The Portland daily press., 1893-12-22
BRIEF JoTTlNGs.

The street committees pay roll is not
due until Monday, but as Christmas
falls on that day, and to accommodate
the men, the roll will be paid Saturday.
The amount disbursed will be 81, 1902. 4s
among ninety-six men.
The State Board of Assessors met
with the Portland Assessors yesterday
and concluded their labors for this
year. There were several complaints of
excessive taxation by parties in some OF
the towns. but nothing more than usual,
and none of great import.
The new bronze doors for the Port
land Safety Deposit Vault Company
have been hung and are very handsome.
The snow has been scraped from the
pond in the Oaks and the Commissioners
will flood it for the skaters.
The coal run of the Maine Central at
Thompson's Point has been on fire for
several days. and thus large quantity
of coal will be consumed.
The semi-monthly meeting and drill of
the Infantry occurred last evening.
The Portland Athletic Club has adopt
ed crimson and gold as the club colors.
The Portland Star Match Company is
making extensive improvements in their
plant in this city. A two-story addition
% feet long, has been built and another
story added to the main building. New
elevators are being set up and new Offices
are being finished. Improved machinery
will soon be secured.
The W. C. T. U. will hold a meeting at
SO Oak street, today at 2.30 o'clock. 1t
will be the celebration of the goth ami
versary of the crusade movement from
which the W. G. T. U. sprung. All are
invited.
The stores of Geo. c. Shaw & Co. and
W. L. Wilson 6 Co., and grocers gener-
ally, will be closed all day Christmas.
The Stevens 6 Jones Company, under
the Falmouth Hotel, have plenty of the
Prince of India, Century Worlds Fair
Books, Brilliants from Brooks, Phillips
Brooks calendar, and in fact all the latest
and popular publications, besides holiday
novelties of every description in the
book and stationery line.
Crank McCafferty's team ran away on
Congress street and threw him out YES
tsrday, and the horse continued on, col
liding with the post at the corner of
High street, where he was captured.
Yesterday was the first day of winter.
Some of the last days of autumn were
cold and snowy enough for any winter.
1t was a magnificent moonlight night
last night, and Congress street was filled
with promenaders and Christmas shop
pers.
enness yesterday, and Officer Stevens
brought in two sailors for drunkenness
and fighting on Commercial street.
Schooner Earl P. Mason was brought
in by tug Demarest. She came from Sa-
lem in tow of the tug Stella to load lum-
Der here, but off Thatchers Island the
hawsers parted. The schooner proceed
ed under sail till the Demarest took her.
The Stella made harbor elsewhere.
The Indrani, of tho Donaldson line,
has arrived out at Glasgow.
The Mongolian, Of the Allan line, will
sail from Portland for Liverpool today.
Among her cargo will be $50 head of
cattle.
There will be a Swedish Lutheran ser
vice next Sunday forenoon, at 1870
o'clock at Columbia Bail, Monument
square. Preaching in the Swedish Ian
guage by Rev. O. N. Becker No service
in the evening.
Rev. Matt S. Hughes has accepted an
invitation to act as chaplain at the dinner
of the Children's Christmas Club.
An election will be held in Portland
the goth inst, to choose lieutenant col
onel and two majors for the First Reei-
ment