The Portland daily press., 1895-05-27
BRIEF JOTTINGS.


2 80 p m.
. The Berlin Mills Company are loading
four schooners for Boston with lumber.
The Lillian, Capt. Grindle, the Matthew
Vasser, Jr., Capt. Perry, the Sereph and
Lizzie J. Clark.
A talk upon the "Greek dramatists and
their place among poets," compliment
tary to the members of the Literary
Union and their friends will be given
by DIR. Dalton at the Second Advent
church on Wednesday evening, May 29th
at O'Clock.
The Caprice made her first trip yester-
day.
The harbor was unusually smooth after
the fog cleared away yesterday, and
several oarsmen were out with their
shells.
The schooner Loduska has arrived with
a load of chestnut ties for the Cape cleo
trio road.
Ivanhoe Lodge, K. of P, will confer
the rank of Page tomorrow evening.
/. According to the custom in past
years. lumber, door sash and blind deal
ers and planning mills, will close their
respective places of business on Satur-
days at 10 m. during the months of June,
July and August.
Mr.. Hiram Ellis of South Portland,
who is employed in the machine shop
of the Portland, caught his hand in a
drill recently and injured one finger SO
severely that amputation was necessary.
The Mary W. Libby on her 2. Is p. m.
trip Saturday had to make landing at
Portland pier, and the passengers had to
climb ashore as best they could. The
high wind caused the trouble.
The Sebascodegan went on the marine
railway yesterday.
Quinn & Co. have made new boiler
for the Bodwell Granite Co.
The Gladstone brough 5000 railroad
ties for the Portland & Rochester road
from Moncton, iN.B. Saturday.
The big flower bed ON the Western
Promenade, near the bands stand, is high
ly spoken of.
The summer time table of the Peoples
Ferry begins today
Last weeks freight exports were valued
at s15, ,252
Hose was called Saturday to extin-
guish fire in the lot of rubbish on the
dump.
What came near being serious fire
occurred at No. Grand Trunk shed Sat
urday night. A sailor belonging to YES
sci discharging hard pine, left some hot
ashes on the wharf, and in a few min
utes the piling was all ablaze. Night
watchman Philip Flynn, seeing the blaze,
put out the fire before it did much dam
age.
Mr.. VIM. M. Marks has printed the
school reports in the remarkably quick
time of week.
Mr.. E. G. Harmon cut his hand badly
Saturday while taking a press from the
Tucker Printing House.
The great shears on the Maine Central
coal wharves split and fell Friday.
Luckily no one was hutt.
The Stevens & Jones Company will
publish complete wheelmen's road
book and expect to have it ready Memo
rial day.
Charles Therriault of Frenchville, paid
$25 in the q. S. Court Saturday for viola
tion of the internal revenue law.
There were 56 arrests last week, of
which 20 were for drunkenness
Brenda, Sinkinson, Helen and Bessie
White, Kittie Ratcliffe, Ethel Phillips,
Mollie Bryant'and Anna Berry made $40
for mission work by the sale of fancy
artio at i0h Co
Saturday afternoon girl was thrown
from her bicycle at Fort Allen park be-
tween the horses and car of car No. so.
By great presence of mind and skill the
car driver stopped the Car so that the girl
escaped injury.
Companies A and b. Portland Light
Infantry and Portland Cadets are OBJ
tanning their new uniforms, and having
the accouterments injured by the fire
at their armories repaired.
The swan boats were put in the water
at Deering Oaks yesterday.
Saturday was bright and warm in the
morning, but the chilly south wind
sprung up at noon and by night the mer-
curry had been knocked down in to the
fifties.
Saturday Constable Brown removed
the furnishings from Danny Friel's house
corner of Union and Fore streets, to the
sidewalk, upon execution that was is
sued from the municipal court.
The missionary yacht Alert, is lying at
Carriers shop, for sale, owing to the en-
forced retirement of Capt. Lane, on ac-
count of i'll health.
The light house steamer Myrtle arrived
Saturday morning and will coal at Ran
dali McAllister's.
The rehearsal for Children's Day at
Chestnut street Sunday school, announced
for Thursday next, will take place on
Wednesday evening instead Rehearsals
viii be held Monday and Wednesday eve
nings.