The Portland daily press., 1900-08-11
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

The colt Jewett whose name appeared
in connection with the court record on
Wednesday was not the Scott Jewett who
resides on Smith street.
The headquarters of the W. @. T. q.
on Free street, will be open to visitors
from 10 a. m. to p. m. today, as they
have been during the week.
DIR. Jenkins will speak at Young
Womens Christian association Sunday
afternoon.
There win be a special meeting of
Rockameecook Circle at Red Mems hall,
MorrilPs, Friday evening, at 78O.
full attendance is requested.
Forty-eight members of the Brother
hood of Locomo tive Engineers and Fire
men, representing all the drivers and
stokers on the Grand Trunk system, are
expected to reach Montreal on Monday
next for the purpose of attending the reg
uIar conference of the order, which it Is
expected viii continue over 80 days. Dur
ing this interval they will frequently
meet the heads of the Grand Trunk sys-
tenn with whom they viii discuss any
grievances which may exist. The COM
mittee met in Montreal year ago when
various important questions were
brought up, among them being the stan
dard schedule which is now In operation
on the system.
Yesterday morning asfox terrier belong
ing to Robert Penney was asphyxiated in
the police station gas box, on complaint
preferred by man named Coffin who
said that his young son was bitten by
the dog while playing on Pleasant street,
Thursday afternoon. According to by
ISLANDERS the boy was playing with the
dog ana had stopped over him Etc pat his
head when the dog bit him about the eye,
causing it to bleed slightly The wound
is not dangerous.
The Rev. W. r. Webster, d. d., vice
president of the Mallalieu Seminary,
Kinsey, Alabama, viii preach at the
Chestnut street M. e. church on Sunday
morning at 10 so.
Tomorrow evening the last car on the
Portland & Yarmouth electrics will leave
Underwood at 1910, one hour later than
usual This will be an. accommodation the
public viii appreciate.
Suggestions From Old Home Week.
will be the subject of Rev. G @. Wild
den's address next Sunday evening. There
will be special selections by chorus choir.
Service at West End Methodist church at
z 80 p. IN
Rev. Pleasant Hunter, D. D., the we'll
known preacher of Minneapolis supplies
the pulpit of Williston church tomorrow.
will run their regular Sunday sailing
trip tomorrow leaving Portland Pier at
2.15 p. m.
Rev. DR.. J. G. Merrill, dean of Fisk
university, win preach at the Second
Parish church Sunday.morning on "The
Solution of the Negro Problem
Mrs. Hattie Weeks Canales of Boston
will sing next Sunday morning at the
St. Lawrence church Her many friends
will be sglad of theEopportunity toEhear
her
William B. Kimball, the yourg man
who was badly injured last week by be-
ing thrown from wagon, is fast improv-
ing. He left the Maine General hospital
a week ago today and is now able to be
out. His face is still terribly swollen so
that he is obliged to wear bandages.
Considerable interest was manifested
in Portland last evening in the pugilistic
mill in New York A crowd of enthusi-
asts thronged the newspaper offices and
fairly hung to every wor1 received over
the wires
Holbrook Mann, who was seriously in
jured by diving while in bathing at
Bailey's island Tuesday, was operated on
at the Maine General hospital yesterday
he is very weak and the physicians last
evening stated that he was no better.
Yesterday was hot, muggy day, one
of the warmest of the summer. The sud
den shower of the evening had the effect
of cooling matters for few minutes af-
ter which the atmosphere seemed to be
fully as close and sticky as at any time
during the day. 2 :
g The regular monthly meeting of the
Printing Pressmen's union, No. %, will
be held at McDonald's office at 5.15 p.
m. this afternoon.
Members of B company are ordered to
be present at the armory at IL. 80 today
to take the train for Augusta.