The Portland daily press., 1899-04-14
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

+ Mr.. Gibson is busy. getting the Ottawa
House ready for the season. Quite a
number of rooms have already been en-
gagged for the summer.
The sessions of the Portland Law
Students Club have been discontinued
until Nov. Fred A. Hobbs of West
brook was recently admitted to member
ship.
The regular meeting of the State street
Auxiliary will be held in the vestry
Friday at O'Clock. The subject Will be
"Currens Events in Mission Lands"
The Unitarian Women's Alliance will
meet this afternoon at three O'Clock.
Edward Wilson, wanted In Lowell for
larceny, has bsen arrested in Portland.
Bosworth Relief Corps will produce
Cinderella at the May Day carnival this
year-that old story SO dear to the hearts
of all the children.
Rev. +. o. Hall of Cambridge, Mass.
will deliver IAN addrasss.in the Common
Council room, City hall. on 1.-THE Fede-
ration Of Churches in Cooperation with
the Associated Charities" on Monday
afternoon at O'Clock. The public are
cordially invited to attend.
The regular meeting Of the Ladies'
Auxiliary. A. o. H. of A, is postponed
until Monday evening. April 18th.
The special traverse jurors for service
at the April term of the Supreme Judicial
court, were drawn: Willard f. Hicks,
Frank M. Dean and George W. O'Don
nell, all of Portland.
Pacific Gold Dredging company has
been organized at portland for the pur
spose of conducting general mining
business with $780, 600 capital stock, OF
/. which $50 is paid in. The officers are;
President, Edward K. Milliken of Port
| land; treasurer, II. P. Sweetser of Port.
Eland.
{ At the Congress street NJ. 4. churol,
5.Nednesday evening, farewell reception
] was rendered to Rev, w. +. Berry. In
7 behalf of those present Mr.. wendall
/ Leighton presented to him purse.
|. The contract for building the annex
to the casino atsCape Cottage has been
1.-The cost of the improvements will be
about $1,000. Work will be commenced
Monday. seas :.
Burglars reconnoitered the headquar-
,ters of the Fern Park association on Peaks
island during the winter.
A delegation from the Portland Catho-
lie Temperance society is planning to at
tend the May ball to be given at Lewis
ton May by St. Joseph's Temperance
society.
One case of scarlet fever at No. 80 Oak
street, Deeripg, was reported to the board
( of health Thursday.
"A cold conductors lantern is on exhi-
;bition at Waterville, which Is to be 81 ven
to the conductor receiving the largest
,number Of votes at the fair of the La
+ dies Auxiliary to the Order OF Railway
: Conductors at Portland.
Owing 10 the Illness of some of the de-
gree stat OF Evangelina Rebekah lodge.
J the proposed visit Of Ivy Rebekah lodge
b to Biddeford tomorrow evening has been
( postponed.
Y On last evenings train to the east a
, man named Norton who lives in St. John
fwas a passenger. He had met with a
/. sev,re accident in the woods on the Con.
; necticut river while using An axe, and
5 was being carried to his home. He was
Z suffering intense pain and hysician
,lHho accom- par led the man was obliged tC
administer whiskey at frequent intervals
: to keep the man alive. The poor fellow
e had ride of two days before him when
he left Portland last night.