The Portland daily press., 1894-08-11
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

The annual reunion of the 9th Maine
will be held at Fifth Regiment building
at the islands August 9th.
VS.. ElweJ, Atlantic 2, ana III. Lit
tIejohn, Peaks Island Mol have been
elected mem bers of the Veteran Fire
mans' Association.
Mr.. Charles L. Goodridge of Deering
has been appointed superintendent of
the Jeanette steamboat line. The
stockholders are Mayor Baxter, George
Stunt, George Burnham, Jr., c. L.
Goodridge and one or two Others.
Rev. Pleasant Hunter, of Minneapolis,
will preach at the Williston church TO-
morrow.
The schooners G. j. Willard, David
Torrey, Dametta and Joanna, Emma,
Sea Bird and Mary E.Lynch, all arrived
at this port with clay for the Winslow
Pottery in DeeriDg.
The steam yacht Almy arrived. in the
harbor yesterday. She is a large, hand
some, white vessel, of 365 tons burden.
She was built in Wilmington, Del, in
1890. New York is her home port. Her
owner is Frederick Gallatin.
The English steamer Coriuthia sailed
yesterday with a cargo of spool wood for
Scotland. This is the fourth cargo this
season.
The ladies of Great Diamond are max
ing preparations for ghost party next
Tuesday evening. The entertainment
promisessto be unique and very anus
ing.
Yesterday was alternate clouds and
sunshine in the morning, bright and
clear in the afternoon, with cool north
wind.
Congressssquare church will reopen
tomorrow morning. The pastor, Rev. DR..
Blanchard, will occupy the pulpit.
There will be a special excursion to
Portland from points along the Grand
Trunk Sunday, and one from Lewiston.
The companies. from this part of the
state will leave for the muster field to-
day, at 100 o'clock by special train.
A man on the Madeleine set his dog on
a kitten the other night. Mayor Baxter
rescued the kitten and took it to his
house.
arrested man for insisting on hltching
his horse to one of the trees i'm the Oaks.
The yacht Sachem of New York, the
yacht Stranger of Boston, and the Ra'
mona of New York were in the harbo1
yesterday.
British steamr CTinthia was cleared
from the custom house by Chase, Leav-
lit & Co., yesterday forenoon. Her car
go consists of IS, $50 feet of birch spool
wood, valued at S1S,700.
A milk team owned by Mr.. Moore, ran
away yesterday, and ran into the win
dow of Hollands store, corner of Con-
gress and GSrove streets. A small piece
of the window was broken.
The sloop Ajax took 145 tons of Goa
yesterday, to supply the lighthouses OF
Great Duck Rock and Matindcus.
There is talk of building wharf a
Mackerel Cove. Ba1ley's Island. SO az
to accommodate people who will buile
cottages near that place.
The colored society of Portland wen,
on their annual excursion yesterday
morning to Greenwood Garden.
Edward N. NoyA3S, henry L. COX anC
Augustus F . Gerr;.sh have been appointed
appraisers of the walker estate by Judge
Peabody.
The Fourth of July committee helt
their last meetingllast night. They viii
have a surplus, with all bills paid, tt
be returned to the treasury.
The Portland Local Union, Ups. c.
e, and their friends will go on their an
nual moonlight sail next Wednesday.
There will be no preaching service a
the West Congregational church tomor
row.
Major H. S. Melcher will entertain thu
employees of the firm of HIS. Melcher
Co., at his cottage on Great Diamond
Island today.
Yesterday the Union Mutual Life In
surance Company gave its numerous
clerks and agents a pleasant ,outing a
Pine Point, where shore dinner and va
rious amusemnts were enjoyed.
An important meeting of the Portland
Typographical union will be held a
headquarters this evening, and a full at
tendance is desired. The label commit
tee will make a report, and action OF
the Labor Day parade and celebration
will be in order.
A Costly Break