The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-10
BRIEF JoTTlNGs.

BRtEF 10 " liNGS.
Mr.. William Miller fell a distance of
30 feet to one of the lower decks of one
of the English steamships Saturday and
escaped with a few scratches.
Alderman Guptill has resigned the
Craftsmanship Of the committee on streets
and the mayor has appointed Alderman
Bracket
John Jackson was run over Saturday
by a brick team On Fore street and co n
siderably hurt.
The street has caved in on the corner
of Fore and Exchange streets.
The new ceiling in Cox's cigar store
fell Saturday and several people barely
escaped injury.
Capt. George W. Orne of Pickett
street, South Portland, was at work at
the Marine Railway when the end of the
staging upon which he was standing
gave way precipitating him into the wa
ter. He struck upon a large piece of
blocking injuring his chest and forehead
and spraining his ankle.
Capt B. j. Willard has had large
double end scow built at Bath and it was
towed up here the middle of the week by
the Fanny g., where it will be fitted up
with an engine, boiler and hosting APP
paratus to engage in unloading and for
wrecking purposes.
Do not forget the Local Society of
Christian Endeavor meets with Willis
ton tonight, when Rev. J. L. Hill, d. d.,
will speak. The public is invited.
The Portland bondholders of Fort
Payne bonds will meet at the Falmouth
Hotel, April 10, at p. m.
Mr.. George A. Harmon will put an
elegant four dial clock in the tower of
the Rumford Falls railroad station.
The fire Friday at Gray will cause a
loss of about $1,000 to the owners. There
was 5000 insurance on the mill.
Saturday was cloudy and showery
after the snow storm and the weather
was most disagreeable. Sunday was
bright and pleasant.
The elegant painting of Bar Harbor,
"The Gem of the Maine Coast" was
sent to Chicago yesterday morning by
Geo. II. Haynes of the Moss Engraving
Company. The picture is 4x5 feet
with handsome silver frame, and occu-
pies the central position in this compa-
ny's exhibit at the Exposition.
At meeting of the Deering city fathers
Friday night they made fire to burn up
settled liabilities represented by bonds
to the amount of $4,000, temporary loan
of $780, 900 and interest, notes and bonds
to the amount of $3,959.61.
Saturday afternoon Greenwood Gar
den, Peaks Island, was leased by the
owner, James Bracket, to the Casco
Bay Steamboat Company for term of
years.
Mr.. T. P. Montgomery has already as
summed his duties of taking the school
census and has finished the Monument
street school district.
1t was very bad night outside Fri
day. The Portland from Boston did not
reach her dock until 1.3O p. m. The
Forest City for Boston, when off the
Cape was struck by sea which stove in
the stanchions beneath the guard rails
ane washed away the kitchen floor. She
returned and proceeded at / o'clock
after repairing.
Nat Gordon, the diver, will begin to-
day to remove is feet of stone wall at
the ferry slip on the Cape side, to make
the necessary Sc feet in the clear for the
new landing.
The adjourned meeting of the West
brook City Council will be held tonight.
The Union Ticket office, 40 Exchange
street, have descriptive pamphlets of
their Worlds Fair trips ready for dis
tribution. Copies can be obtained by
calling.
There will be meeting of the Metho-
dist ministers at the Y. M. G. A. rooms
at 1870 a. m. today. Rev. d. B. Ran
dali will give extracts from his auto
biography.
There was little avalanche in the
Notch Saturday that detained trains for
few hours.
Mrs. H. M. G. Estes's Bible talk yes
terday was effective and to the point.
Other speakers were Mrs. U.EA. Cain of
Kennebunk, Mr.. Hale of Boston, and
Mr.. Hiram Knowlton.
The Young Mems Republican Club
will have an entertainment and supper