The Portland daily press., 1890-11-10
ERlEF JoTTINCs.

The Knightville band concert realized
$50.
The FrstParish chrysanthemum sale real.
iz9d about $500.
Libby & Co. are enlarging their ice houses
at Cape Elizabeth.
Lasts twice as long as cheap soap for
laundry use-Brussels.
The Ladies Aid, Church of the Messiah,
fair. netted about $500.
Anew Rebecca lodge, l. o. o. F., will soon
be instituted in Portland.
The Grand Trunk mammoth coal shed will
be completed November 10th.
There were "a arrests last week, of which
% were for drunkenness.
The Argonauts have appointed the COM
mittees.fo the annual ball.
-ssA A new settlement, Order of Columbia, will
soon be established In Portland.
The tug Plymouth is to have new boiler
which will be built by Quinn & Co.
A Band of Mercy has been organized
Ia Miss Moulton's room in the Butler
school.
TIE Plumbers & Helpers Union will hold
q meeting at their hall on Middle street
tonight.
A sewer has been laid on Church street.
Saccarappa, through Cross street to Bracket
street.
The Mechanics Loan & Building Associa-
ton has declared a semi-annual dividend lof
4per cent.
The Valentine Hose Co.'s ball at Saccar-
appa Melted S136.5O to go towards furnishing
the new hall
Members of Munjoy Lodge, K. of p, will
take action tonight on the question of the
new building.
Mr.. c. F. Whitcher, Oakdale, had a hand
badly jammed while he was building stone
wall, Saturday.
At the Casco Loan g. Building Association
meeting Saturday night, loans amounting to
$4,000 were made.
A fort soldier, while drunk, caught his
foot in the ferry slip. Portland pier. and
the foot was badly jammed.
Machigonne No. will give ball a. That
cher Post hall November 18th. to get money
to buy flag for the engine house.
gold watch and chain were stolen Sat-
urday. from vest hung up by a workman
10 Thomas Laughlin & Sons shop.
Mrs. Christopher Dyer, Cape Elizabeth De-
pot, stepped into a hole in the road last
week and sprained her ankle badly.
court-martial will be held at Augusta, to
try Capt. Rogers, Co. A, 1st Regiment, on
charges preferred by the company.
Attention is called to the advertisement of
the fair and concert to be given by the ladies'
OF the First Free Baptist Society.
Three pistol shots on Centre street, called
Officers Flynn and Norton to the spot. No
one was hurt, but family row was going
on.
man, attacked by insanity, is now at the
aims house. he threatened two women and
q sharp sickle was found secreted in his
bed.
Mrs. Eastburn will try the experiment of
introducing Bands of Mercy into the public
schools. A few schools will be used at
first.
A chimney burning out called Machigonne
No. is hose to the corner of Free and Oak
streets by a still alarm during Friday
night.
A three masted schooner is loading at this
port with ice, fresh meats and fish, poultry
and vegetables for the West Indies as an ex-
pertinent.
A young lad pushed another, named Henry
Wood. in spirit Of fun, over Franklin
street fence last week, and Woods arm was
fractured.
Rufus Durham & Co., under different firm
names, has been in the britannia and silver
plating business in Portland for the past
fifty years.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Scott Jordan's
four horse team took fright on Commercial
street at a passing team, got caught in the
hook on the pole and badly lacerated his
flank.
The dedication of the new Bosworth Post
building has been postponed to November
oath. new song. Dedication" written
by John L. Shaw, will be sung by Shaw's
Quartette.
The afternoon service at Congress street
Methodist church was cut short yesterday
by leaking gas pipe that positively refused
to reform. The leak was stopped, however,
In time for the evening service.
The Portland Turnverein will be open to
the public Wednesday, when those holding
cards will inspect the workings of this ex-
cellent athletic institution. Prof. Benz and
class will give pleasing exhibition in the
evening.