The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-07-01

Fine day yesterday Mercury 60 at sunrise,
| 100 at noon, 700 at sunset; wind northwest.
Several showers fell during the day.
A new baggage room is in process of con-
| struction at the Grand Trunk station.
| There were several yachts in the harbor yes
terday.
Harry Bloodgood will appear at Music Hall
| Jnly 4th.
The National Traders Bank will move into
| Browns former banking house on Exchange
| street.
| Harkins was still living and rather brighter
| yesterday. There is one chance in twenty he
may recover.
| A small boy, aged about II years, son of a
| Mr.. Shannard, who resides at the foot of Brat
| tie street, has been missing for several days.
The bark Grace Deering, Capt. Davis, ar
rived at Dunkirk, Scotland, June 81, after the
| extraordinary passage of 50 days from Talca-
| huano.
The upper hall, chamber, and a parlor at
| ex-Gov. Washburn's residence, were slightly
damaged by water, Friday night owing to an
overflow Of the cistern in the attic.
| A man named Adams broke his leg by fall
| ing from load of hay last night, and was
carried to the Maine General Hospital. 1t has
! been but short time since he recovered from
broken leg.
| Don't forget that Thursday evening, July
| Sd, is the night of the Y. NJ S. C. moonlight
excursion and dance. All the Boys are going,
| and so are their sisters and their cousins and
| their aunts, to Great not Little Chebeague.
The pupils of the High School will receive
their friends from Ga. M. to p. m. today at the
| school, and the pupils of the Grammar and
| Primaries at their respective schools next
| Thursday.
The first anniversary of the Gospel Mission
was held Sunday night. There are II scholars
and 10 teachers, and the receipts were $541
| There have been a large quantity of clothes,
| food and medicine furnished the needy
Plymouth Sunday school and parish will go
on an excursion to Naples, via the Portland g.
| Ogdensburg railroad, Lake Sebago and the
| Songo river, next Saturday. Chandeliers Band
will be present, and there will be lots of at
| fractions
| Smoke issuing from a closet in DIR. Weeks
house on Free street, puzzled an assistant en-
| gineer and some of the firemen yesterday.
There was strong smell of burning pine, and
still no heat could be detected in floor or plat
| form.
Last night lot of people, men, women and
children, were gathered in front of Dumphy's
Block to try and see the ghost with which the
building is popularity believed to be haunted.
| good many, however, are haunted by
| spirits.
| Capt. Lewis Mitchell's funeral was largely
attended by merchants and ship masters yes
terday. Rev. DR.. Smaller OBLIGATED, and del
egation from Ancient Brothers Lodge, 1. O.
o. F., were present. The flags of the shipping
in the harbor were hoisted at half mast 1t is
reported that the captain leaves life insur-
ance policy of $5000
A very fine night-blooming cereus unfoded
its blossoms at Mr.. Homer Barrows, No. %
Paris street, last night, and another at the
residence of DR.. Morse on Free street. MANY
friends of both the gentlemen assembled and
were much pleased at the beautiful spectacle
There was slight fire in McCann's black
smith shop on Casco street, yesterday after
noon, but was extinguished by steamer rs boys
with slight damage.