The Portland daily press., 1893-10-02
BRIEF.JoTTINas.

A meeting OF the central LABOR Onion
will be held at their rooms on Middle
street this evening, at o'clock.
g. L. Jewell, the Preble House livery
stable keeper, had horse and carriage
stolen from his establishment last week.
Phe horse was small, dark chestnut in
color and light name and tail. The car
rage was a piano buggy.
The Boston boats made their final
Sunday trips for the season last night.
The liquor deputies made seizures at
the following places Saturday: 54S Com
mercial, 80 Maple, I'll and 81 Centre
street.
A young horse attached to sulky,
while being led down Congress street
Saturday by boy named Feeney, got
away and dashed up Congress and over
Washington street. Before he was caught
the sulky was smashed.
William Rogers, of the schooner Chas.
II. Sprague, had his fingers jammed off
Saturday while trying to prevent box
from falling on sailor named McCurdy,
who was in the hold. He is now at the
hospital.
One hundred people came from Boston
on the steamer fremont yesterday morn
ing to take the Sunday trip to the White
Mountains, over the mountain division
of the Maine Central.
Deputy Hartnett and. members OF the
police force raided dlsorderly house on
Washington street Saturday night, and
arrested Abbie Hart, the alleged mistress
Eta Coombs and party named Conroy,
found on the premises.
The Itomus, Captain Slower OF Port
land, from Pisagua, April 26, for New
York, with nitrate, has been SO long
overdue that 40 per cent premium for re-
insurance was paid last week. She is
S1s tons, built at Yarmouth in 1876, and
owned by Captain Ben Webster and
others.
The cargo of the Lizzie W. Harmon,
composed of curios and monkeys, from
the Bahamas, will be offered for sale.
N. A. Jacobs is building twin steam
yachts, each 80 feet long, seven feet beam
and five feet deep, the cabins finished
In quartered oak, and the engines to be
built by Stickney, one to be owned by Fl.
R. Stickney and the other by Charles
Gibson and Percy Barker.
There were 40 arrests last week, of
which II were for drunkenness.
The police broke up game of poker
ON Market street Saturday night. No
arrests.
Saturday morning was bright and cool,
but the afternoon and evening were raw
and cloudy.
The last regular monthly meeting of
the Yacht Club will be held next Wed
nesday evening.
The Portland Evangelical ministers
will meet in Y. NJ. c.. A. Hall at 1890
this morning.
Members of Myrtle Assembly, Pythi-
an Sisterhood, are to meet at their hall
today, at p. M, to make arrangements
to attend the funeral Of Mrs. Charles V.
Cole.
Rich's ambulance was sent for from
Rigby Park yesterday afternoon to bring
In an employee who was threatened, it
was feared, with pneumonia.
Sunday was a rainy day. The wind
held in the northeast quarter, and at
times was quite strong.
At sunset, Saturday, the flag was TAX
en- down over the Portland Yacht Club
house for the last time until next May,
and all the yachts went out of commits
sion. The yachting season here has
been very successful, and this port has
been visited, as usual, by many OF the
noted yachts.
The meeting of the Christian Alliance
at Gospel Mission Hall this evening will
be addressed by G. E. Husssy, president
of the Biddeford branch. The meetings
are 10 be heid Monday evenings in the
future