The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-02
BRIEF JoTTINGs.

The regular meeting OF the Veteran
Firemen's Association will be held this
evening at 7.3O o'clock
The monthly meeting of the Maine
Charitable Mechanics Association will be
held this evening at 7.3O o'clock.
The annual meeting of the Samaritan
Association will be held with Mrs. Lud-
wig, Congress Square, at 8 p. M, today
The new We stbrook car No. 81 has gone
into commission in charge of Conductor
Brown. 1t is a handsome, easy riding
car of the same pattern as No.S0.
Col. Alex ander has been inspecting the
revenue service in the State and says he
finds it in very good condition.
A Portland locksmith says he makes
1900 keys year out Of the blanks that
come in all sizes, from the foundry. 1t
takes less than five minutes to file them
and they bring ten cents from the pur-
chaser. That is profitable.
A story was recently told Of a man
who had string of 1000 buttons he had
had twenty years. Mr.. Gardner Kellogg,
of Gorham, employed in Portland, has a
string.o 5000, no two buttons alike, that
he has had over 25 years. The string is
ov-r 40 feet long.
Mr.. j. "A. Monks, the well known artist,
is trying to secure a studio site on Cush-
ings island, which he calls the most at
tractive island in his knowledge.
The first cyclist pin was devised by Joe
Pennell and man named Parsons. 1t
was silver pin, but it did not "catch
on.n Then Mr.. c.. H. ,.Lamson devised the
pretty pin that is worn by all cyclists.
A number of vessels arrived yesterday
loaded with cargoes of fresh fish.
There were $4,000 Holsters landed at
this port between Tuesday morning and
yesterday afternoon.
Workmen have begun putting the
bronze window castings into the remod-
elled front of the Portland Savings Bank
building.
The horse railroad company have be-
gun relaying with heavier rails their
track at the foot of Green street.
A handsome new electric car, No. 81.
has begun running on the Westbrook
line. 1t was built at the company's
shops.
Yesterday was very cold in the early
morning, but bright and much warmer
later in the day.
Judge Haskell delivered another lee
ture before the Law Students Club last
evening at 7.30 in the Supreme Court
room on practical Common Law. "
In the window OF Smith & Broe, corner
of Congress and Centre streets, there is
fine group of pictures of the members
of tho Portland High school football
team. The group contains u photo
graphs of players and also portrait OF
Manager Stimson in the centre. They
were taken by Gay of the Longfellow
gallery,
Lorenzo Martin, who was injured at
Fryeburg Tuesday, had his right arm
amputated at the Maine General Hospit-
al. He sustained the operation very
well, and at a late hour yesterday was
rapidly regaining his strength.
The entertainment which was to take
place Thursday evening at the Y. NJ. C.
A., is postponed until November 10.
1.-THE meeting of the committee on
laying out new streets last evening, it
was voted to lay out Marion street from
Sheridan street to Washington street.
The committee on judicial proceedings
and claims finished up ali their business
last night prior to the regular November
meeting of the city government. In
most cases leave to withdraw was
voted.