The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-04-27
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

Cuhuay was Drlgnt ana cool.
There is new arc light corner of Moody
and Vesper streets.
May 9th the Iron and Hardware Club will
dine at the Preble
lvanhoe Lodge, K. of P, will confer the
rank of Page tomorrow evening.
The Longfellow gallery will take the pic
lures Of the Stevens School at New Glouces
err
Hall L. Davis got the contract for the
books for the records for the city of West
brook.
The trustees of the Maine Bible Society
will meet at p. m. today for organiza-
ton.
The women Of the 18th Maine Association
win meet at Bosworth Hall, Thursday at
230p.m
The Maine Universalist convention will
be held at Congress Square church June I'd,
Sd and 4th.
1.-THE annual meeting of the Cumberland
Tennis Club will be held at 3S Grove street
at s p. m. tomorrow.
Among other work at the Portland Com
pany Is an electric car for the new electric
railroad to Deering.
Work will begin at the Ottawa House this
week. Mr.. Atkinson will send down crew
to Cushing's Island to ''clean house."
The Retail Watchmakers' and Jewellers
Association will hold its annual meeting at
the Preble House Wednesday evening.
The Sheridan Rifles will give an exhibit
ton drill at Yarmouth tomorrow evening
and will leave the Grand Trunk station at
Pm.
The new concert hall .wi,ii-t654 Oxs5 feet in
size, and haye-cztrances from Congress
soa uve. .cering street. Ground was
bfoaIal Saturday.
Saturday, young winter reigned. The
mercury dropped Friday night to $40 at sun
rise Saturday, and snow showers were fire.
quent during the day.
The new rifle club will meet with Mr.. Dan
iels, corner of Fore and Cross streets, tomor-
row at p. m. A fine range has been Sc
cured at Rocky Hill, Deering.
The new steamer Chebeague was disabled
in Hog Island roads Friday by the breaking
OF an eccentric. She was lowed to the city
by the steamer Forest Queen.
The men putting in the electric railroad
from Deering have reached Oak
dale with their line The posts are Of
@4"A0 RAaAO oomO w ACOb AODS.
The Polynesian will be the last steamer
from this port this season for Liverpool The
Dominion clerks have left for Montreal, and
the Allans will leave next Saturday.
The liquor sheriffs made seizure at Otto
Mariners Saturday and arrested w. ID.
johnson, Marshall j. Neales and Martin P.
Walls. They made raid at Welsh's in the
evening.
Michael Foley, longshoreman, fell from
aschooner at Long wharf Friday and struck
his head against the side of the vessel max
ing bad cash. He sank twice, but Stephen
Conley rescued him.
An Anglo-Cat church is to be erected
at Woodfords. The churchmen of that
section will raise money to buy the lot and
Ri. Rev. shop Medley will furnish the
funds for the building
Jonn Quincannon, 14-year old cripple.
has been stealing petty sums from the Ex-
press counting room. He entered by coal
hole In the cellar and thence went up stairs.
His crutch left tell-tale mark in the soft
coal.
The contract for the completion of the
new wing to the Maine General Hospital has
been awarded to John w. Burrowes of
Portland, and will be pushed to completion
with all possible haste. as the new quarters
are much needed.
The trustees of the Church of the Messiah
have decided to hold morning services dur
the summer vacation instead of closing the
church as formerly. The pastor. Rev. G. s.
KERN, will take up his residence here in
about six weeks.
After May LIST the police will
not be permitted to carry am
brellas. There were 10 arrests made by
the force last week Of which II were for
drunkenness. Officer Smith arrested Oscar
Starke for alleged completely in the Cape
Cottage burglary last December.