The Portland daily press., 1890-03-31

Tho value of the exports for last week was
$l66,19S.
Boston steamers will leave Boston for
Portland on summer timetable tonight,
o'clock.
Thatcher Relief Corps,..G. A. R., will visit
Cloudma- relief Corps, Saccarappa. April
18th.
There were 23 arrests last week, % of
which were for drunkenness and one for
larceny tF tn
The Boston team, of the Players League,
will play the Bowdoins FAST Day. A Boston
batsman will strengthen the Bowdoin nine.
Division 81 Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers of Boston will be the guest of
Division 40 of this city at their ball April
10th.
The child frog, on Federal street near
Monument Square will be one of the sensa-
tions of the week. Our readers should go
and see him.
A little boy named Ennis, who resides on
Green street. was run into while coasting by
another boy Saturday, and his face badly
bruised and cut.
Mr.. Kerrigan, the fruiter, wrecked his
wagon and a load of fruit on Commercial
street Saturday. A balky horse was the
cause.
The Women's Maine Indian Association
will hold its regular monthly meeting at the
vestry Of High street church tomorrow after
noon at 8 p. m.
In the widow Of l.. c. Fowler's drug store
on Congress street may be seen fine pastel
Of Portland Head Light painted by Miss
Dot Alexander of this city.
Mr.. Benjamin Libby, driver of As hose
carriage. had to suffer the loss of the big toe
and part of the foot by amputation last
week. He is comfortable.
The Eagle Sugar Refinery will begin its
usual spring boiling this week. The works
will employ two gangs of fifty men each, and
run night and day until the molasses is used
up.
There will be a meeting of the Law
Students Club this evening at the Attorneys
Room, City Building. Hon. s. G. Strout will
address the students on the subject of con-
stitutional law.
Saturday was one of the nastiest days of
the many disagreeable ones the past season.
Snow, rain. slush, marked the day. Yester-
daywas cloudy, with occasional CLEANS of
sunshine and snow squalls.
The two girls, mentioned In the Sunday
papers as lost, were found Saturday night
asleep at No. 10 Spruce street. where they
had been taken in. Their father was notified
and he took the girls home.
The clover leaf on the uniforms of the
Maine Central railroad conductors has been
displaced by monogram of the company.
tbs much handsomer and gives the con-
ductors far more metropolitan appearance
The expenses of the Bosworth Post will be
81, each person for the two days attendance
on the National Encampment meeting al
Boston. Chambers Band will accompany
them. All Cumberland county posts can Join
Boswor that the above rate.
Mr.. Isaac W. Sweetsir of Deering, left for
Montreal Saturday prepared to try novel
experiment. He took with him carrier
pigeon which he will loose In Montreal at 10
O'Clock this morning. BY rail the distance
is some 300 miles.
The Pine Tree wheelmen with number
of invited guests will take run on Fast Day.
Bert Jones and ALI Sterling of Peaks
Island while hauling lobster pots on Trun-
dy's reef last Friday were startled.by the ap-
pearance of big whale near them. Their
visitor was so frolicsome that the fishermen
bent to their oars and rowed rapidly away.
Il. K. Galley has received brass Delay
ing pin taken from the revenue cutter Har-
riet Lane, in the late war. when she was
burned by the rebels off Galveston) from
f. K. earle for Bosworth Post Four of the
guns of the Lane fortified breast work at
Velasco, Texas, and Mr.. Galley was one of
storming party:from the U. S. ship Albatross
that captured the fort.