The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-10-12
RriPf Y Ottiugs.

The Crawford House closes next Monday.
Judge Virgin is engaged in the hearing of
divorce cases.
The new barque, e L. Pettengill. is being
coppered at the dry dock.
At midnight the jlry in the Howes, Hilton
& Co.-Gray case had not agreed.
The Free Baptist Society, corner of Casco
and Cumberland streets, will resume their
afternoon service tomorrow.
The Ogdensburg mountain excursions which
have proved so popular, are to bs continued
through the coming week.
There will be Sunday school concert at the
Second Parish church Sunday evening at
o'clock. All are cordially invited.
Mr.. Messenger and others of the Reform Club
will address the temperance meeting at PEBBLE
Chapel tomorrow evening.
Bailey will sell at public auction to-day a.
the Mart pair Of trained Fayal goats, with
their harness aud double-seated carriage.
Work upon the new school house on Pine
street is progressing rapidly, and it commences
to assume the proportions of large structure
The Allan mail steamer from Liverpool
passed Cape Chat.e at 1 p N. yesterday, due
in Quebec at this morning.
The Bryant Mnstrels gave another excellent
entertainment to good audience at the Port
land Theatre last evening.
Prominent speakers will address the meeting
of the Temperance Union at Congress Hall,
Sunday evening at o'clock. Ali are invited.
Andrew McGlinchy has reported to the
police that he lost several shirts Thursday
night, they having been stolen from the clothes
line some time during the night.
The ladies Of India street Circle will hold
their annual fair at at City Hall on Wednesday
and Thursday next. A very attractive enter
tainment is offered.
Among the names of the newly elected eff
GERS of the Portland fraternity, published yes
| terday, the name of Mr.. E. G. Jordan as
| Secretary was omitted.
There is no more enlivening landscape view
| to ba taken than that that presents itself
| from the Western Promenade on one of these
clear autumn days.
The steamer Eleanora will leave here for
| New York this afternoon, and the Franoonia
will leave New YORK for Portland this after
| noon.
Mr.. Davis arrived from the Silver Lake ract
| yesterday morning in the boat. He is in good
spirits, though much saddened at the fata
misfortune of his competitor. Kennedy came
upon the same boat.
Henry NJ. Moore, Esq, a well known lay
man of Boston, will address the Willstol
Sabbath school at their concert tomorrow even
ing at o'clock. All interested in Sunda
school work are cordially invited to be presen
We have only space to simply call attention
to the play "Marie, the Woman of the People,
which is to be brought out next week at til
Portland Theatre. 1t is one of the great play
of the season, and will Of course draw immens
ly here as elsewhere
Some parties having a dance last night in IL
brick building on Union street, opposite tt
Falmouth, just below the corner of MIDI
street. made so loud a noise that Policems
!; | McCallum at half-psst II went in and brol
itup.
A correspondent, who claims to be neig
; Dor to Plummer block, says that the RENAL
about that building 10 the PRESS yesterday W
} uncalled for, and that the authority for is
: coward aud does not always tell the truth wit
all.
The Hughes brothers, the celebrated Wei
vocalsts, gave a grand concert at Congre
Hall, upon which occasion they were assist
by Miss Alica L. Cirle and Mr.. and Mrs. Jo
\ L. Shaw. TIE attendance was fair, and
;, excellent programme was well executed.