The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-26
BRIEF JoTTINes.

Lie banquet Oh Inc Doot ttHet Oiloe
Dealers Association will be held at the
Preble House next Monday night.
York County Pomona Grange will
meet with Saco Grange today.
At 7.3O o'clock tonight the Cape Eliza
beth town meeting, on division of the
town, will be held at Pond Cove school
house.
The Veteran Firemen held a meeting
this evening at Reception hail.
Warden Cushman seized two barrels
of short Holsters about to be transferred
to the Boston boat.
The floating ice threatened the wharves
at South Portland and men are at work
cutting it away.
The work of completing the jetty in
the upper river, from Cow Island to the
Blddeford shore, will be begun at once.
c. H. Bragdon has signed a contract with
the government to furnish 5000 tons of
stone for the job, and teams will be set
at work at once.
Shepley Camp, S. of o., have received
statements from Saco. Auburn, Lewis
ton and Brunswick camps, stating their
acceptance of the invitations to attend
their 10th anniversary celebration which
is to be held at Bosworth Post head
quarters. Tuesday evening, January 80.
Mr.. Cary, one of the Bowdoin Labra-
dor exploring party, was in this city
Tuesday, en- route for Long Island,
where he is to spend few days duck
shooting with Fred Plaisted.
The stairway in the county side of the
city building leading to the court rooms
is being repaired.
A dispatch was received from Mr..
Burgess, injured in the railway accident
at the West, yesterday, saying he was
not severely injured.
The Uniform Rank, Knights of Pyth-
las, will give grand ball at City Hall,
February 20. Damon Assembly, Pyth-
ian Sisterhood, will have charge of the
dining hall.
Yesterday was St. Paul's day, and the
twenty sixth anniversary of Bishop Nee
ly's eleva ion to the episcopate of the
diocese of Maine. It was observed at
the Episcopal churches.
The International Steamship Co., at
their annual meeting yesterday, re-elect-
ed the old board of officers.
Yesterday morning Constable Hayes of
Cape Elizabeth, brought into the police
station two boys. He had found them
at the Cape wandering about, was sus-
picious and arrested them, Their names
are Haskell and O'Donnell, and they are
about - years old.
The sheriffs yesterday seized liquors
at the Boston boat, at Swett's Express
Office, and Cavanagh & Ferrelrs, on
York street.
Yesterday was quite mild with snow
that almost turned to rain in the after
noon.
DR.. Dalton's lecture in Advent church
has been postponed till February 18th.
The flag on the City building was at
half mast yesterday in honor of Judge
Virgin.
A paper lately read before a literary
club in this city, described the peculiari-
ties of our Puritan fathers, and especial
ly of the old-time clergy, Referring to
the length of their sermons, it was re-
marked that the modern sermon, instead
Of being the principal of religious SER
vice, had gotten to be considered "a sort
of juiceless condenser, intended mainly
to produce mental vacation in the con-
gregation, andto give the singers rest
A cake of ice came sailing down and
picked up the schooner Gertie Lewis,
lying at anchor under Diamond Island,
and carried her, anchors and all, across
to shoal on Peaks Island, where she
still remains.
How to preserve apples in good order
was demonstrated years ago by gentle
man in this city, who is now a promi-N
nent wholesale grocer. He had on hand
samples Of no less than three distinct
crops. Sound winter fruit was selected,
wiped dry, wrapped in tissue paper,
packed in dry sand and placed in dry
cellar. They kept perfectly.
Some ingenious Portland boys have de-
vised new kind of sled, working on the
principle of the bicycle. 1t has one rum
ner only, perpendicular upright with
seat, the legs hanging over the sides so
that the rider will not be upset in coast
ing. By slight pressure the speed is
by a brake, the machine being
steered by the toes of the boots.