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

The Kings Daughters fair at South
| Portland netted $3.50.
Bishop Healy will be one of the City
Hall speakers Columbus Day.
There were 26 arrests last week of
which II were for drunkenness.
Mr.. A. S. Kinds is building an addi-
ton to his Pine street laboratory.
The pipes in the fountain at Lincoln
Park have been clogged with cells lately.
Work has been begun on the new
bridge over Barberry creek at Pleasant
dale.
The parish reception at Congress
| Square church will be postponed two
| weeks.
The Deering Oaks monkeys have been
transferred to winter quarters at the
| almshouse.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Young Mems Republican Club will be
held this evening.
In Dunphy's lane may be seen lines of
cunners fastened to clothes lines by their
tails with pins to be dried. They will
then be sailed for winter use.
Commissioner Smith has let off the
water from the pond in the Oaks to pre-
pare the pond for skating purposes.
The Oldtown Indians are back at their,
camp at Cape Elizabeth for the winter,
and will resume basket making.
The plants have been taken from Lin
coin Park for the winter, and seed has
been sown for tulips, the ground covered
over them and brush placed to protect
them.
Inspector Dillingham; of the Board of
Health has in his officefa bottle of water
taken from Casco street we'll which
has given rise to diphtheria. There is
quite sediment at the bottom of the
bottle
Fine and warm Saturday. Many peo-
pie improved the weather by making
excursions.
The Boston and Maine are going to issue
s., 500, 900 per cent. bonds, to expire in
1912. These bonds are issued to refund
outstanding Z per cent. bonds, upon
which the annual saving will be per
cent.
Mr.. ..R. E. Graves, chief clerk of the
railway mail service, has sold his bay
mare Kittie to parties in Lowell.
MI Shannahan got the contract Satur-
day to build the Grant street sewer at As
cents for trenching and back filling 9
cents for laying pipe and - for con-
struction of manholes, the city to furnish
material except cement.
The ladies of the Danish lutheran
church, presented the leader of Tony
Clark's band costly silk umbrella.
Friday afternoon McKeown, the rigger,
attempted to lower Mr.. Notman's yacht
to the water from car on Central wharf
by means of Wescott's floating pier.
The pier didn't swing and was
torn from the scow, and a small hole
broken in the yachts deck.
The meeting of the Methodist
preachers will occur at Y. M. C. A. rooms
this morning at 1890 o'clock. Rev. G.
D. Lindsay is to open the discussion.
The committee on streets went to
New York Saturday night to inspect as
phalt pavements. They will be gone
week.
The water is so low in the Presump-
scot that it is difficult to, run the wheels
that furnish the electric light power, and
the gingham mills have to run evenings.
The Village improvement Society are
placing street signs on the streets in
South Portland.
1t is reported that the County Com
missioners have been petitioned to widen
Portland bridge twenty feet
1t lis said that in the long flight of
steps leading from State street to Com
mercial street is little cuddy where the
initiated leave an empty bottle and a
quarter of dollar and take away full
bottle.
There will be glass partition in the
deputies room at the police station,
separating the operator of the signal
system from the rest of the room, and
the deputies desk will be moved to face
the window.
A large Matthews post hydrant will be
placed on Congress street near Neal and
another near st. Stephens church. Four
engines can use the same hydrant.
Deputies Plummer and Chute made
raid ON room ON the third floor of the
building, corner of Middle and Ex-
change street Saturday evening" They
seized 336 bottles of lager and q quantity
of cards and gambling paraphernalia. It
is said the room was a poker joint. No
arrests.
Capt. Spear, principal owner in the old
Cornelia H has been In Bath to get
figures for new boat, q double propel-