The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-11-19
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

Daniel Welch died yesterday.
The Foresters' ball will be given January
10th.
We are indebted to the purser Of the
Sandman for late files Of English papers.
The Masonic Journal and Odd Fellows
Register for the current month have been
received.
The Samaritan Association will meet
with Mrs. ]. A. Kendall. No. 10 Henry
street, this afternoon.
There was great ch-nge In the temper
AZURE yesterday. The mercury didn't rise
above 34'. twas bright and clear.
Mrs. A. M. Sawyer, treasurer of the cru
city fair, wishes all persons having bills
against her to present them as soon as pos
sible.
Mr.. Edward w. Kent, formerly of this
city, has purchased the Alta Vista family
hotel at Colorado Springs, Col, and will
manage 1t.
Tickets should be secured now for the
ball to be given by the Relief Association
Of the Fire Department, which will come
off Friday night.
They are talking Of heating the electric
cars In Boston by electricity. II the ex
periments succeed Portland's Deerine
line will no longer hold the monopoly OF
warm street cars.
Miss Hannah T. Pratt is holding revival
meetings at the West End M, K. church.
She will preach every evening this week.
The people are much benefited and pleased
with her work thus far.
Martin D. Hamilton, of Chebeague.
whose wife was persuaded BY her mother
to leave him directly after their marriage,
has gone to Boston, where he thinks his
wife has been taken.
The new engine for the Portland 81 Roch-
ester railroad has arrived. 1t is named
Mascot, and will be used In running the
trains around from the Grand Trunk to
the Union Station.
The officers Of Long Reach Engine Com
pany. No. 2. of Bath have re ceived compli-
mentary Invitations to attend the Fire
mems Relief Association ball in Portland,
next Friday evening.
Mr.. Doutney, the temperance orator, and
the quartette, drew crowded house to the
Gospel Mission last night, and at the close
forty signed the pledge.
Under the floor, In Mark j. Sullivan's
parlor, In a trap opened by means of q
spring. the sheriffs found Tuesday about
% quarts Of whiskey. Sullivan will inter.
view Judge Gould today.
Formerly the inspection of foreign steam
ers was done by inspectors who came from
Boston for that purpose. but that has now
been done away with and the inspections
will now be made by James FL. Merritt and
George A. Pollister, the local inspectors at
this port.
The Bangor Wing says: "a rumor is In
circulation to the effect that the Maine
Central Company will begin to build at
once line of track mile Fin length to ex-
tend around the Etna bog in such man.
ner that the present line and bridge will
not haze to be used.
There are four families of Indians, num-
bering some 10 or 16 people. living In the
board shanty covered with tarred paper.
situated on the shore of Cape Elizabeth,
near the end Of the bridge. They are
making baskets by wholesale for firm in
this city.
Mr.. Z. G. B. Smith of the Diamond ISL
and buoy station says that clans dug on
the western side of the island are unfit for
food, evidently being made so by the often
sive matter carried out by the tide from
Back bay. Piling taken from Back bay has
been found SO saturated with impurities as
to be offensive.
Mark ]. Sullivan and James Il. Barry
were in a little trouble in the municipal
court yesterday. 1t seems that Sullivan
had been keeping intoxicants under biz
parlor carpet. The sheriffs investigated
the carpet, and Friday Sullivan aud hi
assistant Barry will explain it all to Judg,
Gould.