The Portland daily press., 1893-07-25
BRIEF JoTTINos.

Tonight the district meeting of the
Iron Hall will be held.
The new part of the West End Hotel is
being provided " it'll fire escapes.
Yesterday was bright and quite cool in
the morning; warmer in the afternoon.
Today will be the celebration of the
Feast of st. James at st. Luke's Cathe-
dral.
Mr.. William Burrowes is making re-
pairs on the steeple of Chestnut street
church.
Arrangements have been made for the
Pythian excursion to the Worlds Fair in
the Cadet.
At 7.30 tonight, the Veteran Firemen' s
Association will meet and be measured
for shirts.
The big trees that stood in Mrs. Coli
gan's yard on Congress street, have been
taken down by the city forester.
Schooner yacht Fearless and the cutter
Mildred of Boston, with the owner, Ma
than c. Nash, on board, are in the har-
Dor.
James Harrigan, employed at the Port
land & Rochester railroad, jumped from
moving train and severely injured one
of his ankles.
Captain Donovan, of the Cleveland
Zouaves, rescued a boy named McNealus
Who'll fell from the end of Commercial
wharf, Saturday.
The steamer Madeleine broke her feed
pump yesterday afternoon off Mack
worth's Island and had to be towed back
to the city by the Alice.
The members of the Cumberland Bar
Association will go to Harpswell Thurs
day and partalse of one of Landlord
Pooler's shore dinners.
Dennis Judge, the man who fell into
the hold of the barge Lykins Valley
Sunday evening, died at s o'clock yester-
day morning from his injuries.
The committee who had charge of the
great Masonic celebration a few years
ago will make it's annual visit today to
the Gunner Club cottage at Cape Eliza
beth.
Mr.. Claflin Flach, an employe of S. D.
Warren & Co., canght the fingers of both
hands in the cylinder of a paper enamel
ing machine Friday, and they were very
badly damned.
ish church will hold their annual basket
picnic next Wednesday, with Mrs. Dur
gin, at Trefethen's Landing. Boats leave
at and 1890 a. m.
The committee on streets, sidewalks
and bridges were in session yesterday af-
ternoon to assess damages to AUDITORS in
the opening of Roberts street and other
streets at the West End.
There will be next Wednesday evening
on the grounds of Byron G.. Pride, West
brook, south end, lawn festival and
band concert, at which time ice cream
and other refreshments will be served.
The next quarterly session of the Cum
berland County Reform Club will be
held at Aliens Corner, Deering, on Sat
urday and Sunday, August 18th and 18th
All temperance societies are requested to
be present.
The reunion Of the Seventh Maine Reg
iment Association, which will be held at
their headquarters, Camp Conner, on
Long Island, Portland Harbor, commence
ing on Monday, August 81, will continue
through the week,
The new driveway in the Oaks will
commence at the State street entrance,
extend around the head Of the gully at
the foot of Mellen street, and lenter
Grove street at point to be shortly de-
termined by City Engineer Fernald.
A big tree was blown down and fell
across the mountain division track near
White Rock, just before the LOS p. m.
train out of this city got along, Satur-
day, and the trainmen had to cut off the
limbs and branches before the train could
proceed.
The clam bake and annual meeting of
the Cumberland County Pharmaceutical
Society will be held at Micheli's today.
Teams will leave Heseltine's store
at 1.30 D. M, and Simmonds & Ham
mond's at Las p. m. The bake will be
served at 5 p. m.
John E. Mullen, stevedore, was
standing in the hold Of vessel, just I'M
der the hatch, when an empty bucket
coming down knocked the hatch bar off
its fastenings, and it fell on Mullen,
knocking him down and injuring him
about the head and shoulders.
~ Fire Alarm Books.