The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-25
THE PRESS.
Blue Cross Ceylon Teas are packed in
air-tight packers to preserve their peculiar
fragrance and prevent adulteration.
BRIEF JoTTINos.

Ivy Lodge, D of R, will entertain
Springvale lodge and Capen lodge, of
Augusta tonight.
The Army and Navy Union will hold
its annual meeting today.
A little son of Robert J. Burgess of
Clark street, Sunday night fell off a
board lin the house his father is building
on Lewis street), from the second floor to
the cellar floor One of his shoulders was
badly injured.
Canton Ridgley will muster in their
officers for the ensuing year Monday even
ing next A full attendance is requested
1t is reported that the steamer jean
cite will go onto the route between
Peaks Island and Portland again this
summer, Capt. Howard running her as an
independent boat.
We call attention to the advertis-
ment of Roscoe S. Davis & Co.. ,announc-
ing a special sale for one week.
A special meeting of the Argo nauts
will be held tomorrow at 4. 30 p. IN. Bust
ness of Importance.
A horse belonging to Emery & Hamlin,
standing on Munjoy street, ran away and
ran into the fence of John Munroe, COR
ner of the Eastern Promenade, broke it
and cut himself.
Louis Grippe was arrested by Deputy
Marshall Hartnett yesterday while ped
ding stationery on Lincoln street. He
had imitation gold-bowed spectacles
with him and he was passing them off as
real He will be held for peddling with
out license if he cannot be held for
swindling.
The crew of the revenue steamer Wood
bury cleaned her smoke stack by attach
ing small spruce tree to a line and low
ering into the stack, the. line running
from the deck over the foremost to the
mainmast and to the deck again.
Yesterday was warm and bright 1t
was quite summerishs in the morning,
but the wind was cold in the afternoon.
The Argonauts, one of Portland's most
prosperous social clubs, have secured a
beautiful summer home lat Mariners,
Long Island
A woman named Ina Berry was arrest
ed yesterday charged with presenting two
forged orders for goods at the store of
Rines Bros. She was given an order on
Rines Bros by Mrs. Frost for So. She
tore up the order and forged another call
ing for 81 worth of goods This succeeded,
and she forged another order for SIG and
then she was caught.
Messrs Newcomb and Hawkes. of the
Weld Pond excursionists, caught nine
handbook salmon, 10 trout and four pick
erel The weather was SO cold that two
pair of wooden stockings and buffalo
robes were comfortable.
Several city committees met last eve
ming and audited bills. The committee on
fire department. transacted no business
of Importance.
= The British steamship Cape Breton
brought 226S tons of coal yesterday to the
Maine Central
The Sebascodegan went on the marine
railway yesterday to be painted.
The Elizabeth City has been painted
yellow. The Madeleine was trying her
wheel in the harbor yesterday
Mr.. Hiram Ellis, of South Portland.
while working in the machine shop of
the Portland Company's works yesterday,
injured finger of his right had SO badly
that the finger had to be amputated.
Tomorrow at the First Baptist church,
M S. Ayers, the pastor, will preach at
TO- 80 before the High School Cadets
Five young men recently graduated
from the Gorha1n Missionary Training
School of Boston, will speak in the NJ
M. A. hall tomorrow afternoon at T. 80
O'CLOCK