The Portland daily press., 1890-02-03
BRIEF JoTTiNcs.


Last weeks exports were valued at $2lO,-
1880.
Lamson will take the class of 80 West
brook Seminary.
There were IS arrests last week of which
- were for drunkenness.
The iron ocean tug Confidence of Boston
was in the harbor yesterday.
The revenue cutter Woodbury. came in
yesterday from cruise to the eastward
The Little Diamond Islanders will hold
their reunion at Gilbert's hall February 12st.
The diver who has examined the DO tom of
the steamship Polynesian pronounces her un-
injured 5n0s
The Telephone Company are stringing the
wire that will connect Fort Preble with the
rest of the world.
The Sheldon Mission Band" will hold a
meeting at Chestnut street church Monday,
Feb Sd, at 4.30 o'clock.
The Longfellow Chautaqua Circle win
meet this evening in the ladies' paiIor of
Chestnut street church.
W. II. Noyes has case of Sc fine false
topazes, tourmalines. amathysts, all collected
in Maine and Nova Scotia.
North Conway Granite Company at North
Jay has got the contract to furnish the
granite paving blocks to the city.
Charles F. Dam has designed and Charles
Paine printed some very neat fire alarm
books arranged for ready reference by dis
tricts. as4 s-s~
Three Portland boys. Henry Fortune, Geo.
s.. Herrick, Martin Collins, ran away from
home and were captured at Lynn, Mass,
Mrs. Georgerfrench has cssn CHOSEN
fairmaa-and Mrs. NJ. P. Frank, secretary
, - me visiting committee of the Eye and Ear
Infrmary.
Mr.. Charles E. Warwick has large col
lection of old Spanish coins such as were
circulated here when the West India trade
was fourishing.
The Washburn Union has raised the funds
to put pipe organ into the Church of the
Messiah and the instrument will be in posi-
ton September LIST. @s @
Those excellent copies made by q. T.
Cook of the photograph OF st. Alban Com
mandery, which was taken in Washington,
can be seen at Heseltine's.
Two of the Piper pattern of semaphores
have been set at the ends of the Boston &
Maine, western division bridge, to be used
as cautionary signals for the draw.
Some boys set the old pig-pen under Bran,
hall Hill afire Saturday afternoon. but 1t
would not burn much. Nothing but an OK
team can remove this blot to the city.
The item in the Sunday Times yesterday
morning stating that there had been 20 bell
alarms of fire since Jan. LIST to Feb. LIST, should
read from Dec. /, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1890"
The coroner's jury brought in verdict
Saturday that Thomas Menzie, killed by the
railroad train at East Deering, was intoxi-
Gated and that no blame attaches to the
road.
The regular monthly meeting of the Maine
Indian Association will be held in the vpstry
of the New Jerusalem church, on New High
street, tomorrow Tuesday, afternoon at 3
o'clock p. In.
The semi.monthly meeting of the Portland
Central Labor Union will be held at 176a
Middle street this evening. 1t is expected
that the painters and bricklayers' union will
send delegates
Three or four young men from Cape
Elizabeth spent some time on Emery street
late Saturday night daring each other to
mortal combat. At late accounts however
no blood had been spilled.
While trotting on Portland street Satur.
day man ran into j. 81. Flannagan's team
wrecking the sleigh. Mr.. Flannagan's
horse jumped to clear himself and pulled
Mr.. Flanagan out, cutting his legs badly.
There was heavy swell on the water yes
terday and the ceaseless sound of the ciang-
ing bell off Cushing's Island. and the
monotonous footing of the Trundy's reef
whistling buoy came in on the wind all day
long.
DR.. j. s. Green, Elizabeth, N! j., and MI.
James Carroll, New York. have been buying
Portland horses. They bought DIR. Hunting
toms PAGER and Mikado colt. Mr.. Clark's
edward c." and a large chestnut mare
from John Sawyer.
The Portland Company is building a 80
ton snow pillow for the Central New England
railroad, has shipped doubeender pillow to
the Montpelier g. Wells River read, and will
deliver a 40 ton freight locomotive. the AGA
dia, to the Windsor & Annapolis road this
week.
Twenty members of the Forest City
Chautauqua Circle (Williston Church, called
upon their worthy president, Mr. Newell W.
Edison, Saturday evening at his pleasant
home in Yarmouthville. The jolly party
went out In commodious sleigh. The eve
ming was one long to be remembered.
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