The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-25
BRIEF JoTTINGs.

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two fine row boats to his fleet.
There were 25 arrests last week, of
which IS were for drunkenness.
Alfred Woodman has bought D. F.
Murdock's house at Lunt's Corner, for
$21OO.
The Maine building at the Chicago Ex-
position has the walls erected to the Sec
ond story.
Saturday and Sunday were fine and
warm, with brisk shower Saturday af-
ternoon.
The band concert at Peaks Island was
enjoyed by large and orderly audience
yesterday.
The Miller fire extinguisher was sue
cessfully tested on the Market lot Satur-
day morning.
The committee on the grocers' and fish
dealers picnic, will meet at Millett's
store today at 8 p. m.
The It'll Maine will hold it's annual res
union the week beginning August 22d,
at Camp Conner, Long Island.
A boy named O'Brien who drives the
tow horse on Munjoy Hill, had his foot
crushed Saturday by horse stepping on
it.
Very large congregations were in at
tendance at Free street church yester-
day. President Whitman of Colby Uni
versity preached.
HOLSTERS are scarce, and the lobster
fishermen make big money daily. Some
get enough at the high prices to realize
$25 for days work.
Matters of Importance require spec
ial meeting of the Boot and Shoe Work
ers' Union tonight at o'clock. A full
attendance is required.
twenty-five dollars was raised by a
fair at South Casco towards keeping Ma
thaniel Hawthorne's birth place on the
shore of Lake Sebago in repair.
The Electric Light Company has exca-
waited in the rear of the works and pipe
will run to the harbor to supply the
boilers with salt instead of fresh wat
err.
Mr.. John G. McTammany Of Worces-
ter, Mass, was in the city Saturday, ex-
hibiting simple automatic voting de-
vice, whereby election frauds are made
impossible.
Boats in the harbor at night should
display lights. The other evening the
steamer Forest City narrowly escaped
running over a rowboat containing
several people.
Officers Thrasher and Sylvester arrest
ed a man yesteday on suspicion of break
ing into O'Malley's saloon on Centre
street some time ago and stealing guam
tity of clothing.
There was baptism of five converts
at Curtis's ship yard yesterday afternoon.
Four were clad in baptismal garments.
The fifth was converted on the spot and
went in in his regular street dress.
The steamer Frank Jones did not ar
rive Saturday. 1t is expected that she
will be here today at 3 p. M, and bring
President Sewall and party who will re-
turn to Bath on her. This will be an ex-
perimental trip.
The library of the Maine Historical
Society will be removed to Baxter Hall
in the autumn. The hall will be i'm
proved and more windows put in. This
will give the Public Library more room
on the first floor.
The superb day yesterday filed the
electric cars, steamers and excursion
trains to the mountains, Maranocook and
Old Orchard. Numbers rode on the
Congress street cars in the evening. The
stables did good business.
The aldermen's room and council
chamber Improvements are finished, and
now all the rooms ON that side of the
City Building are as fresh and neat as a
pin. About 230 incandescent lights and
five arc lights will be put into the build
ing as soon as the airing, tomorrow, is
completed.