The Portland daily press., 1895-07-18
THE PRESS.
BRIEF JoTTlNes.

At o'clock today the pharmaceutists
of Cumberland County will go to Spur
wink and eat CLAIMS and elect officers.
The Electrical Zinc Co. has leased the
smelling works property for four years.
The regatta in the front harbor at 7
O'Clock tonight, cannot fail to prove in
tensely interesting. The course will be
3-4 miles with three turns between the
Cumberland boat house and Browns
wharf.
Ex-deputy Sheriff Sterling badly cut
his fingers Tuesday with lawn mower.
The 9th Maine viii hold it's reunion
at South WATERFORD, August 9th. W. S.
Hasty of Saco is secretary.
There will be meeting of the Super
intending School Committee at their
rooms, City Building, Monday afternoon
next, at 4 80 o'clock.
The Martha Washington Society have
picnic supper with Mrs. l. H. johnson at
Deering Centre Thursday afternoon. If
stormy Thursday on Friday.
There will be no regular meeting Of
the city government until September.
Officer Philip A. Collier, of New Glou
cester, has been put on duty at Rigby
Park by Sheriff Plummer
The county of Cumberland is hiring
money for gthree per cent this year.
Treasurer Chenery says it never hired
money on SO good terms be fore.
Yesterday was cloudy and raw with
low temperature in the1morning. At noon
the clouds blew off and there was promise
of fine weather, but the fog soon came
in again.
The schooner Fannie Hayden, of
Friendship, ..brought!so 600 bbs of fish yes
terday and the schooner Waterspout of
Small Point G, 500
The splendid three-masted schooner
yacht, with steam auxiliary, Intrepid,
Mr.. Lloyd Phoenix, of the New York
Yacht Club, owner, arrived in the harbor
yesterday. The steam yachts Anita,
William Du Pont owner, of Wilmington,
Del, and the Vira also arrived
The steamer Louisburg sailed to the
eastward yesterday.
A telephone was put in at Rigby yes
terday.
Officers McGrath, Madden and Pills
bury, during yesterday morning, seized
fifteen barrels of beer in the Boston &
Maine yard.
The city government picnic to Long Is
land has been postponed until Tuesday.
The Pastime Club entertained the
Sheridan Rifles at thekarmory last night.
Schooner yacht Dulnair, Capt E. J.
Smith of the Commonwealth Yacht
Club, of South Boston, with party
cruising eastward was in the harbor yes
terday afternoon.
Messrs E. N. Lang & Son, of this city,
between SIS a. m., and II a. m. (less
than three hours), ran ton and half Of
solder, cut it into $50, 900 small pieces,
and shipped it, all boxed and marked
The chief of the fire department. and
several members of the fire committee
made a tour Of inspection and visited
about thirtyibusiness places in the heart
of the scity, where large numbers of peo-
pie are employed and ordered fire escapes
put up.
A car full Of Raymond excursionists
came through on the Bar Harbor express
yesterday noon from Boston, on their
way to Moosehead Lake.
Mr.. John L. Pillsbury of South Port
land, while moving, cut off the top of a
wasps' or bees nest, and on his next
round the horse was driven directly over
the nest and the enraged insects swarmed
upon the unfortunate animal which was
with great difficulty restrained from
running away with the moving machine
The Grand Trunk will run a..special
train from Portland to Gorham, N. H.,
and intermediate stations Saturday night
after the evenings performance of the
Wild West show.
The Grand Trunk Railway will run a
cheap excursion from Island Pond and
intermediate stations to Portland on
Sunday, July 81, making conections at
Portland for the islands and Old Orchard
Beach. See advertisement