The Portland daily press., 1895-09-02
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

6RIEF JOs lNGSs
The Grocers, Provision dealers and
fish dealers will close their Estores at -
o'clock today on account of it's being
Labor Day.
This afternoon at $50 the Willing
Workers of the Church of the Emanuel
Mission will hold open air services in
front of City Hall.
Attention is called to the change OF
time in the Freeport Steamboat Com
pany's table.
Damon Assembly, No. /, Pythian Sis
terhood, will have basket picnic at
Sister Ebbesen's on Wednesday. Sept 4th.
Carriages leave Castle Hall and Long
fellow Square at g.. 80 o'clock. All sisters
are invited.a If stormy they will go on
Friday, Sept. 9th.
The Portland Evangelical Ministers
will meet in Y. M. G. A. Hall at 10. 30
this morning.
Commissioner George N. Fernald is en-
titled to great credit for the paving and
ourbing at the West End, and for the
fine terrace as far as it goes.
The official fire alarm and police signal
boxes with assignments and instructions
have been issued. Two new boxes have
been added-No. SO, corner of Preble and
Oxford streets. and No. 1923, corner
Voughan and Pine streets.
The Great Council of Maine, I. 0. K.
Nj. offers ten prizes for increase in MEM
bership from September 18th to March
81st, the first prize being valuable silk
banner, costing in the neighborhood OF
500.
One of Mr. George S. Staples teams ran
into one Of George C. Shaw's delivery
wagons standing in front Of the Ameri-
can Express Companys Office at Union
Station. The Shaw wagon was wrecked
and two gallons of molasses upset.
Mr.. J. T. Liscomb of the Maine Steam
ship and Portland Steam Packet Com
pany met with painful accident Satur-
day. He caught the end of bis little finger
in the safe door, and damned it off.
There were "a arrests last week, of
which Ga. were for drunkenness
The fine steam yacht Intrepid, Lloyd
Phoenix owner, arrived Saturday
Saturday was wet and nasty. Sunday
bright. clear and cool, with the mercury
in the fifties in the morning and wind
northwest.
Willis Coughlin and Charles Stafford,
aged 16 and II escaped Saturday from
the Reform School They were shortly
afterwards captured by two officers of the
school and returned
Patrolmens Skillings and Sylvester Sat
urday morning capture two boys named
George and Alfred Ford. who ran away
from their home in Weymouth a few
days ago. They were going to fight the
Indians.
Last weeks foreign exports were val
ued at S., 1876
A three-horse hitch has been purchased
for the Hayes truck on India street, with
the poles and cranes. Two new horses
will be purchased for it and it is intended
to have the hitch in operation sometime
during the week.
Schooner Emerald brought G, 900 large
mackerel to John Willard Saturday THAT
brought seventeen cents apiece.
Saturday number Of vessels in the
harbor hoisted their flags at half mast
out of respect to the memory of Mr.. J. F.
EmeryTof Boston, deceased
Saturday night the lead wire on Green
street broke and lay across the sstrolley,
making live wire when the last cars
from Westbrook came in. The man who
were on the head car telphoned and had
the power shut off, when they cut the
wire and then proceeded. They went on
to Mechanic street, where another wire
was found to be broken in the same man.
ner and the power had to be shut off the
second time, after which the cars pro-
ceeded on their way to the city.
E--There were four. arrests for drunkenness
yesterday.
Miss Florence Knights singing was
much enjoyed at Congress Square church
yesterday.
The regular meeting Of the Irish Amer
lean Relief Association will take place
this evening. It is a meeting of special
Importance and a large attendance is de-
sired.
2 Officers Smith, Lombard and Webb ex-
tinguished fire ON York street last night
that threatened to be serious blaze
The Cape Electrics.
Electric cars will run today from Port
land bridge starting at a. m and every
twenty minutes thereafter for Rigby
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