The Portland daily press., 1897-12-10
BRIEF JorrlNas.

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The regular business meeting of the
W. C. II. U. will be held this afternoon
at 2. 80 O'Clock, at SO Oak steet.
1t Is said that a woman and girl are
visiting grocery stores, the woman claim
ing that she mas expended her money ft-
ting up house and asking credit for
goods for a week She is eaid to be a
fraud
At the meeting of Fern Lodge, I. O..
| o. L. Wednesday an election Of represen-
tatives was held with the following re-
suit: Senior representative, Mrs. M. A.
Cannard Junior representative, Mrs. S.
E. Sands. The election of officers will
occur at the next meeting, Wednesday,
the 22d.
Clocks make a nice present. Willis A.
Gates, the jeweler, has a choice line of
Dresden clocks, both French and Ameri-
can movements
The regular meeting of Pine Tree
club will be held this evening with the
president, 772 Congress street. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
The Order of United American Me-
chanics will nominate officers Decem ber
10th. All members are requested to be
present.
| The officers and members Of Bosworth
! Relief Corps will attend the funeral SER
vices of Mrs. Sarah E. Prescott, which
will be held Friday 10 O'Clock at f01
Salem street. The corps service will be
used.
All Sunday trips of the Casco Bay
steamboat company have been disoontin-
ued
A ring is an acceptable gift. We have
large stock of them from the cheapest
to the most expensive, emerald, ruby,
diamonds, sapphire, pearl, opal, tur-
quoise, jacinth, spinels, jades, carbuncle.
topaz, ,onxy, blood stonet, garnet, ,cornelian.
WV. Mansfield & Co.. jewellers, ,241 Mid :
die street.
There was a still alarm Of fire on We'd
nesday night in the house at II Casoo
street. A young man who boards at the
place carelessly took some ashes out of
| the stove and threw them into basket
which at once ignited and caused what
for few minutes threatened to be a Sc
rious blaze. Machigonne's men were
soon on the scene and eztinguished the
flames. The damage was only nominal
Buy white halibut at the Congress
| square fish market today.
| Winona council, No. z, D. of P, enter
tanned Minnehaha council, No. 6,of West
brook, and Minneola council, No. 5, of
Knightville, at the hall last night.
Two cases of diphtheria were reported
yesterday afternoon, one atrear 43 Fore
| street, and the other at IA Pleasant street.
There was nc session of the municipal
court yesterday morning.
At the menthly meeting of the Maine
Academy of Medicine next Monday,night,
there will be the annual election of Off
GERS and d.reading of papers.
Mr. Ebsn Perry has been looking over
the horses that haul the mail wagon, and
find that all but one are unsound and I'M
fit. for use. He has telegraphed Contrac-
| tor McGuire to replace them with sound
animals.
Mr. John Turner, one of the bailiffs of
the United States court, is securing SUBJ
scriptons for string of electric lights
to be placed on the principal streets Of
the city during Christmas week as was
the case during the New England Fair.
1t is thought there will be special
meeting of the City Council held tonight
to elect a successor to Hon. G. 4. Lib
by On the Dcering annexation commit
tee.
The Unitarian Woman's s Alliance will
meet this afternoon at O'Clock.
Miss Mary Morrill,, who has lately re-
turned from her missionary work in
China, will address the ladies of the
State street auxiliary this afternoon at
3 O'Clock in the chapel. The young ladies
Of the church who belong to the Daugh-
ters of the Covenant, are particularly
urged to come, while all the ladies, wheth-
er mem bers of either society or not, are
cordially invited. Miss Morrill, will speak
in her Chinese costume and bring with
her curios that can be seen during the So
cial hour that will follow the talk.
Try the Congress square fish market
for fish dinner today.
a meeting Of the Portland Veteran
Firenen's association was hold last eve
ming for the purpose of revising the by
laws. The meeting WAS very long one
and it was late before the association ad-
journed.
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