The Portland daily press., 1892-12-17
BRIEF JoTTINos.

6hIEF W ! iisS0.
Rines Brothers store will be open to-
night if pleasant.
Maine Consistory of the Ancient Ac-
cepted Scottish Rite, held a meeting yes
terday, at which many representatives
were present and enjoyed a banquet.
The steam Tighter Albert Brown
came into the harbor yesterday for
coal.
The lighthouse steamer Lilac is on the
marine railway for new shoe. The
new one will be of oak.
The Mary B. Curtis has towed the
dredger. Ajax to Plymouth, Mass, and
yesterday returned and took the scows,
which she will take to the same port.
Brown has a large line of Christmas
slippers and is holding special sale of
them, to which he calls attention in his
advertisement this morning.
Wednesday morning DR.. Bailey went
to Ellsworth. At that place he found a
case of CHAMBERS at the stable of IA. r.
Holmes. The doctor ordered the horse
to be killed.
The annual meeting of the Portland
Rolling Mill will be held at the coppa-
ny's office on Plum street at o'clock. to-
day.
At4 p. m. today President Wescott of
the Water Company, will appear before
the committee on judicial proceedings
and claims and explain the city contract
giving the company $4,000 per year.
The pastor of Williston church will
deal with most important subject Sun
day evening in treating of railroad traffic
on Sunday.
The citizens near the corner Of Cum
berland and Smith streets complain of
poor light service. They say that the
light at that place is not lighted more
than two nights week at the most.
The Grand Castle, Knights of the Col
den Eagle, will meet in special session at
Castle Hall, Monday next at 2 p. M, for
the purpose of comforting the degree and
acting on the report of the committee on
law.
Yesterday was a bright day and mild.
Many friends of the poet Whittier,
in this city, have received invitations to
attend a memorial service at Hayerhill
this afternoon and will attend the exer-
cises.
A woman from Ontario arrived here on
the Grand Trunk train, yesterday. She
did not have money enough to pay her
fare and the passengers on the train took
up collection for her. She is now at
the police station and will be helped by
the overseers of the poor. She wants to
go to Europe and she will probably be
sent there on the next steamer.
A blaze was discovered in the yestry
of the Congregational church in West
brook, Thursday evening, just in time
to prevent what undoubtedly would have
resulted in disastrous fire. The dam
age was trivial.
Damon Assembly of Pythian Sister
hood, will hold its semi-annual election
of officers this evening at Castle Hall
The Uniform Rank of Portland, will GO
to Auburn next Tuesday and give an ex-
hibition drill at the opening of the
knights of Pythias and Sisterhood
fair.
Rev. G. E. Cate, of the Free Baptist
church, will give a. Gospel temperance
address at the Gospel Mission tomorrow
at 8 o'clock, p. m. All are invited.
The wholesale price of granulated sug-
ar is today 1-s c. per pound, and yet
Messrs. Geo. C. Shaw & Co., in our adj
vertising columns, offer pure broken
candy at cents per pound.
Batty, the entertainer, will give an
other entertainment for the benefit of
the Gospel Mission Christmas fund, this
| evening at 7.45 o'clock.