The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-05
BRIEF JoTTINes.

Cloudy, rainy and chilly yesterday.
The monthly business meeting of the
Diet Mission will be held at the Frater-
nifty rooms, Free street block. this
afternoon at o'clock. The ward
visitors are particularly asked to be
present.
The annual meeting of the Little
Women will be held at 3 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon with Mrs. William Colby,
Stetson place.
We call attention to the advertisement
of the Munjoy Hill lecture course in this
mornings issue. It is very attractive
course of lectures and should be largely
patronized.
The late Rev. Samuel Longfellow left
$500 to the Temporary Home for Women
and Children Of this city.
The Boston & Maine has contracted
for 35 more passenger cars and several
locomotives.
The retort, smoke stack and pump for
the disinfecting station have been taken
to House Island. The retort is eight
feet long, seven feet in diameter and
weighs three and one-half tons.
The Commercial Travellers Associa
ton will remember their meeting to be
held at o'clock this evening.
It is supposed the eclipse of the moon
came off according to programme yes
terday.
Up to yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock
S3 persons had appeared before the reg
istrars the past week. Today and Mon
day will be the last chances.
Three persons were naturalized in the
United States Court Thursday and two
yesterday.
Daniel E. Murphy of Lewiston, for
selling liquor without United States Ii
cense, appeared before Judge Webb yes
terday, pleaded guilty and was fined $50
and costs.
Mr.. Tarbox, the hackman, left his
hack and pair standing in front of his
house on May street while he was eating
his dinner yesterday. The horses ran
away and demolished buggy on Clark
street. They were then caught before
further damage was done.
The Fraternity will be glad of the ser
vices of teachers to serve one evening a
week in class work. Will any young la
dies OF gentlemen, or their elders, inter-
ested meet at 7.3O this evening at the
Free street rooms?
The duties collected at the custom
house in this city during the year ending
October 81 were double the amount and
$50. 900 to spare of the sum collected in
the preceding year.
A thin coating of ice was made on the
pond in Deering Oaks Thursday night.
An empty car was being drawn up the
grade on the trestle over the coal pit at
the Westbrook Manufacturing Compa-
ny's plant by pair of horses Thursday
afternoon. The cable parted and the car
started down grade. Eli Mains set the
brake and jumped. He sprained his an
kle. No other damage was done.
The Portland Club has arranged to
have wire next Tuesday evening from
the Republican National Committee in
New York. Every member of the club
will be entitled to invite as many of his
friends as he pleases to come to the club
room on that occasion. A free lunch la
BILE will be spread during the evening.
We have no doubt that matters brought
to the Board of Health receive prompt at
tention, and until there is reason to be-
lieve to the contrary communications
must be addressed to them directly, and
not through the medium of anonymous
letters to the newspapers. We say this
for the benefit of the unknown person
who sent us yesterday a communication
in relation to some scarlet fever cases.
Address the Board of Health. If they
are negligent then it will be time to ar
raign them in the newspapers. But do
not address them anonymously for the
Board very properly pays no attention to
such communications.
The Epworth League connected with
the West Methodist church held a box
party at IS Cherry street last evening,
which was not only success in attend