The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-05
BRIEF JoTTINos.

Deputies Firth and Plummer made q
seizure of two barrels of beer at the old
Boston and Maine depot yesterday.
Saturday and Sunday were both raw
and disagreeable.
The deputy sheriffs made seizures Sat-
urday ats57 Commercial street, 81 York
street. "a Center. 431 Commercial, 80 and
India street.
The cleariugs at the Clearing house
Saturday were valued at $21, 877. Co RE-
spending day in 1895, $2ae. 169.
Dr. Dan Dennett delivered a lecture
before the Pythian Sisterhood Saturday
evening.
Mr.. Ernest L. Thompson, driver for
Thompson & Hall, fell from his wagon
recently and dislocated his right Shout
der.
The monthly meetings of the Portland
and Westbrook city governments will
be held tonight.
The meeting of parties interested in
formation Of team for New England
polo league will be held at Swett's hotel
tonight.
Rev. DR.. Dalton will review DR..
Briggs addresses at the Ministers meet
ing at Y. N. C. A. hall this morning.
Officer Hans Smith arrested man
Friday night who gave the name ofChas.
P. Anderson. who had a bundle OF
women g underolothinR in his posses .
sion stolen from "a clothes-line, evidently
situated on franklin street.
The post offices and railway officials
will weigh the mails October 7th SO as
to base estimates of the cost of contracts
fo- carrying the mails for the next four
years.
During the fire at Commercial wharf
on Friday night man fell overheard.
a fisherman heard his cries and threw
him a rope with bucket attached to
hold on to, ann then got help from Mes
srs. James Dennis and James Lyman and
pulled him out.
Mr.. W. 6. Toy. the Chinaman who has
a laundry on Congress above Park street,
has his wife here, a sweet faced Chinese
woman, and two pretty little boys the
first Chinese children seen in Portland.
A crowd gathered about the laundry
windows Saturday night much attracted
by the ohildren-one In knickerbocke
suit and the other in Chinese Dress
City Messenger Mcgowan has been
furnished large book case for the keep
ing of important books and papers.
At the last meeting of the Maine
Charitable Mechanic Association James
A. Watts. Elijah A. Tuttle and Edgar
O. Hawkes. were elected mem bers. A
committee was appointed to draft reso-
lutions on the death of Joshua Emery an
ex-president recently deceased. Appro-
priations for about 81, 600 were made for
taxes and insurance.
Engine No. 10 ON the Portland and
Rochester broke an eccentric strap
Thursday on the way to Gorham and
hole was Knocked in the bottom of the
boiler letting of the steam. The train
was side tracked until another engine
was procured.
The number of arrests for the week
were 4S of which SO were for drunken
ness.
Officer Webster seized half barrel of
ale and some beer at the corner of Wash
ington and Madison streets Saturday af-
tornoon.
The liquor deputies spilled 1000 bottles
of beer and several barrels Of ale Satur-
day afternoon. This stuff has been seized
within few weeks.
Ripe field straw berries were found
Saturday at West Falmouth by Samuel
W. Lunt.
The alarm from box ~, at the Grand
Trunk station, Saturday noon, was not
caused by a fire, and it is not known
just what did cause it as neither the box
not auxilIaries have been disturbed.
City Messenger MACEDONIAN has posted
the voting lists throughout the city and
the islands for the November election.
The State street church will take up
it's collection in aid of the st. Lawrence
street church building fund next Sun
day.
Last night Miss Ellen Sullivan, of No.
81 Fox street, went to the station and
claimed the clothes stole by Charles p.
Anderson from her clothes line.
Z he regular rehearsal of the Haydn as
ISOLATION ocaurs this evening at Kotzsch-
mar hall. Musio-Wreok of the Hesperus.
There will be a meeting of the board Of
govern clent at 7.80 to consider change
in assessment and initiation fees of men,
bers.
The amount taken at the Second Par
ish church yesterday morning for ST.
Lawrence street church building fund
was $54.
Salvation Army Aid Society.