The Portland daily press., 1893-09-04
BRIEF JoTTINGs.

Today is Labor Day. and the public
Offices will be closed as well as the banks
The BARRIERS will close at 70 o'clock.
The Martha Washington Society will
be entertained at Bluff Cottage, Cape
Elizabeth. Wednesday. Members will
take barges at 9 a. M, at the head of
Preble street. If stormy the reception
will be held Friday.
Maurice Jordan's house at Willard was
entered by a burglar Friday night and
$135 taken from drawer. The silver
ware was found in the well. The bur-
glar is supposed to have been Cape res
ident.
The Ottawa House will close this
week. Manager Woodbury. mas had
good season.
The steamer Phantom will make daily
excursions to Freeport Bastin's Island
and Mere Point this week. See adver-
tisement
1t is to W. R. Anthoine that Charles E.
Libby, the proprietor of the barge lines,
has assigned.
A window in George Blake's house on
the Stroudwater road was forced Friday
night, the house Ientered and wallet
containing $35 taken.
Owing to the inauspicious season the
sale. of lots at Littlejohn's Island, on
what is known as Melrose Park, was
small, and while there were several good
parties present from Boston, it was
deemed advisable to postpone further
sales to a later period.
The City Treasurer's office will be open
until p. m. today, in order to pay off
the street department.
The committee on sewers has awarded
the contract to build the wooden sewer
at behring's bridge to Thomas Shanna-
han for So, $50.
The Sedersky-Davis breach of promise
case has been settled by Samuel Davis
paying 5000 and the incidental costs.
A horse attached to grocery wagon
and driven by young man named Soule,
ran away on India street Saturday. The
wagon was broken, and Soule had to
have two or three stitches taken in his
head.
George 81. Turner, L. G. ellison, E. G.
Soully and W. E. Tobie of this city have
entered for the wheelmen's meet at Saco
today.
There was no business before the Mu-
nicipal Court Saturday.
The Portland and Westbrook city gcv-
ernments will hold their regular monthly
meetings tonight.
5s house at 2.3O p. m. today, for play,
at corner of Chestnut and Cumberland
streets.
The furniture, carpet and stove dealers
will close their stores today.
The regular meeting of the Loyal Le-
gion will be held Wednesday, at the Fail
mouth Hotel.
Mr.. George Q. Frye has purchased Mr..
Ardon W. Coombs's house on Mellen
street.
Walter Partridge fell through trap at
his store at Woodford's Friday evening,
and injured his arm badly.
An attachment was served Saturday on
George B. Bagley, treasurer of the Port
land base ball team, for $3.50, in favor Of
G. M. Soule, for money advanced the
players.
Officer Massure and Mr.. Lawton have
cunning shanty at Pine Point. Mr.. Law
ton went out there the other day, and
found the shanty had been broken into
and occupied. He thinks the parties
were the burglars who broke into Mr..
Hamlen's house.
Sir Henry Tyler and the officers of the
Grand Trunk will start in their private
car from Portland today, on their inspec-
ton of the Atlantic division of the road.
sThere were % arrests last week, of
which 16 were for drunkenness.
Some sailors assaulted cobbler who
keeps shop at 355 Fore street Saturday
night, and man named McDonough al
so took hand. Officer Riley arrested
sailor and McDonough.
The Casco Bay Steamboat Company
will commence on their fall time Tues
day morning.
The Rarper's Ferry Quartette will give
concert at Congress street M. E. church
this evening at 7.45 o'clock.
Some roughs went over to South Port
land and made themselves obnoxious
Saturday night. 1t is believed that they
are known, and the officers will see that
they receive deserved punishment.
Saturday was cloudy and rainy in the
morning, clear with rapidly falling mer-
curry at night Yesterday morning was
bright and cold, but the weather was
slightly warmer during the day.