The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-19
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

The Inkytankers are planning for big
time &C their cottage on Fast Day even
4ng.
Excavations have been begun and the
foundation will soon be laid for the new
house Mr.. S. II. Colesworthy Is to build
on the old Hanson property on the corner
OF Winter and Spring streets.
The regular monthly meeting of the
.woman's Auxiliary to the Y. n. G. A.
will be held Friday, April 2lst, at p. IN.
Is A pleasing entertainment entitled AL
leRory of Nat ions, or Liberty Seeking p
Home" will be given | In the CongreSs
street NJ. E. church Wednesday evening,
April 10Th.
The ladies' circle of the Second Pa
ish church, will meet Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. WIZ. Brown, 275 State street.
A full attendance is desired.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Maine Genealogical society will be held
this evening at the library at 7.30 O'Clock.
1t Is NJ. A. Achorn 81 Son, from Provi-
dence, who have purchased the Stevens
Silverware company, and net ). Z.
White as has been announced.
The 40 hours devotion at ST. Domi-
MICS church closed yesterday morning
at high mass which was celebrated at
O'Clock
The Missouri Zinc Fields company has
been organized with MIR. VIM. X. An
thojne of Portland as clerk. The Ameri-
can Motor Carriage land. Truck company
has Teen organized with Frederick V.
Clase as clerk.
The amateur. photographers of the city
are PLANNING to organize an association:
The Crockett club will meet Friday
evening with Mrs. Loring.
The BARRIERS of Portland are to meet at
the United States hotel Thursday evening
to consider "a proposition to close at II
D. III. Saturday and s p. IN. on other
secular days. At present they close half
an hour later.
There is,a movement on foot to secure
contributions from those Interested In
the cases against the steamboat company
on account of the Portland, to pay the
expenses of a test case.
Robert Fitzgerald, who lost his arms
under car wheels at the Union station
Monday, stood the shock of amputation
bravely and is doing WELL
Mr.. Richard ID. Shanahan has been
awarded the contract for doing the ma
son work at Cape Cottage and crew Is
now at work digging trenches for the
foundations. This will take two or
three weeks, after which the carpenters
will go to work. '"'
The committee on salaries will hold q
meeting at 80 O'Clock this afternoon. ~
The City Diet mission now has As pa
tients. For the next two weeks St.
Luke's Episcopal csthsdr Il will sssun Q
charge of the missions work, Misses
Stephenson and Prindle directing.
Capt. L. p Pickett Is in receipt of let
ter from the Iren of the u. SIS .Onondaga
the revenue cutter service, thanking
him for papers, books, ETC., sent to them
while in our harbor.
Bosworth Relief Corps are hard at
work on rehear:als for the May Day
Carnival Cinderella will be change
from the operas that have been given for
y few years past.
There will be u mass meeting of Wom
sn's Missionary societies of all churches
In the city and vicinity Wednesday after
noon at State street church ut 2.30. This
meeting is under the auspices of the Yale
Missionary band and will be addressed by
Mr.. Eddy and MIR. Gage. members Of
the band. 1t is hoped that the ladies' OF
our churches will appreciate this rare
opportunity of hearing these interesting
speakers. Let there be large attendance
Of women.