The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-16
BRIEF JoTTINGs.

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ly.
Bayard Lodge. K. of P. of Cape Eliza
beth. will celebrate it's ninth anniversary
January 26th.
A big coal barge, heavily loaded, came
into the harbor yesterday afternoon in
tow of tug.
The Camera Club has received an in
voice of 200 choice views, which will be
shown tomorrow evening.
The Portland Evangelical ministers
will meet at the Y. M. c. A. rooms this
morning at 1890 o'clock.
Saturday was raw and bright. Yester
day was cloudy with snow squalls, and
the snow fell lively at night.
The Jordan electric train signal, in use
on the Maine Central legislative train,
gives perfect satisfaction.
The Portland Longshoremen's Society
has passed resolutions of respect to the
memory OF Augusta N. Mainline.
There is a round-house now established
at the William street crossing of the
Portland & Rochester railroad at Oak
dale.
The Central Labor Unions monthly
meeting will be held at 7.30 o'clock
tonight at the Painters and Decorators
hall.
During 1892, % cargoes of spruce lum-
Der were sent out from this port to South
America. aggregating 100000 feet of
lumber.
Mr. John NJ. Hines, switchman on
the Boston & Maine railroad, had his
hand badly damned between the cars
Friday morning.
Park Commissioner Smith employed
Mr. Silas Smith with crew of men Sat
urday afternoon, clearing the snow from
the pond in the Oaks.
The Portland Company, Saturday,
shipped an electric locomotive, baggage
and express car for the Mousam River
railroad to Springvale.
The firm of Rufus H., Deering & Co..
has been incorporated under the name of
the Rufus Fl. Deering Company, with a
capital stock of 100000.
The Portland & Rochester railroad
have placed a flag house at the William
street crossing. Captain Tobin will have
charge of the crossing.
Bishop Healy read the annual report
of the financial condition of the Cathe-
dral parish yesterday morning, which
shows it to be in prosperous con-
dition.
Three men were arrested for affray
Saturday night by Deputy McCallum and
officers Quinn and Jones. There were
IA arrests last week, nine of which were
for drunkenness.
An engine on the Rochester road struck
one of Chases express teams near the
Rochester station Saturday afternoon
The wagon was broken and Mr.. Leonard,
the driver, has his ankle somewhat
hurt.
Deputy Chase, who went after Messrs.
Emerson, proprietor, and Charles Nc
Kinnon, clerk, of the Adams House, who
cleared out with the Baker Opera Co.,
followed them to Lowell. He found
they had gone to Savannah.
An. English gentleman, visiting
friend of Bishop Nicely, contributed the
nucleus fund OF $500 for the erection OF
the parish house and recently sent his
check of a similar amount to furnish the
heating apparatus at the completion.
The Grand Trunk 1910 p. m. train the
other day reached the transfer station to
find fange gone from the forward
truck of the engine. The train had run
from Yarmouth at the rate of so miles
an hour and kept the irons.
The Vancouver, Capt Williams of the
Dominion line, had very quick passage
of seven days from Liverpool to Halifax.
She left Halifax for Portland at 7 a. m.
Saturday and will probably arrive this
morning, as she doubtless was kept out
side by the thick weather yesterday.
The elevator is full of grain and there
are 400 cars loaded with grain in the
Grand Trunk yard that is awaiting ship
ment, and string of cars stretches up
Commercial street to Franklin wharf
There are 200 cars more on the way from
the West.
The ice is four to five inches thick on
the northerly side of the lower bay as far
as Clapboard island. A number of skat-
ers Saturday went as far as Mackworth's
island. On the easterly side the ice is
from the city to Great Diamond island,
and some of the skaters visited it as
well as Fort Gorges. The ship channel
is perfectly free from ice.