The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-23
BRIEF JOTTlNGS.

The Unitarian Women's Alliance will
meet this afternoon at three o'clock.
The Bible Society of Maine will hold
its annual meeting at the Y. M A.
rooms, Portland, Thursday, Apr. s,
1894. at o'clock pm.
The military event of the season will
be the grand drill and ball by the Port
land Light Infantry on the evening OF
March 29th. The boys are working
hard to make this grand success, and
all who attend are promised a good
time. Don't fail to attend.
Mr.. AE.Dyer, foreman of the marine
railway and Capt. E. R. Norton were in
the hold of the Grace Davis Wednesday
when the workmen on deck dropped a
basket of hard wood wedges,ss striking
both men. Mr.. Dyer was struck on top
of the head and received bad scalp
wound. Capt. Norton was struck just
over the eye and had bad cash cut in
his forehead.
The advertising men were brought be-
fore Judge Gould yesterday morning.
The county attorney was not present,
and the hearing was postponed until
next Saturday morning. They secured
about $3.50.
Arthur W. Soule of Portland, inspector
of the Maine Division, Sons of Veterans,
and Assistant Inspector E. N. Courson OF
Brunswick, were in Auburn yesterday to
receive instruction from Colonel Charles
E. Merrill of that city relative TO the in
spection of the Sons of Veterans camps
in the state, and to arrange dates when
the different camps should be visited.
The man wanted for robbing the Grand
Trunk car at Norway is said to be Facey
of Portland, and his description is, about
"a wears old, feet 6 inches tall, dark
complexion and hair, smooth face, dress
ed in dark coat and vest and light trou-
sers. 1t is claimed that he was seen in
Gorham, Wednesday, with large bum
die. presumably the stolen property.
The goods stolen amounted to $50.
Yesterday morning was bright and
clear. but the afternoon was cloudy.
The police are looking for man named
John Bell, teamster. On Monday, Geo.
A. Hartford. the caulker. sent Bell up to
his house, No. 12O Pearl street, to re-
move some ashes. Hartford claims that
Bell removed more from the house than
the ashes, and wants him arrested.
The launching of Mr.. H. G. Baxter s
new steam launch at Bristol, r. l., last
Saturday, was witnessed by crowd of
people.
Schooner Cora B. Smith brought in
$4,000 pounds of haddock and cod, Amy
Nixon, 10000; Mystic Tie, 5000; Fairy
Queen, 5000; Juliette, 5000 yesterday.
Dunlap Chapter Of Rose Croix worked
the 18th and 18th degrees last evening.
The Maine Consistory will meet today.
Holy Thursday was observed in the
Episcopal and Catholic churches yester-
day, There will be Good Friday SER
vices today.
The Unitarian Woman's Alliance viii
meet this afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The Maine Central is experimenting
with piece of iron shaped like comma
with one end bolted to a tie, either in
side or outside the rail as the case may
be, and the other end clamped under the
raul itself. This is thus of use either to
resist a thrust out or in, according to
whether it is on the outside or the inside
of a curve, and increases the trains
safety.
The little Conner boy who was run
over and badly injured by an electric car
In Deering about two weeks ago, is fail
ing, and it is thought that he cannot live
long.
The men who swindled Mrs. Crockett
of Deering, Wednesday, and then made
off for Rochester, N. H., cleared out of
that town before Geographic message
to the police of that city to hold them
could be acted upon.
There were three arrests for drunken
ness yesterday.
There was a slight trace OFF snow
in the early evening yesterday.
Despite the weather, a large number of
men have attended the meetings in Y.
M. C. A. hall. held by Evangelists Lock
wood and EEarts. The secretaries of the
Lewiston and Bath associations are ex-
pected to assist in the service this even
ing.
Mystic Lodge, I. o. G. T., celebrated
General Neal Dow's Goth birthday last
evening, with appropriate exercises.
A social gathering and banquet of the
representatives of the Washington Cas-
ualty Insurance Company of Portland
was held at the Preble House last even
ing, and was an enjoyable affair.
Portland Man in Luck.
By the will of the widow Of the late