The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-06-28
Brief JOtfinxs.


Miss Alicia Marks principal of the Bracket
Street school for girls, has been presented by
her pupils with an elegant writing-desk, COM
pletely furnished.
Lemons have Suddenly grown very scarce in
this city, Boston and New York, and are sell
ing at $14 to SIS box.
The Dirigo and Resolute base ball clubs pur-
pose contending for the s75 prize offered by the
city on the Fourth of July.
Mr.. Charles Davis, formerly of the firm of
Charles Mclaughlin & Co., has left this city to
take up his residence in Holyoke, Mass.
Our evening contemporary wants the docks
looked after with view to averting cholera.
Second the motion.
The State Street Congregatioualist Sabbath
School have their annual picnic excursion to
Old Orchard Beach, Monday, Jnly 7th-a week
from next Monday.
The New York Tribune speaks in high terms
of the Grafton delivered at Vassar College by
Miss Gerrish of this city.
Timld people are beginning to dread the ap-
pearance of Wagner. The police officers are
hoping for it.
Commissioner Thomas made the trip from
Portland to Fort Fairfield in thirty-six hours.
The Public Library has been present with
twenty-five volumes of A. j. Davis works
We are all subject to affection.
The prospect is good for netting $4,000 for
the Maine General Hospital
The Park Street Society and Sabbath School
will have their annual excursion next Tuesday,
vertised on Monday.
The Committee of Supervision on reception
of the Society for the Advancement of Science
held a meeting at the Mayors Office yesterday
afternoon. Preliminary arrangements were
discussed, but no business of public importance
was transacted.
The City Marshal received a postal card yes
terday morning, upon it a portrait of Wagner,
and offering $500 reward for his arrest.
The BURBERRY bog in Scarborough is on fire.
The Free Street Sunday School a d Society
make their annual excursion to Old Orchard
Beach. Monday next Excursion train leaves
at 81 o'clock.
Yesterday was delightfully."- warm day, the
mercury reaching $50.
The Casco Street Sunday School and Society
will make its annual excursion to Little Dia-
mond Island, TUESDAY next. See advertise
ment
The committee in Augusta have sent to the
Executive Committee of the Maine General
Hospital 500, the proceeds of the concert pven
in that city for the benefit Of the Hosp tai.
subscription of S22, one lady giving ten, and
smaller subscriptions from other parties max
ing up the amount.
A patent medicine vender in Market Square,
has been ordered to stay proceedings until he
gets license.
Everything was as quiet in town last evening
as in country village. The police say that
they are getting all out of practice.
Every one looks under his or her bed now,
before ''lying down to Sleep to see if they can
see anything of that dreadful Wagner.
A gentleman who came to this city from
Bangor on the City of Richmond, speaks in
high praise of the trip as well of the boat
King Dikers celebration took place June 18th
without HuH Bidlack was in high glory,
end It only required the presence of Brock,
Dr rmgooie, Shunks and few others to render
the a. <air perfect.
There T. ill be temperance meeting at the
Allan Missio.7 tomorrow evening. One lady
and several reu. 'emen will speak.
Summer travel las set in in good earnest.
The steamer Lewiston was crowded last night
with passengers for diffe -ent places along the
coast, among whom were party from Phila-
delphia bound for Bar Harbor
A scrimmage between big and little
woman took place in front OF Nelse Leighton g
yesterday morning, which was put an end to by
Nels> stepping out and throwing the big
woman aver the fence.
The $500 raised for the benefit of the Cam
nett family have been placed in the savings
Dank' S4oO to the credit of Mrs. Cammett and
$lU TO each of the four children