The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
THE PRESS.
BRIEF JoTTINGs.

day school will resume 1t sessions on sun
day, September "a, the school meeting
in the chapel at the close of the morning
service each Sunday.
The regular meeting Of the EQUAL
Suffrage club viii be held this afternoon
ut o'clock with Mrs. h. II. Bigelow, rs
Morning street.
A case of diphtheria at No.e96 Portland
street has been reported to the board Of
health.
Carpenters are engaged In altering the
quarters OF superintendent of Schools
Bradley In the City hail basement. About
one-hslf Of his present space is to he de-
voted to the use of the overssers Of the
poor, who abandon their present Office to
make room for the enlarged police head
quarters.
Rev. e. :. J. McAllister will deliver
a series OF sermons ON Applied Chris
tianity at Pine street church, beginning
Sept. "a
Chief Eldridge Of the fire department
win make an effort to call In the fire
badges at present held by persons outside
of the department, many CT whom have
no claim to the privileges given by pos.
session. A new list will include only such
persons as have present interest In be-
ing within the fire lines at coniiagra-
ton.
City Treasurer Libby says that the taxes
are coming In with the usual rapidly,
and the city now has rlsnty OF money.
In the Underwood hearing before
Charles A.Strout, master, on $500 claim
filed by p. Q, Prebls of New York for
alleged commissions due ON sales of
spring watsr for the Underwood compa-
ny, "a ruling dieallowing plaintiffs olaim
has been rendered.
In the RumfoTd Falls hearing before
Gen. @. p. Mattocks, referee, the plain
tiff completed its case. aud the hearing
was adjourned to Wednesday next when
the defense will open.
Mr. S. p. Maybsry of Knightville was
In the city yesterday with his horse ami
carriage. Whiles he was absent someone
removed the nuts from the forward axle
and when he reached Monument square
one of the wheels came of aud further on
near Browns sugar house, the other came
off. fortunately no one Was injured
There is slight local boom In the
South American market and more cargoes
have left Portland for the continent Just
south Of us this season than for few
years past. The boom does not extend to
any of the other lumber shipping ports,
for south America has bought in the sew
en- months ending August last but little
more lumber than it did last year.
George II. Archibald. state Sunday
school secretary, viii speak at the Friends
Sunday school, OAK strest, tomorrow at
IL NJ. in place OF the usual review exer-
clses.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
has issued a handsome portrait of Admit
raj Dewey standing on the deck of the
Olympia.
Rev. DR.. Fem, the pastor OF High
street church, is expected to arrive home
from Europe in the early part OF next
week, and will preach in this church the
following Sunday. DIR. Fem and his
niece spent some time in France during
Rt. hey. Bishop Healy and thirty Of
his clergy have been in retreat from the
beginning of this week until yesterday
morning. The instructions and medita-
tions In the duties OF the priestly calling
We're given by Rev. N. N. McKinnon OF
New York city.
AT the Chestnut street Methodist
church, Rev. Luther Freeman the pastor,
will give tomorrow evening the first In
"a series of sermons ON "The Ages of
Man. Tomorrow's topic, YOUTH"
topic for October s, "Midlife;" October
Is. cage" All are invited.
MIR. Il. A. Jordan. general secretary of
the y. NC. A. at Bangor will speak
ut the mems meeting tomorrow afternoon
at half past four.
Prof Churchill OF Andoyer will preach
at the High street church tomorrow.