The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-14
Brief JoTTINCS.

Last weeks exports were valued at $780,
1929.
The Toronto brought some fine trotting
horses to this port.
Pleasant with cool wind Saturday. Fine
and warm Sunday.
There were 20 arrests last week, of which
81 were for drunkenness.
Officer Webster has been appointed jani-
tor of the Bramhall Hall League Club.
Quinn & Co. are building two 45 horse
power steel boilers for the aims house.
Tonight the last meeting Of the Law Stu
dents Club, for the season, will be held.
Next Saturday evening the Paint and Oil
Club will hold their regular meeting and
supper
Cumberland put out fire in the grass
and shrubbery on the Western Promenade
Saturday.
The Pine Tree Wheel Club the past week
put ID members into the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen.
The Hard ware Dealers Association enjoy
ed their monthly dinner at the Preble, Satur-
day evening.
Members of the Congregational Club will
remember the April meeting at the Preble
House tonight.
Michael J. Flaherty of Ward A. has passed
the physical examination for position on
the police force.
The new steamer arrived over the eastern
division Of the Boston & Maine, yesterday
morning. She has her place in No. As house.
We have received from the Warden of the
State Prison, S. FL. Allen, Esq, copy of
the reports of the prison officers for the year
1889.
Six of the Bowdoin crew, while practising
in our harbor last week, were upset into the
water and Mr.. Jackson narrowly escaped
drowning.
the trips in the Maine Central time table
leaving Portland at $50 a. M, LIS, 100 and
Hop. m.
Mrs. Hattie L. Cummings, retiring ac-
countant, Sisterhood branch of the Iron
Hall, was presented silver cup, saucer and
oyster ladle
Those repairs on the Grand Trunk rail-
road station were begun Saturday. The front
will be changed, and the ticket office and
waiting rooms enlarged.
The committee on transportation at the
Army of the Potomac reunion is Col. f. E.
Boothhy, M. L. Williams, Francis Smith, j.
w. Peters and j. B. Coyle.
( Janitor McCafferty of the North School
has little four-year old son who was run
over by team on Congress street, Saturday,
and his right hand lacerated.
AT shoot Of the Portland Gun Club day
or two ago. Mr.. John Randall did some phe-
nOmenal shooting. He brought down nine
pair of clay pigeons In succession.
Mr.. w. f. Todd has presented the Gun
Club handsome silver cup to be called the
Todd cup the member winning 1t three times
in succession to become the owner
The Boston & Maine train which leaves
Boston at z a. m. week days for Portland
and Bangor will soon be run on Sunday also.
1t will arrive here at / p m. and leave for
Bangor.
All ex-members of class 80 Of the Portland
high School are hereby notified that the
class pictures will be taken at the Lamson
studio. Those desiring pictures will be
entitled to the same terms as made to the
graduating class.
Il man named S. II. Seedy, brakeman on
the Grand Trunk, nearly lost leg in the
depot Saturday afternoon. AS he was about
to get on moving train his foot slipped and
the car struck his knee. He was hauled out
by policeman Just as his leg was about to
90 under the weel. He was badly bruised.