The Portland daily press., 1890-11-29
BRIEF JoTTlNcS.

Frank Mcbride was arrested Thursday
night on charge of wife beating.
The annual turkey supper of the Argo-
naut Association will take place this even
| ing.
The Little Women will meet this afternoon
with Mrs. John Cummings, No. SO Atlantic
street.
Bosworth Post held their first regular
meeting in the new building on Free street
last night
The Westbrook Paper Mills Company gave
665 turkeys Thanksgiving to their en-
ployes.
Mr.. Ira +. Clark presented ten of his en-
ployes large fat Thanksgiving turkey
apiece.
The Boston & Maine freight men have
been supplied with new lanterns, which are
an Improvement over the old ones.
A chimr ey on fire at 254 Bracket street,
called Cumberland S's mel yesterday bya
still alarm. The damage was slight.
By typographical error in yesterdays
PRESS. we said the Circassian took 600 in
stead of 60O0 barrels of apples to Liverpool.
A surveyor from Portland has been sur
veyiDg the river above the dam at Saccarap-
pa, for the purpose of locating the channel.
We have received from DIR. Charles d
Smith, secretary. the transactions of The
Maine Medical Association for $780," Vol
ume X Part ii.
In the future, commencing tomorrow, the
Sunday school Of the First Parish will COM
mence Its sessions at II 45 g. m. instead of at
noon as heretofore.
According to the usual custom the Atkin-
son House Furnishing Company presented
each of their married employees with a tur.
key for Thanksgiving.
The Progress of the English speaking
races compared with that of others, will be
the subject of DIR Dalton's lecture this af-
ternoon at o'clock In Baxter hail.
pair OF pearl opera glasses will be voted
the most popular lady in the state councils
of Daughters of Pocahontas at their fair to
be held in Reception hall next week.
We are informed by the committee on fire
department that there are now six steam fire
engines in the houses all ready for active
duty, and by next week there will be seven.
Three young men in team In turning into
Cumberland street from Brown Thursday
night, overturned their team, and one Of
them. from Gambo, received bad cut on the
head.
The Boston 4 Maine railroad is having
the color of its baggage cars changed from a
deep red to yellow, which has always been
the color of the passenger cars. As fast as
car is at leisure it is run into the Salem shops
| aud painted.
Miss Lucy Wheelock, of the Boston Prim
airy Union, gave very instructive talk to
teachers OF Sunday schools at Free street
church last evening. Her sandboard and
blackboard exercises were particularly in
teresting and Instructive.
Yesterday was trying day. The wind
was quite strong at times from the north,
and blew the dust in clouds, while the tenn
perature dropped to 140 and did no. rise
above SO0. In some parts of the city the
mercury at an early hour indicated 80.
William Moore, it will be remembered, was
arrested on suspicion of stealing valise
filed with ladies' clothing few days ago.
The valise and clothing have been identified
by Miss Addie p. Prince as having been stol-
on from F. A. Smith q Co.'s store where she
left it while shopping.
At the shoot between the team from the
Yarmouth Rifles and Portland Cadets, held
Thanksgiving, the Rifles heat, making 1853 to
the Cadets 126, out of possible 245. Capt.
Merrill. Corporal Knight and Private Hines
of the Rifles made % each, while Captain
Baker Of the Cadets made % and Sergeant
Jones Is.
MIR. G. A. Hatch, bank examiners clerk,
has examined the Portland and Casco Loan
companies. The Portland has been organ
lied eight months, and fifteen loans amount
ing to $40, 200 have been granted. The Casco
Company has been organized two years and
nine months. and has granted loans to the
amount of $l32,5OO.
An exchange says; "We permit no man to
tread upon the tail of our coat. or walk clear
up the back of 1t by trying to refute our
statement that Brussels is the best and most
economical soap made"