The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-24
BRIEF JoTTlNes.

There were &c arrests last week, OF
which A were for drunkenness.
August 9th the dedication services OF
the new st. Dominic's church will take
place.
Mystic Lodge, I. o. G. T., will go on
their annual picnic Tuesday to camp, 0.
M. O. B., Peaks Island.
The hat finishers' annual picnic took
place Saturday at Long Island and was
greatly enjoyed by all who attended.
Jack Brunze complained at the police
station Saturday night that he had been
assaulted by Eli Feeney and Tom Cor
ham.
The schooner Samuel Borden, which is
coming to this port consigned to Garlic
ton Brothers, is named for an uncle OF
Lizzie Borden.
A pile of rubbish deposited on Monu-
ment street caught fire Saturday after
noon and the men from Engine Us house
extinguished it.
The Falmouth Club at meeting Satur-
dav night decided to have their annual
outing at the Ottawa House, Cushing
Island, next Wednesday evening.
The GODS in East Deering owned by
A. R. Wright burned over Friday night
causing a loss of $1,000 The hay of J. F.
Sawyer caught fire but was saved.
All members of Boswort tn Post, G. A.
R., should be present at the
meeting next Friday evening to hear
Mrs. Mason on the proposed Relief Corps
Home.
There will be special meeting of the
Labor Day committee of the Central
Labor Union this evening at 7.30 o'clock,
at Painters and Decorators Hall, Mid
die street.
Although the Falmouth Hotel is well
supplied with fire escapes workmen are
now putting on new one connecting
with the roof of the Cox building on
Union street.
Steam yacht Ell Placida, sloop Georgia,
Commodore Wedger, sloop Midget and
cat-boat Truant, of the South Boston
Yacht Club were anchored off Jones'
Landing Saturday.
There will be a meeting of the 18th
Maine Association at G. A. R. hall, Free
street, this afternoon at o'clock to
make arrangements for their reunion
August 18th at South Paris.
Yesterday was light and quite cool.
There were several severe squalls in the
harbor but no casualties reported. There
were heavy showers at several points at
the islands but none in the otto.
Messrs. A. J. Adams and Geo. A.
Johnson, who have had charge of the
public grounds in the eastern part Of the
city the past season, have commenced
work on the Eastern Cemetery.
General Manager Tucker of the Maine
Central issued instructions three weeks
ago to suspend new construction work as
far as possible over the entire line.
When the times are better work will go
on again.
Albert Downing of the Crescent Boat
Club of Boston, and Tony Frates of the
Cumberland Boat Climb of this city, will
row matched amateur senior scull race
at Sebago Lake, Labor Lake, September
9TH. The race will be for prize of $50.
The 1-10-29 Maine Regiment Associ-
alton will hold two days reunion at it's
headquarters on Long Island August 9th
and 10th. Wednesday will be Ladies'
Day. Thursday will be Comrades Day
and will be devoted to business and the
reunion of the regiment.
The Standard Clothing Co. will close
their store tomorrow (Tuesday) for
semi-annual stock taxing and genera
overhauling of the various lots of sum
mer clothing in mems and boys sizes
that are to be sold and closedlout. Some
choice bargains may be expected.
A scheme has been submitted whereby
for one dollar a year each cottage al
Peaks Island can have its vault cleaned
out twice during the season, and cot
tagers have already entered the scheme
to make it a success. Health Inspector
Dillingham; will look after the matter.
Saturday evening a live wire burned
out and one end dropped into the gutter
on Congress street, above Oak street,
where it sputtered for quite while. A
man ran into it and it caught about his
neck. Luckily one end was in pool OF
water and he was rescued without harm.
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