The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-23
BRIEF JoTTlNes.

| pheasant Gays.
There were ~1S arrests last week, OF
which Is were for drunkenness.
Meeting of the Base Ball Association
this evening.
The ceilings at the post office are
| finished, and the new distributing cases
are in place. The patent stamp canceller
will soon be put UP.
| The new hose house of Volunteer No.
/ of South Portland is completed and
the truck in place.
| Ivanhoe lodge, K. of p, will confer
rank of Esquire tomorrow evening for
the first time according to the new ritual.
Kennedy & Willard of this city have
purchased the steam lobster smack Mary
Jane of parties belonging in New Lon
| don.
Mr.. Thomas Aiken of Boston has pur-
chased the business of lining ocean
steamers which has been carried on dur
ing the past Is years by Kellogg d Son
! of Boston, Mass. Mr.. Aiken has also
l bought the lumber shed lately erected
| on the Grand Trunk wharf to accom-
| modate the lining of the English steamers
| at this port. g5H
4 The school for instruction in journal
ism advertised in the PRESS this morn
| ing is something novel and certainly is
| highly practical.
Seizures have been made by the
she. ifs deputies at 100 Monument and
Sc Centre streets.
Mr.. James Cobb's horse was frighten-
ed at Westbrook junction Saturday by
an engine. He ran throwing Mr.. Cobb
out who held on to the reins and stopped
the animal before damage was done to
himself though the sleigh was broken.
Eugene M. Skeley ana Charles A. Beal
have beenedrawn as grand jurors for the
| U. S. District Court and Edward s. Os-
good and Wilbur D. Patten as petit
jurors.
The farm of the late Geo. A. Poor at
| Oxford has been sold to Mr.. Hall of
Portland for $2700.
A man complained to Deputy Mccall
lum Saturday that a ten dollar Con-
federate bill had been passed on him.
He said that he had been working in the
woods near Gorham, N. H., and this bill
had been paid him with others. He
was advised to go to Gorham and have
the error rectified. As
Mrs. Moses G. Roberts fell on the side
walk in front of Odd Fellows block,
Main street, Westbrook, Friday evening
and broke her wrist
DR.. H.. H. Turkey of Westbrook has
recently purchased very fine six year
old Almont colt.
An ice track has been made on the
Presumpscot river, Westbrook. The
ice is very hard and the track is in every
way first class. A number of Portland
horses were seen on the track Saturday
afternoon.
A man dead drunk was found lying
close to the Maine Central tracks at
Woodfords Saturday by the brakemen
of the Pullman bound east. The train
stopped and the man was taken care of.
He belonged in Cumberland Mills.
The Forest City Glee Club took the
Falmouth hotel tally-ho to Sea View
Cottage Saturday night and enjoyed a
chicken supper, with musical trimmings
The boys of st. Luke's choir will give
Kinder symphony about February lst.
Bosworth Post, G. A. R., has nccepted
an invitation to attend Plymouth church
Memorial Sunday.
The monthly meeting of the school
committee will be held this afternoon.
Lieut.. Peary will lecture in Portland
under the auspices of the Camera Club
February 18th.
A boy named Foley was badly shaken
up Saturday night by team that ran
into him on Munjoy Hill where he was
coasting.
Ex-Marshal Head presented Henry
Taylor Saturday handsome bride for
Mr.. Taylors promising four-year-old
colt by Baby Dean, dam by Tom Patchen.
Deputies Piummer and Sterling seized
three gallons of whiskey Saturday eve
ming at John Howley's, corner of York
and Park streets.
The officers of Saccarappa lodge, West
brook, were publicly installed Friday
evening, and fine entertainment pro-
vided. Delegates from out of town
lodgesgwere present.
General Secretary Morse and General
Organizer f. B. Field organized a
Machinists' Union at Printers & Decora-
tors hall Saturday evening. n j.
Healey, Central Labor Union, presided,
and W. W. Woodruff Of Lewiston spoke.
The officers will be installed January
2Sth. s4 4~
Owing to the ice south and north there
is quite an oyster and clam famine.
Oysters are So gallon and hard to get.
The first drill for the banner among
the Red Men begins tonight when the
hunters degree will be exemplified at
Red Mems hall.
The Milliken-T omlinson employees had