The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-16
lERlEF JoTTINos.

Geo. Washington council NO. D, " y.
A. II. will meet tonight at Harrington
Block at o'clock. Initiation and nomi
nation of officers.
The regular meeting of the Mission
Circle connected with the Church of the
Messiah will be held on Friday afternoon,
Dec. 18th at three O'Clock, in the vestry
of the church.
Holmes Circle of Fern Lodge U. o. of
I. Q. L. will meet this afternoon with
Sisters Chase and Kennard, 90 Brown
street. Members are requested to attend,
as the election of officers will take place
at this meeting.
Rings in all the latest designs at Willis
IA. Gates, Jeweler.
A man named Carroll was lodged in the
police station Monday night, having been
arrested in South Portland for attempting
to break into two houses, those of Harry
Wood and George Tingley. He is thought
to be inssne.
The library of the Maine Historical So
ciety is being rewired for electric lights
on a new and improved plan.
The young peoples new reading room
p. M, and 6.45 to, p. IN.
Yesterday was foggy, rainy and mild.
The Jackson school library has an
average circulation of 400 volumes. Many
of these books were the outcome Of the
donation from the Walker legacy.
The Portland Railroad company will
b9gin the laying of Its rails on Tukeys
hid hQ of hQ
paving will follow.
The rain fall at Portland during the "a
hours from Tuesday morning to yesterday
morning was 1.92 inches with two.tenths
inches of snow which has since melted.
With what fell yesterday the total fall
was about two inches. Last4night.. north
westerly gales and colder weather were
promised.
Longfellow lodge, No. 43, K. of P, con-
ferred the second rank last evening, and
Past Chancellor II. Elwell of Presump-
scot Valley lodge, No. was received in
the interests of the Past Chancellors' as
soc1ation.
The Samaritan association will meet
with Mrs. W. Z. Kilborn this afternoon.
3 The annual meeting of the Natural
History Society called for 3 p. m. yester-
day was adjourned for lack of a quorum.
Una lodge, No. 46, I.O.O.F., will work
the royal purple degree this evening.
The annual meeting of Portland AS
sembly, No. IA, R. S. of G. F., will be
held tomorrow evening.
The chemical engine was hauled tol the
works of the Portland Company yester-
day to undergo slight repairs.
The overseers of the poor have had a
much larger number of calls for assis-
tance SO far this cold season ethan was
the case year ,'ago. On the first day of
December of this year there were COB in
mates Of the almshouse and Greedy hos
pital, and on the same day last year there
were III.
Amaranthe tent, No. 2. K. o. T. NJ,
visited Ocean tent, No. last evening.
Two candidates were initiated and a sup
per was served.
Clothes line thieves entered Tuesday
night the yard Of Mr.. Harry M. Chase
at 10 Federal street, ands, took a large
amount of clothing.
A service OF special character Will be
held in the Church of the Messiah next
Sunday evening. Addresses on EMISSION
Work in Japan" will be given by Rev.
G. l. Perrin, D. D. of Boston, and Mr.
Yoshimura, the first native Universalist
preacher of that country.
The ladies of the State street church,
held an exceedingly pretty Christmas sale
in the pleasant church parlor on We'd
nestiay afternoon and evening, The sale
will be continued during Thursday after
noon and evening. Thursday evening O
concert will be given by the well-known
State street choir to which the small ad-
mission fee of 10 cents will be asked.
L American cut glass, sterling silver
trimmed, claret jugs, tobacco jars, tea
caddies, atomizers, puff boxes, salve bot
ties, tankards, pungents, ink bottles. per-
fume bottles, sugar sifters, pitchers, etc
For sale by w. W. Mansfield g. Co.,
jewellers, 241 Middle St.