The Portland daily press., 1895-02-18
BRIEF JoTTINGs.
CONVERSE o. LEACH,
Secretary.

BRIEF JoTTINGs.
Ivanhoe Lodge x. of P. will confer the
rank of Esquire tomorrow evening.
The Portland Evangelical Ministers
will meet in Y. M. c.. A. hall at 10. 80 this
morning.
Very soon advices in regard to mo ley
orders at the post office will be pigeon
holed all alphabetically. and the copy,
taken with letter press, sent weekly to
Washington.
Captain Freethy has ,abled under date
of February 4th, of the safety of the ship
Portland Lloyds, and that he sailed for
New York on that day.
Mr.. George c. oodbury, manager of the
Maine Central cafes. has taken the Van
ceboro restaurant, and Charles Mac will
run it.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
Greenleaf Law Library will be held at
the library-.this afternoon, at $50 O'Clock.
Robert Gibson, who fell from the roof
at the fire at Burrowe's screen factory,
| is confined to the house, as his injuries
are more severe than were supposed.
| The Laurentian, of the Allan line, is
due tomorrow, and the Labrador, of the
Dominion line, will sail Thursday.
Seizures were made Saturday at 431
| Commercial and 20 York streets.
There was but one case of diphtheria
reported last week.
| Mrs. Chase, living at rs Wilmot street,
| slipped on the icy pavement at the en-
trance to the High School on Congress
street, Saturday evening, striking heavi-
| ~ on the back of her head and being
rendered unconscious.
| One of the fingers of Captain Norton.
superintendent of the marine railway,
was accidentally crushed Friday. by a
blow from a maui in the hands of, a ship
carpenter.
| Next Wednesday evening, the YIN. c.
A. will entertain the Y. W.C.A.
Specialize gents Smith and Hentz fin
ished their inspection of rthe custom
house Saturday, preparatory to a change
| of collector.
| The Chappee Bros brought 5000 live
Holsters Saturday.
The Prohibitionists will hold their
caucus to nominate city officers at Re-
form Club hall this evening.
The tug Demarest has been hauled off
for repairs.
The New England Telephone Company
connected the cable i'll their under
ground conduits on Exchange and Mid
die streets yesterday.
The evening school closed Friday
night. Ii has been a most successful
term. The school began in Octobe with
II pupils, and 81 were in attendance
Friday. There has been an average at
tendance of 76.
| Mrs. William FL. Boothby, of this city,
desires to express her thanks to those
friends who SO kindly aidedIher in her
hour Of affection.
Saturday and Sunday were superb
spring days. The mercury touched 80
degrees.
The Bar Association will remem Der
the memorial exercises to the late Fred
Fox, ESQ.,, this afternoon, at 8 O'Clock.
The annualsbanquet of the Knights of
Columbus will be held at the. Falmouth
Hotel Thursday night.
| The annual meeting and dinner of the
Harvard Clup in Maine will be held at
the Sherwood Friday evening, February
90.
The value of last weeks foreign ex-
ports was $210,O09
There were "a arrests last week, of
which AZ were for drunkenness.
Today the Portland Company will
| have the shaft put in the steamer Sc
bascodegan. at the companys work on
the Bay State is completed, and num-
Der OF box cars for the Biddeford &
Saco road are finished
Falmouth Encampment, I.O.O.F, will
have Shutdown" at the hall tomorrow
evening.
For he=benefit of the peopIe"w who found
it impossible tic attend the brilliant IL
Elimination of Hooper, Son & Leighton's
new store on Saturday evening, they
will keep open Monday evening, Febru-
ary 18th.
Friday night, Portland Lodge, K nights
or Columbus, went to Lewiston and
We rked the first and second degrees on
fifteen candidates. A very pleasant time
was enjoyed.