The Portland daily press., 1894-08-16
BRIEF JoTTiNGs.

DIR. Pauline Root, of India, will speak
in the North Congregationalist church,
Cape Elizabeth. Thursday evening, Aug.
l6, at quarter before eight.
The electrical storm last night raised
havoc with the telegraph lines, especial
ly to the eastward. Trouble was re-
ported between Portland and Boston.
DR.. Adams was called to Engineer
Strong of the. Boston & Maine the other
night. His wife gave him by accident
aeteaspoon of laudnum instead of the
medicine he was taking. He is all
right now.
By thsfalling of large stick of tim
Der at Portland Head, Michel Coyne
was struck on the head and received
bad blow that confines him to his
house, corner of Madison and Washing
ton streets.
The extension on the Bar Harbor ex-
press broke near Maiden, Sunday morn
ing early. The rod dangled on the
track and broke some of the sleeper, but
the engineer stopped the train before
further damage was done
n4ackerel thlsTyear is that the little red
marine seed theyneat has sunk beneath
the surface, and the mackerel have
gone to deep water for it.
Yesterday was complete dog day.
cloudy showery and sticky.
Yesterday was the festivalsof the AS
sumption, and it was appropriately cele-
brated at the Catholic churches.
Mrs. Flaherty fell from short fight
of stairs at the Catholic Cathedral yes
terday morning, fracturing her wrist.
She was eaken to the Greeley Hospital.
The Bosworth Post committe appoint.
ed to see about new. stage and scenery
for City Building, hadsa meeting yes
terday and decided to go to work at
once.
Today will be governors day at the
muster at Augusta. The Maine Central
will sell round trip tickets for S1.25
Trains leave at Z a. M, 100 and 1.20
p. m.
The steam yacht Balymena, Alex.
Brown, owner, Baltimore, arrived yes
terday and coaled. The Clermont sailed.
The steamer Hermann Reesing brought
1000 Holsters yesterday.
A large excursion of about 500 people
came in yesterday morning over the
Maine Central railroad from Bath, and
went to Old Orchard.
The August meetings of 1.-THE Boston
& Maine aud Maine Central railroad
directors was passed yesterday.
The steam yacht Reverie arrived in
the harbor yesterday. She is handsome
white vessel of 80 tons burden, liz feet
in length and 16 feet in width. She was
built at Green Point, New York, in $780,
Her owner is F. G. Bourne of of New
YORK, the president of the great Singer
Manufacturing Company. He is aboard
with party of friends The boat will
sail to Bar Harbor and thence to Eliza
berthport, n. j.
George James, of this section of the
Grand Trunk, hassreturned from va
cation at Island Pond fromiwhich point
heamade brief trip to Montreal. He
captured over go pounds of pickerel.
Mr.. H. A. LaRose of this city, left for
Coburg, Canada. yesterday, with the re-
mains of his infant son, the child hav-
ing died the previous day.
Chief Engineer Hannaford of the
Grand Trunk, arrived yesterday in his
private car and went through TO Old
Orchard where he has friends. Mr..
Hannaford is looking we'll. BE was re-
ceived on arrival by Mr.. Smith and other
Grand Trunk officials. He will probab-
IL leave for Montreal today.
.Chandler's baud concertsswas interrupt,
ed by the rain last night. When the
lightning began to be too vivid and the
thunder to roll, the crowd scattered.