The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-05-26
Brief JOttingS.

Has the Cap'n got bari?
Officer Hanson shot dog, suffering from a
fit ON Exchange street yesterday.
A 60 pound turtle has been put in the basin
of the Lincoln Park fountain.
The Cap'n will have to be hoped if the
Democracy honor him much more.
The artillery company will be mustered in
Thursday night.
Cooler yesterday. Mercury 60o at sunrise,
Csc at noon, GO at sunset; wind north, then
east, then southeast.
The Maine Central Railroad Company d.
rectors will hold their regular monthly meet
ing today.
Capt. Thomas of this port shot sea lion as
big as an OK off Cape Elizabeth the other day,
and saved the skin.
The Gertie Lewis, Capt. Prout. at one time
reported lost, arrived yesterday with about 600
quintals of fish.
The Portland Democracy have pushed aside
Bion Bradbury to make room for Tabulator
who tried to steal State and couldn't get
away with the goods.
Tabulator Chase seems in fair way to be
"vindicated." Keep right on gentlemen
Democrats. The Republicans can stand lots
more of such work as you did last night.
Did anybody see Tabulator Chase shake a
bundle of letters at any of the Democratic eau
cuses last night? Or did Fogg do enough OF
that business for himself and Chase both when
he was here at the conference.
Yesterday morning the deputy sheriffs
seized a ten-gallon keg of hard liquor at the
Eastern depot. 1t was packed in a flour bar
rel, from which the address card had been
torn off.
Mr.. John E. Davis has returned to Portland
and opens the "Boston Five Cent Store al
SAT Congress street this morning, for the in
spection of the public. Mr.. Davis is also the
manager of the mammoth five cent store in
Lowell.
man named Thomas Wilkes of Portland
left Upper Bartlett, N. H., to gather spruce
gum in the forest, a week ago He got lost in
the woods, wandered about four days living
on buds and new beechnuts, and finally found
his way out. He lost 80 pounds of flesh dur
ing that time.
DIR. Warren's lecture at Williston church to.
morrow evening, entitled prevention better
than cure" will be a familiar practical talk
upon the causes of our general fevers, typhoid
scarlet fever and diphtheria, that they are
caused by impure air and water. and directions
how to ventiate our houses and get purt
drinking water will be given.
Personal.
Miss Annie Louise Gary arrived home Mon
day evening. She is enjoying excellen
health.
Patrolman Daniel Hill of Division Four
died at Saccarappa, May 23d after long Hines
OF consumption. He was born at Buxton, il
1889, and was appointed on the Boston polio
force 1869. He leaves wife.
w. M. Farrcw, who has been selected as on
OF the American team to go to Ireland, wa
born in Belfast, Me-, in 1S4S, and began shoot
ing at long range in 1877. He was ON tn
American team which went to Canada in 1875
and was eleventh man in the competition
when the American team was selected in tn
same year for the "walk-over' match HI
went to Europe last year and won e1OO a
Wimbledon, and Sevres china vase in riff
competition in France
Mr.. w. e. Chadwick, who was recently az
pointed clerk in the Insane Hospital, has bee
obliged to resign ON account of his health. til
confinement of the Office being too much.