The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-09

The Ladies' Aid Of the Church of the
Messiah will NEST Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. g. Z. Lefavor, 81 vespsr
street.
The Venerable Gunner club had .
supper ct The Sherwood Saturday night.
They elected Mr.. Oscar Wish . member.
The Longshors Carpenter Protective
Benevolent society hes subscribed $40 to
the Portland relief fund.
There have been between thirty and
forty new members initiated Into Long
fellow lodge, Sons Of ST. George during
laws 10 being framed.
Chandler's orchestra will furnish music
for jackson Day banquet at the Preble
house this evening.
1t was q beautiful bright clear winters
day yesterday with west wind.
The annual meeting Of Elizabeth Wsds'
worth chapter. d. A. H., will be held In
the woman's Auxiliary room. Y. II. q.
A. building. corner Congress and High
streets, today, at 2. 80 r. IN. The special
business of the aftsrnoon will be the cleo
sion of officers and deiegates to eighth
continental congress, D. A. X.
The Floating Society Christian I'm !,
dsavor reports the past year: Vessels
visited, 2,04I; new members, 81; papers
stributed, $500; magazines distributed.
| (, 1876; invitations to service. cards, etc..
| 9. 5a2; services at Marine hospital, ~;
comfort bags distributed, 1903; seamen
assisted, -; Bibles and Testameuts, I59;
flowers, $50; libraries afioat, 9; cards sent
to soldiers at Tampa, 800. Two members
have died during the year, Miss Grace
Winslow and Mr.. Sidney Wright.
The Portland High School cadets are
drilling regularly in the Auditorium one
or more times week, but are still incon-
venienced by q lack Of rifles to supply all
the members.
The new mogul freight engine which
the officials of the Portland g. Rochester
railroad have been expecting for some
time is from the Manchester locomotive
works and is one of the largest and finest
made.
A meeting was held yesterday forenoon
AT Lut phIlOEe Va tao A~'Ss
to make arrangements for charity whist
party to be given at this hotel on the
evening of January Is, for the benefit of
the Home for Friendless Boys
Saturday the recently appointed deputy
sherifis presented to Sheriff Despsaux
Sandstone gold badge of beautiful design
and fine work manship.
The devotion of the forty hours
began At the Church Of the Sacred Heart
sunday morning and will continue until
TUESDAY morning.
Portland Senate. No. $50, Knights of
the Ancient Essenic order, will hold Its
regular semi monthly meeting, and in
stallation next Wednesday evening. Four
more candidates will receive the first
degree
The annual meeting Of the China Deco
rators' club was held Thursday with Mrs.
G. NJ. Rioe. Spring strest, and the officers
of last year we're reelected.
Arrangements have been made with
the Maine Central railroad for the mem
bers Of Bcsworth Post and their ladies,
and all those who took part in Zsphra
and their friends, to visit Knox Post,
Lewiston, next Thursday and witness
the production of Zsphrs at this Opera
House by Knox Post Trains will leave
Union Station at Ito and b.l5 p m,
arriving 1t Lewiston at g. 30 and $50
D. m, and will leave Lewiston at II. 20
arriving ct Portland at /. 80 q. m.
r. There was an illustrated sermon at
the byssinian church last night.
Next Tuesday evening Ivanhoe lodge,
K. Of p, will install officers and have .
Photographic entertainment followed by
lunch.
An empty refrigerator car. standing
in the Grand Trunk yard, was discovered
to be on fire Saturday morning. The
yard men, after desperate efforts, sue
ceeded in checking the progress Of the
flames, and the damage was small.
Sheriffs Gribbin and Osborn raided the
saloons at 1870 Fore street, at the corner
of Pleasant and Centre streets and ut the
corner of Centre and Spring streets Sat-
urday morning, and secured a large
quantity of liquor from each place.
Forest Queen lodge, No. IL, Degree Of
Honor, will install officers at their next
meeting Tuesday evening, January 10.
Refreshments will be served after install
lation.
Mrs. Minnie 4. Hudson secured the
piano for selling the largest numbsr of
tickets to the man moth concert. and Mr..
+. u. Prince the mandolin for the second
largest number.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Portland Past ChHncsllors' association
will be held this evening. at eight
O'Clock 1T X. of p. hall.
A hAsdseme tablet, bearing the words
Emmanuel Lutheran Church. has been
placed on the new church building on