The Portland daily press., 1896-02-03
BRIEF JOTTlN0S.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Portland Evangelical Mini sters' Associa-
ton will be held at the VINO. A. rooms
today at p. IN. Rev. F. A. Leitch will
be the essayist, his subject being "Christ
and Sociology"
The last lecture in the Unitarian Wom-
ems Alliance course will be given at the
First Parish church on Saturday eve
ming, February 18th, by Prof. Thomas
David son on "Education."
The Female Provident Association will
hold it's regular N onthly meeting in
room 9. City Building, this afternoon at
$50 O'Clock. A full attendance is de-
sired.
Saturday there was quite thick snow
storm and about three inches fell, but
at night the snow turned to light rain.
The Eye and Ear Intirmary trustees
have formally accepted the provisions of
the beeuest of the late I. p harrington
to the institution.
The Cape Elizabeth electric road has
ust ordered 25 new motor cars to be de.
hyered on April l. This will make the
entire railway stock of the compan y
number about 80 cars
The police pay roll amounting to
S. 329.74, was paid Saturday by the city
treasurer. The usual fro department
pay roll was also settled yesterday.
The board of registration will convene
on February II, and the municipal cleo
tion occurs on March 2.
Bosworth Relief Corps, Mol, is to give
an enter tainment at Bosworth Post hall
on Monday evening, February 10th, and
mem bers are requested to bring or send
cake. Refreshments will be served at the
close of the entertainment.
A boy named John Kelley, while play
ing on Cotton steet Friday, was knocked
down and run over by sleigh. The
driyz Of the sleigh, Mr.. James Bates,
carried him to Butler & States, where
several bad cuts on his head and arms
were patched up.
The employees of the Portland Railroad
Company on their annual good time this
year will take one of the large cars
and ride all over the city, followed by a
banquet at the West End.
The total number of arrests for the
Drunk, II; larceny, B.; suspicion, 8; as
sault with intent to kill, 1; insane, 1;
witness, /; breaking and entering,1
Tho storm of Saturday interfered con-
siderably with the electric roads both
in this city and on the Cape. The sleet
and rain coming on in the evening, after
the tracks were cleared of snow, made
it very hard for the Cape CARS, as the
time Of running from the different points
was so far between that the sleet would
bed down on the rails almost as soon
as it was cleared off. AS it was the cars
from Willard and Cash's corner, were
about half an hour of the regular run
ming time.
Barney Shaughnessy tells the police he
has been robbed of $40 and describes the
thieves. The police cannot find the rob-
bers and believe they have left town.
Patrolmen White and Woodsome made
seizure in a saloon at the corner of
Park and Commercial streets Saturday
night.
.blddeford man who paWned lot of
carpenters tools here has been gathered
IN to wait until the Biddeford police set
tie the ownership o f the tools.
In place on Fore street, evidently
meant for a bar, Deputy Hartnett dis
covered Saturday night cunningly de-
vised trap for concealing liquors. The
hiding place must have cost good deaf
and Of course is useless now.
The next case to be brought on in the
Supreme Court after the Lowell Bailey
case. will be the Chapman-Seeley case,
an action for damages resulting from
collision.
The subject of the next debate at the
Portland Fraternity, Saturday, February
eth, will be "Our City Government"
Members must prepare themselves on
this topic.