The Portland daily press., 1890-06-23
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training for race.
There were no exports last week and the
imports were light pa
There were % arrests last week of which
20 were for drunkness.
Mr.. Charles Goodrich's steam yacht Leo
has had successful trial trip.
Portland Commandery with ladies will go
to Bar Harbor, July Sth and 9th.
Mrs. E. V. Campbell will run the restau-
rant at Great Diamond this summer.
The Hartford Decorating Co. will deco.
rate Bosworth Post hall July and A.
The Portland Horse Railroad Co.. has
granted Its employees an increase in pay.
Bosworth Post, G. A r. has 426 members
and several applications for membership.
The Ottawa water works will be completed
by Thursday when the house will be opened.
Mr. j. X. Martin has sold his bay mare
Lucy to w. K. Astor of New York for high
price.
On the birthday of Hon. Neal Dow, Miss
Dow sent capital dinner to the Home for
Aged Men.
The park commissioners have completed
the Prospect Head tower on the Western
Promenade.
Officer Usher arrested woman Saturday
who stole dress from Miss Jones Of Wash
ington street.
The wholesale and retail hardware firms
will close at l p. m. on Saturdays through
July and August
The Chicago tourists, 200 in number, will
arrive ON the first vestibule train. via the
Grand Trunk, Saturday.
The committee of the 18th and 10th Army
Corps will meet again Wednesday evening
to perfect arrangements.
The steamer Prince from Vassalboro has
arrived here to have extensive repairs on
her boilers and machinery.
Victor De Cost, fireman on the S. E.
Spring, caught his finger in the machinery
and had to have it amputated.
The Stenographers Association has adopt
ed new constitution, and voted to have a
picnic and moonlight sail In July.
The steamer fremont has been painted
and started on her Boston route again. The
Forest City has been laid up for the sum-
mer.
Thatcher Post has accepted an invitation
from the Rev. DR.. Merrill of the Second
Parish church to attend his church on next
Sunday.
Harold Shaw, who had his skull fractured
by a car brake last Sunday, had the skull
trepanned, a piece of bone removed and is
doing well.
Quinn & Co. are building two two horse
power boilers for the Catholic cathedral and
two 40 horse power boilers for the Lewiston
Catholic church.
When Palestine C0mmandery K. t., visits
st. Alban Friday next they will be given a
sail and good time at the islands and a din
ner at the Waldo.
on defective place on Congress Place, Fri
day. and fell and strained the lIgaments of
her back and side badly.
The patrol wagon drivers have adopted a
cap with gold band. 1t is understood there
is to be a light summer patrol wagon instead
of the present ''barouche."
Three ladies In dog cart had narrow
escape on Oxford street. The horse ran
away but the one who was driving chung
pluckily to the reins. They were thrown out
but not hurt.
The Fresh Air Society has been granted
the use of a room in Harrington block by the
L. ~ VI Ms tWO udys Wcok UctWcou IL
and IL a. m. The room will be open next
Wednesday at these hours.
The Pine Tree Wheel Club had pleasant
entertainment at Grange Hall, Spurwink,
Friday night. Saturday several members
made the run from Portland to Prouts Neck
in an hour. The hill climbing contest was
postponed on account of the wind.
A piece Of barrel head, carved with a jack
knife into series Of fans, mounted on a
platform. with small boat at the base, can
be seen at Doughty's fish market The
carving was made by an Indian in the county
jail on sentence for drunkenness.
At the reunion of the Society of the Army
OF the Potomac an effort will be made to
bring together the comrades present who
belonged to the department of the South
with view to arrange for reunion of those
troops during the national encampment at
Boston in August.
An old rife can be seen at +. p. Bailey's
gun store. 1t is flint locked. with five foot
barrel and bears the date 1857. Its history
is traced to l766 when 1t was owned by Ste
phen Manchester of Windham who shot
Chief Poland of the Rockamecook tribe at
Little Falls on May IA, 1876.