The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-22
BRIEF yoTTINGs.

st. STEPHENS parish are 10 have an
entevtainment and sociahls at their
vestry on thursday evening, during
which Miss Swasey with her full orches-
ira Of young ladies Will render several
selections.
The Portland Savings Bank will be
closed after i.s0 o'clock to enable the
officers to tind the funeral OF Mr..
Milliken.
All members OF Epcamp nent No. 1877,
q. v. L., will remember the regular
meeting to night.
There viii lie Meeting Of the execu-
tive committee OF the Farmers and
Taxpayers League at Swstt's Hotel,
Portland, Friday, Nov. ~, s.3o p. m,
to devise plan to conduct schoolhorss
campaign the coming winter and other
business Of Importance.
Mrs. s. M. Brady, for the last three
years In the cloak department. Of the J.
X. Libby Co., has accepted q position
with X. N. Lewssn q Co., cloak dealers.
The Portland Athletic club team will
rot play again until they meet Bowdoin,
Thanksgiving day.
Two horses attach ed to . jlgger. owned
by william Clark, ran away on Portland
Pier Tuesday afternoon and running mp
the wharf narrowly escaped coliiding
with Grand Trunk train which was
backing down the street. James x. Tur.
Eer, who was passing down the street.
saw the danger and signalled ths train to
stop in time 70 prevent an accident
Loring. Short g. Harmon have pre-
sented to the Maine School for the Deaf
two moro Rogers groups one entitled
"The School Examination, and the
othsr "Uncls Ned's School" This addi-
tional gift is very much appreciated by
teachers and pupils.
The nags en- the Federal buildings were
at half mast yesterday out OF respect to
the late Collector Milllken.
This president requests the managers
Of the Board Of Trade to attend the I un.
eral services of Weston +. Milliken at his
late residence, No. lie State street. ut 3
o'clock p. m. today.
The Cumberland Jail has les prisoners
and about s. are employed ID the work
jaii. The number Is very small for the
season of the year.
Cases OF sclrlet fever at n %. SIS and
100 A Congress street., have been reported
to the board Of health.
City Treasurer Libby win pay the street
department force for the two weeks end
ing November 18th. The pay roll aggre-
gates Si.93776.
During the ne 1t week the work OF the
City Diet Mission will be carried on by
the st. Lawrence street church, Misses
Davis and Randall directing. The mis-
sion has go patients. The number Will
now gradually increase until mid-winter.
At its regular NEE ng Monday the
George Elilt club observed the s0th an
niversary of George Eliot's birth by Pro-
gramms of unusual interest. The roll
call was responded to by quotations
from some character In her works
Sketches Of her life and selections from
her prose and postry were read. Mrs
Lyman Bachelor, the poet OF the club
paid loving tribute to the gifted wo-
man whose name the club bears.
The Ladies History club met with Mrs.
james p. Baxter Monday and read Kidd's
Social Evolution, with criticisms there
on.
The Kalmia met Monday evening with
Miss Mary Mitchell. Glenwood avenue.
The XII club met with Mrs. George Il.
Morse.
Mrs. f. K. Lowell entertained the
Mutual Improvement club. A feature
of the afternoon was the paper by Miss
Sarah +. Colburn.
The Willis clab win meet with Mrs.
Charles Wish, Cumberland street, on
Thursday.
Miss Thomas is to entertain the Beech
or club.
The lecture Of Mrs. Margaret Dsiand on
the Duty of Happiness, occurs at the
Second Advent church Thur sday after
noon at O'Clock.