The Portland daily press., 1891-08-17
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

stituted Friday
The Press Club meeting will be held at
7.45 O'Clock tonight.
Electric lights will be placed in all the
engine houses as soon as possible.
There were &c arrests last week, of which
IA were for drunkenness and five for larceny.
The Grattans will hold their field day at
Cushing's Island and banquet at the Ottawa
on Sept. Sd.
1t was fue yesterday afternoon but the
eaening was partially cloudy and the moon
locked MISTY.
Tomorrow evening Casco Bay Com.
mandery, Golden. Cross, will celebrate its
ninth anniversary.
The milk men of the city and their ladies
have their fifth annual picnic to Long Island
Wednesday, August 10th.
The Pythian Relief will hold meeting at
j. +. Chute's, the secretary's office, Thurs
day. Sept. Sd, 1891, at 7.3O c'clCck.
This morning the Portland companies will
start for muster. The Infantry will muster
about IS men under Lieut. Geo. A. Dow.
The sheriffs seized % two quart bottles of
poor whiskey at Conwelps. All Commercial
street, Saturday, hid behind flight of stairs.
Mr.. John I'll. Flanagan has received the
contract for putting sewers through East
Deering. something over mile in extent
The schooner yacht Norma, and Gossip ar
rived Saturday. The steam yacht Ibis sailed
for Bar Harbor. The schooner Crusade ar
rived in the afternoon.
Saturday was cloudy and disagreeble with
spits OF rain. Sunday was cool with alter
nate cloud and blue sky. There were heavy
showers during Saturday night
Be sure and see McCallum this week.
Canton Ridgely will meet this evening for
drill preparatory for the grand field day the
first of September, and every member
should make an effort and be present
Officer Pickett arrested Edward W. Drum
mond Saturday, who was intoxicated and
assaulted small boy on Chestnut street, an
unknown man, W. j. RyaH, the blind young
man.
The Roman Catholic church celebrated
yesterday the ascension Of the Virgin Mary
into heaven. The festival dates as far back
as the time Of st. Gregory Of Tours in the
9th century.
James F. Shaw. aged IS, deformed, has
been arrested for liquor selling He had
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the corner of Silver and Fore streets. he
gave bonds to appear for.trial next Wednes-
day.
A young man named Patrick Murphy fell
over horse block on Fore street, late Satur.
day night, and struck his head on a piece of
glass ON the sidewalk, making a wound
which required physicians service.
Windsor and Highland Castles, K. G. E.,
OF Portland, Commandery of Auburn,
escorted by Forest City Commandery, will
have their field day and dinner at the Law
son House, Harpswell, Sept. 7th. Supreme
Chief Sumner will be present.
A regular meeting of the Central Labor
: Union will be held tonight The Labor
Day committee will recommend that the
delegates enter as a committee of the whole,
so that all details will be promptly attended
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Don't miss the Pavilion this week.
Mr.. A. ID. Slmonton of Portland is closing
out his business preparatory to devoting his
entire time to medicine and surgery has in
vented an operating table for Gynecologists.
The table will not be patented but will be
made by the N. T. Hill table factory.
The lighthouse steamer Armenia Is almost
as large as the new gunboat which has been
built for the navy. She is 1850 tons, and
looks like man of war with her white steel
hull and raking yellow smoke stack. Mr..
wainwright Cummings, former Portland
boy. is third mate of the steamer.
The steamer Portland of the Portland
Steam Packet Company, which arrived from
Boston about O'Clock Saturday morning,
broke the piston rod Of one cylinder while
coming into port. The Forest City took her
place on the route, but the Portland will
probably resume her trips tonight.
On August 9th, five miles fl Northeast
light, on Five Fathom Bank lightsnip, at IL
o'clock p. M, carrier pigeon came on board
the schooner B. G. Cromwell On its leg was
brass band No. w. 12409 TIE owner can
obtain the bird by calling upon Sargent,
Lord Is Skillings of this city.
McCallum says 1t is good one one
A despatch In Saturdays papers purport.
ing to review the candidates for judgeships
created by the law Of last Congress. Two
candidates were mentioned from Maine,
Messrs. W. 81. Clifford and VIM. L. Putnam.
Hon. Chas. F. Libby, who has the support of
the entire Maine delegation In Congress,
was not mentioned, so 1t is evident that the
article was Of little value so far as accuracy
Is concerned.
Tomorrow afternoon the annual clambake
OF the cottagers at Little Diamond and their
friends occurs. AS usual Messrs. Thompson
and Harrington will have charge Of the bake
which Is guarantee that It will be fine one.
In the evening there will be a musicale at
the Macao. at which the following talent
will appear: Miss Kicker. Miss Knight,
Miss Bertha Webb. Miss Plummer, DR..
Nickerson, Mr.. Murray and others.