The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-01
BRIEF JOTTING5.

F., are requested to be present tomorrow
evening rs several important matters are
to be brought before the meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of tht
Woman's Maine Indian Association viii
be held in the vestry OF FIRST Baptist
church, Congress street, on Tuesday
April End, at 8 o'clock P. NJ.
Mrs. A. W.LowelI's pupils recital will
take place April 18th, not the 10th.
Schooner Roger Williams, SO tons,
Capt. W. II. McDuffie, which sailed
from Portland Feb. 25d, made the pass
age to Guadeloupe in II days during Il
Of which she had very boisterous
weather. This was quick passage.
Mr.. Il. C. McGouldric, agent for Stein
ert & Sons, in this city, has just sold a
magnificent Steinway UPRIGHT, in ma.
bogany case, to Mayor Mitchell, OF
Deering.
The Female Providents Society will
hold its regular monthly meeting in
Room 8, City Building, this afternoon at
2. 80 o'cle ok. This is the last meeting of
the season, and full attendance is de-
sired.
The Portland Evangelical ministers
will meet in Y NJ. C. A. Hall at 10. 30
this morning.
A train of fine new vestibule cars was
at the Union station Saturday all ready
for Boston.
Yesterday was Passion Sunday.
Last weeks foreign exports were val
ued at s191. 500.
The Builders Exchange will hold a
meeting tomorrow evening, to be fol-
lowed by a supper and musical.
It is claimed that woman who call
herself Mrs Lane, seeking funds to aid a
Miss Emery at the Inavlids' Home. is
an imposition.
s. The Charles. q. Washington that arrived
Saturday, had her jfbs torn by the Sc
we're wind, Tand barge Nor arrived with
coal for the Maine Central
The Central Labor Union at their
meeting tonight will discuss the resolve
that they favor frea and unrestricted
immigration.
The High school orchestra has reorgan
zed and will go into active practice.
( The Moments Literary Union have Civ
en- upthe project of "a clubhouse by {
vote of 80 to /.
There was number Ct meetings Of
city committees Saturday night, bu
nothing of a public nature is reported.
I Line Daniels is stuhing one of th,
, tao1a III 6r for he oi% =
Oaks. He goes to his fishing camp al
SebagosIlake this week.
Today the assessors will begin theil
fifteen days session for the purpose o.
receiving estates taxable and hearing
complaints of over taxation. The assist.
ant assessors will canvass the city, and
obtain the numbe of dogs, the names Of
aged and ihfrm who have no support t,
and those Of persons liable to military
service.
The e. W. Clark arrived at Cienfuegos,
Cuba, Saturday, after the very quick
passage of ten days from Boston.
By the change. of the word "no" to "an'
the PRESS was made to say Saturday
that the city owns an electric light plant
at Peaks Island when it doesn't.
BY the slipping of a hook at the Maine
Steamship company's wharf Saturday,
James O'Rourke was hit in the side
and badly cut.
The Portland National bank had de-
clared semi-annual dividend of three
per cent.
Capt. John McLean's schoo-er, the
Jennie Mclean, was caught off the 1--we
Lights Saturday morning in the snow
squat and Loss mainsail, split foresai
and sprung aleak. Capt. Mclean got his
vessel into Gloucester, sold his trip Of
&, 500 fresh fish to Boston parties by tel
ephoned ana got down to Portland tc
negotiate for another schooner.
Mr.. Fred Libby has bought the Nc.
Laughlin house on Gray street.
Mr,pCyrus F. Davis, the former art
dealer, secured piece of spruce from an
old house. over a hundred years of age,
and fashioned from it violin that is
said to have remark "a Bile tone.
The trial of the Chase-Babcock suit
is assigned for this week in the Superior
court, Mr.. Meaher will appear for Chase
and Judge Symonds for Babcock.
A set Of Eastman nozzles, and one o.
firemen's axes have been placed on ths
fire boat.
The Partisan of the Allan lire is ex
pected today.
All meats have taken rise. and it is
said they will go higher in price a:
there is a shortage in cattle and hogs
owing to the drought last year and th,
scarcity of corn.
An oak closet has been built in tht
mayors private office.
The annual meeting of thu Woman'i
Literary Union VIII be held i'll the Sec
ond Advent church, April 9th, at p. m
Tie chemical extinguished slight fire
about the chimney in the house of Mrs
HIS. Gilman, 361 Congress street, Satur
day.
The committee on electrical appliance.
located several newEboxes Saturday
Saturday and Sunday were bright days,
but raw cold north winds prevailed.
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