The Portland daily press., 1898-10-14
BRIEF JoTTINos.

A great meteor was seen In the SOUTH
ern sky about 100 O'Clock yesterday
morning. The meteor was greenish in
color and the tail long and brilliant.
A barge ran into Portland bridge draw
Tuesday night and broke one brace,
one cord and started several bolts in vari-
ous places. Tho damage will be repaired
in short time and at small expense.
Deputy Harnett and Patrolman Flynn
raided rum shop recently started
at the corner of Clark and Salem streets
Wednesday night.
DR.. Blanchard will preach sermon on
Sunday morning ON Reajustments of
Thought in the Churches. - A cordial
invitation to attend is given to all who
have abandoned old beliefs and given up
attendance at church.
The regular business meeting of the w.
G. 4, U. will be held this afternoon at
SO Oak street at 2. 80 o'clock.
The Miss ion Circle connected with the
Church of the Messiah will hold its regu-
lar meeting Friday afternoon, Dot. 14th
at three o'clock.
Portland leads. It has the Kelley cure.
The aldermen yesterday afternoon drew
as Jurors for the Supreme Judicial court,
now in session, Alonzo w. Smith, Thorn
as A. Ladrigan. William L. Delano and
Edward ". Griffin.
D. T.. Griffin & Brother, contractors,
will begin the paving of Portland bridge
next Monday.
The Rossini club gave their usual
Thursday concert yesterday morning. 1t
was very enjoyable.
The adjourned annual meeting OF the
Portland Fraternity will be held at the
Fraternity house, this evening at half
past seven. Teachers and all interested
in the work will be welcome.
The committee on new buildings held a
meeting this afternoon. There was moth
ing of public interest.
The Unitarian WoInen's Alliance will
meet in the parish house this afternoon at
O'Clock.
Fine day and much colder yesterday.
The new freight shed, No. 8. which the
Grand Trunk people have just finished,
will make a great improvement in the
facilities afforded for handling steam
ship freight this winter. Work was not
begun until July 5, and everything was
completed last week. Over !. 100 new piles
we're driven, SO it must be taken into
consideration that besides erecting new
shed. almost an entirely new wharf has
been built.
The first meeting of series of union
socials by the local lodges of the I. o. O..
f. will be held this evening by Ligonia
lodge. 1t is the intention of the commit
tee to make these meetings especially in
teresting to all that may attend. There
will be speeches followed by banquet.
Ligonia lodge, I. O. o. f., will enter.
tain all the Odd Bellows Of this city, both
resident and visiting. at their regular
meeting this evening. A banquet will be
served after the meeting.
4 There will be special meeting of
Columbian circle this evening at
O'Clock. All members are requested to at
tend.
Corporal Frank Means of Biddeford,
EGlVdUo 0UopAOA w A1uludA VI SOIl4Acs 0kAA
Privates Warren Colby and Edmund
Casey of this city, were discharged as
cured from the Maine General hospital,
Wednesday.
At the Eye and Ear Infrmary there are
now but five sick soldiers and these are
fast regaining health.
This morning Councilman Everett Il.
Josselyn Councilman Florence Nrtscoll
and Chief Engineer II. N. Eldridge OF the
Portland Fire department., leave. for st
Louis, where they will attend the annual
convention of IRE chiefs Of tbs United
States.
Capt John Dewyea, assistant keeper
of Half Way Rock light, fastened his
boat to tho steamer Merryconeag yester.
day to be lowed to the lighthouse. A
number of purchases made in Portland
were in the boat Capt. Dewyea went on
the steamer Of the breakwater the
Lighthouse. boat fHed-and-sank,