The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-17
BRIEF JoTTlNGs.


Saturday was a fine day, but Sunday was
rainy. -
The Masonic Token for the current quarter
has been received.
Quinn s. Co. are building 50-ton boiler for
st. Mary's parochial school.
There were 81 arrests last week, of which 10
were for drunkenness.
Mr.. G. W, johnson, 1877 Free street, has col
lected 5000 for Darby and Joan.
The mother of the little fawn in Deering Park
has been placed in the new deer paddock.
Thatcher Relief Corps will have a supper at
their hall Wednesday evening, at $50 O'Clock
The Portland Club desires to see a large num-
Der of its members present at the banquet this
evening
We are glad to say that the Monks collection
at the Art Building will remain open for anotli-
er week.
The Dominion line are to have new 5000
ton twin, screw steamer, the first twin-screw of
the line.
The flag on City Hall was at half-mast Satur
day for Simeon Shurtleff, member of the
Council in 1860.
Tonight the regular meeting of the Central
Labor Union will take place at Painters and
Decorators Hall.
Seaside Lodge. Good Templars, of South
Portland, will celebrate their 2Sth anniversary
next Thursday evening.
The Cumberland Rowing Association will
hold their annual concert and ball at City Hall.
November 22d.
There was no business before the municipal
court Saturday morning The Cady cases were
again continued until Wednesday.
rosp njnkad in the pardan of It r Denn:
son, at Deiano Park, Saturday, has been left at
this office. Pretty late for roses grown in the
open air.
At the first dinner for the season of the Paint
and Oil Club, held at the Preble House Satur-
day night there were no invited guests or
speeches.
Work was commenced paving Banks street
with granite blocks Saturday. The macadam-
izing of Cumberland street. from Franklin to
Washington, will be finished tomorrow.
Westbrook schools will observe Columbus
Day by school exercises and parade of school
children in the day, and public meeting in the
Odd Fellows hall in the evening.
The Portland Evangelical Ministers Associa-
ton will meet at the Y. M. G. A. this morning,
at 1890. The discussion will be opened by
Rev. Matt S. Hughes.
The adjourned meeting of the Portland Law
Students Club, is continued from today until
Thursday next, at 5 O'Clock p. M, to be held at
the Attorneys room, City Building.
A man, giving the name of Mcclellan, COM
planned at the police station that he was held up
by several men at Gorham'S Corner, Saturday
night and $40 taken from him.
The Portland Company Friday delivered four
car loads of miscellaneous iron work, plate
girders, etc., and two steel boilers to the sui
phite pulp mill at RumforG Falls.
Wardens Bailey and Bates arrested Mr.. Pyam
Alexander OF Harpswell in his boat beside his
car, with AGO short Holsters. MI. Alexander
was in the city Saturday, and it is understood
he paid $460, the amoutof the fine.
The Governor and staff and party left for Chi
cago Saturday, on the regular train from the
Union Station. They occupied the Pullman
cars Whitcomb and Pasadena.
John Nickerson, rigger, was found in the rear
of Fore street, near Union, early yesterday
morning. His head was badly cut. but he was
too drunk to tell whether he had been assaulted
or fell,
The Cumberland county cyclists, embracing
some of the fastest riders in the state was Or
ganzed Saturday evening with 81 charter mem
bers, to promote good fellowship and improve
the roads.
Saturday evening the Emerald Associates
elected IT. F. MCGEE president,.J. E. Feehan
vice president. R. c. McGvire secretary, and G..
d. Cunningham treasurer.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will meet at
Augusta tomorrow, at a. m; the Grand En-
campment at 7.30 p. m The early morning
train will take members in time for the opening
of the lodge. The State Relief will meet at
7.30, and the Past G. r. Association at p. m.
The Telegram says that about midnight Sat
urday seven cases of beer were carried into the
vacant lot on Cross street, below the American
Express Company's stable, and the beer ped
died out to the great crowd that gathered there.
Was there no policeman on that beat?
The Columbus Day exercises at Cape Eliza
beth High School will take place at 1 O'Clock.
There will be addresses by citizens. Will Sea-
ford will deliver the Grafton, and Helen M. Til
ton write the ode. The grammar school will
have exercises at a. m.
On the mountain excursion over the Maine
Central, Saturday, there were eight car loads of
people on the special train and two extra cars
were attached to the regular train. Seven hun
dred people bought tickets for the excursion
The weather was fine and everybody enjoyed
the trip.
The new Gamewell police signal system will
be in operation tonight. the last of the 20 call
boxes being put in position Saturday. A good
feature of the system is the idea of furnishing
citizens with an emergency key,
which may be obtained from the city marshal
on application, allowing a person to ring in
call when an officer is not near.
The Uniform Rank of Division No. L, A. O. n
of A., will arrive in this city tomorrow after