The Portland daily press., 1892-09-22
For additional Local News see
Fifth Page.
BRIEF JoTTINes.
Beautiful day yesterday.

I Beautiful day yesterday.
It is reported that DR.. Henry P. Merrill has
purchased the Champlin property corner of
Congress and Mellen streets for $4,000.
A postal from NE. John Williamson, received
yesterday, says the Grand Army excursion
party dined at Hagerstown, Nd, Sunday
twelve hours late. He got up at o'clock that
morning and took twoh hours drive about Get
tysburg.
The New England Railroad Agents Associa-
ton started Tuesday on their fifth annual out
ing, which promises tobe an extremely enjoy
able one They are to go up to the White
Mountains.
At a meeting of the Veteran Firemen held
Tuesday evening it was voted to accept an in
vitation of the Westbrook fire department to
visit them Saturday next, and A. j. Cummings,
L. B. Bragg and J. L. Sawyer were elected COM
mittee of arrangements. The association will
take the car at 1890 p. m. at Preble street.
w. II. Motley,E. G. Chase,lJ. n. Thorndike and
C. II. Jewell were elected members.
An overcoat was stolen Tuesday from the
formin front of G. D. Cunningham & Co.'s store.
1s was recovered.
We have received from the publishers, Chas.
d. Blake g. Co., Gen. Henry B. Cleaves's grand
march by William Grand Brooks.
Yesterday practice at Fort Preble was re-
surned at o'clock and five shots were thrown
from ten inch mortar at the 1900 yard target.
Today the target will be moved to a point 2700
yards distant and tapped with an eight inch
rifle. Later in the week a 15 inch rifle will be
trained on the same target at the same dis
lance. Capt. Rogers commands.
The adoption of the constitutional amend
rnent which provides that the adjutant general
shall be appointed by the governor, has already
opened the lists for candidates. Among those
named are Gen. G. P. Mattocks and E. G. Mill
ken Of Portland, j. 7. Richards of Gardiner and
a. NJ Sprague. the present incumbent.
In the Union station yesterday morning there
were noticed three cars bearing the name
"Penobscot." One of these was Pullman
sleeper running regularly between Bangor and
Boston; another was a Wagner sleeper which,
during the summer, has run between Chicago
and Portland, via Niaraga Falls, and the other
was Canadian Pacific parlor car running be-
tween Portland and Montreal.
Mr.. J. P. Smith has received notice through
the office of S. w. Bates, patent attorney of
this city, that the patent office has allowed al
the claims on his check box and cash indicator
Samuel Mcclellan of Westbrook met with a
painful accident Tuesday night While going
TO the barn the chimney of a lamp that he had
with him burst and caused some painful cuts
and burns on his leg.
The committee on street lights consisting Of
Alderman Guptll, Councilmen Knowles, Little
and Simpson were on tour of inspection yes
terday afternoon. They visited the principal
streets and ascertained in what condition the
lights are.
Lester Bettes, while posting bills Tuesday
afternoon at Westbrook, narrowly escaped
drowning. A platform over the fiume at the
Westbrook Company's mills on which he was
standing gave way and he was dumped into the
water below. He managed to grasp plank
and after hard struggle extricated himself
from the f1ume.
The 18th annual convention of the Maine
Women's Christian Temperance Union will be
held at Pine street Congregational church,
Lewiston, September 27th-29th. r.
Parties interested in the extension of the
Portland g. Rumford Falls railway in souther-
ly direction through the Kicker and Shaker
neighborhoods, to intersect at some point on
the Maine Central, will be accorded hearing
at meetingo of the board of directors to be
held at their office in Portland next Saturday
at 10 o'clock a. m.