The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-15
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

The regular meeting Of the Equal
Suffrage Club will be held this AFTERNOON
at O'Clock with Miss Donneli, 223 West
ern Promenade
N. d. smith Of Portland Will hold a
praise service Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock at Mrs. Green's house, I6 Merrill
street and Sunday evening at Mr.. Laid
laws, 50 Paris street.
Ivanhoe Lodge, K. Of p, will confer
tie rank of Esquire upon five candidates
next Tuesday evening.
Nat Gordon has been at Eastport In
charge Of the rebuilding of the founda-
tions OF the International 5. s. Co. s pier.
DR.. B. B. Foster has been acting as
Jail physician for nearly year and will
continue in that capacity until further
/. notice.
A. Il. Cox g. Son, the shoe manufac-
turers and jobbers, have recently bought
out the wholesale shoe house tof Chase.
knight & Co. The business of the re-
firing firm will be consolidated with that
of their successors.
The pair of light driving horses that
belonged to Dr. Cousins have been pur.
chased by . gentleman In Maiden. The
price paid was $500. NV &
1t is estimated that Capt. B. j. Will
lard's estate will amount to between $40,
600 and CSC, 600, although no inventory
has yet been made.
Engine s behaved badly after the fire at
Shaw's last Friday and was ordered to
the Portland Co. for examination. 1t
was found that some Of the tubes in the
boiler are leaking. New ones. will be put
In in their, places. Engine g Is in tengine
SIS house In the meantime.
The Easter music will he repeated at
Congress Square church tomorrow morn
ing.
The Hibernian Knights will give drill
and ball in City hall, Tuesday evening
May 2, and not Wednesday evening, April
Goth Is has previously been announced.
,lThs men meeting at the Y. NJ. 9. A.
Sunday afternoon at half past four
o'clock will be conducted by the Yale
Missionary band.
ane striker In the Park street clock is
way off. When it is O'Clock In the after
noon the clock strikes s.
Yesterday was the mildest day of the
season thus far.
The bids for the temporary city loan
we're opened at the Office of City Treasur-
or Libby yesterday noon. The entire lean
o. 500, COZ was awarded to X. l.. Day a.
Co.. of Boston, at per cent interest and
II per cent premium. The loan is pay
able November /, next.
Gle. Marshall of this city, chief of the
railway mail service in Maine. is on his
annual tour of inspection through the
eastern part of the state.
The trustees of the Public Library have
decided not to. open branch of the library
in Deeriug,. as that regionlis hardly more
remots than Wards and 2.
Mr.. g. II. Huntrsss caught runaway
horseyon Federal street yesterday. morn
ing. The horse belonged to the K. G.
Chase trucking company and was max
ing fast time towards Lincoln park.
A musk rat made his appearance in
Monume mt square about nine O'Clock last
night and was chased all over the square
by big crowd before he was finally
killed. This is the third big musk rat
year.
This evening at the First Free Baptist
church a conference of the Yale Mission.
ary Band will be held with representa-
tives of all Young Peopls'sI societies of
Portland and vicinity.
Woodbine Rebekah lodge will have
As guests this evening Naomi lodge of
Westbrook and Columbia lodge of Wood
fords. An entertainment will be given
after which refreshments will be served
u ~ banquet hall.