The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-19
BRIEF JOTTINGs.

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streets meets this afternoon to conside
several petitions which have been present
ed.
Marshal Sylvester has put a stop to tn
custom OF using hose Tand long handle
brushes to wash windows on Congress
and Middle streets in the early hours o
the forenoon. Hereafter all of this worl
must be done before 73O a. IN.
Mr.. John W. Dunn, state manager TO
the 4. Gately company, who has recent
ly moved into his new home, 1872 Cum
berland street, had q genuine hous
warming Wednesday evening, some 80 o
the friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn attend
ing.
Thel annual meeting of the Unitarian
women's Alliance will be held this af
ternoon at o'clock.
The w. CT. U. will hold peace meet
ing this afternoon at 3 O'Clock at $50 Fret
street. Miss Alice NJ. Douglass OF Bath
state superintendent Of the department Of
peace and arbitration, will conduct the
meeting.
We have received from Mr.. I. p. Mo
Gowan, the well-known European passen
ger agent,a very neat and interesting cir.
cular containing much valuable infor.
nation for European travellers. Mr..
McGowan has been doing business in the
same block for 20 years and has built up
large business.
The.pond at Desring Oaks will be flood
ed as soon as the wall about the northerly
cove can be completed. This will con-
sumo about ten days
By skillfrl management all of the city Is
school children, excepting about so, have
now been accommodated with room and
these will probably be obliged to remain
at home until the opening of the fall
term.
The committee on public buildings
will defer their annual inspection un-
til the appropriation bill is finally dis
posed Of and they can ascertain how
much money Is available for repairs.
The Civic club will hold Its annual
guest meeting in the banquet hall of the
Falmouth at o'clock this evening. AL
though held in the banquet hall 1t is to
be purely "feats of reason" DIR. Gum
mings, chairman Of the board of health,
will make the address. DIR. II. P. Mer-
rill and Mr.. Dyer of the boe:d and the ex-
bs the guests of the club. A report will
be given of the recent meeting of the
Health Protective meeting at Cleveland.
Ohio, of which the Civic club is an aux
Hilary.
The Mutual Improvement club will
hold its last meeting at Rivertop, Mon
day, May %. Ths banquet will be served
at 6 O'Clock. Each member has the priv
ilege of inviting one guest. Members
who expect to go will notify Mrs. W. NJ.
Kimmell, 104 Franklin street, not later
than May 18th. The committee in charge
have spared no pains to make this one of
the most enjoyable meetings this progress
sive club has ever enjoyed.
The executive committee of the class
of 100, p. II. S., held a meeting Thurs
day afternoon, to arrange for a reception
which the graduating class will tender
the rest of the school.during the early..par
of June. The majority of the Rraduat
lux paItS uOW oboikACu nho thC WIN
of preparation has commenced.
The concert that was to have been CIV
en- by Prof. Sanglier in the Chestnut
street church Thursday night was I'M
avoidably postponed.
The regular social meeting.of the mem
bers of the Brunswick club will be holden
at the home of Mr.. Watson u. Drew, No.
10 Ellsworth street, on Friday evening,
May 10Th.
Hose l was called to High street. yes
terday afternoon by some person with "a
vivid imagination who thought Mayor
house was on fire. The smoke
from a chimney which is not often used.
settled down about the roof of the house
and gave 1.-THE impression that the roof
was on fire.
The meeting of Portland Colony, Pill
grim Fathers, will be held this evening
at the home of Mr.. George o. d. Sonle,
Is Merrill street. A full attendance is
considered.
A. G. Turpin, travelling passenger
agent of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railway, with headquarters in
Boston, was in Portland Thursday and
placed handsome statuette in W. D. |
Buck ticket office. The statuette is a
plaster of paris cast of a passenger holding |
N his hand map of the Rock Island |
quite of 1.-THE Right Road, land is nov
u departure in railway advertising.
TO VISIT YARMOUTH SONS OF