The Portland daily press., 1879-08-22
Brief lettings.

Pleasant yesterday morning. Raining IN
the afternoon Mercury SO at sunrise, 100 at
noon; wind north backing to the southwest
The Julia, of Beverly, Eastern Yacht Club,
arrived Wednesday.
Commodore Neal, of the Lynn Yacht Club,
arrived Wednesday, with a party in his yacht
Magic.
Saturday the Catholics Of Lewiston will send
Central.
AS will be seen by notice the Republicans OF
Ward will meet at the Republican headquar-
tiers this friday evening
The schooner Macleane of this port, that lost
the tops of both masts in a storm IN the Gut Oh
Canso some time ago, arrived in port yester-
day.
The attention of the Bracket street and
Park street Grammar School pupils who took
part in the June Musical Festival, is called to
the special notice column.
The steam launch Alice was sold at Burn
hams wharf by F. o. Bailey yesterday after
noon for $780, to William Cushman. She cost
81 500.
There were 800 people come from Dover yes
terday and went to the islands on the steamer
Gazelle. Eleven carloads from neighboring
towns went to Old Orchard. sli9f
The Woodfords Corner Republicans will
raise a Davis flag next week. Good speakers
will be present, and Chambers band will fur
nish music.
A woman named Graney, after being fined
in the Municipal Court, yesterday, for an as
sault, as soon as released, pitched into the per-
son previously assaulted and beat her again.
If the sea is smooth today the steamer Flor
ence will make an excursion to Half Way
Rock light. Otherwise she will make a sail in
the bay, leaving at 215 p. M
Officer Durham arrested four men yesterday
for stealing ten dollar bill out of the pocket
of an old man, and also arrested man and
woman for adultery.
The people of Portland will have the pleas
ure of listening next Thursday to the Hon. j.
C. Burrows of Michigan, one of the most elo-
quent speakers on the stump.
The building erected by the colored ministe-
rial fraud, the Grew" Mr.. Pollard, ON the cor
ner of Deer and Middle streets. for church,
is being fitted up for harness shop.
William Astor's yacht, the Atlanta, of New
York, 46 tons was in the harbor yesterday;
also the Anna, Sylph and Crest of the Eastern
Club, and.the Sea Witch. Commodore Paul
took the Viva to Boston to sell her.
Officer Langmaid arrested young man on
suspicion of larceny OF watch and pocket
book containing SIG from his employer, Com
mercial street blacksmith. The youth con-
fessed.
The obstinate determination of a horse not
to go unless it were in an opposite direction
from that which the business of the driver
seemed to render necessary, caused about 5OO
people to gather on Fore street yesterday.
Mr.. Sawyer, the agent of the society with
the long name, received letter yesterday
from an unknown Deering correspondent, call
out there accompanied by a sketch" of the
''critter," which as a work of art, was but a
few grades above the cartoons that the Leader
formerly published.
The Retail Grocers Association have taken
rooms over Swett's Express Office, Exchange
street. They have chosen A. Deering, Geo.
c. Shaw and c. J. Pennell an executive COM
mittee, who will prepare constitution and
bylaws, and the association will meet We'd
nesday evening next to hear their report and
choose permanent officers
Everybody will recognize the portrait
which the Argus reporter draws of himself
when he says speaking of the flag raising in
Ward Z Wednesday night ga young man, .evi-
IDENTIFY filled with remorse, and perhaps soda
water, was seen with barred head pacing to and
fro and talking incoherently. He was perfect
ly harmless, and we can assure our readers he
was not insane, although from his disconnect-
ed maunderings the majority of the crowd
were led to that uncharitable conclusion. !"
That's just the way he acted that night when
he described the battle of the giants on the
Park. It's poetic frenzy.