The Portland daily press., 1892-09-05
BRIEF JoTTINas.

There were % arrests last week, OF
which 10 were for drunkenness.
The Schlotterbeck-F oss Company have
purchased the block So Brown street.
ENow that close time is over the city
sportsmen are hunting woodcock and
partridge.
The Young Folks publishes fine por-
traits of Hon. Henry B. Cleaves and Isaac
C. Atkinson, Esq.
All the principal shoe stores will be
closed today.
The real estate transfer from Geo. E.
Morse to Albert S. Morse was the only
one recorded on Saturday.
The city committee on rules and orders
has ordered the revised copy of the city
charter and ordinances printed.
The Veteran firemen will meet at ward
room at p. m. today and take the
rejuvenated Atlantic No. to Deering
Oaks for drill.
The Lasters' Union own beautiful
new banner which will be used in the
Labor Day parade, today, for the first
time.
Diver Nathaniel Gordon has gone to
Rockland to remove the cargo Of the
schooner Henry Borda which went
ashore at that place.
1t is reported that the cigarmakers at
Carey's factory, demanded an increase
of wages and have been locked out.
Worster & Wilson have taken a con-
tract to build two new streets for the
Brown heirs near the Temporary Home.
Walter Maxwell of Bowery Beach,
owns horse that ran into F. N. Jordan
on Fore street, Saturday, smashing the
wagon to which he was attached. Mr..
G. Shaw captured the animal.
Officer Heath arrested "a boy named
Charleton, Saturday, for larceny of fruit
and candy at the Union station.
Engineer Harmon, of Machigonne 1,
extinguished a fire at Mrs. Cutters
house on Congress street Saturday morn
ing caused by the overheating of stove.
The Emeralds of this city entertain
the Owl Club of Boston today and will
tender their guests a dinner and clam
bake at Cow. Island.
Cumberland street, between Smith and
Franklin streets, has been closed to car
rage travel by the street commissioner.
The banner which will be carried by
the Portland Typographical Union in
the parade today is beauty. 1t was
painted in highly artistic manner by
Mr.. C. F. Dam.
The Portland Evangelical Ministers
Association will hold its first meeting of
the season at the Y. M. G. A. this morn
ing at 1920. The topic will be ''Vaca-
ton Experiences
Mike Barry, the light weight of Port
land, was given banquet in Boston last
week, and presented a gold headed cane
and champion dog.
A woman was arrested Friday night
on charge of picking a woman's pocket
at the Union station some time previous
ly of $113. All the money except a half
dollar was found on the woman's person.
These new members have joined the
Veteran Firemen's Association: John
Dennison, G.. M. Talford, j. B. Leavitt,
G.. S. Drew, J. A. Pine, G. FL. Williams,
w. N. Wescott. R. N. Murphy will be
first assistant and G. H. Leighton, second
assistant foreman.
The Burgess Sulphite Fibre Company
has been formed in this city with VIM.
w. Brown of Deering president. The
capital is placed at 100000.
The $50 a. m. trip of the steamer
Phantom from Mere Point and the 5 D.
m. trip from Portland to that point have
been discontinued.
Two great cells stopped the running of
the elevator in the First National bank
building Saturday. One was taken from
the fountain in Lincoln Park last week
that measured four feet in length.
Camp Casco closed it's island season on
Saturday night. The camp was beauti-
fully illuminated with Chinese lanterns
and flowers, and there was music,
dancing and refreshments.
A freight train in the Maine Central
yard ran into shifter engine driven by
Engineer Thompson Saturday afternoon.
The freight car was derailed and the
front wheels OF the engine left the track.
Mr.. Thompson was shaken up.
M. J. Donnell received the contract to
build the Cumberland street sewer Satur-
day, j. Fl. Flanagan the Neal street, T.
Shannahan those on Sherman street and
Western Promenade, and Peter DAILY on
Newbury street.
The Grand Encampment Knights
Templar have unanimously adopted the
ritual suggested by the committee
which settles a question which has
vexed the Grand Encampment for many
years.
A twelve year old boy named Demery
was struck by passing carriage on Con-
gress street, near Oak, on Saturday eve
ming and knocked under the wheels. DR..
O'Neil took the boy home. He found
the lads nose broken.