The Portland daily press., 1895-04-04
BRIEF JoTTIN Gs.

Deputy Sherifs Firth and Plummer
captured team with three barrels of ale
in Dunphy's lane Tuesday evening. The
drivers saw the officers coming and
abandoned the team.
Mrs. Edward Sherburne OsRood of this
city will give lecture in Parliamentary
Usage to the mem bers of the Athene
Club, Bangor, today.
A school of commissioned officers for
the First Regiment will be held at Lew
iston May 18th an Sth, and for the Second,
at Bangor April Both aud May 1st.
The county commissioners inspected the
jail Tuesday. There are 124 prisoners at
the present time. Lewis is in good con-
ditlon, but Dl. Hughes is not in good
health.
Mr.. Tobey will assume the duties Of or.
ganist at Congress Square church, Miss
Minnie A .Plummer having resigned to &C
abroad for study.
The Grand Lodge of Masons will cele-
brate at the annual communication in
May, tha 18th anniversary of it's organ
ization in an appropriate manner. We'd
nesday afternoon, May Sth, an historical
address will be given by Past Grand
Master Edward P. Burnham of Saco,
"reminiscences of early members by p. G.
NJ. Hiram Chase, and an oration by 2.
@. M. Josiah Il Drummond.
i Tonight at Assembly Hail, High School
building, Mr.. George F. Wescott will lee.
ture to the scholars on "China and
Japan
Yesterday we were greeted with quite
little snow fall in the morning, fol-
lowed by sunshine, and spits Of rain.
The gentlemen of the Congress Square
Universalist society will give a turkey
supper this evening.
One large dry goods house in this city
on a single afternoon between two and
three o. clock, transported on its elevator
more thanstwelve hundred passengers.
The adjourned meeting of the railroad
commissioners. will be held at the city
council chamber in Deering this fore
noon at 10 o'clock. The Sawyer street
question will be discussed.
Three boys named Holt, Donovan and
Tripp have run away from their homes
in Lewiston. The police here are on the
lookout for them.
In front of Lom bard's fish market yes.
terday morning the first Peno bscot sal
mon of the season was on exhibition. Il
was abeautiful fish and attracted univer
sal attention. The price of it was dol
lar and half pound. The salmCf
weighed % pounds when caught.
A gentleman in this city owns and has
at home the OLD bass vio that his grand
father used in the church choir many
years ago. It's Introduction caused muck
feelingssat the time among the church
mem bers who thought it very sinful.
Deputy Sheriffs Firth and Plummel
made seizures yesterday at Nos. 10 and
IA India street, Commercial street, 81
Center, 242 Fore and 362 Fore street.
A watch and chain was stolen yester.
day morning from vest belonging tt
I'D. Harris, Jan employe of the Portland
Steam Packet company. Harris hune
his coat and vest up on going to work
in the Boston boat shed.
James Dermody, the Saco boy who wa,
injured yesterday by the explosion of ;
gas pipe cannon, was brought to tn,
Maine general hospital yesterday.
The Samaritan Association will NEE
with Mrs. B. f. Brown, III FRANKLIN
street, this afternoon.
Another case of scarlet faver was re
ported yesterday, that of Roland o. How
ard, 4S1 Danforth street.
E.S. Libby is putting in twenty -fiv
new stalls in his stable, and is making
other improvements in and ssabout th
building.
An inscription on shingle ATTACHED
to stick and placed in snow bank Oh
Commercial street, would indicate tina
the author is anxious for the coming o
warm weather: This snow bank fo
sale. II must be removed before Jul,
4th.a
Two--extra freight trains with steam
er freight were sent west over the Crane
Trunk last evening.
Patrolman PilIsbury has bought
pretty little yacht twenty feet over all
He will call it the Patrol.
The sale at the State street churcl
Will be continued this evening.