The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-25
BRIEF JOTTiNGS.


The April term of the United States
circuit court began Saturday. The grand
jury will come in Tuesday and the petite
jury Thursday.
The Portland Yacht club will celebrate
their Goth anniversary with lunch and
musicale at their club house, Tuesday
evening next.
Saturday evening at the ST. Luke's parish
house.
Mr.. Mills, who keeps paint shop en-
Fore street, suffered from stroke of
paralysis Saturday afternoon, and was
carried to his home, where he was report
cd to be much better at night.
The committee on estimates of the city
government met Friday night and orga-
nized. The committee will be in session
Tor nearly every night during tho coming
week in order to complete the appro-
priation bill.
At the Kelley Institute, Isl Congress
ST. drunkenness and Inorphinism is cured.
Bauk Examiner f. e. Timberlake is
sitting ont blanks to send to the safe de-
,sit and trust companies throughout the
tuate requiring them to send in state
II snts of their condition twice year, IN
May and November, instead OF once a
year as formerly.
The chemical and Hose 5 extinguished
q lively blaze under Randall s. AIcAllis-
ter's wharf Saturday night A lamp ex-
ploded in Spring street house the same
evening and caused quite a blaze.
There will be meeting this evening
of the full chorus to participate in the
Maine monument concert at Bosworth
Post hall.
Rain fell heavily during Sunday.
The annual election of..oifcers OF Can
ton Ridgeley will be held on Wednesday
evening.
The third free Aeolian recital given b.
d. SteiEert, Sons & Co.. will occur We'd
nesday afternoon at 8 o'clock. These re-
citals are attracting large number Of
the music loving people of our city.
The West End hotel is receiving many
improvements. A nav dining room is
being constructed for private banquets,
and q new building will provide for the
laundry, electric plant, etc.
Mr.. W. r. Chapman will be at Kotz-
SEMINAR hall this evening and is anxious
10 meet all the members OF the festival
chorus at that time The choruses from
Woodfords. Yarmouth and nearby towns
are especially requested to be present.
1.-The FreeEStreet Baptist church will
hold q special meeting at its vestry this
evening at z. As O'Clock at which time the
committee appointed to secure minister
will report.
The Ladies' Aid of the Church of the
Messiah will meet Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. B. A. Heseltine, 66 Atlantic
street.
The Mutual Improvement club will
meet with Mrs. Estelle Dyer, IL North
street kHRoll call from.s chapters XVI and
XVII of the Manual aas.Programme a
surprise.
Mr.. Lewsen, of the firm of r. NJ. Lew
son Il Co.. left Saturday night for anoth-
er trip to New York for the purpose of
filing the special orders taken during the
week. He.expects to return Wednesday
with choice line of sample suits, jackets
and capes from the latest designs which
will be offered at the lowest prices.
Messrs. Edward and Willis Carter have
returned from six weeks trip through
Engla nd and France.
At st. Stephns yesterday morning Rev.
DR.. Dalton gave some aspects OF the war
not told by the secular press. The doc.
tors idea was that the war was caused
by anarchy existing in Havana.
PORTLAND WHEEJ, CTnR