The Portland daily press., 1892-03-21
BRIEF JoTriNcs.

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the rank of esquire tomorrow evening.
The Dominion brought $4,000 boxes of
tin for the west and south.
The fishing feet landed about 400, 900
pounds of fish last week.
There were 20 seizures made by the
sheriffs last week.
The street department. will be paid
Wednesdays, instead of Mondays.
The officers of the Dominion line of
steamers dined the custom house en-
ployes at Pine Point, Saturday.
The 18th Maine Auxiliary will meet
with Mrs. Waldo Perry, 19l Clark street,
Wednesday evening.
Only the City Marshal and one police
man of Westbrook remain to be appoint
ed by the mayor of that city.
There are about 400 applications for
the positions of drivers of city teams,
and only 10 positions.
The Cora E. Smith, which arrived Fri
day, stocked 500, and the Fairy Forest
$3.50.
There are six new engines in process of
construction at the Portland Company,
and the floor of the erecting shop is be-
ing rebuilt.
Mr.. Daniel Hieber will build a summer
hotel at Pond Cove, to be under the man
agement of Mr.. Bruce B. Rodick of the
City Hotel.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Lizzie
M. Center which arrived here Saturday,
carried away her main boom and split
her foresail on the Banks in gale.
Commander-in-Ch iefM. F. King, Maine
Council of Deliberation, has issued cir
cular relative to the death of John Bird
of Rockland, 32d degree.
At o'clock this afternoon the Press
Club will hold special meeting at the
club rooms in Casco Bank block. I'm
portant business will come up, requiring
the presence of all who can attend.
The subject for discussion at the Meth
odist preachers meeting at Y. M. G. A.
rooms today, at 1890 a. M, is clerical
Politics in the Maine Conference" All
are desired to be present.
Gentle spring came in with bowling
northeaster about 8 p. m. Saturday, and
fifteen minutes earlier the sound OF the
parlor hand-organ was heard on Con-
gress street.
Second Lieutenant A. T. Davis of Co.
A, High School Battalion, has been elect
ed first lieutenant of Co. B. Sergeant
Major Donham has been elected second
lieutenant Co. A, and First Sergeant Dow
of Co. A, sergeant major.
The George W. Woodman place, cor
ner of Vaughan and Pine streets, has
been bought by James Cunningham, and
Hon. F. E. Richards has bought the va
cant lot on the southwest corner Of the
same streets.
There were 81 arrests last week, of
which Is were for drunkenness. There
was row in front of the Falmouth Ho-
tel Saturday evening, and Deputy Chase,
with five officers went over, but the COM
batants had dispersed.
The coroner's jury called to investi-
gate the death of ex-Conductor Wood
man of the Grand Trunk, killed by a
train at Yarmouth, met Saturday, and
adjourned till Wednesday afternoon
without coming to decision.
Rev. B. L. Whitman, pastor of the
Free street Baptist church, will give a
lecture at the Baptist church, Westbrook
this evening, under the auspices of the
Y, P. S. C. E. The subject of the lee
ture will be sSome Tendencies of Our
Time.''
Mr.. G. D. Mcdonnell of T. 81. Melon
nell & Co., will erect handsome four
stored brick block on the ruins of the
old store on Exchange street, and Mr..
Rich will put up brick block if they
can buy an additional piece of land.
Mr.. Griffin, the new street commission
er, had his men looking after the cross
walks Saturday. Mr.. Randall is giving
Mr.. Griffin every assistance possible.
The subject of Mr.. Bellows's lecture
this evening will be Modern Critics and
Essayists.'' These lectures are among
the most entertaining and instructive
that have been given in Portland for
years.
At the meeting of Portland Typograph-
ical Union, No. 66, Saturday evening,
Messrs. Barnes, st. John and Hatch were
nominated for delegate to the national
convention to be held at Philadelphia in
June, and the election will take place
March 3Oth.
The lighthouse steamer Iris was laid
up for repairs 26 days during last year,
and while laid up the crew made and
ironed 200 spar buoys. By the report
she sailed 1906 miles, replaced 21(
buoys, painted 727, and landed 312 tons
of coal at the different light stations.
A story is current that Peleg Barker
| will erect on State street one of the
handsomest private residences in Port
land. Mr.. Barker designs it to be a gift
to his daughter, Mrs. Milliken. The sit
uation, corner of Spriug street, is the
! finest on the street. and will be a decided