The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-04
BRIEF JoTTINes.


The trustees of Evergreen Cemetery
want an appropriation of $4,000 this
year.
Maine Central earnings are showing as
large proportionate gains as Boston 6
Maine.
Mr.. William Green has begun work on
the erection of a new dwelling on Spring
street.
The photos of the class of '92, Portland
High school, will be taken by G. Waldron
Smith.
The joint committee on the anniversa-
ry Of Odd Fellowship will meet Thursday
evening.
The Portland Evangelical ministers
will meet in Y. M. G. A. Hall at 1890
this morning.
The contract has been awarded and
work will begin at once on the Social hall
at Great Diamond Island.
The school teachers were paid their
salaries Saturday and the street depart
ment will be paid this morning.
The subject Of Mr.. Bellows's lecture
this evening will be "The Influence of
Science on Modern Literature
1t is stated that the Maine Central rail-
road is to fill in with dirt under
Frankenstein trestle bridge this spring.
Harvey Greenburg's store on Fore
street was broken into Friday night and
some articles of small value were taken.
Quinn & Co. have made two Is horse
power boilers for Burnham & MorrilPs
corn shops at Skowhegan and North An
son.
Emery, Waterhouse 6 Co. and Kendall
& Whitney were the successful bidders
for Marine Hospital supplies on Satur-
day.
F.B. Gage, Everett Scully, Luther
ellison, Fred Drinkwater and John Dean
took wheeling trip to Biddeford yester-
day.
Edward A. Fowler has been elected
president, and Stillman Dyer secretary
and treasurer of the Caulkers' Associa-
ton.
Saturday was mild and cloudy with in
dications of coming rain. The sky
cleared at night and Sunday was bright
and warm.
Mr. Isaac G. Atkinson gave the mem
bers Of the Boston pparty who were in
town yesterday an excursion down the
bay and fine l. ii.
IL NJ +la Of
Mrs. L. M. Foss On Oxford, near Frank
lin street, called the department. out Sat
urday night. No damage.
A receiver is asked for the Tallapoosa
Company, organized in Portland in 1887,
and a hearing will be had in the United
States Circuit Court this week.
The Dominion of the Dominion line
sailed for Bristol direct Saturday. She
took no passengers but a very large car
go of grain and 40 head Of cattle.
The Diet Mission has 40 patients on
the list now. Congress square church
will serve the first two weeks in April
and the Second Parish the last two.
Drs. Gordon and Thompson obtained
a button through the ear of little
daughter Of Mr.. G. B. White Friday,
which she had pushed up her nostril.
The steamer Portland took her place
on the Boston line Saturday night and
was decked with flags. The fremont
will lay off and be refitted this week.
One of the party rescued from drown
ing by Mr.. Ted Farr last week in Back
Cove presented him a handsome silver
medal Saturday appropriately inscribed
The regular monthly meeting
of the Women's Indian Association
will be held at the vestry of
State street church tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock.
Mr.. Thomas 81. Randall states that
there is no truth in the report published
yesterday to the effect that he is to as
sumo management Of the West End no.
tel and stables.
time for the Westbrook extension of the
Portland Railroad Company in June,
and three cars will be built at once for
the Deering line.
At the exemplifcation of the Great
Council degree, I. O. R. NJ, tomorrow
evening there will be visitors from out
of town, and supper will be served at
the Chase House.
There were SO arrests last week, of
which 81 were for drunkenness. Sarah
Andegee, an old offender, was arrested
Saturday night for trying to rob man
on Exchange street.
Mr.. Foxton's family on Mayo street
was poisoned by eating oyster stew, but !
DIR. Sullivan soon had them out of dan
ger. The oysters were probably the
cause Of the mischief.
The Camera Club has received fine |
set of European slides which they will |
soon exhibit, and have been invited to |
attend the third annual exhibition of the
Mystic Camera Club of Medford, Mass.
Teams from Westbrook and the steam
er Oregon had game of foot ball at Sac