The Portland daily press., 1892-02-15
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A deposit of s25, 900 has been made
with the Maine State Treasurer by the
Granite State Pr~vident Association of
Manchester, N. H., for the protection OF
it's shareholders in this state.
Bramhall Lodge, No. 3, K. of P, will
hold special meeting this evening and
confer the knights rank ON fifteen can
didates.
The new "Overlook House" is being
built at Whitefeld, N. H., and not Beth
lehem, as stated in the PRESS.
Madame Barakat, Of Mount Lebanon,
will give an account of her life and Gus
toms of her country on Wednesday eve
ming, February 18th, at Second Parish
church, at clock.
The tin plate paying duty at the Port
land custom house for the month of JAN
uary, aggregated 100000 pounds. The
duty was about $33, 900. The indications
are that the February importations Will
be larger even than this.
The Lincoln Club entertainment Fri
day evening, was under the direction OF
the executive committee, divided up in
its subcommittee. Messrs. Printable,
Boothby and Dougan acted as special
committee on supper.
High school pupils went on sleigh
ride Saturday to Cash's Corner; Shave
Cooling 6 Co.'S employees to Cape Cot
tage, and Owen, Moore & Co.'s to Spur
wink.
Bra1nhall League will give grand pre-
sentation supper to Payson Tucker, Esq,
one of it's members at the club house to-
night, as it is his birthday.
The deputy sheriffs made IA seizures
last week.
A piano has been placed in the rooms
of the Young Mems Democratic Club.
Two cottages on Peaks Island have
been broken into lately, and number OF
articles stolen.
MI. Ira Croker has purchased the
Kent house in Park street block.
Miss Harriet Shaw, the harper, sailed
for Europe on Saturday.
| Miss Barton, of the Deaf School, will
| give concert Vim the Falmouth Hotel
parlors this week for the benefit of one
of her pupils.
The Labrador arrived at Halifax all
right Saturday morning. Pilots Oliver
and Fisher who had to stay aboard ow-
ing to the storm, will return by next
steamer.
Two young men named Winslow and
Jones, from Saccarappa, in turning their
horse into Elm street, from Congress,
Saturday night, ran into the lamp post.
The men were thrown out and the sleigh
broken.
The Star Match Company have hauled
50 loads of logs from their new tract in
Standish to West Kennebunk, and will
haul 100 more. Their cut at Sebago
Lake will be- two million feet. Wells
furnishes two car loads daily.
| Superintendent Richardson, of the
Life Saving Service, is at Burnt Island
Station mastering in the crew for that
station.
The four-masted schooner Matilda A.
Borden made the trip from Portland to
Philadelphia in four days.
Mr.. BENJAMIN Jordan of Oldtown, who
was mistaken for a deer by parties
about year ago, and shot in the knee, is
now at the Maine General Hospital fol
treatment.
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Tonight. the second entertainment in
the Y. P. C. U. course at the Church Of
the Messiah will be given in the form OF
an illustrated lecture on "Pompeii, by
Rev. G. G.. Hamilton.
The St. Patrick's Conference of st
Vincent de Paul will give their annua
coffee party at City Hall the oath inst.
The bears are sleek and happy at Deer
ing Park. They are alternating and dc
not eat. The deer have shed their horns
The Dominion, Captain Cross, of the
Dominion line, sailed for Liverpool or
Saturday. She took a very large cargo
of grain, beef, lard, bacon, potash
cheese, butter, leather and flour, and 41(
head of cattle, valued at $164, S77.
! Wiley & Calhoun of this city have
been awarded the contract for gas piping
and steam heating the new Eye and Eal
Infrmary.
Hose was called to E. T. Golf & Co.'S
on Congress street by supposed hire
It was found the smoke came from fire
built under a water pipe in the basement
to thaw out the pipe.
There were 81 arrests last week, O.
which l3 were for drunkenness.
Masconomo Tribe, I. 0. R. M, Knight
Vile, will give grand pow-wow Febru
arv %. and confer the hunter degree OF
40 palefaces.
Saturday was bright and cold. Th
mercury indicated 60 at a. M, and IL
in the evening.
The Y. M. c. A. has quartette com
posed of VIII Wright and Fred jackson
tenors, Harry Files baritone, and Charlie
Oregon bass.
Yesterday was St. Valentines Day.
The Willard Gun Club disbanded fiv