The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-03
BRIEF JOTTIN0s.

''The Progress of the Temperance
Movement will be the subject of the W.
G. r. U. meeting this afternoon at 8
o'clock at &c Oak street. All interested
are invited.
Mr.. John J. Gerrish calls attention to
the fact that next year will be the
semi-centennial of the Atlantic and ST.
Lawrence and that he and Charles Ed
wards, the veteran civil engineer are the
only persons now living who were en-
ployed by the company then.
Next Monday evening the trustees of
the Walker estate are to appear before the
city government with proposition that
the trustees will build the manual train
ing school on the site of the Casco street
church and fully equip the school If the
city will accept 1t and support it there
after.
Trinity lodge, Z. of P, will celebrate
it's eighth anniversary this evening.
Clocks make fine presant. Willis A.
Gates, the jeweler, has choice line of
Dresden, both French and American
movements,
Members of the W. L. .. are notified
that the lecture which was to be given
in Pine street church December II, will
be postponed until December IS, owing
TO the illness of Rev. DR.. E. G. Bolles.
The regular meeting of the Catholic
Young Ladies' Literary society, will be
held this evening.
Cressey, Jones & Allen have just re-
ceived the new popular march 'Belle of
the Cake Walk introducing the char
acteristio darkey rag time. This march
. now all the rage and this well-know 4
firm has made a fine window display of
the same. The march is arranged for
piano solo, duets and full military band.
Yesterday was bright, pleasant day.
Deputies Firth and PIummer of the
liquor posse spilled some 400 bottles of
lager beer, about 1875 gallons of whiskey
and several barrels of ale yesterday.
The annual meeting of ST. Paul's par
ish has been adjourned to Monday, De-
cember g.
A delegation from York council, Roy al
Arcanum, of Biddeford, will attend the
meeting Of tlas council, No. 776 this
evening In lied Mems hall
There was still alarm yesterday caused
by the chimney of an unoccupied house
at IS Hampshire street burning out.
There was no damage.
The Law Students club will hold q
meeting this evening in the office OF
Coombs & Neal, IS Exchange street.
Hon. A. E. Moulton will deliver an ad-
dress ON Negligence.
AT a meeting of the committee of the
city council on unimproved real estate
it was voted that the secretary of the
committee secure and keep ION file for
reference a description and plan of all
the salable property of the city, and also
of that which has been heretofore sold.
The class Of 'eS, P.H.S., will hold q re-
ception soon. The executive committee of
the class held a meeting yesterday morn
tngsto make arrangements for the same.
One case of diphtheria was reported yes
terday at the rear of 43 Huntress street.
One case of membranous. Group was re-
ported yesterday at III. Sherman ST., and
three of measles, two at Spring street
and one at 10 Brown street.
Walter S. McDuffie,a bell boy at SWEET s
hotel, had an eye badly injured by spark
from parlor match. DR.. Spaulding is
attending him. 1t is not thought he will
lose the sight of the eye.
The sale of the Specially club will
be continued through today.
The Medical club was entertained by
DIR. Bradford at The Sherwood last night.