The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-02-18
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Fifth Page.
BRIEF JoTTINGs.

The walls of the Union Station cafe
will be frescoed.
The Maine Central Relief ball will re-
alize about $1,000.
The Democratic caucuses will be held
next Thursday evening.
Tonight the Prohibition mass caucus
will be held in Reception Hall.
Sister Mary Theresa's silver jubilee
will be celebrated at Free street convent
today.
The Veteran Firemen's Association
will meet IN the Ward 3 ward room this
evening.
Mrs. Barakat gave very interesting
lecture at Second Parish church last
evening.
Bramhall Lodge, No. 3, Knights of
Pythias, will confer the rank of esquire
on five pages this evening.
The stockholders of the Consolidated
Car Heating Company yesterday received
checks for dividend of one and one-half
per cent.
Bridget Connolly, the girl who was up
roarious in the sleigh the night Deputy
Sheriff S. D. Plummer was assaulted, was
arrested yesterday.
The Samaritan Association will meet
this afternoon with Mrs. Henry Taylor,
"a Oak street. A full attendance is re-
quested.
At an auction sale of books at f. O.
Bailey & Co.'s yesterday forenoon an
original edition of Cooper's novels in q
volumes was sold for $40.
A beautiful and costly monument has
just been erected in Evergreen cemetery
to the memory of the late Capt. Isaac Fl.
Varney, formerly of this city.
A horse was frightened by an electric
car on Portland street yesterday after
noon, ran away, threw four people out,
proceeded short distance and stopped.
No one was hurt and no damage was
done.
This evening occurs the monthly So
cial and reception to members at the Y.
NJ. C. A. The entertainment will consist
of new musical programme, after
ladies.
The tug Plymouth was towed to the
city yesterday by the Belknap, the Ply
mouth having been disabled near Damar-
iscotta. The disarrangement of machin-
cry was slight and will be repaired east
ly.
The first of next week, probably, the
Oregon libel cases will come up in the
United States Court. The Tow Boat
Company, Moore & Wright and the
Knickerbocker people of Bath claim an
aggregate of about $4,000 for services at
the time the Oregon broke down.
Yesterday morning was the coolest
this winter. The signal service Their
mometer indicated a half degree below
zero, the first drop below zero this sea-
son. Thermometers of citizens indicated
from 90 to 50 below zero. The day was
bright and clear.
Mr.. j. c. Stevens has returned from
Colebrook, N. H., where hotel will be
erected the coming spring from his
plans. 1t will be located on high point
with fine view from it's windows. The
hotel will have 200 rooms when complet-
ed, and fitted will be with all modern
conveniences.
The anniversary Grafton at the Bowdoin
Alumni dinner Friday evening, will be
given by Professor VIM. Cranston Law
ton of Bowdoin College, and the poem
by Mr.. George Albert Thomas of the
class of 1S41. Mr.. Hannibal Ell. Emery of
the class of 1873, will act as toastmas-
ter.
The Electric Light Co. propose moving
their present engines and putting in i'm
proved compound condensing engines of
100 horse power which will run three dy-
namos A pipe laid from the works to the
harbor will furnish water to run the
condensers. By the new engines, it is
expected the coal used will be reduced
one half. Patent switch boards will be
put in the arc room.