The Portland daily press., 1899-05-25
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

A special meeting of te Equal Sun
rage Club will be held at 10 Mellen street.
this afternoon at O'Clock.
The Second Parish circle will meet this
afternoon at Mrs. Ferry's, GO Pleasant
street, Woodfords. $50 -
The last meeting of this season of the
Bible Glass for the study OF the Inter
national S. S. lessons at Y. M. U. A.
Hall, will be this evening at 7.45, con-
Quoted by Dr. Smith Baker; topic, Christ
before PLATE.
At the stated convention OF Bramhall
lodge, No. 3, K. of p, this evening at
s'clock, tho rank of esquire Will be con-
erred at Castle hall, 400 Congress street.
All knights are cordially invited to De
present.
Among the matters for consideration
ut the next meeting of the aidermanio
board will be the approval OF the $lo,Vo'
bond filed by the Portland Electric Light
company to whom a permit for string
Ing of their poles and wires has been
granted, conditional upon the approval
Of their bond. The bond, as is customary,
was referred to City Solicitor Carroll
W. Morrill, for Investigation.
The committee on laying out ne"
streets will meet at the mayors ONCE
Friday afternoon at o'clock to consider
the petition for the alteration of Brown
street, Deering.
Forty seats which have been ordered
fer the Emerson school are expected TO
arrive in few days.
Cases of measles at l76 Clark street ana
81 Cleavss street, have been reported TO
the board of health.
The department of public works will
commence work upon Capisic bridge on
Stroudwater today. The bridge is to be
rsplanked. -poae |!
The committee on Sanitary meets at
o'clock this afternoon and the commit
fee on france meets at 7.3O this evening.
Three very Juvenile oracksmen were
brought before Marshal Sylvester yester-
day morning, charged with breaking a
pane of glass Tuesday night, in the store
of Sanford A. Maddox, No. 20 Middle
street. Through the aperture thus made,
they pilfered several packages Of tobacco
and other trifies. To the marshal they
admitted their guilt and in consideration
of their extreme youth, they were allowed
to depart with warming of punishment
in the event of future depredations.
The last directors nesting of the ".
l.. u. for the season, will be held Friday
in the Y. NJ G. A. parlors. Several mat
tiers of importance will be considered.
The annual meeting of the Pine Tree
club will be held at 772 Congress street,
Thursday afternoon at 2.30. All members
are requested to be present.
A special meeting of the Equal
Suffrage club will be held at 10 Me)len
street, Thursday, May % ut p. M.
Yesterday the liquor deputies made
seizures at tbs corner of India and Fore
streets, No. 40 Washington street, 81
Middle street and 505 Fore street.
Vaughans bridge will be closed to pub
lie travel today at l p M, for the purpose
of rebuilding the draw. Due notice OF
the opening will be given in the daily
papers.
Three carloads of poles have arrived
for the Portland Electric Light company,
and two carloads more are on the way.
Work is again being pushed on the for
tificatlons at Diamond island, some $50
men being carried there daily by the Cas-
CO Bay line.
Meeting of Geo Washington Council,
o. y. A NJ, tonight, Harrington block
Every member is requested to be present.
At meeting of the stockholders of the
Portland Savings bank, held Wednesday
afternoon at O'Clock i'll the bank build
ing, the old board of officers and direc-
tors were reelected for the next year
A still alarm at - Atlantic street WAS
given yesterday for chimney fire. Hose
3 promptly responded and extinguished
the blaze A still alarm on Tuesday
night called hose 3 to Edward p. Deer
ipp's house, 96 Winter street, where an
other chimney was threatened to make
trouble.
Auturn lodge of Odd Ladies will come
to Portland, June 9, to visit the lodge
here.
The May meeting of the Young Mep's
Republican club Of Ward will be held
this evening at 9S Exchange street.
HRS. Walter Russell is expected to lead
a mothers meeting at Williston chapel
ON Friday afternoon at o'clock. All
ladies nre very cordially invited to at
tend and listen to this very interesting
and helpful speaker.
Conductor Frank Cleayes and Brake.
man Twombly of the Portland & Roches-
ter railroad. on the Rochester run, ap-
peared out yesterday in their new sum-
Iner uniforms.
Conductors Cleaves and Lysaght. rep
resenting the Rochester railroad, went to
Cornish Wednesday afternoon as mem
bers of the reception committee to meet
the train containing the visiting railroad