The Portland daily press., 1891-11-02
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

The engine houses win be lighted by
electricity. r
IA new cross walk has been put in at the
corner Of Federal and Pearl streets.
Ivanhce Lodge K. of p. will confer the
rank Of Esquire tomorrow evening.
There were twelve arrests last week OF
whiah eleven waro for drunlrcnness-s--
The street department will be paid $l,57S.-
81 for the last fortuight's work today.
The Evangelical Ministers Association
will meet this morning at 1890 O'Clock.
There were 100000 taken In at the City
Treasurer's office Saturday, the last day Of
discount.
There we're only two chattel mortgages re-
corded at the City Clerks office last week,
amounting to $95.
Saturday night was Halloween and the
boys and girls improved their opportunity to
hang cabbages on door knobs.
A board meeting Of the Women's Maine
Indian Association will be held at 234 Stats
street on Tuesday, November 8.
The wind blew living gale from the north
west yesterday, and lowered the temperature
quite materially by night.
The Portland bank clearings for last week
were Sl.323, SO2 against 81, 1895. 214 as compared
with the same week of last year, decrease
OF $71,4
The stevedores Of the Allan and Dominion
lines arrived here Saturday and will begin at
once TO prepare for the arrival ofthe steam
ships.
The Cumberland Bone Phosphate Com
pany are at work on full time at Boothbay.
They employ forty men with fortnightly
pay roll Of $780,
F. G. Mitchell and <. Darker, of Portland,
have purchased the champion St. Bernard
'Mirands," dam Of the winners "Mer-
chant Prince" "Comet" and "Alpne"
Mr.. jerks will rebuild the Sunnyside hote
at Great Chebeague. The new house win be
two-storied with mansard roof. and larger
than the old one.
The telephone company has commenced
work putting the wires underground on
Exchange street. The wires go four feet
below the surface.
November 9th is the date of the Congrega-
tional Club meeting at the Preble house, and
President Hyde Of Bowdoin, will speak on
the Development Of College,"
Saturday evening Mr.. Edward G. Jones
gave dinner party to the employees of the
newly formed Stevens & Jones Company at
his residence on Carlton street.
Willie. the young son of Mr.. Frank Gould
of Windham, fell from loaded coal team on
Friday, one of the wheels of which passed
over him. his condition is quite serious.
The Division of Locomotive Engineers No.
represented their retiring chief engineer an
elegant solid silver water set appropriately
inscribed, and handsome silver fruit dish
Saturday night. A bountiful supper fol-
lowed.
Mr.. john Lewis's little child broke lamp
Saturday evening, at the fathers house in
Hillman court. The table cloth and curtains
were set on fire, but young man upstairs
heard the child cry and ran down and ex-
tinguished the flames with pail of water.
Over one hundred cars of wheat and peas
have arrived and their contents have been put
into theelevator, and an average of fifteen or
twenty cars are arriving daily. The capacity
of theelevator is about 3i5 cars which will be
reached before the arrival of the first steamer,
the 18th Of this month.
The new supply building that the New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company
10 about to erect in Dorchester. Mass, will
cost $4,000. and 1t will be paid for out OF
earnings. The company is just commencing
some new underground work at Portland and
Worcester. and it has also completed a new
trunk line to Brattleboro and Bellows Falls.