The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16
BRIEF JOTTiNGS.


The Portland Club will give their last
clam supper of the season at $50 o'clock
tonight.
Mr.. G. j. Chapman is building the
largest summer cottage around here on
| Diamond Island.
The divers will begin to lay the foun-
! dations of the new Grand Trunk bridge
to East Deering today.
The annual field day of the Women's S
Literary Union will be held at the Otta-
wa House, June 25th.
The Montgomerys will give another of
those delightful assemblies at Foresters'
hall, tomorrow evening.
Charles Benson, driver in the street
department, resigned Saturday, having
| secured better place elsewhere.
The Willing Helpers of the Vaughan
street church presented Rev. C. E. Bean
with fine study chair last Wednesday
evening.
Friday, while intoxicated, Walter S.
Lee assaulted Samuel Davis, inficting
| several injuries. He was arrested by
Officer McDonough.
The Brown estate want land of the
city farm in exchange for the Bramhall
slope, foot for foot. The city farm land
is valued at Is cents a foot.
Tomorrow evening a lodge of Hay
makers, the "outside Degree I. o. R.
NJ, will be formed in Portland, by the
Haymakers of Knightville.
The stock of Samuel Smith, Jr., was
damaged to considerable extent Satur-
day by the bursting of a water tank in
the rooms overhead, occupied by Young,
the tailor.
The new casino on Diamond Island is
approaching completion, and the cottag-
ers this summer will have first rate
place in which to have entertainments
and dances.
A hay-fork fell from loft in Wilson's
stable on Federal street, striking the cap
of Mr.. John Dunning, the hackman, who
was standing underneath and just graz
ing his scalp.
Ivy lodge D. of R., entertained Queen
Esther of Bath, and Evening Star of
Brunswick with fine banquet and the
working of the beautiful degree by Ivy,
Saturday evening.
The Portland Evangelical Ministers
Association will meet at the Young
Mems Christian Association rooms this
morning at 1890. Rev. DR.. Dalton will
open the discussion.
The extension of the Portland & Rum.
ford Falls railway is making good pro-
gress. 1t reached Dixfeld Saturday,
leaving but five miles to complete be-
fore reaching Rumford Falls.
Seaside Lodge, I. o. G. T., of South
Portland, will visit Harpswell Lodge
next Saturday. Mystic Lodge of this
city will celebrate it's 9th anniversary
with play Thursday evening.
The board of fire underwriters has
passed resolutions of respect to the mem
ory of Joseph H. Coffin, deceased, and
will close their offices at the funeral
hours and attend the funeral today.
The commandery K. G. E., will leave
Portland for Atlantic City next Sunday
at 1 p. m. via the Boston &c Maine,
Poughkeepsie bridge and Philadelphia.
The excursion will last about week.
Rev. Abram Conklin will lecture this
evening at All Souls Universalist church
in Deering on ''Sunny Italy," for the
benefit of the church. The lecture will
be illustrated by 100 fine stereopticon
views.
James O'Rourke and Michael 81. Hyde
employed by Mr.. Charles S. Kenney, the
teamster, during his absence Thurs
day afternoon, got into wrangle
about who should be boss. Hyde was
arrested.
A director of the Boston & Maine rail-
road states that the report that the Bos-
ton & Maine is negotiating for, or has
any intention to lease the Montpelier 6
Wells River Railroad is wholly without
foundation.
At the regular meeting of the Typo
fraphical Union held Saturday even
ing, the new price list was unanimous
ly adopted, seven new members elected
and a number of applications for men,
bership received.
The fremont was gay with bunting
Saturday night, going on the Boston
line to relieve the Forest City. She has
been put in apple-pie order. Mr.. E. E.
Hodgkins is chief engineer and Mr.. S.
Saunders assistant.
Beacon Commandery, '9S, Knights of
Malta, through M. r. Williams and E.
Tasker, their committee, have adopted
appropriate resolutions on the death of
the late Mrs. Minnie N. Smith, wife of
Mr.. Nelson A. Smith.
The following programme will be rem
derred previous to the grand march at
the Uniformed degree ball at City Hall,
tomorrow night: Operatic Fantasia, Sc
lection from Boccacio, Cocoanut Dance,
selection from Bohemian Girl.
Four Portland gentlemen caught 27
black bass weighing 90 pounds at Long
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