The Portland daily press., 1900-07-03
NEW ADvERr1sEMENT TO-DAY
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

It is requested that persons will abstain
from discharging fire crackers and other
explosives on Pearl street, between
Cumberland and Oxford, on account of
sickness
Boys in the vicinity of Winter street
between Danforth and Gray, are requested
to explode no fire crackers tonight or
the Fourth, as there is sickness in one
of the houses.
Owing to serious illness in the house
corner Dearing and Mellen streets, the
boys are requested to refrain from firing
guns or crackers in that locality.
The Sunday school of Pine street
church and their friends will hold their
annual picnic at Long island, July 4th.
Lunch Will be taken and the party Will
Deave on the Casco Bay line steamer from
their wharf at o'clock.
A Hebrew rag peddlar named Tobach-
neik was kicked by horse attached to
his cart, while standing on Fore street
yesterday morning and had his left leg
broken. He was removed to his rooms
in Dolan block and physician sum-
moned to reduce the fracture.
Walter Gaskill, a 12-year old colored
boy, living in the West End district, fell
from his bicycle while going down over
Congress street hill about noon yesterday.
He was taken to the office Of DR.. Dodge
at the corner of Congress and St. John
streets where several stitches were taken
in the cut. The bicycle was badly dam
aged.
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or court Will be held during the months
OF July and August.
The Ritterhouse Moore dredge which
has been hauled up at this port for the
past IS months, will soon be towed 30
Wilmington, Del.
Louis Dagger & Co., patent attorneys,
Washington, D. c., report that on last
Tuesday Mr. r. w. Smith, resident of
this city, obtained valuable patent for
improvements in con tinuous Gaping
machines and to other residents Of this
state three patents were issued on the
same date.
The law court viii meet here the third
Tuesday Of the present month.
In the municipal court yesterday
morning the man named Goodwin, who
was arrested for passing a worthless
check on Mary E Shaw, was bound over
to the September grand jury in the sum
of $500.
All varioloid patients at the pest house
are now convalescent. The inmates OF
the insane ward at the alnshouse have
been returned to their former quarters,
but the members of the Copeland family
are still at the isolation ward, where
they Will probably remain for a time.
Iona chapter, o. r. S. picnic at South
Harpswen, July 9th. Steamers leave
Portland pier at 8 and 10 40 a. m.
Haskell & Jones, Monument square,
clothiers and furnishers, will keep their
store open this evening.
The picnic Of the class of 1900, Deering
High school, has been postponed.
John White, who is employee by Street
Commissioner Drown as Peaks island,
met with an accident yesterday after noon
which is likely to lay him up for several
days. While in one OF the teams of the
street commissioner the horse started up
very suddenly and Mr. White was thrown
to the grounds. His left shoulder was
dislocated. Mr.. White, suffering much
pain, was brought to the city on the late
afternoon trip Of the steamer Alice How
ard and was taken to his home at 10 Me-
chanic street
On Fourth of July at Fort Preble, the
Fort Preble nine Will play the Freeport
nine game of base ball.
The closing exercises Of the senior and
junior classes of the pupils of Miss A
j. Shannahan took place at 4 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. There was
large attendance and line programme
was rendered.