The Portland daily press., 1897-05-05
BRIEF JoTTlN0s.

In A. W. Lowell's window, Congress
street, can be seen the gold medal of the
mile championship at the L. A. W.
spring,meet.
The board of registration is in session
FOR the special election.
Ihs Garden Valley Gold Mining Com
pany has been organized at Portland for
the purpose of carrying on to- business
of mining, with $500, 700 capital stock OF
which $40 is paid in. The officers are
President A. j. Desmond of Portland
treasurer, Edward K. Milliken of Port
land.
The regular meeting of the Salvation
Army Aid society will be SHIELD in the
vestry''of the State Street Congregational
church Wednesday, May 9th, at 1913
O'Clock a. m
2 The Martha Washington Society will
meet Thursday with Mrs. E.ssB. Knapp.
Main street. Oceanvale. Ladies will take
the quarter of two pollock Ocean street
car. 1t very stormy the meeting will
take place the next day.
A man named McGinty got into q
scuffie yesterday afternoon in shop, COR
ner of Fore and Danforth streets, and
broke his leg. He was taken in Rioh's
ambulance to the Maine General hospital.
sReussaeler Greeley is understood to
be candidate for the keeper of hay
scales in place of Mark Ii. Sawyer.
Sea birds have been more plenty this
spring than any previous year.
new safe was put into the city mar
shal's Office yesterday morning.
Ihs Board of le journal for May
contains fine half tone portrait of May
or Randall.
Many curious mistakes occur in the
post Office but one which came
to the notice of mail clerk on thc train
between Boston and Portland last month
was out of the ordinary. A letter ad-
dressed to person at Frankfort-on-t the
Main, in Germany, had been sent here
from England and was being carried to
the State of iMaiDe
But three Boston theatres can seat
more patrons than the new Portland the
tire will when Completed. The new thea
atre will seat 1858 and the three Boston
theatres are the Boston, Grand Opera
and Castle Square.
Three fine salmon trout were caught
by one man yesterday forenoon in Jor-
dams bay. Lake Sebago, opposite the
Central hotel, Raymond. One of them
weighed 16 pounds.
A set of new scales was being pla ced
in position yesterday at the Office of the
Burnham Ice company on Commercial
street.
Yesterday afternoon delivery wagon
belonging to Herbert & Morgan met with
aD accident on Commercial street and
lost a wheel. No one was injured.
The work of grading the grounds about
the new armory building has been COM
menced and when it is completed will
add greatly to the attraotiveness of that
part Of the city.
The day yesterday 0Lened with clouds
and rain, and raw east wind. Later
the skies cleared and it was sunny with
an east wind.
Col. Chase, assistant adjutant general,
and team of 16 men from Portland
company, q. R. K. Of P, went to Bridg-
ton yesterday morning to institute a
company at that town.
Three cases of diphtheria were re-
ported by Health Officer Carney, one at
Il Monroe street and two at 292 Congress
street.
In the supreme court yesterday before
t,In Na1+ bo,, .
were heard, the DEGREES to be announced
later.
Grand Chancellor Edwin Parsons and
Grand Keeper OF Records and Seal Wes-
ley g. Smith of the Grand lodge, K. of
P. OF Maine, left yesterday morning for
Rangeley where they will institute
lodge No. Ill tonight. Delegates from
the Liyermore Falls and Pennington
lodges will also attend.
A party of 2S people from Auburn and
Lewiston passed through the city yester-
lag morning for a trip to Washington
under tho direction Of Rev. Henry R.
Rose of the Elm street Uniyersalist
eaurch Of a uburn.
TIE ladies of WilIiston church will
have a supper at the church yestry this
aveuing at Z O'Clock to which g slight
admission fee will be charged. 1t will
be worth your while to attend if you en-
JOY real good supper.
EIhere was no business of public ma
ture transacted at the First Free Baptist
chulch meeting last evening.