The Portland daily press., 1880-04-12
Brief lettings.

Warmer and brighter Saturday: Mercury
80 at sunrise, 4So at noon, AZ at sunset; wind
southwest, and strong in afternoon.
Warmer Sunday morning followed by cooler
northwest winds. Mercury 500 at noon.
Bright day.
The regular monthly meeting OF the public
school teachers will be held tonight.
There were several seizures of liquor Satur-
day.
There were eleven deaths reported in this
city.th past week.
The pastors of the Methodist churches hold
theirreunion with Chestnut St.church tonight.
A literary and dramatic club has been
formed at Knightville.
The will be Vi Mon church meeting and do
nation party at t he Abyssinian church, New
bury street, tbs evening. All are welcome.
Hall L. Davis obtained the contract for fur
nishing school supplies.
We have received from Collins & Buxton,
"Sing me the old songs again." by Arthur W.
French, music by f. L. Collins.
The value of foreign exports for the week
was $500, S50.S1. The amount of long lumber
exported was 1888, 532 feet.
The annual meeting of the First Baptist So
ciety will be held in the vestry this evening at
o'clock.
A countryman snapped horses Saturday,
with 50 bonus to his account, got drunk, and
wrecked his load Of fish. He was gathered
in to the police station.
The exhibition of the children skaters at
Roller Skating Hall, Saturday afternoon, was
very pretty spectacle and drew good audi
ence.
Woodbury. & Moulton have secured the new
four and one-half per cent. loan of $4,000 is
sued by the City of Biddeford and have al
ready disposed of $35, 900.
The city marshal gives notice that all dogs
in the city must be licensed before May LIST.
After that date the owners of unlicensed dogs
will be prosecuted.
There were twenty-five scholars examined
and admitted to the High School, Saccarappa,
last Friday. The spring term of the village
schools will commence day.
The Light Infantry, Mechanic Blues, Mont
gomery Guards and Portland Cadets, are to
practice at rifle shooting at the city range, Fast
day.
Work has commenced on the building for
station, car house and stable, for the Ocean
street railroad, near the house of George
Croker, Esq, in Deering.
The Light Infantry have forwarded their
uniforms to Augusta, being probably the first
company to respond to the general order re-
quiring the return of old uniforms preparatory
to receiving the new ones.
At late meeting of the Reform Club, Sac
carappa, the following officers were elected fol
the ensuing term: President, David Jackson
Vice Presidents, Orlando Cash, Elijah Nor
ton, George e. Pride Secretary, Charles o
Barbour; Treasurer, John NJ. Pride.
The Lake Champlain of the Beaver Line
sailed Saturday afternoon for Liverpool. Hel
cargo was valued at 1,4O1. She had 2St
head of Canadian cattle, and five passengers
The Lake Nepigon will be the last OF the lint
from this port
Merrill s. Varney have moved their old post
Office building at Old Orchard and are to erect
on the same spot three story frame block. Tit
first story will be fitted up to accommodate the
business of the post office, and also for store
The second story will be used for a tenemen
and will also contain the Odd Fellows Hall
The third story is to be finished off into hal
for social and religious purposes, thus meeting
long felt want