The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-14
BRIEF JoyTiNas.

The annual meeting of the Elizabeth
Wadsworth Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, will be held in the
reception room of the Union Mutual
building his afternoon at 80 O'Clock.
Portland Council, Royal and Select
Masters, will hold meeting this evening
at 7.50 p. m. for balloting. A large at
tendance is desired.
The Elizabeth City will be taken off
the ferry route Tuesday and possibly
Wednesday for an overhauling Steamer
Mary Libby will run from her old wharf
on the Cape side.
The Floating Society of Christian En-
deavor will meet with the secretary, Miss
Leavitt, 95 Green street. this evening at
80. Business of Importance in regard
to the work of this fall and winter will
be brought up A full attendance of the
members is desired. Any who are in
terested in the work are invited to be
present.
Lewis Fisher, while on work on a
building on Alba street, Deering Centre,
Saturday forenoon, fell from the stag
ing, a distance of about % feet and re-
ceived severe, but not fatal injuries
The bell has been replaced on the buoy
at the entrance to the slue of Pollock Rip
Past Chancellor George Hudson has
been presented a handsome &. OF r.
charm by Pine Tree Lodge.
Steamer Manhattan brought large
steam drill for the Maine and New Hamp-
shire Granite Company at North Jay
and a large quantity Of cable wire for
the Portland Telegraph and Gable Co.
The connection of the extension OF the
Commercial street sewer with the Hamp-
shire street sewer, opposite franklin
wharf, is being made.
E. E. Sennett of Bailey's Island shot
40 sea fowl off Juquitn, Friday.
A class in algebra and geometry will be
formed at the evening school tonight.
The school is larger than ever before
at the same time in the term.
| The Portland & Rochester are putting
in new gates on Green street crossing.
Fish Warden Gribben made a seizure pi
short Holsters Saturday from lobster
smack known as Dutch Dick. .
There were 81 arrests reported last
week, of which 20 were for drunkenness
Last weeks foreign exports were valued
at s1+,2s5.
/! Rev N T. Whitaker of Lynn, former
| ly pastor Of the Chestnut street church
in this city, will lecture on American.
ISM at City Hall, Wednesday evening
at o'clock.
! A number of loads Of sleepers and rails
for the Yarmouth electric road were dis
tributed along Washington street, Satur.
day.
There were So deer and two moose on
the Maine Central Saturday night bound
for Boston, accompanied by the various
ssortsmen who shot them.
The grand camp fire of Bosworth Post
will be given Tuesday, October %.
The new steamer which the Maine
Steamship Company expects to have
ready for the season of 1897, will be built
of steel, be 300 feet long. or much larger
than the present boats, and go 20 knots
an hour.
The Robert and Carr brought 10000
mixed fish Saturday. Friday her main
gaff was carried away in the fresh gale
and her mainsail badly torn.
A cool schooner is discharging coal al
Portland Pier for the Cape Elizabeth
| Ferry company.
Cogawesco Tribe No. 5, I. o. R. NJ.
will confer the hunters degree this eve
ming.
A man under the influence Of Liquor
pushed his hand through a window OIL
Fore street last night, to the demolish
1nent of the glass and the Disagreement
of his hand.