The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-24
BRIEF loTTINGs.

The Mutual Improvement club will
! meet with Mrs j. o. Rice, 1872 Free
gastreet Monday, April Goth. Roll call
from the 10th and 18th chapters of the
manusl.
Boys of the Cadet classes will give their
exhibition at 1.-THE Athletic Club gym
haaium this afternoon.
The Portland Veteran Firemen have
had their pictures taken.
The first advertising circus car has ar
rived in Maine 1t is from the Adm
Forepaugh and Sells Bros. united cir
Gus.
Engine g hose wagon was sent to the
school for the deaf on Spring street
Thursday. A kettle of fat boiled over.
No damage was done.
1t is said there is danger of another
cave in in front of the Lyman block on
Commercial street, where man broke
through some time ago. The tide washes
under the sidewalk.
Next Sunday at $50 p. NJ. at Mystic
hall free lecture will be given by W. q.
Mclaughlin of Scarboro. ssSubject, Three
Weeks Walk in the Streets of Boston,
together with some observations on the
last Legislature and the Dingley Tariff.
: The Portland Theosophical Society,
SAB l-2 Congress street, will hold an in
Quirers' meeting at 3 p. IN. Sunday. At
the regular evening meeting at 730 pm,
paper will be read on "The Theosorhi-
cal Society; its motive and method"
The public are cordially invited.
The regular monthly meeting of Long
fellow lodge, Sons of St. George, was
held at the lodge room last evening.
After the regular session last evening
gramme was given by some of the men,
bers After the entertainments supper
was served in the banquet hall
The new polished red granite columns
are being put into position at the en-
trance to the new theatre on Free street.
The janitors have begun to clean the
schoolhonses and get them into good
condition for next term. Mr.. Gray is
progressing rapidly with the new school
census.
The Gunner club celebrated Fast day
by trip to their cottage at Long Point,
Cape Elizabeth.
During the coming week quite num-
Der of Portland school teachers will go
to Boston and vicinity for the purpose
of visiting tic schools.
The tennis court at the Athletic club
on Spring street, is being worked into
condition for early spring games.
Rev. W. S. Ayres, pastor of the First
Baptist church, will speak to men only
IN the YIN. IA. hail tomorrow at 4a0
p. II.
The board CT overs ears of the POOR are
receiving bids for supplies Of provisions,
nsb, corned beef, flour, molasses and
sugar, to be supplied fer the ensuing
year. The -contracts will be awarded
the first of next month.
The city forester and his assistants
were busily at work pruning trees in
The western part of the city yesterday.
Yesterday was quite warm. The mer4
cry ran up we'll towards the sixties. 1t
was partially cloudy at times and then
the south wind blew rather chilly.
Try Hebekah lodge will give supper
and entertainment to their mem bers
Saturday evening, April gath. Supper
served at G. IS sharp. A full attendance
is desired.
a woman bowling drunk kept up
decided racket at the station last night.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. M. G.
A. had social at the Sherwood yester-
day afternoon. The drawing room was
beautifully decorated with flowers and
palms. Light refreshments including
coffee, cocoa and punch were served.
The State street auxiliary held mis-
sionary meeting at the church parlors
yesterday afternoon. Several papers
were read and there was social hour
enjoyed. The business was not of pub
lilo nature.
The York County wheelmen intend
&C giving dance at Giihert's last eve
ming, bat finally abandoned the idea.
The Junior Society of the Free Baptist
church will present the Children's
Crusade in the church vestEy Mondny
evening. THIS exercise was an interest
ing feature of the Boston G. E. conven-
tion.