The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-13
BRIEF JoTTiNcS.

The fire department will be paid off today.
The 9Th Maine reunion will take place
August II.
The Fresh Air Society sent out % children
last week.
There were % arrests last week, of which
IL we're for drunkenness.
The sheriffs made seizure at Welch's on
Center street, Saturday night.
Hearn still holds the Payne medal and
championship of Portland harbor.
There will be less acreage of sweet corn
this season, but the quality of the yield will
be superior.
The retail grocers and fish dealers will
close at p. m. Wednesday, and the under
writers at l p. m. Saturdays.
The cell room at the police station Is now
brilliant with incandescent lights, and gas
Jets, and been renovated. and painted.
EzA little boy named Miller, living at No. 36
Lincoln street, was accidentally run over by
Fennimore's ash cart and his leg and hip
broken.
A letter will be read at the York Society
reunion at Diamond island, Wednesday, on
the subject of the annual dinner, from Hon.
j. w. Bradbury.
A man named Gilbert, cook at Cape Cot
tage, and another named Maddox, assault
ed the manager, Mr.. Smith, Saturday They
were arrested.
little seven or eight years old boy named
Michael O'Hare, who has been leading a
regular tramp life, was sent to the Reform
School by Judge Gould, Saturday.
Moses Griffin, of Cape Elizabeth, while
fishing off the Cape Friday morning, hooked
on to halibut The fish weighed 3O5
pounds. and was caught with six pound
hand line.
A handsome four masted schooner, COM
plete In every detail, will be exhibited In
Owen, Moore g. Co.'s window today. 1t
was made by w. B. Sawyer, Deering Point,
and called the Albatross.
Four drunken men tried to get into the st.
Julian Friday night, and when the clerk
told them the cost, one of them named Loo
ney flung cigar cutter at the clerk, inflict-
irg bad cash in his forehead. Looney was
arrested.
Tomorrow, Tap Day, the retail and whole
sale shoe men will leave Monument Square
In barges for Spurwink at a. m, and will
there indulge in all kinds of games, and eu-
joy shore dinner, The stores will all be
closed.
A fire in room occupied by Charles Trott
in Charles Littlehale's house at Browns
BILL Cape Elizabeth, Friday afternoon, was
extinguished with loss of $500, to Mr..
Trott and friend who was visiting him.
No insurance.
A horse attached to buggy containing a
Boston man and lady, took fright near the
Deering base ball grounds Saturday, ran
away. spilled out the occupants, and ran into
telegraph pole, smashing the buggy. The
occupants were not hurt.
Herman G. Spinney, of Elliot, was brought
before United States Commissioner Bradley
Saturday morning for stealing junk from the
Kittery navy yard. He was bound over till
today at 10 o'clock. In 1889 Spinney was ar
rested by United States Marshal Harmon,
for the same offense.
An Italian laborer named Maria, en-
ployed on the gravel trains of the Portland
q Rochester road, on Back bay, lost his bal
ance and fell from a fiat car Saturday, so
that his feet were run over by the next car
and crushed. He was taken to the Maine
General Hospital. 1t was decided not to
amputate the feet
The WEIGH cases came up in the Municipal
Court Saturday morning. The circum-
stances of the cases have been published.
The defendants offered no testimony and was
found guilty and sentenced on the first case,
search and seizure, to 500. fine and 80 days
each in jail. On the nuisance case, probable
cause was found. On the other three cases
there was continuation to Wednesday.
A Dakota ranchman, named VIM. +. Bill
lings bought suit of clothes Of Mr.. Chas.
Holden. the clothing dealer ON Fore street,
saying his name was S. f. Taylor, that he
lived at Locust street, and worked for II.
Hallett g. Co., and took it away without pay
ing for it. so that his wife could see 1t. Hol-
den suspected him, and tracked him to the
Boston boat, where the man was arrested.
He returned the suit and was let off.