The Portland daily press., 1892-11-28


burned this week at Springvale.
The Lewiston Journal has fine por-
trait of Amanda Boothby Way. daughter
of DR.. George Wells Way of Portland.
The school for the deaf will begin
work in their new quarters in the school
house on Spring street this morning.
The chemical engine has been fur
dished hub runners, to be used when
there is sleighing.
Tonight the Fraternity will have its
annual meeting at the new quarters 70
Spring street.
Friday, little girl was run over by
team near the North school, but escaped
with severe bruises
1t is expected that the Uniform Rank.
A. O. H., will be provided with uniforms
by January.
The annual meeting of the Maine Sons
of the Revolution will be held in Port
land, February %, 1898.
Miss Mamie Mullaney of the Lady
Filters Union, sold the most tickets for
the Central Labor Union ball and got the
oak chair.
A petition to Congress in favor of the
establishment of national road depart
ment is being circulated extensively in
town.
A number of postal clerks who served
when Cleveland was President in 1SS4-SS
met Saturday to devise ways and means
to be reinstated in their old positions.
Portland Division No. As, Sons of Tenn
perance. will celebrate its 45th anniver-
sary tomorro night with public enter
tainment.
A petition will be presented to the leg
islature asking that the sale of Holsters
less than ten and one-half inches in
length be forbidden.
A mud scow ran against the draw at
the Grand Trunk bridge Saturday, delay
! ing the 1890 o'clock freight for fifty
minutes. 1t is said suit will follow.
Judge Peabody will address the Law
Students Club this evening at 7.30
o'clock at the attorneys rooms, City
Building, on the subject of wills"
Hook and Ladder No. l got the trum-
pet at the Kavanagh hall fair, and Mr..
Thomas Mitchell the whip. Donovan
Bros. got the BARRIERS chair.
Before going to Tacoma, Rev. L. H.
Hallock bought one of those celebrated
Kranich & Bach grand pianos, of Cres-
sey, Jones & Allen.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Women's Indian Association will be held
in State street chapel on Tuesday, No
vember goth, at 3 o'clock p. m.
Charles Walker and Thomas Mcmahon
were drawn as grand jurors and Angus
tus II. Prince and Rufus A. Ayers petit
jurors for the United States District
Court on Saturday.
About 200 children enjoyed the skating
at the Oaks Saturday until the ice broke.
The bears were having a good time play
ing about, not having gone into winter
quarters as the Argus stated.
Messrs. j. FL. Wish, Jr., M. A. WEIGH
and c. A. Tracy have been appointed a
committee on Typographical Union ban
quet, which will be held at the
Adams house, Saturday evening, Decem-
| Der 10.
The Acadian arrived with coal for the
Allan line from Cape Breton, Saturday.
The Sandman of that line is expected to
arrive today, the Vancouver of the Do
minion line Sunday, and the Warwick
the latter part of this week.
A dividend of $3.50 share has been
declared by the directors of.the Portland
Gas Light Company payable on the first
of December by treasurer's check to be
mailed to stockholders of record at this
date.
A Frenchman who said he had an un-
Gle living in Lewiston, was brought in
by Officer Frank yesterday. He was in
sane and found in shed on st. John
| street.
| Ivanhoe lodge, K. of P, will celebrate
their 18th anniversary at City hall, Jan
uary 18th. 1t is expected that Marshall
P. Wilder, the reader, will be one of the
attractions.