The Portland daily press., 1896-08-03
BRIEF IoTTlNos.

"A Uosps4 DlcyCle corps is on Jn6 way TO
Portland.
| The coal dealers annual excursion will
| take place at Sebsgo Lake next Rednes-
| day. One of the many features of the
| days enjoyment will be baseball gams
| between the Chestnuts and the Brokers.
Hose responded to still alarm at 338
| West Commercial street Saturday after
| noon. Fire was discovered in pile OF
pole, but was extinguished without much
dam age.
| agThe showers wers very heavy yesterday,
| but must have done a lot of good.
| Some CT the local sports are trying to
arrange for set-to between Joe Waloott
and Dick O'Brien before Walcost leaves
| town.
While coming into the city from the
polioe-firemen game Saturday, Albert
Mason of SoDlerville. Mass who is spend
| ing his vacation at Peaks island, in
avoiding an approaching carriage fell
| over the excavation of the new track and
| injured his leg so badly that he was TAX
en- into the city in5an express wagon.
The steam yacht Harriet of Boston, the
| schooner yacht Avalon of New York ana
the cutter keewdins of Hull, were in
the harbor Saturday.
man named McKeoun and friend
created q disturbance in Miller Bros.
store on Middle street, Saturday evening
and assaulted one of the proprietors. A
clerk was also bounced upon, but ran
into neighboring store kept by S. De-
groot. The mon followed and threatened
the clerks life. Officer Bonner, who was
in the vicinity, heard the noise and
promptly responded, arresting one of the
men.
At the range Friday, Lieut.. Jaffrey of
the Biddeford Light Infantry made AZ
out of posi- BILE 90 at 200 yards. Con-
sidering the high wind this was a re-
| markable feat.
David Tatsm, Friend Evangelist
| from Denver, Colorado, will deliver
highly instructive address in the Friends
Church, on Oak street Saturday evening.
Subject, "The Wonderful Proyieencesi of
God in Divine Guidance and Answers
tosPrayer. -
Saturday forenoon Officers Morse Flick
kett and Skillings visited Arey's restaur-
ant on Middle street and seized 500 bot
| ties OF ale.
The local Knights of Pythias will prob
| ably not observe Pythian day in any for
nal manner this year. No day has been
set as yet and in all probability there will
not.
Transactions at the Portland clearing
house Saturday amounted TO $3.50, 172, an
increase of 500, ia in the figures for the
corresponding day of thu week year
ago. The amount for the week was
81. 1874, 562. a decrease of SIS, DIG in the fig
ures for the corresponding week year
| ago.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. 81. Hanscom of Med
! ford, Mass, announce thar the item that
recently appeared in the local papers con-
oerning the death of their children Leo
and Harold, by being struok by light
ming, is false and that both children are
alive and well, and they are at q loss TO
know how such q story started. The
many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Hanscom
in this vicinity will be glad to learn that
| such is the case.
The original Haydn Quartette san g
at State street church yesterday.
The regular meeting and election of
| officers Of the Central Labor Union will
OCCUR tonight at 8 o'clook.
The total number of arrests for the
week ending Saturday night was 50, of
| which 81 were for drunkenness.
Fern lodge, No. Q. Odd Ladies will
hold basket picnic at Mariners
landing, Long Island, Wednesday, Au-
gust 9Th. If the weather is dis
agreeable Wednesday the party will go
Thursday, August 9th, taking the TO- 80
q. II. boat if possible.
A very tall, colored brother with his
table before him, stood underssthe blaze
Of an arc light corner of Federal and
Franklin streets exhorting the people to
be saved in voice like a fog horn. He
drew crowd of about 500 people.
Today the 18th Maine reunion will be-
gin at Long island and last all the week
The regular monthly city meetings of
Portland and Westbrook will be held to-
night.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Portland Yacht Club will be held Wed
nesday evening.
T A lady from a Canadian city sum-
mering at a farm house on a Casco bay
island, was greatly taken with calf she
found in the barn. SIS the mother an
ox?'' she asked of the horny handed pro-
prietor.
The Cape eleotrics began Saturday to
run down to the Portland & Rochester
station.
Ball at the Rink Tonight,