The Portland daily press., 1897-08-11
:. brief JOTTINos.

A meetlng OF Uno baules 'e1erau L iio-
mems Auxiliary No. l., will be held at
Congress Hall, Wednesday, August II, at
O'Clock D. IN. A full attendance is re-
Quested.
The Ladies' Aid of the Church of the
Messiah will hold basket picnic this
afternoon with Mrs. M. T. Staples at
Forest City Landing. If stormy, how
ever, the picnic will be held the follow
ing day.
r. regular meeting of Portlan Senate,
No. 1876, K. A. E. o., will be held this
evening at 7.30 O'Clock.
1t was foggy and disagreeable yester-
day.
The sheriffs made big seizure at j.
W. Sullivan's on Centre street, yesterday.
At the monthly meeting of the directors
of the Rumford Falls railway yesterday
the usual dividend was declared The
road is very prosperous and is having
satisfactory growth.
Edward L. Dam, clerk at George G.
Frye's was thrown from bicycle while
coming down Munjoy hill, Monday, re-
ceiving injuries that will confine him to
the house Tor several Gays.
Electric lights have been placed in the
corridor leading to the new library an
mex.
The Committee in charge Of the hand
tub and hose and reel contests at the Fire
mems muster next week, received entries
yesterday morning from hand tub COM
pany from Lisbon and from hose COM
pany from Ellsworth.
We have received from Mr.. d. 0. Pease,
district passenger agent of the Grand
Trunk at Montreal, q neatly printed and
illustrated pamphlet, entitled "Gateways
of Tourist Travel" describing many
summer resorts reached by the Grand
Trunk.
The Order United American Mechanics
and Daughters of Liberty of Portland,
Cumberland Mills, Bar Mills and Var
mouth, with the Junior Order United
American Mechanics, also of Portland,
will go on picnic to Long Island Satur-
day, August IA. Members will met at
Custom house wharf at 9 q. m.
The second story of the new YIN. c. A.
building is practically completed, and
all the iron beams Of. the third floor, with
but one exception, are now in place.
Part of the flooring on the third story
was laid today. 1t is expected that the
masonry work Of the building will be
completed by the latter part of October
The bids opened by Major Hoxie have
been awarded to Mr.. Geo. W. Andrews
of Biddeford for completing the break
water on the Saco river and for repairing
breakwater at Little Harbor, N H.,
and to Moore & Wright for dredging
Carver's harbor.
There will be a meeting of the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Catholic Total Absti-
nance society Thursday evening, August
18th, to take action on field day.
All members of the Catholic Total Abb
stinence society are requested to be pres
emit Thursday evening as business of i'm
portance will come before the meeting.
The Veteran Friemen's band passed
through Congress street on an electric
car, playing lively airs last evening on
their way to the lawn party at Stroud
water.
Mr.. Gardiner Walker, county commits
sioner, went to Gardiner yesterday to Sc
cure stock for the Jail workshop, and
Commissioners Allen and Seavey in
spected the Martins Point bridge and
Forest avenue extension.
1t was very quiet at the police station
last evening.
The awards on the Maine Central STA
ton at Brunswick have not vet been
made.
The West End hotel was filed with
people last night, many of them interest
ed in stock and horses to be exhibited at
the great New England fair next week.
UThe Y. W. c. A. moon light sailsoccurs
Wednesday evening, leaving Custom
house wharf for Peaks island at Z
O'Clock If stormy the sail will be post
poned to Thursday evening.
For the remainder of this week the per-
formances at the rustic theatre, Riverton,
will begin promptly at 8 and 8 O'clock