The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-26
BRIEF JoTTINGs.
The Day Nursery fair Melted s11o.

1t is expected that the new Athletic
club house, corner of Oak and Spring
streets, will be ready for occupancy
January I'd. The gymnasem and bowl
ing alley will not be ready until Feb
ruary.
Mr.. r. W. Gratz of Houlton, was
brought to the Eye & Ear Infirmary and
DR.. Holt removed his eye Saturday,
which had been ruined by the explo-
sion of a dynamite cartridge which he
tried to heat on stove.
The foot ball game between the steam
er Oregon's team and the Westbrooks
Saturday, resulted in favor of the Ore
gons, 3 to 2.
There We're % arrests last week OF
which Is were for drunkenness.
Brown, the shoe dealer, will have his
store epen all day today.
Two young men stole pile of leggins
from in front of Browns shoe store, on
Congress street Saturday evening. The
clerks caught them and made them pay
for the goods and then allowed them to
go.
Mr.. David 7. Rines was given an ele-
CANT watch chain, and MI. Frank
Coolidge handsome etching by the
women clerks in Rines Bros, Saturday.
The principal and teachers of the
Jackson school have presented to the
efficient janitor, Mr.. John Kaler, a hand
some easy chair as Christmas gift and
in token of their appreciation of his
services.
Tie teachers of the West school gave
janitor Lewis W. A. johnson, an elegant
French marble clock, Christmas, for his
many attentions during the year.
Ivanhoe Lodge, K. of p, will confer
the Amplifed Third tomorrow evening,
probably for the last time.
In the case of Michael Foley against
the New Jersey Central railroad, settle
ment has been rendered and the case
dismissed without costs.
The New Jerusalem church cleared
over 800 at their fair.
The extreme cold weather, heavy ex-
press business and Christmas travel
have delayed trains a good deal the past
two or three days.
The friends of John Cannon, Jr., have
presented him with an oak secretary,
gold watch and toilet set, to celebrate
his seventeenth birthday.
Mr.. Michael Hughes, head waiter at
the Falmouth Hotel, received an elegant
dinner set from the walters Saturday,
and purse of 500 from the guests. A
capital collation., music and singing fol
lowed.
Mrs. Sarah W. Warren is president.
and Mrs. Catherine A. Bagley, secretary
and treasurer of the Ceramic club.
Two boys got the dealer in Christmas
trees in front of the post Office to let
them take home tree worth dollar,
saying they would bring the money. He
is now looking for the money.
The Pullman from Boston did not ar
rive until 1890 yesterday morning.
DR.. Charles Foster has been elected
president of the Medical club.
John cCarthy was badly bruised and
shaken up by falling dowd stairs at his
house on Fore street Saturday evening.
The committee on laying out new
streets will report favorably on Wilson
street and Cary lane.
Mr.. Daveis and number of other
gentlemen on the Spring street line, gave
the conductors and drivers 81 apiece,
and the stablemen fifty cents each for
Christmas.
The Central Labor Union will meet at
Lasters' hall, 45 Exchange street, at
o'clock tonight.
Manager Livermore of the Western
Union, presented bookkeeper John 7.
Feeney, with handsome Office chair
Saturday.
s Deering Oaks pond was flooded Sat-
urday night and the skating there is
said to be excellent.
IL 10 CAPOCUCu Ii Wig WILL w uAOU6he
before Judge Gould today or tomorrow
and be bound over to the January term
of the Superior Court, and that Ford
will be brought up Wednesday. Ford
will probably be discharged for lack OF
evidence.
The Mock Congress will be held at Y.
M. c. A. hall tonight.
Back Cove was frozen over Saturday
morning. The mercury indicated four
degrees below zero.
The Portland Stoneware Co. yesterday
morning turned a hydrant stream on a
pile of coal that had got on fire at their
Deering works.
The Concordia of the Donaldson line
sailed again for Liverpool at 8 p. M.
Saturday. She took large cargo. She
sailed Thursday but caught her propel-