The Portland daily press., 1894-12-10
BRIEF JoTTINGs.


Government will be held this evening.
The annual meeting of Portland Coun-
Gil ROYAL to elect masters will be held
tonight
Mt. Vernon lodge, N. Il. o. +. at It's
annual meeting tonight will entertain
the grand officers.
The fire. department has voted to pur-
chase a Morse nozzle through which
1-2 inch stream can be played in every
direction, and Chief Jackson willput 2oOo
feet Of hose of the fra boat.
In Owen, Moore & Co.'S window can
he seen water color illustrations OF the
various characters in the comic opera
of Hawaii to be brought out by the
Athletic Club this week. The pictures
on hand painted and reflect great creolt
are the designs and the artist.
The Maine Central annual excursion
to Montreal and Quebec will be Dec.ao,r
and special train will be run from
Portland. 1t will last two days and the
unusually low rates will be charged.
An evening with the "Poets" will be
given by chorus, orchestra and readers
Monday evening, Decent Der 10th. in the
vestry of the First Free Baptist church,
opnosite the Public Library, under the
auspices Of the Literary Guild OF the
society.
marty of the famous Owl Club of
Boston will he the guests'of the Snowler
Club of this city tomorrow afternoon
when banquet will be rendered them.
The ladies of the State street Social
Circle and of the Guild, will hold their
annual Christmas sale on Wednesday al
terpoon. The State street cook book,
"Fish. Flesh and Fowl" which has been
enlarged and revised, will be for SALE
There will be a Christmas sale of use
ful and fancy articles at the rectory OF
St. Paul's church, 279 Congress street,
on the afternoon and evening of Wednes-
day, December II.
At the seventh annual ball of the Re
lief Association of the Portland Fire De-
partment at City Hall, Monday evening,
December 31st, the special features OF
the eveningsswill be the exhibition hitch,
the leap for life, and concert to pre-
cede the dance.
Saturday was cloudySand raw. Yester-
day lively snow storm prevailed.
Mrs. SauIson's lectures to ladies, given
Monday afternoons at her rooms Gin
Browns block, are very instructive
There will be one delivered this after
noon.
The secretary of the Police Relief AS
ISOLATION Saturday sent Mrs. Warren,
widow of the late police officer of that
name. a check for 500 towards paying
the funeral expenses of her husband.
The Grand Trunk railroad bridge over
Back Cove is closed to traffic, until Tues
day, in order to repair the damage done
by the tug Plymouth.
The new organ in the St. Lawrence
street church will pe completed today.
Mr.. Harvey Murray will give recital
on Friday evening, assisted by A. B. Hall,
tenor sooist, and Miss Marian Merrill,
reader.
Mr.. ". l.. Miller commenced REBUILDING
the Boston & Maine railroad bridge Sat
urday. The tug Pray of Boston brought
Sdown the most powerful pile driver
in New England yesterday, to help do
the work.
The Athletic Club will soon have bill
lizard and bowling tournaments.
The drivers and conductors of the Port
land Railroad Company have received
orders not TO receive or deliver packages
along the line.
Samost Tribe, I.O.R. M, is to give
supper at the West End Hotel Friday
evening. Eastern Star Encampment
will hold it's annual election tomorrow
evening.
The Maine Commercial Travellers will
hold their annual banquet at Union
Station Cafe, December 31st.
The Portland & Rochester railroad
Company is building new side track
from Kennebec street to the point The
iron has been laid as far as the sewer.
Shaw's Business College Club will hold
it's annual meeting and supper at the
Preble House January 8, 1895.
There were So arrests last week, of
which q were for drunkenness.
The liquor deputies seized whiskey at
Kate Lang's, corner OF Danforth and
Fore streets, Saturday, and arrested
Kate. who has just been releasedsfrom
iajI ON three years. sentence, and has
paid $500 in fines since going into the
business; and they made seizures at
Martin Walls and Charles Creamer's on
Commercial street.
The two old wooden bridges at the
foot of Mellen street have been removed,
and a solid ill made.
The petition of Captain b.. Willard
and 400 others for a fog bell on Bug
Light Will be presented at the next meet
Ing OF the Board of Trade.
The annual exhibition of the China
Decorators Club will be held at the
Union Mutual Building directors
room) December II, II, 10, 14,snd IS.
Deputy Sterling and Officer Firth
made seizure at Sullivan & McCoy's,
on Exchange street last night, and Sc.
cured quantity of empties and bottle
of lager 1t IS said acomplete bar was
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