. 1
The 9TH Maine Battery will meet at Long
Islund Thursday, and the 9th Maine In
fantry at Old Orchard August 9th.
Mr.. T. E. Harmon would like to catch a
thief who entered his house at 275 Cumber-
land street and stole sum of money.
Cold Saturday and bright, the mercury
dropping to $40 and not touching TO- during
the day. Yesterday was bright and warmer.
The Boston boats have done great bust
ness the past week. They must have car
ried nearly, If not quite. 10000 passengers
both ways.
Mr.. Frank B. Harrison, the teamster. has
presented an employe, MIR. II. R. Bolton, a
handsome easy chair as token of Is years
of faithful service.
A number Of sailors got in a row at the
corner of Park and York streets Saturday
night and one man wounded Leller Whitman.
son with an axe. No arrests.
Patrick McMaban wandered into Com
mercial street saloon Saturday night and
complains that two sailors went through him
and took $12 from his pocket.
The excursion for the benefit of st. Eliza
beth Orphan Asylum will come off on We'd
nesday by the Casco Bay Company's boats.
There win be all kinds of sports.
DIR. Gassoway has purchased the Phenix
house on Emery street and his family will
make their home there. The doctor will
continue in the Marine Hospital service.
A woman named Catherine Sears while in
toxicated wandered into Back Bay Satur-
day, intending to drown herself, but the
water was too cold and she gave up the idea.
Members Of the 18th Maine and their la
dies will remember that the reunion and
dinner will be held at the Ottawa House,
Cushing's Island. Portland harbor. this eve
ming at o'clock
About rs of the employees of Shaw, Cooling
Co. had delightful clambake at Long
Island Saturday. Mr.. Fl. 81. Shaw was
present. A dance at the Granite Spring Ho-
tel closed the festivities.
A detachment of II men have arrived here
from Fortress Monroe to be assigned to Bat
terry E. Second Artillery, as 1t is proposed to
make the foot battery number 66 men, in
stead of Sc men, as at present.
Lorenzo Knight, teamster from Sacearap-
pa, who hauled large block of stone Satur-
day to the new bridge now building at st.
John street, over Portland street, was hit by
tackle and falls and badly bruised.
The trustees Of the Cumberland County
Agricultural Society voted to authorize A.
F. Warren to engage Miss Louise Bates to
make a balloon ascension and parachute
jump on the first two days of the coming
fair.
The Grand Trunk vestibule train brought
65 excursionists Saturday and the
return train yesterday took between 40 and
80. The last train will leave from Chicago
August 31st. Next year two trains a week
will be run.
The yacht Columbia Of the New York
Yacht Club, which has held the cup for so
many years. has been in Portland harbor for
several days on the way from Newport to
Bar Harbor. The Columbia is owned by
Mr.. Joseph Perkins of Brooklyn, N. Y.
A horse attached to delivery wagon be-
longing to j. 81. Groves, the grocer, took
fright Saturday night, SHE'D and struck the
wagon against tree on Cumberland street.
Two boys in the wagon were thrown out
and one of them, Willie Fogg of Howard
street. cut bad cash in his head which DR..
Sullivan sewed up.