The Portland daily press., 1891-06-20
BRIEF JoTTINCs.

Childrens' day will be observed at Vaughan
street church Sunday
The Sunday school pupils and teachers
will 60 on an excursion to Fryeburg today.
The Worcester express was delayed two
hours yesterday by two box cars off the
tracks.
The committee on public buildings had the
steam boilers In the high school building
tested yesterday
Children's Sunday will be observed at the
Church of the Messiah tomorrow, at 10 80 a,
M and so p. m.
1t was cloudy and raw, with low tempera-
ture yesterday morning. The weather i'm
proved in the afternoon.
The freight charges on the bronze figures
for the soldiers monument amounted TO
trife over $500 from Rome to Portland.
Contractor Soule will begin work on the
Stroudwater extension of the Portland
Horse Railroad Company en- Monday next
The entertainment committee of Damon
Assembly, P. s., presented their chairman,
Mrs. Z. K, Heath, beautiful silver cake
basket
The Boston & Maine has made the first
class rate to Chicago and return $1s, good
going July and Z. and available for return
until August Goth.
Commencing Monday, the steamer Isis
will make another daily trip, leaving the city
at 1915 p M. and returning, leave Diamond
Island at 1.25 p. m.
The principal bronze figure for the soldiers
monument was hauled to the square yester-
day forenoon. The workmen will hoist IL
into position early this morning.
The fast train over the Boston & Maine
from Boston. which reaches Portland at IL
O'Clock In the forenoon. will be put in COM
mission the 2Sth of june
sugar cargo at this port In these days Is
rarity. yet one has just entered at the Gus
tom house. The grade is ordinary, and it
will probably go to the Boston refinery.
Judge Enoch knight delivered an address
before the Califoldia Uniyersalist State
Convention at Pasadena, June 4th, giving an
able view of the liberal church aud what it
should teach.
Tue flower mission committee of the
Young Women's Christian Temperance I'm
Ion solicits flowers to be sent to Women's
Christian Temperance Union headquarters,
5l1 Exchange street, at a. m.
There will be shore dinner at the Port
land Club house. Great Diamond Island, tc-
day, at o'clock. Tickets can be procured
OF the steward at the city club house or at
the island, and of the house'committee.
The Pullman Company have just sent east
from their shops at Pullman, ILL.,, two of the
finest cars ever built for regular service.
named the Undine and Vida They we're
designed aud built especially to run between
Boston and Bar Harbor
Deputy G. A. Plummer made an unexpect-
ed entrance into James Welch's place on
Centre street and caught Michael Welch be-
hind the bar selling liquor. Plummer arrest
ed Welch and yesterday morning Judge
Gould placed him under $500 bonds.
City Treasurer George d. Libby has re-
ceiyed letter from Mr.. o. C. Bosbyshell.
the superintendent of the mint at Philadsl
phla, announcing that the Brown memorial
medals have been shipped by the American
express. They will be here all right on
| graduation day.
This paragraph. from the San francisco
Bulletin, will interest Portland fishermen
Samples Of mackerel caught off the coast
OF San Pedro have been sent east recently,
best eastern mackerel. The ocean, for a
long distance in some places on the southern
coast, is white-eapped with these fine fish,"
A physician advises mother with young
lady daughters to have their trailing street
gowns cleaned in the open air Immediately
on coming in from the street. "You may
not believe It," he adds. "but In the filth,
dust and dirt collected on the hosiery, shoes
and underwear by the trailing skirt there is
germ life enough to destroy your whole fam
ily."
When Mr.. Simmons. the sculptor, left for
Rome he took with him an army musket, a
sword and other articles, which were fur
nished him by Bosworth Post. Mr.. Sim
mons used them In modelling the bronze
groups, which have now been placed on the
sides of the monument When Mr.. Sim
mons returns these articles 1t is proposed 10
give them to the Maine Historical Society
for preservation as valuable relics.