The Portland daily press., 1896-11-07
TIE PRESS.
NEW ADvERTIsEMEnrs TO-DAY.
BRIEF IoTTINos.

The big advertising fence on the Con-
gress street side of the Maine General
Hospital lot went down before the fury of
the gale Thursday night
Charles D. Alexander of the Emery &
Waterhouss Co. met with an accident
which will oonine him to the house for
some time. He was walking on the
street when he slipped and fell striking
a hydrant as he fell His collar bone
was broken and he was otherwise
bruised.
r. Douglass, freight brakeman on
the Grand Trunk, was blown off the top
Of a car of moving train at Pownal
Thursday night He was BADLY .shaken
up bat not seriously injured. He was
taken to his home at Bsthel.
The monthly business meeting of the
Diet Mission will be held at the Fratern-
ity House, rs Spring street, on Saturday
afternoon. Nov. 7th. at O'Clock. A full
attendance Is asked.
There will be a stated meeting of Port
land Council No. 4. r. and S. NJ, at
Masonic Hall. Monday evening, Nov.
8. at 7.30 O'Clock.
Garter e. Gate, Of the First Free Bap-
tist church OF Portland, ga who had call
to the Roger Williams church at Provi-
dence, r. L., has decided not to accept
the call. At an informal meeting of the
church resolution heartily approving
Of his labors, and requesting him to re-
main was unanimously adopted.
Miss Flora b. Berry will have charge
of the Gospel service at the rooms of the
Young Woman's Christian Association,
Sunday, Nov. sth at 4SO .. m. All
women are very cordially invited.
Rev. Z. S. Beane and Rev. A. Ii.
Wright will exchange pulpits Sunday
morning.
The lumber mill that was built by Mr..
9. A. Saunders of Nashua, N. b. sever
al years ago In Phillips. has been sold by
the American Spool and Bobbin Compa-
ny to MI. +. Dudley of Portland.
Mrs. l.. d. III. Sweat has presented 20
the School for the Deaf very servicea-
BILE foot power scroll saw and barrel OF
apples. Mrs. Dane of Falmouth has sent
a bushel of apples.
A large piece of plastering has fallen
from the ceiling in tho aldermen's room,
filing the room with dust. The room
will have to be newly plastersd in the
future.
On the Eastern Promenade there was
regular .washout caused by the storm.
the water pouring down the hill to the
tracks of the Grand Trunk with great
force and rapidity. Onegof the fine shade
trees on the Eastern Promenade was up
rooted .and several. branches of other trees
In the vicinity were blown of.
Yesterday was brightsand clear wish a
strong west wind in the morning, raw,
with dense black oloudssinEthes.afternoon.
Clearings at the.olearing house yester-
day amounted to s211,S02, and for the
same day insls95, 1900, 332.
The Practitioner Club met at The
Sherwood last night and enjoyed an ex-
cellent supper. About dozen were
present.
The Portland Medical Club was enter
tanned by DIR. Addison s. Thayer at his
residence ON Congress street, Thursday
evening. Tho paper was read by DR.. R.
F. Goodhue and was on "Hysteria. :"
The annual meeting will be held with
DIR. II. NJ. Marshall. Brackett street.
Rev. B. Fay Mills will preach at Will
liston church Sunday morning.
The annual meeting of the Little Wom-
en- will be held with Mrs. Greenhalgh,
II 1-2 Neal street, November at o. m.
A full attendance isldesired.
A temperance address will be given By
Mrs. L. q. Darlington, the well-known
SundayEevening. There .willsbe solo by
Miss Alice Morrison.
The Mutual improvement club meet
Monday, November 9th with Mrs. Walk
or. 6 Grant street. Kohl cali will be an
swered from the first four chapters of ;the
manual.
The Bethel W. c. T. u, has sent $40
to the president of the W. O. I. q. of
Maine. Mrs. L. MN. Stevens, to:be used
for the Armenian refugees.
The Portland Theosophioal society will
hold Its usual meeting Sunday evening,
at7.45. at..its hall, Room 80, 542H Con-
gress street. The subject will be "Rein-
carnation." Open to the public. Music.
A capital photograph Dof Secretary
Hunt Of the street commission, has been
secured, taken on a recent hunting and
fishing trip. The pose is perfect.
Evangelist j. E. Fischer, who has been
holding special Meeting at the Congress
street Methodist church, will address the
Mems meeting in Y. NJ. G. A. hall to-
morrow at 4.30 p. m.