The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-11
BRIEF JoTTlNas.

Revival meetings Will Dc nelo at Gne
Pine street NJ e. church next week. be-
ginning Tuesday evening. The pastor
will be assisted by Rev. J. R Clifford of
Woodfords, and Rev. 81. E. Dunnach of
West End.
The Armenia, the lighthouse steamer
that has been repairing at Bath was ex-
pected at Diamond Island yesterday. OF
her 16, 600 cases of oil 10, 900 have been dis
tributed. The Armenia will proceed short
ly to the Carolinas and thence to Florida
and the Gulf.
Yesterday morning the mercury was
down below freezing.
The chemical was semitic the Portland
Company Saturday to have leak in one
of the pip.s repaired. 1t is all right.
The regular meeting of the Ministerial
association will be held at the Y. M. c..
A. hall today at TO- 80 a. m. An address
will be delivered by Rev. Thomas S.
Sampson. Subject, ethical Preaching"
Some time Friday nighS burglars broke
into the store of J. L. Rice, the Libby
Corner grocer, and turned things upside
down. They made their entrance by cut
ting away the lock of door with a chisel.
They only got few.cigars.
Joe Forrestall, the well known polo
player. few months ago had a quarrel
with his wife and it is alleged threatened
toskill her with carving knife. He was
arrested for this offence and received a
sentence of sixty days in jail. He ap-
pealed and being able to furnish sureties
has been at liberty since that time. He
had another row with her and was pulled
in Saturday, and will appear before the
Municipal court today.
Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, D. A..
R., will meet Monday afternoon at 8
O'Clock IN the pariors of Congress Square
hotel Members of the board of manage
ment are requested to be present at $50.
| The Mutual Improvement club will
meet with Mrs. G. f. Walker, No.
Grant street, today, at p. m. The
roll call will be from the first four chap
tiers of the manual.
The regular meeting of the Ladies' Vet
eran Firemen's Aid society will be held
at Orient hall, this, evening at 80
O'Clock.
The case of Cook Mullaney, against the
schooner Pearl, in the United States
court, has been settled by the parties.
Yesterday WAS observed as rally day by
the church and Sunday school of the
Church Of the Messiah, Universalist.
Rev. J.R. Clifford of Woodfords shipped
two deer and caribou from Bangor Fri
day.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson will soon present
to the Portland theatre which bears his
name a large medallion of himself to be
placed in the vestibule, and he will also
present beautiful oil painting of scene
in the Catskills to be placed in the EN-
pire reception room. Francis Wilson,
who opened the house, will give an ap-
propriate tablet, also to be placed in the
vestibule.
The Portland council, knights of Co.
lumbus, will celebrate the 405th anniver.
sary of the landing of Columbus, at Riv-
erton park. next Thursday, October IA.
Next Wednesday the regular examina-
ton of candidates for registered pharlna-
cists will be held in this city.
The Twitchell- Champlin Co. has COM
pleted its fall work on the canning of
corn at its Waldoboro factory. The pack
consisted of III, 600 cases.
The first game of water polo was played
Saturday forenoon at the swimming tank
at the Portland Athletic.club. The game
was by amateurs, small boys taking part
The clearing house figures for the last
week in Portland have been: Exchanges,
S257, 208. For the same day in 1896, 1892,
497. For the week, $1,653,o7S Corre-
spending week in 1896, 81 1888, 72S.
The Berlin Mills Co. have just put in a
200 1t. dynamo for lighting their new mill
at Gardiner; it is beauty and the Bel
KNAPP Motor Co. are the manufacturers.
g g The many friends of exCouncilman
John Murphy, Jr., and Mrs. Murphy,
will learn with sorrow of the death of
their son, George Thomas, aged three
years and seven months. who passed away
Sunday. Mrs. Murphy is also very dan
gerously i'll.