The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-08
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BRIEF JoTrlNos.


for business this afternoon at o'clock.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Equal Suffrage Club has been postponed
till April 20.
The usual Gospel temperance meeting
will be held at the Gospel Mission this
evening at 7.45 o'clock. All are invited.
The monthly business meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will be held at SIT Exchange street today
at $50 p. m.
The item in the PRESS of yesterday in
relation to note from Lewiston law
yer was not furnished by the clerk of the
Superior Court, nor with his knowledge.
The executive committee of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary of the 7. NJ. G. A. gave
the auxiliary an elegant o'clock tea at
the rooms yesterday.
Miss Hand of the New West Education
Society will speak to ladies on Home Life
Among the Mormons, this afternoon, at
$3.50 o'clock, at High street vestry.
There will be regular meeting of the
Portland Commercial Association on
Monday evening next, at Growers, at 8
o'clock. Business-election of officers.
The weather was quite sharp yesterday
morning, compared with the few days
preceding, but it warmed up before noon.
We have had no rain for some time worth
talking about.
The committee on estimates had an
other meeting at the Mayors Office last
evening. Probably there will be several
more before the appropriations will be
decided and made up for the annual bill.
Mr.. Charles Widger, formerly of the
Park House, Portland, has been in Lew
iston the past few days for the purpose
of securing number of men to 60 to
Australia to engage in the manufacture
of shoes.
The lumber for the new Catholic pa
vilion, to be erected on Little Diamond
Island on the grounds Of the society, has
gone down and work has been COM
menced. The pavilion will be 6oxso feet
dimensions.
A meeting of the Woman's Literery
Union will be held at Bosworth Post Hall
Saturday at 2.30 o'clock, for full reports
from clubs and discussion Of club meth
dds. Associate members should be pres
emit if possible. r. - a'~
The real estate of the Boston & Maine
railroad in this city, heretofore in charge
of NJ. l.. Williams, has, on that gentle
man severing his connection with the
road. been placed in the charge of Mr..
McClutchy, the freight agent
Wednesday morning the grass caught
fire from an engine on the Grand Trunk
railroad near Yormouth village. The
fire spread rapidly and some of the
house smear the railroad had very mar
row escape, the flames coming almost to
the doorsteps.
Commander Wilde, light house inspect
OF, has written light house keeper Pink
ham of Seguin for an explanation Of the
complaint made by Captain Gidds of the
schooner Alice Archer that the whistle
under Pinkham' charge was not blowing
Oh two occasions when it should have
been.
A new steam launch, "a feet in length,
for the use of the Diamond Island light
house station, will be brought here on
the steamer Lilac. A fine large float has
been built for it at the government land
ing. This float is so feet long, in L form
u feet wide outside, and "A feet wide al
the end near the wharf, to give greater
stability. 1t has four large spars and Il
oil casks for buoyancy, and is connected
with the wharf by fine Southern pine
plank walk with hand rails.