The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08
BRIEF JoTTINos.

The Methodist Preachers Association
of Portland and vicinity will meet in Y
M. G. A. Hall at 10. 80 this morning.
Messrs. j. S. Winslow & Co., of this city,
sold to Morse & Co., of New York, the
good ship G. G. Chapman of this port
at price not made public. The ship is
a fine vessel of / $40 net tons, built at
Bath in 1877.
Ii is thought the Bay State will be
ready for her route the 18th inst. The
engines aud boiler will be put into the
Sebascodegan the first of this week.
There was bad break in the water
main on Newbury street, Saturday night.
Mrs. Bridget O'Neil complained at the
station that man named Fitzsimmons
struck her and her little boy with
whip, while they were sitting at the
window of her house on Pleasant street
and broke the window.
The large brass door plate was stolen
from The Stuart" on Park street Friday
night.
W. W. Whipple & Co.'s liabilities are
S71, 600 and they offer twenty cents on
the dollar.
P.J. Mcclure of Philadelphia, grand
secretary of the Carpenters Union, will
make an address next Saturday night to
the labor organizations.
Saturday morning was warm and de-
lightful, but in the afternoon cold south
wind sprang up. Yesterday morning
was fine and springlike.
The call memb bers of the fire depart
ment will be paid on Tuesday. The pay
roll amounts to.s3, 22375 for the quarter.
Marshal Trickey, Deputy Sterling and
Officer Haggett seized five ten gallon
kegs of whiskey and thirty empty ones
at 153 York street Saturday.
A horse attached to a team owned by
Mr.. Thompson ran away on Fore street
Saturday, and ran into John Feeney's
team at Centre street, taking a wheel off
Thompson's carriage. Feeny's horse ran
and James Barry tried to stop him at
Park street and was knocked down, hurt
about the head and received bad cut
over the eye.
The Diet Mission is now assisting for
ty-four patients This week the Second
Parish serves. Resolutions were passed
Saturday to the memory of the late Mrs.
Frederick Storer and Miss Anna Evans.
The committee Oh estimates will try to
make the rate of taxation the same as
last year.
Deputy Sterling. Officers PiIlsbury and
Keating raided Mrs. Richards's house on
India street Saturday night and arrested
Mrs. Richards, her thirteen year old
daughter, woman who was there and
three men. The daughter will be sent
to the Home.
April 18th the Parliamentary class
will close the seasons work with a ban
Quet at Messing's.
Yesterday was Palm Sunday, and cele-
brated in the Episcopal and Catholic
churches.
Last weeks foreign exports amounted
in value to sl75.602.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton will meet at the Union Mutual
building at 2. so O'Clock today.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the 1-1O-29th
Regiment will meet with Mrs. G o. Bail
ey at No. 23 Casco street at 3 p. H., today.
Tonight will he ladies' night of the
of Medicine and there will be
supper and papers at the Eye and Ear In
firmary.
The Coal Dealers Association of this
city, had their second supper this time
at the Falmouth hotel, Saturday night.
The first was held the Saturday previous
at the Preble house.
That defect in the chimney called the
TO fire for a second time
at Mrs. Gilman's boarding house on Con-
gress street Saturday evening. The first
time occurred few days ago. The dam
age will be about $500.
The Vancouver of the Dominion line
will be due here tomorrow morning.
There were thirty three arrests last
week OF which twenty three were for
drunkenness.
Officer Quinn arrested an Italian for
obstructing the sidewalk Saturday night.
The man had a large table on which
he was selling Worlds fair candy and
wouldn't move when the officer told him