The Portland daily press., 1892-02-20
BRIEF JCTTlNGS.

Inc directors Oh bue L 0no1OSlCdl OOcl-
etv met at West End Hotel yesterday to
revise the premium list.
The Portland Singers went to Cape
Cottage last night, where dinner was
served.
Judge Gould will render his decision
in the '.short lobster case next Monday
morning.
Col F. E. Boothby gave supper at
Fleutsch's last evening to party of
friends.
The new Office for the general auditor
in the Maine Central building has been
completed, and Mr.. Colby has moved in.
The Chestnut street Light Bearers
will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Tur-
ner 1917 Cumberland street.
Steamer Toronto arrived last evening,
from Bristol, direct, in ten days. She
had 1000 tons of cargo and no passen-
gers.
Mr.. George S. Hunt has bought the
building on Congress street, occupied by
Edwin L. Foss, and the Dana Robinson
house adjoining.
The trotters are making the most OF
the sleighing on Portland street these
fine afternoons, and sleighing parties are
out every night to Cape Cottage and
.Spurwink.
Millil1en & Co., of this city, have file d
two ice houses at Lake Sebago with
splendid ice from u to 16 inches thick.
About 900 tons were cut.
The third entertainment of the Young
Peoples course at the Church of the
Messiah, the concert by the Lilhatansu
Quartette, will take place Friday, the
26th, instead OF Thursday, as announced
yesterday.
The police station lost ledger last
night. A young woman was arrested for
vagrancy. At the station she was told to
sit down until the turnkey came in from
the cell room. Instead she watched her
chance, walked out and wasn't recap
tured.
Deputy Sheriffs Plummer and Sterling
made seizure yesterday morning of ten
quarts of whiskey in the attic of Mi
chael Cary's house on India street. Dep
uty Gould seized demijohn containing
five gallons from an express cart on Ex-
change street.
The Sunday meeting at the Y. NJ. CA.
will be. one of those enjoyable social
meetings which are held at intervals be-
tween those at which regular addresses
are given. Gospel singing and testimony
predominant. All young men are well
come and are cordially invited.
Yesterday forenoon, while two men
were driving fast over the railroad track
on Kennebec street, the sleigh caught be-
tween the rails and upset, throwing them
out and bruising the face of one quite
badly. The sleigh righted and the horse
was seen going at a fast gait over Deer
ing's bridge. The men were said to be-
long in Westbrook.
The following is list of the revenue
cutter Woodbury's officers: M. L. Phil
lips, captain; c. B. Fengar, second lieu
tenant executive officer; A. Y. Lowe,
second lieutenant; Mr.. Haak, third
lieutenant; j. E. Jeffries, chief engineer;
c. w. Monroe, first assistant engineer;
R. W. Champlain, second assistant en-
gineer; William Collins, pilot. The
Woodbury. is at her station again.
The new vocation organ will be used in
the Second Advent church for the first
time tomorrow afternoon The well
known organist, Mr.. F. L. Rankin will
play. There will be no evening service
on account of the meeting at Congress
square church.
There was a jolly party Wednesday
went on sleigh ride, and on the return
to the city had fine supper and dancing
until late hour at Mission Hall! The
success of the affair was due to Messrs.
M. F. Melody, E. Duffy and D. T. Flynn.
Several ladies of Woodfords have
formed a very pleasant literary class,
which meets Wednesday mornings at
Mrs. Baxter's on Pleasant street. They
are very fortunate in having Mrs. Luther
Heene, an accomplished teacher of En-
glish literature, as their leader. AT
present they are reading Tennyson' S
Idyls Of the King.
Some time ago, Deputy Sheriff Seth
Sterling hired horse of NJ. S. Rounds.
On the way home the horse died. Mr..
Rounds has brought suit against Ster-
ling to recover the value of the horse,
claiming that the animal was overdriven
after hearty feed of cracked corn. Mr..
Sterling has retained c. A. True, ESQ,
and will contest.
". Fl. Kilby, Esq, has resigned his po-
sition as agent of the international
Steamship Company at Eastport, and
will retire from the steamboat business.
He will be succeeded by Mr.. A. III. Leav-
lit, at present cashier in the company S
office at Boston, Mr.. E. L. Ring, the
well known purser Of the Cumberland,
takes Mr.. Leavitt's place, and Mr.. Fred
K. Smith, who has been receiving clerk
at Boston, will run on the steamer in Mr..
Rings place.
T,l. g.,