The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-03
BRIEF JoTTlNas.


Women's Indian association will be held
in the parish house of the First Parish
church on tomorrow Tuesday, after
noon at 8 o'clock.
The Portland Evangelical ministers
will meet at 1890 a. M, today at the
Young Mems Christian Association
rooms.
The trustees of the Cumberland Coun-
ty Agricultural society have decided TO
offer special premium of $40 for the
best pair of oxen.
The work of puttingsup the new street
signs by Cyrus Farley of this city, has
begun.
The Alcides, Capt, Browne, of the Don
aldson line will not be ready to sail be-
fore tomorrow. Today the Allan liner
Partisan is due at this port. The Van
couver of the Dominion line, which has
the Sarnia's new shaft on board, is due
here Thursday, the 18th, inst.
The Portland Company Saturday de-
livered the last consignment of cars
which they have been building for the
Phillips & Rangely railroad. The con-
tract called for five fiat and five box
cars.
The Woodman, Cook company, manu-
facturers of silver ware, resume opera
tions this week at the old stand corner
Union and Fore street, after being shut
down a month on account of their re-
cent fire. They have engaged for super
intendent, Mr.. George F. Stuart, of New
Bedford.
The bids for furnishing the school sup
plies for 1898 were opened and closed
Saturday. Hall L. Davis received the con-
tract.
The following changes in beats have
been made among the police force; Off
Ger Hanson from beat No. 2 to 1; Officer
Morse from to 2; Officer Massure from
9 to 8; Officer Miles from II to 9; Officer
Fckett from to Al.
Officers Webster and Foss broke up a
fight at Gorhams corner Saturday night
Just as the contestants were finishing the
first round.
There was a very hot battle near the
corner of Free and Centre streets early
Sunday morning. Bottles, bricks, clubs
and fists were used. One man named
Joyce had his front teeth knocked out,
while man nsmed Foley had his head
badly cut with bottle. Officers Heath,
Foss and Madden were quickly on
the scene and arrested two men named
Coleman and Glynn.
Mrs. Charles w. Bailey of Cumberland
Mills, fell on the sidewalk on Oak street,
Saturday, while on her return from a
visit to a neighbours and sustained a very
severe fracture of the hip bone.
A movement exists to re-organize the
| well known Dirigo Boat club.
| A colored man named Ward is under
arrest at the police station for cutting a
companion on the Boston boat in the
neck with a putty knife, inflicting a
painful but not dangerous wound. Both
men have been discharged from the boat
for fighting.
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Foreside route until the new steamer is
built.
Schooner Superior, Saturday, brought
800 and Alva 400 live Holsters, G. B,
Harrington 5000 and Nellie Grant 400.
The board of engineers and the com
committee on fire department inspected
to department Saturday afternoon.
Steamer Alice of the Falmouth Fore
side Steamboat company went on the
railway Saturday morning.
The committee on electrical appliances
from the Lewiston city government visi
ted this city Saturday, for the purpose OF
examining the workings of the Game.
well system.
! Whole number of arrests for last weeek
"a; drunk IA.
Bishop Nicely confirmed a class Of
about twenty at st. Luke's cathedral Sat
urday afternoon.
Deputy McCallum arrested a young
man named Foley Saturday night at the
Adams House, for an assault on Charles
4 ".
The regular meeting of the Central
Labor Union will be held this evening Al
| 1880 o'clock at Painters and Decorator
hall May LIST, they will have mass
meeting at Congress Hall.
Officer Norton sent in man named
Minnow yesterday, lately released from
prison where he served sentence fol
robbery, for drunkenness on Portland
Pier.
Skillings and Miles arrested two me I
yesterday for disturbance and drunken
ness in house on Salem street.
An attempt is to be made to break thu
will of the late Cyrus Cole of Portland
which was admitted to probate at the
Androscoggin court March IA, 1898. A
| |. Cole and R. M. Cole of Cape Elizabeth
brother of the deceased have filed an ap
peal from the allowance of the will
They allege that the deceased was no
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