The Portland daily press., 1893-04-01
For additional Local News see
Fifth Page.
BRIEF JoTTINas.

Superintendent of Schools Holland
will open the bids for the school sup
pies today.
Shaw and Dingley will continue the
checker tournament at the Osgood Club
tonight.
The annual meeting of the Women's
Literary Union will be held at 2.30
o'clock today at the Second Advent
church.
All members of Ivanhoe Lodge are
requested to meet at Castle Hall tomor-
row at Las p. m, for the purpose of at
tending the funeral of V. G. Purin-
ton.
The monthly business meeting of the
Diet Mission will be held at the rooms
of the Portland Fraternity, this afternoon
at a o'clock.
The monthly baptismal and sacrament
tai services of Congress street M. E.
church have been postponed from April
to 8.
Mystic Lodge, I. o. G. t., will hold a
special business meeting Tuesday eve
ming and receive Grand Lodge officers
and delegates that may arrive. All
members of out of town lodges are re-
quested to attend. 1t is expected that
several candidates will be Initiated at
this session.
The Alcides of the Donaldson line,
will leave for Glasgow Monday morning.
In addition to her cargo she will carry
16 Canadian horses for c.. E. Mason.
Among the horses is a stallion with
record of 2.2O that is valued at $4,000.
Good Friday exercises at the Episcopal
and Catholic church were very solemn.
At st. Luke's the affairs were draped in
black and the clergy's vestments were of
like color.
Yesterday was bright and pleasant
with strong breeze.
Mrs. Henry Evans, bookkeeper at G.
T. Evans & Co.'s store, accidentally got
a small crochet hook in her ear and in at
tempting to pull it out quickly ruined
the drum of the ear SO that she will be
deaf on that side of her head.
There was no session of the Municipal
Court yesterday.
A boy tainted during recitation at
the High school yesterday, and it took
some time to bring him to.
The Sister Helen Margaret Guild of
st. Luke's Cathedral, will hold their
annual Easter sale in the Parish house,
next Tuesday afternoon land evening.
Supper from 6 to o'clock.
Mr.. R. F. Chalk secured the pen with
which the act relative to trade marks
and labels was signed by the Governor,
and sent it to the president of the Cigar
Makers Union Of Portland.
The alumni of Colby University will
meet at the Parker House, Boston, April
Z. This will be the first meeting of the
alumni in this city since Presiden t
B. L. Whitman took charge last August.
DR.. VIM. R. Harper of Chicago Universe
ty and DIR. Albion w. Small, formerly of
Colby University, will also be pres
emit.
Fruit and confectionery sale at Marin
er 6 Co.'s today as usual. They also con-
tinue the prices advertised the first of
the week on canned goods, etc.
A social song and testimony meeting
will be held at the Y. NJ. G. A., Sunday,
at 4.30 p. M, to which all young men
are invited. Everything will be short
and interesting.
One of the most beautiful Easter an
thems this year is called "All Hail
Easter,'' and the music is "Ta-ra-ra-
Boom-de-Ay'' in 80 time.
Rev. Milton B. Pratt of Dover Method
list church, Dover. Me-, delivered an elo-
quent and finished lecture in the Peo-
ple's course at Glen, New Hampshire,
Wednesday evaning, March 30. Mr..
Pratt is an eloquent and scholarly
speaker.