The Portland daily press., 1898-03-29
BRIEF JoTTIHas.

The Underwood Company is supply
ing families with it's wonderful spring
water. as will be seen from the COM
pany's advertisement.
The Emergency club will meet with
Mrs. Pickett on Wednesday, March Both,
at. 10 a. m.
The prizes given at Pines Alleys for
highest scores for last week were awarded
To Shaw for the three string total of 552,
and Brown for the single string 1913 Sew
sral high scores were made by a number
of other bowlsrs..
Good seats can now be secured for the
great cake walk to be given at City hall,
Thursday evening, at Chandler's music
etore.
REV. Mr.. Perkins, repeated his interest,"
spg lecture last evening on "Gothic Ca
thedrals, lately reported at length IN
the Presto much interested audi
ehce at Assembly hall, High school build
ing. The proceeds will go for the school
room decoration fund.
The mission services at the Catholic
cathedral and ST. Dominics this week
are for men.
Holmes circle will not meet until week
trom Wednesday.
The Sebago lake is rising IL inches
per week. Fishermen are forwarding
boats and supplies to the eastern shore
In anticipation of the ice leaving the
lake a fortnight earlier than last year.
Freight business on the Maine Central
nov Is very heavy. Nearly all the regular
trains are heavily loaded and of unusual
length.
The committee on police met yesterday
morning and organized with Alderman
Eprague as secretary. Mayor Randall
is chairman ex-ofdcio. The other mem
Der Is Alderman Lamson.
There will be reunion Of the Port
land High school class of 1875 on June
Is.
One case of scarlet fever has been re-
ported at II Ingraham's court. This is
the first-case of contagious disease OF
any kind that has been reported in the
city since March IS. The city is now
entirely free from typhoid fever; there
was only one caseIin March. There has
been no diphtheria since March is SO
that is rapidly dying out.
There was quite large crowd at the
auction sale of the Falmouth house
furniture yesterday, including boarding
house keepers, hotel men, dealers in Sec
end hand furniture and citizens general
ly.
1T was sunny, but.raw. with an east
wind yesterday morning; later the skies
sd1ouded ana Threatened rain.
Samuel Fl. Jose, George L. Gerrish and
sSamuel r. Seeley were drawn yesterday
asfer traverse jurors in the Supreme Ju-
sdicia1 court, April term.
Mr.. Landlord will give the last in the
sseries of Lenten organ reoitals at St.
zo,clock
With reference to the planting of peas
In Deering last Saturday. March rs. q
gentleman at the Cape says he remem-
HberS when his father, good many years
Togo, planted peas March 18th. After
1.-The peas were two inches above ground
sShere came snow storm, but it did not
nature the peas In the least.
The school teachers will be paid We'd
nesday.
The Fraternity club was entertained
by Judge W. L. Putnam last evening
and the judge read paper.
Probably all of the fire companies in
Portland will eventually be equipped
with the aluminium helmets. The fire
men have to buy these themselves.
Several OF the companies have already
voted to purchase the helmets and the
Bracket street hook and ladder company
has just received them.
The Cumberland County tax for the
coning year should have read in yester-
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