The Portland daily press., 1895-09-30
BRIEF JoTTINos.

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White Mountains has closed for the
season. Under the management of An.
derson g. Price, this new house has made
name for itself among the summer re.
sorts of New England.
| The Mutual improvement club will
meet Monday afternoon, Sept Both, with
Mrs. Mosley, IS Beckett street.
| The last weeks foreign exports were
valued at S22, S7S.
Whole number of arrests last week, 40
of which 80 were for drunkenness
Mr.. Frank Cassidy lost a bicycle Sat-
urday night, stolen from his front yard.
Officer Thompson was badly hurt Sat-
urday night, from running into post
while chasing man.
| A live lobster, with bright red shell,
attracted attention Saturday at Loveitt' s
fish market
Officers Smith and Thompson held up
beer wagon on South street Saturday
| night and secured six dozen bottlesof beer.
| A horse took fright at a bicycle on the
Eastern Promenade Saturday night and
threw out the occupants of the carriage.
Mr.. Higgins of Scarboro and the lady
with him were thrown out and badly
bruised, but Mr.. Higgins kept the reins
and stopped the horse.
A man stringing the electric wire on
Congress street Saturday, caught his
thumb in the ladder and tore off thessnail
Orloff West was fined So for drunken
ness in the Deering municipal court, Sat-
urday
| In the window of f. L. Merrill, the
Federal street jeweler, can be seen an
old-fashioned silver plated cake basket
made in 1745.
The deputy marshals Saturday made
seizure at the store of the Carbonated
Water Co., No. Sc Union street, of three
jigger loads of contraband. containing
270O bottles of beer, A half barrels of
! lager and IS quart bottles and one barrel
of whiskey.
The Twitchell- Champlin Companylhave
put up 202, 600 cans of sugar corn at--their
Waldoboro factory. The employees pre-
scented Mr.. G. W. Dreamer, the superin-
tendent, an easy chair and oak rocker,
and Mrs. Dreamer two solid silver spoons
and pair of fine towels.
| Saturday was bright and cold, the
mercury indicating 46 degrees at a. M,
and not rising above go degrees during
the day-the wind was from the south
east.
The Mimic Davis, Star of the West,
Morning Light and E. G. Berry brought
| Is, 600 live Holsters Saturday.
Since last June !. S. Boarding Officer
Tobie has examined the signal and rid
| ing lights of over 800 vessels. A steam
launch would be a good thing for the
barge officer to possess.
| A horse attached to wagon belonging
to Morrill, & Lamb ran away on Moui-
ton street Saturday and at the head of
Portland Pier was stopped by the reins
catching on wheel. No damage was
done, but So in coppers were spilled out
to the delight of the. street urchins.
The Ladies' Aid of ShepleylC Camp, S.
of ", have presented Capt Golf a hand
some gold ring for his services to the So
ciety.
"Blood'' Williams, who was arrested
Friday on charge of stealing two S.
bills from the safe of Mr.. Carlton, trea-
surer of the Portland Door, Sash and
Blind Company, was discharged by
Judge Robinson Saturday, as the evidence
was not sufficient to hold Williams.
| The Union Safe Deposit and Trust
Company declared seni-annual diyi-
~ Cot1 1rdo h 10
October LIST. The dividend amounts to
Sc, $50.
Joyce Bros. & Co., presented Marsha
Tricky Saturday with handsome gold
headed cane as mark of appreciation of
his efforts in discovering and arresting
young Webster, who robbed their store
The evening school will open in the
Spring street house, instead of City Build
ing, October 18th, with Mr.. Milliken
principal, and the old corps of teachers.
Schooner Glidden of .Thomaston, while
passing through tho draw at Portland
bridge Saturday, collided with the new
piling which is being put in on the up
per side of the bridge and did consider
able damage which it will require some
time to repair.
Patrolman Sylvester arrested two boys
for stealing Is pies from McGill's restau-
rant, Commercial street, Saturday. but
they were lectured and discharged.
It is reported that the board of mayor
and aldermen will hold a special meet
ing tonight to acton the petition of the
! Cape Elizabeth Electric road for the
change of location.
Deputy Rartnett and Officers Greedy
and Frank made a seizure yesterday
forenoon at No. 3 Cobb's Court of 9S bot.
| ties of lager and two kegs of whiskey.
The negro, James Wright, who wrote
| the letter in the police station recently,
telling his mother that he was going to
commit suicide, has thought so much bet
ter of it that he has secured q job to
work for the street railway company.