The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-02-22
BRIEF JOTTINGS.


of which eleven were for drunkenness.
Tomorrow evening Beacon Comman-
derry, K. of M, will nominate their Off
GERS.
The subject of Mr.. Bellows's lecture
this evening will by "Transcendental-
ism''
Ivanhoe Lodge, K. of P, will probab-
ly confer the rank of page tomorrow eve
ming.
The fast disappearing sleighing was
enjoyed on Portland street Saturday af
ternoon.
Saturday and Sunday were both cloudy
and damp with mercury above the freez-
ing point.
Twenty fishing schooners brought in
$4,000 pounds of cod. haddock and hake
Saturday.
The Circassian of the Allan line is due
today, and the Sarnia of the Dominion
line will follow her.
A. S. Russell of Yarmouth will furnish
seventy-five tons Office to the United
OCaUeS marine hospital.
Sixty names have been secured for the
lodge of the New England Order of Pro-
lection, to be formed at Freeport.
Tonight Machigonne and Cogawesco
tribes, I. O. R. M. will assist Masconomo
lodge of Knightville to raise up forty
palefaces.
A fine water set will be presented an
energetic member of Branch 2S3, o. I.
N, at the next meeting. There are 400
members of the branch.
F. A. Smith, Jr., has purchased from
the Decker estate, Fairfield, a pair Of
DR.. Franklin colts aged four and six years
respectively.
Today is a holiday and will be observed
at the custom house and post Office, city
offices and banks. The school children
will have good time, toot their horns
and burn tarbuckets in the evening.
lothian Lewis has put new knees and
stanchions in the steamer Enterprise;
Quinn & Co. repaired the boilers and ma
chinery and she will go on her route in a
few days.
Mr. Rankin officiated at the new vocation
at the Second Advent church yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Rankin is eminently cal
culated to show the beauties of the in
strument and the congregation enjoyed
his playing greatly.
Among the expected guests at the
Young Mems Demo cratic Club banquet,
March LIST, are President Harvey N. Coli
son of the Young Mems Democratic
Club, and Chairman ]. N. McDonough
of the city committee, Boston.
The Portland Club will remember the
supper tonight at the club house. From
to $50 o'clock there will be reception
at $50 supper, and after supper Hon. G.
J. Noyes of Boston, will address the
club.
AT the Portland Company, locomotive
Sanford, of the Portland 6 Rochester
road has been overhauled, the machine
ry for steamer at Rockland is almost
completed and steamer Penuco of Rock
land is having thorough overhauling.
A young man named Riley assaulted
Hen Lee in his laundry Saturday night.
Officer Firth arrested Riley. AS Hen Lee
left the police station where he had been
to make complaint, friend of Riley's
hit him terrible blow in the face and
escaped.
Alexander Bonville of Jackmantown,
was arrested in Greenville last Thursday
by Deputy U. S. Marshal Smith and is
now in jail. Bonville is alleged to be a
partner of Francis M. Forbes and con-
cerned in the smuggling of liquors last
fall
Marshal Hight, Deputies Sterling and
Merrill, officers Firth and Merrill raided
No. 5591 Congress street Saturday night.
The door was heavily barred, but was
opened to the officers. Some young men
were in the room playing high-low-jack
and checkers, but no implements for
gambling were discovered.
The executive committee of the Pomo-
logical Society has decided that apples
entered for general exhibition premiums
shall not contest for county premiums;
that the collection of apples for general
exhibition shall be between 20 and 40 va
rieties, and for county exhibits between
Is and 80.
At meeting of the creditors of M. A.
Jewell & Co., held Friday, a committee
was appointed to receive any offer of set
Element that might be made, to report at
future meeting. The liabilities of the
firm were given as $3S, 517.99 and assets
$50, S99.11. Of the latter $13, S56.3S were
tools, &C., $16,314S2 accounts and
bills receivable.
In the programme of the university
Extension lectures will be a lecture by
President Small of Colby at Kotzschmar
hall, March 3d. A limited number of
tickets will be for sale at Stockbridge's.
Members of the Woman's Literary I'm
ion can obtain their tickets by calling on