The Portland daily press., 1893-01-02
BRIEF JoTTINes.
A happy New Year.

Sunday, the new year, came in cool anu
grey with snow and rain.
The Foresters' ball tomorrow evening
will be grand affair. City hall will be
worth seeing.
The Eleanora is on the marine railway
for the repairs need to enable her to go
onto the New York route, while the
Manhattan is being repaired. The Cot
tage City left for New York yesterday
| forenoon.
The reported appointments of Gov
ernor-elect Cleaves in Sundays B 'ston
Globe are purely speculative. Governor
elect Cleaves has come to no decision IN
regard to them.
At regular meeting of John A. An
drew lodge, New England Order OF Pro-
lection, resolutions of respect to the
memory of Minnie d. Marshall were
unanimously passed.
The Smaller school club library now
| numbers three hundred volumes. The
pupils lately handed Miss Adams, the
principal, S27 with which to buy books.
| At the meeting of the Base Ball Asso-
citation at Gage Bros. tonight the board
of directors will be chosen and repre-
sentative selected for the Boston meet
| ing of January 18th.
Street Commissioner Griffin handsome
ring.
Some people have been using the bath
| houses for men, at the East End, as re-
sort. They broke the padlocks and left
| fragments Of food behind them.
There have been IS fire alarms the past
year, of which "a were bell alarms. OF
these alarms 20 were needless. Second
alarms were pulled three times. The
fatal loss was about 100000, and ex-
ceeded the insurance about $20,0 900.
There is report that a large brick
block is to be erected on the north side
of Congress street just above the Union
station Negotiations are in progress for
the land.
/ An oyercoat with five dollars in the.
/ pocket, was stolen from Nathan Druk-
er's shop Saturday night.
The Yacht Club smoker Saturday
night was jolly affair. There were
STORIES music and light lunch.
The pulleys and betting have arrived
for the Plush mill, and work will be
/ started up this week.
The hearing in the case OF Ford,
charged with the robbery of the Gorham.
post Office will be held this morning in
the District Court at 10 o'clock.
| Some of the Wheel Club members had
4 a run from Deering Oaks to Westbrook
yesterday.
For New Years gift from his employ
es, Mr.. r. D. Libby of the Universal Laun-
dry, received handsome Office chair,
and City Electrician Mason, gold chain
and charm from the Electric Light Com
pany.
Commencing today the International
steamers will make but one trip weeks
leaving Portland Mondays and returning
| Thursdays.
The selectmen of Cape Elizabeth have
laid out new street at South Portland,
running from Sawyer to Stanford streets
The Board of Engineers inspected
Goudv & Kent's new building Saturday
were much pleased with it and gave the
necessary certificate.
The off shore fishing fleet returned
Saturday night with large fares, twelve
schooners bringing 145, 900 pounds OF
"a loJJoo1r o,,1 hob
A pile driver and crew of men are
drawing up the old piling at the Grand
Trunk bridge SO as to have 50 feet clear
water in the channel at the new draw.
We have received neat calendars from
1 Mr.. w, D. Little, the insurance agent.
Arrests last week numbered 81, OF
which Is were for drunkenness
officer Sylvester recovered fine over
coat Saturday in Miller's pawn shop that
had been stolen from Danny Friers.
| Saturday night the Westbrook electric
cars went out loaded down with skaters
bound for the glorious skating grounds
Of the Presumpscot, and three extra cars
were put on behind.
| Mr.. George Lambert, an old gentle
man living at No. 81 Quebec street, fell
in his yard Saturday and struck his head
on stone, making a cash that required
several stitches. George Tenant,
Jr., s3e Congress street, fell at the Oaks
and sprained his ankle.
The New England label conference OF
the labor unions will be held at Painters
and Decorators hall, beginning at 10 a.
m. today, and there will be delegates
present from all over New England.
The Full Moon club was entertained
Saturday night by Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer d.
Waterhouse at their home on Pine street.
There was supper, original poems
and music.
Instead of a Christmas dinner the
Children's Christmas club will give an
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