The Portland daily press., 1894-11-21
Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
Doctor prescribed +: Castorias
BRIEF sJoTTlNos.

h6V. IMTs 1OWoOhs AcAhfS% R~No-
First Free Baptist church, will give
lecture at the,church this evening.
Members of Thatcher Relief. Corps are
reminded of the supper and entertain
ment at the hall this evening.
6 The Deering high school Cadets will
give party at the hall in Deering this
evening, with music by Gilbert's orches-
ira.
The Gardiner Reporter-Journal tells
of Portland insurance man, ST. Han
naford. who as one Of the judges az a
baby show in Gardiner last winter de-
cided SO impartially as to win the friend
shin of the mothers even whose babies
didn't win.
MIR. woodhill. janitor of the Portland
Fraternity, entered pupil Friday night
whose father, registered 81 years ago.
The handwriting of father and daugher
were exactly alike.
The manual training classes are now
working OH a blue print frame. Last
wear they made inkstands, towel racks
etc.
The smacks Morning Light brought
1000, Chappelle Bros. 5000, Alva 300,
Benpie and Bessie 1900 Holsters yester-
day.
Some time ago, Chatham Themes,
teamster. had one of his toes crushed
by keg falling on it, and yesterday
dry goods case case weighing 600 pounds,
fell on it and crushed it again.
The committee on laying out new
streets held meeting yesterday after
noon, and decided upon the opening OF
some new thoroughfares on Peaks ISL
and.
The Argonaut and Emerald clubs
have been charging their club rooms
Old Union street.
The talk given by Mr.. San born which
have always been SO well attended in the
past. will begin next Monday afternoon.
These talks are free, and all ladies are
invited.
Yesterday morning was cold enough.
The mercury fell during the night to .
degrees, and at 8 q. m. had risen to 10
degrees. 1t then rose gradually during
the day. which was fine, until it reached
80 degrees.
Thomas Shea, pupil of the North
school, broke his wrist recently. playing
football.
The derrick on the Portland Compa-
ny's what was decorated with the United
States flag yesterday, to celebrate their
receipt of thesorder for the engines of
the new International line steamer.
nL. ID, rx-,,,e C1,E will tba,yi n itS win
ter series of entertainm ents very sooa,
by giving banquet at the Falmouth
Hotel to mem bers andsinvited guests.
An informal receipt on was rendered on
board the revenue cutter Dallas, Captain
Fengar, Monday evening, by some of the
officers, in honor of the Misses Deake,
DeHart and Fengar. The ships cabins
were prettily decorated with bunting
and flowers.
Rev. LIS. Bean will lecture at the West
Congregational church this evening, on
christianity and the Sphynx. "The
proceeds will go to the Young Ladies'
Mission Band and W5man's Missionary
Association.
The Law Students Club will meet to-
night at $50, at the Offices Of Hon. John
Cobb, who will give talk on the sub
ject of contracts.
The .of Adams VS.. City of Port
land will be argued in mock court.
Rev S. F. Pearson will give his great
European lecture, Man Turned Inside
Out,n illustrated by charts and diagrams
showing the effect of alcoholic beverages
internally and externally in .the lecture
course. at the Nj. E. church, Knightville,
this evening at o'clock.
The fishing schooner John Nye came
into John Wizards with mixed fish yes
terday. Both jibs were blown away in
Mondays .squall.
The schooner Clara Libby. owned by
Chase & Libby, sailed yesterday for. Por-
to Rico with cargo OF lumber and
shocks. She will take cargo thence TO
the lsthmus of Panama, from there to
New York. and then back to the west
indies. returning to Portland with a car
go of molasses.
At Gibbons & Stones barber shop,
404 Congress street, yesterday afternoon,
the oil in an oil stove became lgnlteo
aud there was lively blaze for time.
The damage was about S15., lG was eX-
tiuguished without striking the alarm;
The Martha Washington Circle Will
meet Thursday night with Mrs. Charles
a Dyer, No. 55 Hampshire street. Ii
stormy they will meet Friday.
At about s. as yesterday afternoon, q
wheelman was.riding up Middle street
when he was attacked by a yellow dog,
of the cur bred. He tried to keep the
dog away with kicks but unsuccessful
", and received quite severe bite.
He went into the Falmouth Hotel.