The Portland daily press., 1896-09-23
BRIEF IoTTlNas.

The directors and building trustees of
the Y III. G. A. have decided to remove
the building ON their lot on Congress
Square ana to exoavate for the founda-
tion OF the new building.
MIR. Geo. H. Davis, of Portland, is the
organizer of q company which is mining
gold By the cyanide process IN the Holy
Cross district of Colorado. The Lead
vile Herald Democrat says that the
meAhod is very successful.
ASA Jacobs of Portland, superintendent
of thu construction gang of New England
Telephone company, accom- panied by his
force arrived in Rockland Monday. They
at once began repairing the st. George
and Teuant's Harbor line, task that
will occupy two or three weeks.
By an arrangement between the agent
for the Board of Health-Mr. Carney,
Marshal Trickcy and Deputy Marshal
Sterling, the police will see that the offal
is removed from peoples residences every
"a hours.
In the United States Cirouib Court to-
day. the grand jury and the petit jury
will come In. The first case for trial is
the suit of VIM. L. Gilbert, receiver, of
New York, vs. Joseph 81. Manley and
others.
Yesterday WINS rainy and chilly; very
dreary September day.
The Grand Trunk excursion to Quebec
and St. Anne de Beaupre, took about
700 passengers between this city and ISL
and Pond.
Sixty Italians arrived yesterday morn
ing by boat. They will be put to work
On the Grand Trunk railways elevators
foundation.
The principal imports from this port
during the past week were 1876, 900 feet
of spool wood for Scotland, SIG, 40; 2, 04O
shocks to Martinique, West Indies,
ss,048. and 81, 1000 feet of lumber to tie
West Indies, $40, O96.
Maine Outing, which las been pu b.
lished in this city for about year, has
temporarily suspended its publ cation.
II is thought that a new management
will assume control of the magazine
A new brick sidewalk is in process of
construction on the eastern side of In
dis street near the Grand Trunk station.
Two boys were arrested by Officer
Frank for throwing stones. Several
pairs of sling shots were found In the
pockets of the young offenders.
Edward M. Waite, the young man who
lost hi $50 bicycle by lending it to the
lad Leddy,is determined to get his wheel.
Captain Daniel Norwood of the schooner
Lillian, to whom the youngster sold the
wheel for SIS, will arrive the latter part
of the week from New York, and Mr..
Waite will then make an effort to get
the cycle.
Monday morning State Agent Perry
of the Society for the prevention of CT uel-
ty TO Animals, arrested Henry Stevens
for overdriving and beating horse
Stevens is employed by Chief Engineer
Eldredge of the fire department. and the
animal that he is alleged to have been
abusing was one that is used on one
of the chiefs brick teams and is not
the property of the city. Stevens will be
placed before the municipal court this
morning
A special meeting Of Court Falmouth,
3. of A., will be held Thursday evening,
September 9th. Business Of great i'm
portance will be transacted.
The Martha Washington Society will
visit Mrs. Moses Little at Windham Hill,
nex: Friday If pleasant. There will be
a picnic dinner served. Barges leave
Monument square at $50 a. m.
Ancient Landmark lodge, F. A. NJ,
special meeting tonight. Work entered
apprentice degree.