The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-08
COMMERCIAL STREET MATTERS,
How Harry Cox Saved a Life-The
Plans Mr.. Farnham is. Making.

Fishermen Down In Their Luck-A Visitor
Who Was Too Warmly Received on
Board-General Marine Notes,
Mr.. Foss, the mate of the schooner
Game Cock, is suffering badly the result
of "a visit he paid Wednesday evening
to friend the mate Of the schooner
Maggie Ellen.
He was talking with the mate Of the
Maggie Ellen, who invited him to step
aboard. and he did SO. AS be stepped
over the rail the captains dog. a big
animal, caught him and bit him on the
knee making bad wound. The mate OF
the Maggie Ellen ohoked the dog and
released Mr.. Foss, who went to the office
of DR.. Bray, who dressed the wound.
The dog is commonly very good ma
tured animal, but took Mr.. Foss for an
intruder. No continuing bad effect Is
expected to result from the wound.
H. F. FarDham was very busy yester-
day. Beside arranging with Col W. H..
Brigham of Ohio, the head of the Ma
tional Grange to deliver two lectures on
subject especially selected by President
Appleton, "The New Farmer" and the
other one "The Past, Present and Future
Of the Grange" Mr.. Farnham opened
correspondence with several makers Of
flying machines, and proposes to have the
best going.
| He has nearly completed arrangements
with Miss Crosby, ely Rod" to take
charge of the exhibition of inland fish.
cries, and hopes to be able to induce
Mrs Kate Tryon to deliver one or more
lee lures on the birds of New England at
| City hall, during the fair.
| The schooners Rhode Island and Olive
J. Written, sailed yesterday for Demerera
with ice and lumber.
!. W. Trefethen reported the arrivaro
a few small boats yesterday with about
5000 pounds of fish.
81 couldn't let the kid CO." said little
Harry Coz yesterday, az he came up the
Grand Trunk yard with an extremely
wet companion, Johnny McCluskey.
Harry is years old, small, and quick
motioned, while the Skid, {" as he termed
his friend, is about the same age, but 9
much larger boy.
They had been playing on the raft
when Johnny went overheard. Harry lii
not loose time trying to get help bu
leaning over the side seized his friend b,
the collar Of his jacket when he came tt
the surface and managed with great diff
GU lty to pull him back on the raft.
"There wasn't nobody else there and
had to do it. See?' said Harry. whit
didn't seem to think he had done any
thing at all out of the way. 1t was I
good thing for the other boy that Harr,
happened to be 10y who isn't given t,
getting ratified.
Two men got into an argument, a
least that was what another man callet
it, ON Commercial street yesterday after
, noon, and managed to get in a few blow
on eaohtside before they were separated.
Mr.. Harris, the district freight agent
and Mr.. Telfered, the general weight
master of the Grand Trunk. were at tn
, Commercial street station yesterday.
Grand Trunk men believe that the pro
posed elevator will be built, and tina
} President Winslow and his COMMITTEES
Will be well backed up ~ the DuSlne
men of Portland They believe that Their
would be An immense business in tn,
= event of the building of the elevator will
a capacity of one million bushels, as SUI
gested by General Manager Hays.
The Cottage City arrived at 6 o'clocl
from New York. She encountered ver,
rough weather, high winds and oroT
| seas, and for "a hours sanchored at Bas
river. From there to this port the SCI
was high and the passage generally un
comfortable.