The Portland daily press., 1898-06-13
BRIEF JoTTINos.

The rite of baptism will be administered
ut the morning service at Williston
church, next Sunday.
The West End Methodist church will
observe Children's day next Sunday.
The books at The Jefferson show that
1884 people attended the theatre during
May.
A fve.year.old boy, George Brockman,
living at las Newbury street, had a mar
row escape. He ran backwards and
struck one Of Cummings g meat teams.
He lost a front tooth and received bad
bruises.
The class of 1900, P. q. S., took an out
ing Saturday, going down to Peaks ISL
and on the O'Clock boat and attending
the performance of Diplomacy at the
Gem In the afternoon.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will
visit Montreal June Goth.
These pleasant afternoons and evenings
canoeists are floating up and down the
Stroudwater. This sport is as popular as
ever, and the club is in most prosperous
condition.
The members Of the Lexington Golf
Club have challenged tie Portland Golf
Club. Six members of the Portland club
will 40 to Lexington Thursday and the
following week six members from the
Lexington club will come to Portland.
Among the members who will play in
Lexington are Dean Stills, Mr. Walter G.
Emerson, Mr.. William G. Eaton, Mr..
Ellis, ME-. Richard G. Payson.
The funeral of Percy Skillings, son of
Edward Skillings, who was drowned
Friday afternoon, will take place in tn
church at Peaks island, at o'clock to-
day.
The regular meeting of Elizabeth Wads-
worth Chapter will be held today at 8
p. m. After the business meeting pro-
gramme appropriate to Flag Day will
be carried out. The chapter would re-
quest citizens to observe Flag Day, June
"A, by displaying their flags.
The regular meeting of the Ladies' Vet
eran Firemen's Aid Society will be held
at Orient hall. this evening at 7.30
O'Clock.
Rev. 81. B. Long of the Bethany
church, South Portland preached to
the soldiers of Camp Burdett on Prospect
Hill yesterday.
1t is expected that Major Hoxie will
send an assistant engineer to Bar Harbor,
this week, to superintend the mounting
OF the big guns for the defense of French
mems bay.
Judge Webb, District Attorney Dyer
Clerk Davis, United States Marshal Saun-
ders and Deputy U. S. Marshal Smith,
returned home Saturday from Bangor,
where they have been holding court.
Sergt. Bailey Of + company, Connec-
ticut volunteers, has gone to Hartford
to enlist % recruits.
Some of the Portland bicyclists are
planning to attend the races at Pittstield,
July @
The Brooks excursion party from
Springfield, Mass, will spend two weeks
at Old Orchard in the early part of July.
Two hundred Of them will be entertained
at the Old Orchard house and SO at the
Abbott cottage. They will arrive at the
beach July 1.
The anniversary committee of Fern
lodge, No. 2, U. o. of I. o. L., are re-
quested to meet Thursday afternoon at
4 O'Clock with Mrs. Given, 251 High
street.
The Young Peoples society of Congress
Square church are to hold strawberry
sociable next Wednesday evening in the
church vesGry. The Connecticut boys
will be the special guests of the evening.
Walter l. Mains circus is coming into
this state the latter part Of this month.
half fare has been secured on the Maine
Central to Wateryille for June IS, IA and
Is, when the council meeting of the Maine
Patriarchs Militant is to be held there
The Woman's Foreign Missionary soci-
ETY. Of the Portland Methodist district
will meet in Biddeford next Thursday.
Miss Ruth Sites, returned missionary
from India, will be there.
\ In the last number of the Bulletin,
published by the lJeapuo of A maricaD
Wheelmen, appeared a fine half-tone
picture of the sUrf at Cape Elizabeth.
The photograph from which the cut was
made was snapshot by Mr.. E. L.
Cobb Of East Deering.
The membership of the Maine division,
League of American Wheelmen, now
mum bers 461.
The police Taided Landers' drug store
at 43 Middle street, yesterday, seizlng a
quantity of beer. rum and whiskey.