The Portland daily press., 1891-09-30
BRIEF JoTTINCs.

A heavy shower fell about 6 o'clock last
evening.
Yesterday was cloudy in the early MORN
ing, then warm and pleasant, followed by
stiff southwest wind.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Maine
Charitable Mechanic Association will be
held tomorrow evening.
A schooner from Gloucester put ip~,1ere
for ice yesterday. as tho eerEEsoGity was held
at SO high prieesS that city.
A seizure of hard stuff was made by Depu-
ty Sheriff McGlinchy from Bridget Nc
DcnJagh's, Cotton street.
The directors of the Maine Central rail-
road viii make an inspection of the Knox &
Lincoln railway on Friday next.
Mr.. A. III. Sawyer has received his re-
newed commission for term of four years
as agent for the prevention of cruelty to an
imals
At the Paris Hill church celebration Hon.
George +. Emery will deliver poem, and
Rev. b. +. Whitman OF Free street church an
address.
The granite blocks which are to be used
LIN repaving Monument square are to come
from the Hallowen Granite Company. Mr..
Randall contracted for them. They are to
be Of extra quality.
John Bulger, at work at the Eastern Forge
Company's works at East Deering, yesterday
forenoon caught his little finger in the ma
chinery. crushing it so that it had to be am
putated.
The Y. 7. S. G. K. social to have been held
at the Second Parish vestry this evening has
been postponed in order that the members
may attend the Epworth League convention
at City Hall.
The alarm from box 4l2 last evening was
caused by the bursting of lamp near the
corner of Fore and Union streets. The "all
OUT was sounded nearly as soon as the
alarm ceased ringing.
Yesterday morning, while the four masted
schooner K. W.Clark was on the marine rail-
way. the chain parted and she ran off the
cradle and dropped anchor in the harbor.
No damage was done.
The agent of the Sebago Steamboat Com
pany is In town getting estimates for hull,
boiler and machinery fora new steamer to
be built at the foot of Sebago Lake in season
for use on the lake route another season.
Captain George d. Wallace Garrison will
early in November produce the military
drama "In the Enemy's Camp 1t is new
play just written. Several well known anna
tours have been engaged to take part.
The island steamer Forest City has been
taken to her winter quarters above the
bridges and the Cadet will join her there in
few days. The Emita is supplying the
place of the Forest Queen on the island
route and the Queen is receiving her electric
light plant.
Yesterday afternoon gust of wind blew a
large piece Of tin from the roof Of Byron
Greenough d Co.'s store on Middle street.
1t was about two feet wide by 20 feet long
and struck the sidewalk with great crash
The tow boy of the horse railroad heard it
coming and barely escaped.
The Boston q Maine officers report that
when the passenger train due at Saco for
Boston at o'clock was nearing that CITY
Monday afternoon a rife ball crashed
through window of the smoking car.
glanced and went out through the roof A
passenger had a narrow escape.
The schooner Dido put into Halifax for
harbor Monday night. She is from Isaac's
Harbor. N. s., with cargo of 200 cases of
canned blueberrtes for Portland. This is
the first whole cargo of blueberrles ever ex-
ported from Nova Scotia.