The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-07
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The value of last weeks exports was $780,.
224.
The steamship Winthrop has not yet been
sold.
There were 20 arrests last week, of which
15were for drunkenness, and for larceny.
The Sheldon Mission Band will meet at 1873
Emery street Monday, April 18th, at A. 30 p. m.
Mr.. Daniels, the taxidermist has a con-
tract to mount 40 deer heads, of deer killed
in Maine.
The grand ball to be given by Canton
Ridgely April 2Sth will be one of the events
Of the season.
Hadattah Lodge of Odd Fellows will have
supper in the banquet hall next Wednes-
day evening.
A petition is in circulation asking for a
steam fire engine to be located near the
Union station.
Special Treasury Agent G. 81. Litchman is
in Maine investigating certain phases of the
lumber industry.
An adjourned meeting of the Commercial
Travellers Association will be held April
10th to hear the report of the committee on
annual excursion.
In connection with the Kalendar Kirmiss
at the Woodford's M. E. church April 7th and
and Sth there will be an art and loan exhibit
ton.
Giles Loring of Yarmouth will build
schooner from j. II. Dyer's moulds, for
Horace Sargent Of this city. 115 feet long, 80
beam, 10 deep.
A bullet, fired from an air-gun, came
through the window of Gilps restaurant on
Moulton street Saturday, and two men In
the room narrowly escaped injury.
The furniture firm Of Thos. P. Beal & Co.
have purchased the Diamond Wrench Com
pany building on Newbury street. and will
remove their shops to that building May LIST.
Meeting of Ministers Association today
at II a. m. in parlors of Y. M. C. A. Rev.
John Collins will present paper on
Modern Spiritualism and its effect upon
Christian thought"
Seats for the grand mock adoption to be
presented at the City Hall by the Red Men
April oath. can be secured at Heseltine's
drug store. and of the members. 1t will be
one OF the events of the season.
Owing to the absence of the president.
nothing was done at the meeting of the
trustees OF the Cumberland County Agricul-
tural Society, at the Merchants Exchange
Hotel Saturday.
The Conference of the Associated Chart
ties will meet on Monday, April 7th, in room
No. IS, City Building, at A p. m. All visitors
are members of this conference and are |
earnestly requested to be presen1.
Mr.. Gates new schooner yacht which Mr..
j. nj. Dyer is building, will be launched |
about May 1st There will be nineteen
launches propelled by coal, oil or naptha.
running in the harbor the coming season.
The Camera Club have admitted Harry
I. zee as member, and appointed Messrs.
Lit'le ana Brown committee to arrange
Ior an excursion to North Conway About
100 pictures will be on exhibition next Satur-
day night -'O'>' '0"'"
Inc monthly meeting Of the Young Mems
oniistlan Associtiona will be held at thu
Iooms Oh the Association this evening at
I3O O'Clock. Every member of the Aesac;o.
ton is requested to be present as business ~
Importance is to be transacted.
The Montgomery Guards will leouo
worcester at 7.45 a. m. Thursday, arrive at
noon' and be escorted to the Bay State
house for dinner by the Emmett GnardS
The drill will take place in the EVENING
capt. A. D. Daggett is second Judge and be
and Lieut.. Hatch will choose the third.
by the locking of the wheels of his team
caused by the driver trying to drive. while
intoxicated, between an electric pole on Com
gress street and another team. SATURDAY.
night, the man was thrown out and badly
bruised. and the team, which belonged to
Thomas livery stable, badly wrecked