The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-10

The value of last weeks exports was $312,-
629.96.
Friday. the 2lst, will be the date of the
Little Women's ball.
The fire department received 1000 feet of
the new hose yesterday.
There were Is arrests last week, of which
10 were for drunkenness.
Mr.. G. w. Belknap has presented keg of
tripe to the Home for Aged Men.
Philip b. Hughes's son had a leg badly
hurt while coastng on Smith street.
Prof. Benz has fine class of thirty lady
pupils in fencicg at Westbrook Seminary
Members of the Congregational Club will
remember the meeting at the PEBBLE House
tonight.
There was heavy gale and pouring
showers of rain Saturday. Yesterday was
clear and colder.
Several Portland young men are out of
pocket by the sudden departure of Boston
commission merchant.
Civil service examinations for the Railway
Mail Service will be held In Portland May
2fst and Sept. 25sh.
Mr.. Fred Tarbox, late travelling salesman
for Woodman, True &c Co., has bought the
Hayden stores at Sanford and Springvale.
Tonight Mr.. A. f. Moulton will address
the Law Students Club on the Law of
Negligence They will dine at Growers.
The hardware dealers will form an assc-
citation similar to the Paint and Oil Club and
will hold meetings and occasional suppers.
Aver. Houston & Co. have purchased ST.
900 or $4,000 worth Of new machinery and
will commence at once upon the manufacture
of fur hats.
Machigonne engine No. has received a
new four inch suction to replace the one that
burst the night Of the fire at S. w. LARA
bees
.,ssease in the volume Of business
done by the Portland Clearing House in
January 1890 over January 1889 was half
million of dollars.
The Amateur Camera Club starts in with
f. NJ. Lawrence will fit up the developing
room in the Art building
Capt A. j. Pettengill sold the last three
vessels of his fishing feet, the Elsie M.
Smith, Abbie NJ. Deering and Fannie Spald
ing, Saturday to Gloucester parties.
A piece of molding got into the propeller
of the Mary W. Libby Saturday morning,
obstructing her running for little while
until the obstruction was removed
A horse belonging to /. S. Bean fell
through the stable floor into the cellar Satur-
day, and the entire floor had to be cut away
to release him. He wasn't hurt.
On account of the storm Rev. DR.. Dalton
did not deliver his lecture Oh "a Holiday
a., 90 r.
given Saturday afternoon at the First Parish
church.
The fourth lecture in the Young Mems
Christian Association Medical Course will be
given at the association rooms next Wednes-
day evening, Feb. 18th, by DR.. G. b. Swasey
on THE Brain"
The p. m. train Saturday over the Maine
Central Mountain Division was detained
nine hours In the Crawford Notch on ac-
count of ice on the rails. 1t arrived here at
7o'clock yesterday morning
The peoples temperance meeting and en-
tertainment postponed on Saturday eve
ming on account Of the storm will be held at
the Gospel Mission this evening at 7.45
O'Clock. All are invited.
At the February meeting of the CascD
Loan Company, Saturday evening. seven
loans were made aggregating $500 at
premium of sixty cents per share. The new
Portland Loan Association will go into bust
ness this week.
Officers Firth and Merrill captured two
boys Saturday night at the theatre who stole
money from the money drawer of the Chinese
laundryman on Green street. The Casco
street laundryman had his pocket picked of
Gil