The Portland daily press., 1895-05-04
BRIEF JoTTlNos.

Mr.. John l.. Best has disposed of his
beef interests in the city and State, and
also in New Hampshire and Vermont, to
the Hammond Beef and Provision Co. OF
Hammond. Indiana.
The Harbor Commissioners have
granted permission to Mr.. Trefethen to
extend his wharf at Bay View landing
so feet m maintaining the present width to
25 feet of the end, where iti will be ~
feet wide.
The High School has bought the old
City Hall scenery, and will retit the stage
Sn Assembly Hall.
The Rossini Club has reelected Its
old officers for the ensuing year.
The monthly business meeting OF the
Diet Mission will be held at Fraternity
Rooms, 70 Spring street, this afternoon
at O'Clock.
The annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge, K. of P, will be held at Water.
vile. May 18th.
A very charming children's May day
festival was held at. the First Parish
house yesterday afternoon. A very
pretty musical play was presented.
The benefit to D. H. Chandler, the
band master, netted S44S.27.
The dredging of the channel at Dla-
mond Island has been completed, and
plenty of water has been obtained.
.tThe Edith M. Thompson arrived yes
terday from Nova Scotia with 5000 lob
sters for J.W. Trefethen.
The May meeting of the Young Ladies'
Mission Band will be held at the Bethel
church this afternoon at 8 o'clock. Mrs.
Mirhish of Syria. will speak in the cos
tune Of her native country.
This evening there will be an impor--
tant meeting of the Army and Navy
Union. It is hoped that every amber
will be present.
a special meeting of the Ladies' Aux
iliary, A. o. H., will be held at thell
hall this evening at o'clock. Every
member lis expected to be present.
A.plan has been drawn for fire
signal tower, which is to be placed neal
Portland street in the Oaks.
Portland jail is full of prisoners ano
every cell is occupied with short tern
prisoners.
James Cunningham will erect three
temporary wooden stores.
Capt. Frank Besse, who went to Flori
da to bring the fishing schooner Nathan
CIeaves to PortIand from Indiansriver
has returned after making an unsuo
cessful attempt to float her over the bar.
She is abandoned to the underwriters.
W.F. Bennett S5 Co., completed the
piling of the foundation of theselectric
power station at Deering's bridge Thurs
day forenoon and 1852 24-foot piles were
driven. The work was started on April
II.
Joha Z. Best, who for 80 years has
carried ON the beef business in Port
land, has sold out to Harmon Brothers
of Chicago.
CT. Means has become proprietor OF
the johnson restaurants on Exchange
street.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Society held meet
ing last evening to effect their perma.
nsnt organization. The Young Mems
Society, will celebrate it's first. st.anniversa
~ on June sth by banquet and liter
ary entertainments. Several of them wen,
to Lewiston Friday evening to attend
the ball given by the st. Joseph's society
Of that city.
The members Of the Sheridan Rifles,
Co.L, First Regiment, are requested te
assemble at the armory at p. M, on
Sunday afternoon. Business of impor.
tance will come before the meeting.
Capt. M. L. Phillips of the cutter Wood
hurry, who has been ordered. to San
Diego. CAL, to command the revenue
cutter Walcott, will leave for that place
on the 9th.
Walker G. Redlon has been awarded
the contract for furnishing the bricks
for Mayor Baxter's new block.
Among those who have already moved
down to their summer houses at Peak,
Island are J.H. Dow, Charles Hall, Mrs.
Innis. proprietor of the Innis house.
Capt. George W. Brown and H. H. Kicker
The firm Of Hutchinson, Butler &
Co. has been formed here to engage il
the manufacture of galvanized iron ani
copper work. The company is composed
of j. E. Hutchinson, GLIB. Butler ani
T.J. Hollivan.
The Fraternity Club will have din
er at the Sherwood Monday night.
The statement of the sContinenta
(Fire) Insurance Company of New York
published in our columns today. il