The Portland daily press., 1900-11-24
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

DIR. G, o. Files gave fine electrical
exhibition Thursday evening at baxter
block, to members OF the hotzschmar
Club and their wives
The monthly business meeting OF tne
Diet Mission win be held at the Fratsr-
nifty House on Saturday afternoon ab
O'Clock. Full attendance Is requested.
Rev. DIR. Fenn will lecture tomorrow
evening on 1.-The Old~fashioned Piety
compared with ours"
A convention under the auspices of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance will be
held In Vaughan street church, beginning
Monday evening, December S.and closing
Wednesday evening December o. ser
Woes s. 30 to 12 q. m 20 ana ~. p M
Rev. and Mrs. franklin OF Boston, FORM
erly missionaries in India, and Rev. Mr..
Campbell Of Manchester, n. H., are ex-
peoted to be present aud speak Music py
Ladies' Quartetse OF Portland.
The Shailer Bible class for men meets
every Sunday at 12.U0 m, in the Audi
torium of the First Baptist church. Kew.
Bowley Green. is the teacher. Men cor
daily invited.
The St, Lawrence Congregational and
Congress street Methodist churches
will unite in Thanksgiving service to
he held at the Congress street church at
loS0 q. M, Thursday. Rev. A. II. Wright
will deliver the sermon on the subject,
"Prohibition, Past and Present, In
Portland
DEPUTY United States Marshal Hasty
went to Boothbay Thursday night, and
Iibelled the schooner Agate and her car
go. This step was taken, 1t is said to
satisfy a claim. for salvage made against
the vessel.
Yesterday morning, In the Municipal
court, Fred S. Farris was sentenced to
three months In jail for stealing a coat
from Charles Warren at the Chase House.
e Business was brisk at the Office Of sVies
Consul Heating Thursday, when seven
British schooners arrived and eight
cleared. This is the largest numper in
q single day for several years.
The Current Events Club held Its
usual meeting at fraternity House yes
terday morning, Mrs. Charles FL. Flagg
read an able paper on Education, !"
which brought out very clearly the aims
OF tie new education and the claims OF
the higher education.
The records of the Boardnf Health
show that this fall the city's health has
been much better than during the cor
responding period Of 1899. For the first
twenty. three days OF November, 1899,
there were reported 80 cases. 80 contagious,
~ ffpna nv Of
the present month 20 cases, including
IL contagious.
The brick work on the Centre street
block, being built by the Brown estate,
is we'll under way. The work on the
foundation was completed last week, and
during the past few days the masons
have completed nearly one story Of the
block.
About 30 of the 45 feet of the obser.
vatory now being built In Mountain
View Park, by George W. Brown are
completed. At this height the view on
a clear day is very beautiful.
Aside from the general repairs on the
interior of the State street residence OF
Richad Payson, Esq and the installing
OL new A4bhfCn oAAOdEADoolS beAJ NAANS"
has been put on the front or the house.
George Edwards, OF the Williams Man
ufacturing Company. is to build cot
tage in Mountain View Park in the
spring.
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held in the First Parish church on Thurs
day, at IL a. IN. Rev. Bowley Green will
preach the sermon,
At the Church OF the Messiah, Sunday
evening, in addition to the chorus choir,
Miss Bertha Steward, the former sopra-
no OF the church, Will sing solo. The
pastor will give short address on "How
We Got Our Bible" The service will
not extend beyond the limits OF an hour.
Miss Inez Rand Will give an exhibition
and sale Of paintings at No.2l Pine street
today.