The Portland daily press., 1895-05-08
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Driver Baker of the Chemical on in
yestigating found brisk fire of incen-
diary origin burning against the fence
in the rear of the old Casco st. church
building, Monday evening. Mr.. Baker
put the fire out after a hard fight. Mr..
Joshua Davis, vino lives in the vicinity,
says he saw small boy running away
just before the smoke was seen, which
would tend to show that the boy set the
fire.
The city. government will make its
annual trip to the islands next Thursday,
leaving Portland Pier at m. Dinner
will be taken at Peaks Island about 2.3O
The party will go on the Mary W.Libby.
A Frenchman named Cartier, was
taken with fit on Free street yesterday
and laid unconscious for five or ten
minutes. When he recovered he was
sent to Biddeford, where.he belongs
Department Commander Gre en-, G. A.
R., has gone to Bridgeport to inspect
the bronze figure of soldier holding
a flag, which has just been cast there for
the monument intended for the Sold
iers' lot at Evergreen Cemetery. He
Will decide whether the figure is satis-
factory or not before it is boxed for ship
menr TO Portland. This is the statue of
a cut Off which was published in the
FRESS recently.
The Mission Circle of the Congress
square church will meet this afternoon
in the ladies' parlor at O'clock.
Yesterday wss a summers day. The
mercury touched 73 degrees in the shade.
Five little boys were yesterday hauled
before Marshal Trickey yesterday for
setting the Casco street fire Monday
night and given moral lecture
Twenty new ventilators or "jacks,"
are being placed on the g. T. r. round
house instead of the former pipes. The
new ones with only one-third as much
as the old and are of an improved pattern.
The contract for putting down so feet
of 10-inch sewer pipe ON Oxford street.
between Myrtle and Pearl streets, was
awarded to j. J. Mahoney yesterday
morning. The sewer pipe is furnished by
the city, and Mahoney's bid was S95.
Frank Evans, while riding bicycle on
Commercial street yesterday, struck an
upturned stake and took a bad header.
He sustained severe sprain TO his ank-
le and his wheel was badly battered.
The wheel of " ordan's carriage of
Cape Elizabeth, caught i'll the railroad
track on Commercial street, near the old
Eastern depot yesterday morning and
was ripped off.
The schooner Alice Webber sprung
topmast last Wednesday, off Wood Island
and put into Portsmouth for repairs.
Police officer Michael J. Fell is still con-
fined to his home with illness. He has
been off duty..for at least month
The Rights OF Columbus of this city,
will work the third degree in Rossini
Hall on the Both inst, at which will be
present delegations from councils in the
leading cities of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont and Boston. State Deputy
Hayes of Bunker Hill lodge of Massa-
chusetts, with his suite, will work the
degrees.
James Kelly lost set of carpenters
plans, and his advertisement regarding
them can be found in another column.
The steam yacht Neckam returned
from her southern cruise yesterday.
An ash man on Washington street was
so unfortunate as to have his leg brok-
en- yesterday by the wheel of his cart
breaking and the cart falling on it.
The brigantine Resultado arrived from
Demarara yesterday afternoon loaded
with moIasses. All were well on board,
but the vessel had "a very rough pas
sage.
The schooner Chas. P. Hoffman, W ith
$500 tons of coal, went through the
draw of Portland bridge yesterday af-
rernoon. Sne is four master ana very
large schooner.
There was a lar ge feet of vessels de-
tanned in the harbor by the calm.yester-
day morning, but left when the stiff
southwest wind sprung up.
Two dressed hall but weighing 900
pounds each, were on the hooks at Ken
nedy;s shop on Custom House wharf yes
terday.
log cabin and various other exhi-
Bits for the sportsmen's exhibition at
Madison Square Garden, New York, ac-
c inpanied by several Rangeley Lake
guides were shipped to New York on
The steamer Manhattan last night
Cart. Parsons laid up the pilot boat
Maggie yesterday until next steamship
season.
Capt. George McKown will arrive from
Boothbay tomorrow to fit out the
schooner John NJ. Plummer for the
macherei season. The Plummer is the
vessel that Capt. John Orchard took
to Florida last fall.
Rev. Mr. Hood OF Boston, spoke at
State street church last evening in aid