The Portland daily press., 1895-07-19
BRIEF JoTTINes.

The new nre department. telephone line
is completed and waiting for the instru-
ments The desk will be placed in the
chemical enigne house, where the opera
tor will be placed. He will receive all the
stills and send out the chemical to an
swer them or the nearest engine, or en-
gines, without a general alarm.
A special train will be run over the
Portland & Rochester railroad from Port
land to Springvale, after the evening per-
Torrance of Buffalo Bills Wild West
Show Saturday.
A lower terrace is being graded at Fort
Allen Park.
The fog so far receded yesterday as to
give a fine view of the islands and har-
Dor. This was apprec lated by the En-
deavorers.
The street railway track near Fort
Allen Park is being relaid
The street car turnout at Lafayette
street Is being paved.
Workmen are putting the finishing
touches on the front of Simmons & Ham
monds's tore on the corner of Green and
Congress streets.
Work on the new Baxter Block, corner
of Oak and Congress streets, is progress
ing. The foundations are laid and the
iron and hard pine Orders for the first
floor are going into place.
Two elegant steam yachts, painted
white, arrived in the harbor yesterday af-
ternoon. One was the Duguesne and the
other the Nirvana.
The Lettie May brought.9 600 pounds Of
STEERS to J.W. Trefethen yesterday. If the
weather is good today several fares of
mackerel are expected.
Yesterday was summer day, most well
come after.the long, damp, cold spell.
An old lady bound for Casco arrived at
the postoffice at s a. m. yesterday, and
sat in a chair in the corridor calmly knit
ting, until the Casco stage started at 2 p
m
Owen, Moore & Co. yesterday decorated
their window with the monogram C. E.,
in red and white roses, in honor of the
visiting Christian Endeavorers
The. Cadet and Emita took the Catholic
Orphans to Little Diamond yesterday.
The fine steam yacht Intrepid sailed
yesterday afternoon. The steam yacht
Calypso of the Eastern Yacht Club was
in the harbor yesterday. She came from
Squirrel Island and returned in the af-
ternoon.
The installation of officers of the An
cient Order of Foresters which was post
poned last week occurred last evening
The exercises were conducted by Depu-
ty Grand Chief Ranger Graham of West
brook
Daniel Ferguson, the injured driver
for J. L. Brackett & Co., was taken te
the Maine General Wednesday, not hay
ing recovered consciousness.
A feet of about 25 fishing boats have
been In pursuit of the school of mackerel
which struck into the harbor Wednes-
day.
The Maine Steamship Company Is
steamer Cottage City arrived at 80 a.
m yesterday, having been compelled to
lie outside the harbor for some hours by
fog, off the Cape. She had pleasant
voyage and a full passenger list.
1t was pretty dull about the wharves
yesterday. Many of the yachts took adj
vantage of the good weather for spin
down the harbor.
The Portland Cadets will be given
quarters, it is now said, in the Morton
block on Congress street.
Thomas Mullen, boy, was run over
by a hack last night and his leg broken
Miss Edwards of Pine street gave a
blackboard ride to Falmouth Foreside to
a party of friends last evening.
Col. D. O'C. O'Donoghue's new house
on the corner of Congress and Emery
streets, is framed and partially boarded
The work is progressing rapidly.
Don't miss the sail on steamer Forest