The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-17
BRIEF JoTTINos.

OF Clay's stable on Elm street.
A chimney fell from a Danforth street
house Friday, and several people had mar
row escapes.
Mr.. +. A. Pierce, of the firm of Fuller q
Pierce, York street. cut his hand quite badly
Thursday night.
Two eight-inch rifed guns have been re-
ceived at Fort Preble. They win be mount
ed on the south front.
The whole number of arrests for the week
ending November 18th was SO, of which 81
were for drunkenness.
Ligonia Lodge will observe its 47th ami
versary next Friday evening, by an oyster
supper In the banquet hall.
The Masonic Journal for November and
the Odd Fellows Register for the same
month have been received.
A gentleman who resides on Clapboard
Island shot 81 seals the past summer. They
were feeding on mackerel.
The first meeting of the Children's Christ
mas Club will be held Saturday next, at D.
M. at room IS, City Building.
The Allan line offices on India street were
opened by Manager Stewart Saturday. The
Circassian will arrive in day or two.
Today the ballotiHg in the Pine street
church will take place in regard to admit
ting women to the general conference.
Officer Flynn Saturday night arrested Ev-
erett Lumney. by request of Sheriff Reed of
Sanford. for the larceny of money and
clothes.
When the new addition to the Bridge
| street schoolhouse in Saccarappa is finished.
| the building will accommodate about 400
scholars.
| The Cumberland Mills Company are to
| erect dry house at once In the sand pit at
| Aliens Corner, to carry on the business be-
| gun this summer.
The Cumberland Club has presented their
/ former caterer, Mr.. C. B. Saunders. who has
retired, three months salary. and Mrs.
| Saunders purse of 1858.
Mr.. Edward Hasty fell from a stool on
Green street Saturday. and cut bad cash
| in his wrist, where he struck and broke
pane Of glass in window.
Miss Alice M. Gould of this city has two
| of her water colors hung at the exhibition of
| the New York Water Color Club, which is
| in the American Art Galleries.
| Cogawesco Tribe and Winona Council are
to hold fair in Reception Hall, December l.,
2and 8. which will close with ball in City
Hall on the evening of the Sd.
By order of the Union Station authorities,
but fifteen hackmen will be allowed to seek
| patronage at each train arriving at the de-
| pot. This order takes effect today.
The fire underwriters inspector is making
his semi-annual tour If inspection Of build
ing risks, and is making a rigid inspection
of business houses and stores,
The Maine Central Railroad Company
have generously offered to defray the funeral
expenses of Jacob N. Steward who was
killed at Farmingdale, Thursday.
Saturday, Captain Matthews of the Salem
was at work on the boat, when he accidep-
tally lost his balance and went over the rail
| into the water. He was rescued.
Rev. j. G. BRAGG will lecture on 'Paris" in
| Baxter Hall this evening. NJ BRACE will al
| so give an address this afternoon in the YES
| try of Free street church to which all are
| cordially invited.
This is the week to be observed by the
evangelical churches as the week of prayer.
Rev. Mr.. Clymer, at the Pine street church,
tonight, will take as the subject of his SER
mon, "Jesus Christ and Business Men,"
Mr.. Clark Stevens of Deering jumped
from moving train at the Green street
crossing. missed his footing and fell so close
to the track the car wheels crushed bunch
of keys in his pocket.
Thursday evening the free drawing school
for mechanics was organized at Mechanics
Hail. There was the largest attendance and
| the most promising class for ten years. The
class numbers about fifty.
| Over 200 tickets have already been issued
| to the Commercial Travellers ball. and the
party will be extremely exclusive, as no
| tickets are transferable. The Little Women
will furnish the refreshments.
The bark Annie Lewis sailed for Buenos
Ayres last week with 49l, 213 feet of lumber,
valued at $13 900. and the bark Laura to San
ia Alena. River Platte, with 27,O75 shocks,
102, 100 feet of lumber, IA bales of duck and
1000 gallons of oil, valued at 1892.
Mr.. A. d. Smith, the contractor and build
or, has contracted to build a cottage for Mr..
| R. s. Smith of Columbus, Ohio. at Kenne-
bunkport, the building to be completed by
| June LIST. Messrs. Stevens & Cobb drew the
| plans for the building.
| The dedication of Bosworth Post Hall at
! 730 p. m. next Monday, will be witnessed
only by the members of the post and the re-
lief corps. The building will be open to
the public November 25th. from 9 to IL a. NJ.
and to 5p. m.
1.-THE repairs to the United States steamer
Dallas, which has been at the Portland
Company's wharf for some time are COM
pleted. She has bad new cylinder, steam
steering gear, and engine and boiler thor
oughly overhauled and repaired.
The Press Club of Portland will meet at
their rooms tomorrow night. This is the
last regular meeting before the annual
meeting. and 1t is hoped that every member
of the club will be present, as important
business is to come before the meeting
Relief steamer A takes Machigonne's
place and Relief B Falmouth's place, while
repairs are made on these steamers. 1t is
thought Machigonne's will last all winter
An alarm bell is wanted on st. Dominic's
steeple. Better put the alarm on the Park
street bell.
Marshal Green, Deputy Merrill and Off
GERS Sparrow. McDonough, Riley, Sylvester,
Phillips and w. Il. Smith made raid on the
| Canadian House, 179 Fore street, Saturday
| night. Four ''soiled doves" were arrested
and brought to the station, and will be dis.
| posed of as Migrants.
The Evangelical Ministers Association
will meet at Y. M. c. A. rooms at 10 80 a. m.
today. The subject for discussion at the
last meeting awakened so much interest that
1t will be continued, viz: 'As ministers of
the gospel what can we do to secure the en-
fcrcement of the prohibitory law in Port
land?"
The petitioners for the new Rebekah De-
gree Lodge met at Odd Fellows hall Satur
day evening to settle preliminaries. They
adopted the name of Woodbine, and fixed
upon the first and third Saturdays as the
nights of meeting. The new lodge will be
instituted Saturday evening, November Goth.
and have over 100 charter members.
The people at Aliens Corner are getting
ready for their fair, which is to be held the
second week in December. The plan now is
to buy the land owned by j. S. Knight, hold
the front for chapel to be built as soon as
the prospect will warrant the expense, and
reserve the rear to be laid out as village
cemetery.
There Is nothing in the story that the
n Mha,ne Stesmship Company was to be pur-