The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-07

case was ruined and the boy badly
i hurt
John A. McShea, who has spent time
IN jail for larceny and assault on police
men, assaulted Mrs. John Lamey Satur-
day afternoon on Mountfort street,
knocking her down and kicking her in
t1ieting serious injuries.
Mr.. Payson Tucker of the Bramhall
! League, gave that club an elegant ban
| quet at the clubhouse Saturday night.
Robinson furnished the spread.
The Atkinson House Furnishing Com
pany will soon build large brick block
up town. Mr.. Atkinson says. He would
like to get the property where theUnited
States hotel stands.
The Portland & Rumford Falls Rail
way will hold special meeting Wednes-
day to complete arrangements for the
proposed extension through Poland
Springs to the Maine Central.
Christopher Wenz, aged %, was arrest
ed by officers of Division l, Boston, Fri
day evening as deserter from the Unit
ted States revenue cutter Woodbury.,
now at Bath.
There were 26 arrests last week, of
which % were for drunkenness. A
number of soldiers from Fort Preble
were noisy and drunk and Officer Usher
arrested two of them.
Saturday morning bullet from 80
calibre revolver crashed through plate
glass window of Mr.. John N. Lords resi-
dence on Deering street and f1attened
against the wall, narrowly escaping one
Of the family. 1t was probably due to
carelessness.
Work on the ferry slip and drop is ex-
pected to begin today. The insurance
companies, tits understood, have settled
for nearly $4,000, the amount of insur-
ance.
Plans are making for a new steamer
for the Falmouth Foreside route. Boston
parties are negotiating for the little
steamer Lily belonging to the Maine
Central.
% patients were reported receiving as
sistance.
There were harvest concerts at Preble
chapel and the Abyssinian church
yesterday, and harvest sermon by Rev.
Mr.. Bean at Vaughan street church.
Rev. DR.. Tucker delivered fine SER
mon at State street church yesterday
morning.
The rite of baptism was conferred at
Congress street!church yesterday.
There were two arrests for drunken
ness yesterday.
A man has been travelling through the
state claiming to be an agent for Fl. F.
Murdoch, the optician. He tests the
eyes. collects the money and tells the
parties to call or send for the goods.
Mr.. Murdoch does not employ agents.
Besides work that has been mentioned
the Portland Company is building four
pulp digesters for the Bangor Pulp and
Paper Company. Charles F. Mainline
has been appointed superintendent.
Mr.. James O'Rourke, employed by
Mr.. James Cunningham, the mason, had
his hip badly bruised by barrel of NOR
tar coloring falling on it from wagon.
The postponed race of the Cumber-
land County Cyclists will take place at
Woodfords Park next Thursday. The
entries will not close until tomorrow at
No. A Union street.
Only one person was naturalized in the
United States Court Saturday, making
the number for the week eight.
Work on the Grand Trunk draw will
begin November 10th Thursday, and
Assistant Engineer Mcfarland is expect
ed today to consult with Hon. A. A.
Strout how to manage affairs while the
work goes on SO that public trav-
Ell may not be interrupted. 1t is expect
ed another tug will he employed and
the scows taken through singly.
During Capt. Craigs illness the past
week. Capt. Blanchard has commanded
the fremont.
The Catholic parochial school on Cum
berland street, was thown open to visi-
tors yesterday.
The brig Screamer brought cargo of
salt from Turks Island to True Bros,
Saturday.
Flowers were plucked in Officer New
comd's garden Saturday, and on Brattle
street during Wednesdays storm.
The Commercial Travellers meeting
Saturday night was adjourned for lack of
a quorum.
The annual meeting of the Eye and
Ear Infirmary will take place tonight.
The city meetings of Portland and West
brook will also occur.
Saturday evening members OF Queen
Esther Lodge, D. of R., of Bath, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Dunham of G street, en-
joyed supper AND a pleasant evening and
presented Mr.. and Mrs. Durham an ele-
giant silver service.
A gang of toughs entered Moses
Browns secondhand clothing store