The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-06-28
Brief JOttinpS,

Br1eI JOCt1ngS.
A Worcester drummer is at the City Hotel
who travels by bicycle.
There were - deaths recorded in Portland
last week.
Members of the 18th Maine Regiment Asso-
citation will remember the meeting to-nigha.
The St. James Band have arranged an ex-
cursion to Hog Island for Monday, July 9Th.
Congress street and Pine street Sunday
schools unite in an excursion and picnic to
Little Chebeague next Saturday.
The value of foreign exports from this port
for the week ending Saturday night was $780,
656.22.
Cool Saturday morning, then warmer and
at noon the heaviest shower of the season,
with heavy thunder and sharp lightning.
Mercury $50 at sunrise, $50 as noon, 800 at 5
Pm.
The members of the Portland Band have
presented their leader, Mr.. Frank L. Collins,
with neat uniform cap. 1t is white with
gold trimmings.
A gentleman by the name of Fleetwood fell
in fit Saturday at the City Hotel DIR.
Ring succeeded in bringing him out of it all
right
There will be celebrations July 9TH at Hollis,
Cumberland and Gorham. The Portland
Light Infantry will go to Hollis.
The Infantry received their new rifles Sat
urday. They are the new United States regu.
lation rifes-calibre 45.
The afternoon mail for Boston, New York,
and the South and West will close hereafter at
8 o'clock.
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RAILROADS running out of Portland goes into eff
feet today.
The grain dealers on Commercial street are
starting a movement to close their stores Sat
urday afternoons at 2 O'Clock.
Two dories were crushed between the pier
and the steamer Express at Peaks Island
Saturday.
Two elegant new cars for the Portland ser.
vice were sent to Boston from Salem Satur'
day.
A new patent of VIM. Todd's for flushing
sewers will be tried on Pine street by Browns
block.
That pretty summer house just built on the
pleasant lawn of Mr.. Geo. S. Hunt on State
street, is very attractive to passers-by.
Robert Mills was knocked down at Gorham's
Corner, without provocation, by Jack Nally
yesterday, and Officers McCallum and Merrill
grabbed Nally,
Hospital Sunday collections were taken uI
in the churches yesterday. The total receipts
will be announced as soon as all the churches
report. he First Parish collection amounted
to $40.
1t was hot yesterday. The mercury touched
800 with a southerly wind Many people
drove out to the Cape, and others went to the
islands.
Mr.. j. B. Hudson, Jr., has painted a very
correct water color picture of BROAD s Tavern
which may be seen in the window of store No
557 Congress street.
The temperance meeting at the Abyssinian
church last evening was interesting. AID.
dresses were made by Messrs. Murphy, Sabine,
L. W. A. johnson and others of the Reform
Club.
The concert given by the Portland Band Sat
urday night gave great pleasure to the large
crowd of promenaders. Refreshments and ict
cream were rendered them. Wednesda.
night they will play on Lincoln Park, ant
once a week at Woodfords.
Next Saturday the mills at Lewiston ant
the shoe factories at Auburn will shut down
and the operatives are coming to Portland OF
an excursion, which win include sail dow
the bay.
The Haskell Silk Company of Saccarappa
to accommodate their increasing business, ar
to make an addition to their mill by annexin
building formerly used as a tenement house
that will be remodelled and filled with ma
chinery.
A number of the citizens of Woodford'
are strongly agtating the question in regar
to sprinkiing Forest avenue from Winslow'
to the Maine Central railroad station. A pa
per was started Saturday and efforts will
put forward to obtain money enough to accom-
plish this much desired end.
The Eleanora, Saturday morning, brough
those twenty cadets from Gen. Russell's schoo
at New Haven, Conn.,, accompanied by part
of prominent citizens They are on an excui
sion to Portland and vicinity. Saturday the
visited the islands. Yesterday was spent il
the city and today they go to Old Orchard, re
turning in season to take the steamer to Ne,
York this afternoon.