The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-06-22
BRIEF JoTTINCs.

The Willing Workers fair, Peaks island,
melted $72.
Handsome fire escapes have been placed
on the Ottawa House.
The Press Club meeting will be held tc-
night at 7.SO o'clock.
There were % arrests last week, Of which
I6 were for drunkenness.
The Wheel Club will make run to Cape
Cottage tonight at 7.15 O'Clock.
Miss Inez Pike. Woodfords, was thrown
Iron her carriage and badly bruised.
Abraham Lincoln Post OF Charlestown
will visit Bosworth Post, July % and %.
Conductor Alden of the Maine Central
sprained his ankle badly last Thursday.
The horse car stables on Munjoy hill will
probably be ready for occupancy by the first
of July.
The Centre street school cellar will be
cemented and the building painted and
grained.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will
have state field day at Lake Maranocook
July Goth.
Thatcher Post, No. Ill, will be inspected
this evening by Inspector Joseph L. Small
of Biddeford.
AuO t'CV anu o'1O Ps UPS udto pc6u
added to the Casco Bay Steamboat Compa-
ny's time table.
The firemen's vacations have begun. They
get fortnight now. Three of them take
theirs, beginning today.
The concrete foundation for the new paw
ing on Congress street is laid and the as
phalt will be put in this week.
The sheriffs arrested Kate Lang and Mike
Welch for liquor selling Saturday and seized
liquors at Lang's and James Welch's.
A petition will be circulated this week ask
ing the committee not to cover any part of
the soldiers monument from public view.
Mrs. A. Huntington, mother of DR.. Hunt
iDgton, tae.veterinary surgeon, fell in alight-
ing from car at DeerDg and broke her hip.
The American Cadet band has received
new uniforms of grey and black with black
shake hats, black pompon and gold mono
gram.
Arrangements are being made for reun
ion of the members of the Resolute base
ball club, to be held in Boston sometime in
September.
The East Deerlng scholars have presented
their teachers, Miss Elwell, with handsome
oak rocker, and Miss Kimball a tidy, some
lace and handkerchief.
Pine Tree Division, No. &C, Railroad Con-
ductors, held meeting at Rossini hall yes
terday afternoon. They took dinner at the
Falmouth hotel at o'clock.
Two Massachusetts detectives arrived here
Saturday night They think they may find
August Langner, who murdered Miss Emer-
SON at West Dedham, Mass, in this state.
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tribes took barges Saturday evening and
went to Spurwink, where supper at Mitch
ellis was enjoyed with speeches and story
telling.
The new uniforms for Chandler's band
have arrived. They are very neat and ele-
CANT. They are dark blue. with narrow vel
vet trimmings and gold ornamentatiens, but
they don't fit.
The committee flon the Commercial Tray
ellers Association has returned from Mon
treal. They were royalty entertained by the
Montreal association and the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen.
Mrs. o. p Chaffin of North Windham,
while training grape vine, fell through a
window and cut her arm to the bone. She
had very narrow escape from bleeding to
death.
The contract has been closed for the Gates
crusher, and it will soon be here, set up and
in operation. 1t is proposed to locate the
crusher at the corner of st. John and Port
land streets, and house will be erected for
the boiler.
Members Of the Woman's Literary Union
who have not signifed their intention to at
tend field day June 9th are requested to
notify the treasurer, Mrs. F. w. Woodmap,
&c Thomas street before juno oath, as no
tickets will be reserved after that date.
Miss Mary Costello of this city, is missing.
She is 20 years old, light complexion, and
wore light blue dress trimmed with red
velvet She went to Boston to meet her sis
ter Delia,who had just arrived from Ireland
went to Lynn and since then nothing has
been seen of her.
What connection. If any, has the Russian
expulsion Of the Jews with The Biblical
prophesies concerning them?" is the ques-
ton to be discussed at the Methodist preach
ers' meeting in the Y. M. c. A. rooms this
Monday morning at 1890. Revs. M. S. Simp-
son and j. Collins open the discussion.