The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-25
5R.EF JoTTGNGs.

The new club house at the Golf Links
will be opened the first Of August. Work
is being pushed and the house is almost
completed ready for the furnishing.
Among new members of the club are Miss
Margaret Wildes, Miss Elizabeth C.Allen,
and Mr.. James c. Hamlen. A large
number of strangers have enjoyed the
course the past three weeks.
Next Tuesday night, July &c, the Allan
tic associates will have another one of
their popular moonlight sails and dances.
The boat viii leave Portland pier at 8
O'Clock Hamilton's orchestra will fur
nish the music.
A farmer from Falmouth left his team
in front of Wilson's grocsry Saturday
without hitching. While inside, the horse
strayed off. The loss was reported to the
station and the horse found in a short
time.
The fire committee of the city govern
ment went to Peaks island on the $50
boat Saturday to inspect the fire company
On the island.
Quite novelty in travellers is. to be
seen at Ryan & KeIsey's store on Com
mercial street. 1t is a small land tortoise
which the captain Of the Lyell brought
from Athens, Greece. The captain says
| hundreds of these little reptiles are
allowed to run about on. the ships that go
to Athens, as they devour allSmoths and
other injurious insects which they may
| come upon.
The number of arrests for the week
ending Saturday night was 66, of which
| 53 were for drunkenness.
The Supreme Judicial Court met Sat-
urday morning, and after calling the
docket for Cumberland County adjourned
until Monday morning at O'Clock.
| After adjournment the court went into
consultation.
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Veteran Firemen's Aid Society will be
held at Orient Rall Monday evening at
7.45 O'Clock.
A horse belonging to the Formosa tea
company dropped dead on Danforth street
Saturday morning.
At IL o'clock Saturday morning hear
ing of the harbor commissioners was held
alta Exchange street. The hearing was
for the purpose of considering the pc
tition of the Boston q Maine relative to
rebuilding and widening piers on the B.
81 ii. bridge that crosses Fore river The
plans submitted met with no opposition
and the petition was allowed.
Last Thursday night about 8 O'Clock
while George Crockett, who works for the
Milliken- Tomlinson Company was wend-
ng b is way home, he was suddenly set
upon by two strange men, who handled
him for while pretty roughly. 1t was
the evident intention of the assailants to
rob him, but before they got chance,
Mr.. Crockett. who has considerable spare
muscle, laid one of them PROSTATE ON
the sidewalk, and succeeded in tearing
himself from the other. Mr.. Crockett
Ireceived several savage blows about the
face and neck, and altogether carries
several conspicuous reminders of the
conflict.
The entertainment committee of Fern
lodge, No. 2, y. o. I. o. L., are earnest
~ requested to meet with Mrs. Barker
1SS Pearl street, Monday evening at 1880
Many of the horses were shipped Satur-
day from Rigby to the Granite State park
at Dover, where race meeting will be
held this week.
| The following Saco delegates to the
Republican district convention, to be held
in Portland, August 2, have been chosen
John N. Deering, j. o. Bradbury, c.
NJ. Moses, A. Il. Gilman, H. II. Bur
bank, e. P. Durham, VI. j. Maybury,
Joseph q. Shaw, A.. T. Lord, Winfield
S. Hasty, A. NJ. Cocker, H. P. Garland.
The feast of st. James will be sol
emnizei at St. Luke's cathedral at II. &c
this morning.
| The funeral services or the late W. S.
Edgerly, who has been conductor on
the Grand Trunk for the past 28 years,
will take place at South Paris, Tuesday
afternoon at 1.3O O'Clock. All members
Of the Order Of Railway Conductors ara
requested to attend the funeral of their
late brother without further notice.