The Portland daily press., 1899-06-28
BRIEF JOTTINGs.

pointment onEthe police force Of Portland.
At the commencement dinner at Vest
brook Seminary tomorrow. II Is expected
that Hon. Hosea NJ. Knowlton. attorney
general Of Massachusetts, Gen. SeIden
Common ana Hon. Seth L. Larrabee win
deliver addresses largs numbsr OF
graduates will be present.
Members Of the 18th Maine Regiment
association are invited to attend the fu-
nerel Of their comrade, John Z. Totman,
from his late residence, No. los Federal
street, this afternoon at q 80 O'Clock.
This boys Of the State Reform school
will close the school term with exercises
appropriate to the occasion ON Friday
evening, June 80, at 7.30 O'Clock.
The North Grammar school will have
their graduating exercises today at 10
q. m. The school viii not close. how
ever, until Thursday.
The Chestnut street school will have
public exhibition in Assembly hall,
Thursday afternoon.
Maine Central shifting engine No. l0s,
while backing a car Monday afternoon
about 5 o'clock from the Maine Central
track to the Boston v Maine at the
transfer, ran into the outward bound
Boston freight, No. COG. and smashed the
front end of the engine, No. $50, quite
badly. and also delayed the freight over
an hour.
Arthur Cooper of Spring street, met
with very severe and painful aocident
Monday evening while ON sail down
the harbor on the steamer Alice Howard.
In trying to lift window on the stsam-
or 1t slipped from his grasp and fell on
the back of his hand, crushing the flesh
and bone. There was some fear at first
that he would have to lose ths band, but
the chances now are that 1t can be
saved.
Tine county commissioners will soon
make extensive repairs on the boiler at
the work jail. There are now 14s prison.
ers in the Cumberland jail and los en-
ployed in the work Jail
Yesterday were begun the Harvard
and Lawrence Scientific school examina.
tions in the High school building Prof.
Love is in charge. Yesterday morning
examinations were given in chemistry
and solid geometry. Daniel Chase and
Foye Murphy OF Portland will taks the
examinations for the Lawrence school;
Her bert Smith, Walter Edison and MIR.
Woodford, Colby 'O2, for the collegiate
department, and Miss Bodwell for Rad
cliffe. The examinations for the collegiate
department. will begin this morning.
Judge Peabody Of the Cumberland pro-
bate court, lis at Z Hanover. in attendance
upon the Dartmouth commencement ex-
ercises, and there will be no sessions OF
the court until Friday.
There has as yet been no meeting of the
bar picnic committee, consisting of
Messrs. Whitehouse, Clarence Peabody
and Edward Thompson. but the picnic
will probably be held at the usual time,
Immediately after the close of the July
law term.
Among the important and interesting
matters to be argued at the July law
term is the suit of Gertrude E. Jameson
VS.. DIR. g. Gilmore Weld OF Oldtown, an
action for NAL ractice which has been
transferred from the eastern law term,
now sitting at Bangor.
The time for Special us. Commission
er George Birds hearing for the proving
of the claims of several supply companies
against the Mcdonald Dredging oompa-
ny, is still unsettled pending an agree
msnt for the claimants. Commissioners
Bird holding himself in readiness at any
time. 1t is probable that Mr.. Pettee, the
former local manager for the Mcdonald
company will not come from New York
as WINS anticipated.
Among the suits to be argued at the
July law term is the action In equity
brought by John +. Proctor vs.. Edward
Rand, trustee, both of Portland. Clar-
ence w. Peabody for tho plaintiff; Ed
ward f. Rand for the defense. This was
an action brought against MIR. HAND,
testamentary trustee of the late John W.
Lang, to enforce an alleged trust by
which Lang is said to have held lot of
land on the corner of Congress and
Pearl streets for the plaintiff. The de-
Tense contends that at the time of Lang's
death no such trust existed. 1t was
heard III chamters by Judge Strout, who
rendered Judgment for the defendant,
from which Judgment the plaintiff ap-
pealed to the full bench, also taking ex-
captions to the exclusion of certain evil
dence by the court.