The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-19
BRIEF JoTTlNGs.


The Westbrooks defeated foot ball eleven
from steamers Numidia and Concordia to 3
Saturday.
The evangelical ministers of Portland will
hold meeting at the Y. M. G. A. this forenoon
at 1880 o'clock.
The first logs of the season were brought to
J. L. Brackets from Falmouth by Mr.. B. f.
Mitchell last week.
Wenonah Council will visit Minnehaha Coun-
Gil at Cumberland Mills Wednesday evening,
taking the TO car.
The annual meeting and election of officers of
branch 49s, Catholic Knights of America, will
occur Tuesday evening.
Elmer B. Neill of Yarmouth, a bridge builder,
was taken violently insane Saturday and had to
be brought to the police station
In the United States District Court Saturday
the arguments were made in the case of Pat
rick Flnnegan on trial for smuggling
January 10th, Machigonne. Cogowasco and
Masconomo tribes of Red Men will exempfy
the hunters degree for prize banner
The Portland Y. NJ. G. A. Mock Congress will
hold their regular meeting this evening at 7.30
O'Clock. A full attendance is requested
At the clam supper of the Portland Club this
evening arrangements will be completed for the
club to attend GOV, Cleayes' inauguration.
The new evening school will meet in ward 3
room OH Myrtle street for the first time to-
night. The room has been divided into two.
MI II. Z. Murdoch, the optician, has given Il
handsome lockwood thermometers and bar
ometer to the Maine Eye and Ear Intirmary.
Deputy Marshal Chase recovered the 81
stolen from a chorus girl of the "1492" com
pany The money was taken by a fellow chorus
girl.
A young man named Written of Sherman,
who was mistaken for a deer and shot in the
Eastern woods, was taken to the Eye and Ear
Inflmary Saturday evening.
The Ladies' Aid OF the Church of the Mes
siah will hold their annual meeting next
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and supper
will be served at $50.
The post office at Willard was broken into
Friday night and a quantity OF stamps taken.
Two letters were opened containing govern
ment checks and the checks thrown aside.
If nothing turns up to prevent. the Portland
Plush Mill will turn out some samples of plush
this week. All the machinery is up and nothing
is wanted now but few small things such as
puleys.
The attention of the members of Unity lodge
another column. AS it is matter which con-
Germs ali every member ought to make an effort
to be present.
Portland business men are very generally
signing an agreement mot to loan or give
away articles of merchandise to any fair, be-
lieving the practice has disastrous effect on
our business
The Sarmiento and Annie Lewis, on whom
bets were placed as to which would arrive out
first made equally good time; the one to Monte
video and the other to Buenos Ayres. So all
bets are off.
The new iron draw of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way bridge will be all ready in about two
weeks. The centre spans will be IA feet and
the bridge one of the strongest and handsomest
in New England.
The insolvency cases of A. B. Butler and
Morrison & Co. were closed the past week by
the assignees. In the former case the dividend
was Al per cent and in the latter case trifle
over per cent
The fishing steamer Albert Brown Of New
York arrived here Saturday morning to have
her boiler and engines overhauled. The steam
er Lilac goes to Bath to have her super-struc-
ture deck extended
Rev Alpheus Turner of Pleasantdale
slipped from the depot platform Saturday
morning and received a bad blow on the breast
atfair ~ NJ Tnrnar 10 10 20 ye.rs old
CI.s. n.rtit;ons aro o,oina m in tho nost of
t;oo sho,,t The 40 shier,s room to tean the noise
and dnst awsv from the emn1oves If the denart.
,,,an+ Ins,,aotor nToNr,nn Of wssbinato,, ~.
spected the new sbeain hedting PAM SATURDAY
and ie1t LOT Eastport
Inc brotnefhood OF Locomotive Engineers
hela thef second annual gatherlhg SATURDAY
evening az tnelr nail. Inere was a capltal sup
per. ClieI engineer bapD was postmaster and
ex-Chlei II. U. Hlioorn ana otnefs spoNe'
nist anu odiiciis ioiioMe"'
by the uptown evangelical churches as week
OF prayer under the auspices OF the Portland
Local Union; Monday at winston, tuesday at
west End church, wednesday otate street
Thursday Free stfeet, FRIDAY flymoutn ana
SATURDAY. High street,