The Portland daily press., 1892-11-04
BRIEF JoTTINGs.


anime the Grand Trunk road today.
The Novembe r meteors may be looked
for from November 10Th to 18th.
Warden Cush man seized five boxes of
short Holsters ON steamer Phantom.
Mr.. Fred F. H;urgin of Portland, sue
ceeds Morrill, Goddard as city editor of
the New York World
There will be |, weekly meeting of the
W. G. 7. U. at n o. SO Oak street today at
3p. m.
The Cumberla nd County Musical Con-
vention at Cunt ,erland Mills closed with
a concert last ev ening.
There was large fleet of Nova Scotian
schooners in tho lower harbor yesterday.
They put in to await wind.
The Painters Union has adopted res
olution Offering assistance to the locked
out employees of Carey's cigar factory.
Young Hamilton of South Portland,
who went adrift in his dory and was
taken to Liverpool, N. S., arrived home
Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the Women's
Christian Association will be held at
the Spring street house at 3 p. m. to-
day.
The Grand Trunk elevator is shut
down and repairs are being pushed on the
boiler and engine by Grand Trunk me-
chanics.
The crew of the life saving station
heartily thank Eldridge Smith for the
picture he sent them, and hope he will
visit them again.
The Labrador, it is said, will be the
first Dominion steamer to arrive this sea-
son, and the Warwick the first of the
Donaldson line.
A seizure was made at the corner of
Fore and Market streets yesterday
morning. The place is occupied as
barber shop by Charles B. Peoples.
Mrs. Charles J. Schwartz lost her purse
at the Methodist church fair in West
brook Wednesday evening. Later the
purse was found on a boy well known in
that city.
The game of foot ball which was to
have been played yesterday morning be-
tween the Butler eleven and the Second
eleven, was postponed and will be played
at 1890 a. m. Saturday.
The Harrison Guards and Drum Corps
left for Boston at noon yesterday to take
part in the grand torch light parade. The
Guards turned out 6S men and the Drum
Corps 35.
There was small blaze in the City
Building basement Wednesday after
noon, probably caused by cigar stump.
1t was quickly extinguished without the
slightest damage.
Tonight Pequawket Tribe of Red Men
will give ball at Browns hall, Cumber-
land Mills. Manchester's full quadrille
band will supply the music, and electric
cars will leave for Portland at 10, II and
IL p. M.
Today will be the last opportunity to
visit the Martha Washington Society's
fair at Reception hall. An excellent hot
dinner will be served today from II to 2
p. m. and a delicious supper from 8 to
7.30 p. m. Be sure and go.
The Gloucester Times says: Portland
fishermen have been doing well of late.
Last month one firm paid over $4,000
for fish received by them. All things
considered the Portland fishermen have
had very good season.
Ship Exporter, Capt. Fred A. Kezar,
lef Portland June 20, and came to an
Choir at Buenos Ayres on September 6.
The first week the ship made 1900 miles
and the second week 200 miles. The
captain and all on board are well.
Mr.. Clarence Dewitt of this city has
been elected member of the Yale
Freshmen football team which will play
for the championship with the Harvard
Freshman team.
The annual choir festival of the Epis-
copal churches of this state will be held
at Portland next Wednesday evening.
vested choirs win participate in the ex-
ercises, making a total of about $50
voices.
There was quite lively little fight on
Lincoln Park about six o'clo k last eve
ming. Two boys about ten years old,
stripped to the waist, were having a
scrap, surrounded by large ring Of spec
tators. They settled their difficulties in
true prize ring style.
At the First Baptist vestry Wednesday !
evening the first anniversary of Rev. Mr..
Ayress coming here was celebrated.
Remarks were made by Mr.. William K.
Neal, Mr.. F. Burnell, superintendent of
the Sunday school, and Nh. Walter Field,
chairman of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety.