The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-14
BRIEF JoTTINas.

The boys are skating on the Oakdale
ponds.
The South Portland Samaritan fair
realized 1925.
Saturday was cold and damp. Sunday
was bright and pleasant.
Get your dinner and supper today at
Munjoy Lodge fair at City Hall.
There were 20 arrests last week, of
which 23 were for drunkenness.
Mr.. Walter G. Davis thinks of estab-
fishing a canning factory at Scion.
A party from the Cumberland Club
had a game supper at Cliff Cottage Satur-
day.
Deputy Marshal McCallum has been
presented a very handsome inkstand by
friends.
The Portland Company has sent large
tubular boiler to the Sewall & Co. plant
at Bath.
The Ladies' Aid Society, Sons of
Veterans, will meet this evening at 7.30
o'clock.
LIZ 4OluOC1dCS il1St 1OO ltAic i4O1l1
Lincoln Park Saturday in honor of Cleve-
lands election.
Woodbine Lodge, D. of R., will cele-
brate it's second anniversary next Satur-
day evening.
The steamer Acadian of the Allan line
arrived from Sydney, Cape Breton, with
1900 tons of coal SATURDAY.,
The Typographical Union voted Satur-
day evening to have one of their annual
suppers Dec. 10th at one of the hotels.
The city assessors got into their pretty
new rooms in the City Building Satur-
day. They are very convenient apart
ments.
British bark L. M. Smith is loaded
with $4,000 feet pine and spruce lumber.
for Rosario. The lumber loaded here is
valued at $4,922.
The Maine Commercial Travellers
Saturday voted to postpone the question
of change of quarters at present The
meeting adjourned to the 26th.
The Young Ministers Christian Union
will hold its ninth annual convention at
Second Advent church Nov. 10Th and
18th. Rev. E. P. Woodward is president.
Mr.. E. S. Bridge, of South Windham,
says he has the front door key of the old
soap factory, once the court house. Mr..
M. N. Rich of this city thinks he has it.
The engine, Onward now made over
as good as new can be seen in the Boston
& Maine round house. She has but one
driving wheel, in place of two, on each
side.
The opening meeting of the Congrega-
tional Club will be held at the Preble
House at $50 p. m. today. Prof. 81. L.
Chapman will speak on ''The Foolish
ness of Preaching"
A boy employed in the Emerson Shoe
Store as polisher, would steal boots. Mr..
Cuslley found him out. He will not be
prosecuted. The boots were found at
his room.
G. S. SWEET, clerk at the Durant House,
paid his election bet Saturday, carrying
the cut rate sign ON his shoulders, be-
tween High street and Monument Square
for two hours.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Cumberland County Cyclists will be held
tonight at 7.30 clock. Matters of i'm
portance will be discussed and every
member is earnestly requested to be
present.
The annual meeting of the Eye and
Ear Infrmary was postponed from Nov.
7th to Nov. 21st. S. D. Warren & Co., of
Westbrook have donated free bed for
one year to the institution. 1t is ex-
pected to open the new building on Con-
gress street this week.
The crew and passengers on the steamer
Emita have noticed a pitiable spectacle
on Cow Island during the bitter weather
of the past week. A herd of five cattle,
perhaps more, have been left on this
island where there is not vestige of
shelter, not even tree.
Two rival foot ball teams made up
from school boys who attend the Bridge
street school had regular game of foot
ball on Scotch Hill, Westbrook, Thurs
day. Willie Wallace had his collar bone
broken and another boy received a deep
cash on his head.
John Hovey will carry pigs head on
pole from J. L. Best's, Commercial
street, at 2.15 p. m. tomorrow in pay
ment of an election bet. Mr.. Thomas
Wiley of the Walter Corey Company
paraded Congress and Middle streets
Saturday afternoon in calico trousers in
payment of an election bet.