The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-30
BRIEF JOTTiNGS.

presented: ssThe witness of the spirit.
To be opened by L. E. Mcdonald.
The subject of Mr.. Bellows's "talk''
this (Monday) afternoon at o'clock at
the Second Advent church, Congress
Place will be 1.-THE Age of Pericles,"
with readings from Greek tragedians,
Plato and many other writer's.
The officers of Eastern Star Encamp-
ment will be installed at q special meet
ing Tuesday evening aext.
The shoe dealers banquet at the Preble
house, tomorrow evening, will take place
at O'Clock.
The Grand Trunk railroad has partial
~ adopted a new car heating system
known as the Morton safety car heating
system and are rapidly equipping their
passenger and baggage cars with it.
Before starting the new steam engine
at the silk mill, Westbrook, on Saturday
morning the head of the cylinder was
blown out and it was somewhat injured
in other ways by the sudden expansion
of the steam. No one was injured.
The annual dinner of the Cumberland
bar will take place at the Falmouth hotes
next Saturday evening.
The bill for the Gamewell police signal
system was approved Saturday and will
be settled the first of the month. The
whole system will then be the property
of the city.
Deputy Sheriffs Plummer, Sterling
and Chute raided q club room at 10 Free
street Saturday evening, and secured
two barrels Of bottled lager.
Clark & Chaplin have filled their ice
houses and closed work Friday night.
Machigonne l received still alarm
Saturday for small fire around the
chimney, over the bake shop of James
Fleming, III Green street. A stream
from the baby chemical soon put out the
blaze.
There are As patients at the city
hospital
The new rule for the bell for mo
SCHOOL, will go into effect tomorrow.
The time of ringing the bells will be at
7.45 a. m. and 1.15 p. m. The schools
will also close at - o'clock, noon, on
stormy days the same as on pleasant
days.
Saturday morning bundle of damp
paper was placed beside the stove to dry
at G. H. Robinson & Co.'s paper store,
Moulton street. The heat soon ignited
the paper. Mr. Charles E. West threw
it out and saved a general alarm.
The false front of the new store in the
Casco Bank block has been removed.
The store is finished in oak.
At the Casco Bay Steamboat Com
pany's wharf Saturday morning Warden
Cushman seized box of short Holsters
consigned to New York dealers.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary, Y. M. G. A., will be held this
afternoon at 3 p. m. All members of
tho Auxiliary, and any who are interested
in the cause are earnestly requested to
be present.
There will be a meeting of the friends
of the division Of the town of Cape Eliza
beth at the town hall on Tuesday eve
ming at o'clock. If stormy the meeting
will take place on Thursday evening.
Manager Clarity has secured Fred A.
Klobedanz for next season for our ball
team.
The alarm from box 81 Saturday after
noon was caused by fire in the house oc-
cupied by Fannie Cameron at the foot of
Preble street. John F. Proctor owns the
house. The loss will be about $500 each
on building and furniture and is covered
by insurance.
The Sarnia of the Dominion line is ex-
pected today.
J. III. Lamson's lecture before the Art
Club will take place tomorrow evening.
Clara Marcelle Green's song 'Day Unto
Day. set to music by Mr.. Rankin was
sung by Miss Long at High street church
last evening to the great pleasure of the
regular congregation and visitors.
Saturday was one of the most dis
agreeable days of the winter, the air was
SO chilly. In the evening there was
snow. Sunday was cloudy but warmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E. Moore of High
street were thrown from sleigh Friday
night but escaped with severe Bruises
The launching of the Ammen ram at
Bath, owing to the death and funeral OF
Mr.. Blaine, has been postponed to Satur7
day next.
Clothes line thieves are at work on
Munjoy hill.
A pair of hobs ran into man on Grove
street Saturday afternoon. He was bad
ly shaken up.
A man at the Union station Saturday
offered to show lady, who came by
train, the way to the Boston boat. Officer
Madden saw them slip into an alley way
off of Commercial street and heard the
woman crv ont The man eScannd He