The Portland daily press., 1897-11-12
BRIEF JoTTiNas.

y The school of the officers of the First
Regiment will take place in this city the
early part Of next month.
Considerable interest is being manifest
ed in the coming election in Co. A. Light
Infantry, which will be held at the ex-
piration of the commission o.. Capt. Dow.
Jan. 9TH, '9S.
Alderman Pagan, who was appointed
chairman of the special committee chosen
at the last meeting of the city council to
look into the matter of a pension ordi-
nance for the police department, has Sc
cured copies Of the ordinances of about 20
other cities, and other valuable informa-
ton concerning the pensioning of police
which.he will incorporate into report to
.be brought to the attention of the COM
mittee at its next meeting.
Latest designs in Ladies' Girdles, in
silver, gilt and enamel, at Willis A.
Gates, 57S Congress street.
At the Free street Baptist church on
Sunday evening next, Rev. Mr.. Cum
mings of the New England Home for
Little Wanderers in Boston, Will deliver
an interesting address upon the Work OF
the hons. A choir of children from the
home will be present and sing some choice
pieces of music. A collection in aid OF
the home will be taken.
The Unitarian Women's Alliance will
meet this afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
The third rank will be worked on one
candidate this evening. The members OF
the anniversary committee are requested
to be at the hall at 7.30 o'clock.
Cressey, Jones & Allen have just re-
ceived the popular waltz song ''Stal
Light, Star Bright" from the comic
opera, t'Tne Wizard of the Nile
The rui, Or to the effect that the Maine
State Bugle, Fife and Drum Corps viii
disband this week is unfounded.
Agent Perry of the S. P. c. A., is in
vestigating charges of cruelty to animals
made against Spurwink farmer.
Mr.. Charles Small, a stone worker OF
Cumberland Centre who, while at work
last week at that place, got small piece
of steel into one of his eyes, has gone to
the Eye and Ear infrmary and two
operations have been performed.
Extensive repairs are being made OF
the interior of. the United States hotel.
A party of the members of Iona chap
ter, o. E. S., made visit to the chapter
at Auburn last evening.
Mrs. Small, the wife of Rev. A. K. P.
Small, d. d., of Chicago, recently fell
down flight of stairs, breaking her hip.
The jury in the Superior court was ex-
cused again yesterday morning until this
morning as the cases assigned for trial
yesterday were settled.
Yesterday morning Daniel Carr and
John D. Keefe were drawn for grand
jurors. and Geo. D. Loring and Eben G.
Delano for petit jurors in the U. S. Dis
trict court for the December term.
A painter employed in painting the
house No. 80 Deering street, Wednesday
met with an accidental fall and broke
hissleg.
There wire about 100 persons who
awaited themselves of the low rate of fare
to visit Boston yesterday over the Bos-
ton and Maine road.
It was bright and the coolest of the
season yesterday morning. Afterwards
the wind shifted towards the southwark
and the clouds came up in a threatening
manner. There was q feeling of snow in
the air.
The cars over the Grand Trunk came
In with snow on their tops yesterday.
At the Mt. Pleasant house, on the line
of the Mountain Division of the Maine
Central, the ground was quite white yes
terday morning.