The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-17
Brief lettings.

Fast Day was chanageable. Mercury $50 al
sunrise, 500 at noon, 4So at sunset, 600 at IL p
NJ. Wind north in the morning, east in the
afternoon and south in the evening.
Col. Robert Ingersoll will lecture in this city
soon.
Messrs. Ford & Rich have been awarded the
contract to print the city reports
Rev. Mr.. Bolles will occupy the pulpit a
Congress square church tomorrow.
The mercury was 400 at sunrise, $50 at noon
wind northeast.
A man from Spurwink, named Jordan, was
thrown from his team on Green street yester
day and stunned.
The Young Ladies' Christian Temperance
Union will hold meeting in State stree
chapel this afternoon at $50 o'clock.
The steamship Toronto, of the Dominion
line, sailed yesterday afternoon for Liverpool
Her cargo is valued at $144, 1882
The Lake Nepigon, of the Beaver Line, ar
rived yesterday morning. She brought GOOD
cargo from Liverpool, and had hard winds all
the way, but no damage was DONE
Mr.. George A. Harmon will supply the boys
of the High School class of 1880 with their
class rings. They are very handsome rings
the seals bookstores.
There will be good speaking and good music
at the meeting of the Temperance Union,
commencing at 7.30 o'clock at Congress hall
Sunday evening.
special meeting Of the Free Baptist Edu-
cation Society is to be holden at the Fret
Baptist church in Portland, Wednesday, April
21st
Many of the shops on Fore street, between
Exchange and Commercial street,, were closed
to-day and Grape put on the doors. 1t was
said they were the liquor dealers shops in
mourning.
There came near being fire in the Dolan
block, cerner of Union and Cross streets, last
night. A barrel of shavings caught fire in one
of the tenements, but was promptly extinguish-
ed without an alarm.
Mr.. John Wales, while at work ON the hoist
ing engine on Franklin wharf Wednesday,
caught his hand in the machinery and lost two
fingers. DIR. Foster was called and dressed the
wound.
An Augusta gentleman came to Portland
Fast day to present the claims of Augusta to
proper place to hold the State Fair for the
next five years.
An article on "a youthful seizer' in Thurs
days edition, should have read "the sheriff
paid no SIS for making the seizure The
deputy sheriffs have no authority to pay money
to anyone for complaints or seizures or to au-
thorize anyone to make seizures.
The members of ST .TameS, Rand arc about
to start subscription paper in order to enable
them to purchase uniforms, and thus be pre-
pared for share of public patronage during
the coming season. 1t is hoped that their
many friends will generously assist them
The counsel for the Grand Trunk Railroad
have filed motion for new trial in the case
of Charles w. Worthen, who obtained ver-
dict of $4,000 few days ago as damages for
the loss of a leg in a collision at Detroit juno
ton. Exceptions have also been filed.
Mr.. L. W. A. johnson, of the Portland
Temperance Reform Club, will give temper
ance address tomorrow evening, on the "Eyils
of Intemperance," at the Abyssinian church.
Steamship Brooklyn from this port, has
arrived at Liverpool; and the steamship Fos-
cola has arrived at Greenock
The Rev. Theo. F. Wright of Bridgewater,
Mass, will occupy the pulpit at the New Jeru-
salem church tomorrow morning and evening"
In the morning Mr.. Wright will preach a
discourse on David and Goliah.' In the
evening he will deliver a lecture on "The
Book of Daniel in the light of the New
Church.