The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-06-14
Brief lettings.

Inc whole NUMBER OF deaths IN the city 1Or
the past week was II.
The yacht Casco, formerly owned in Port
land, has been purchased by Boston parties.
The young ladies' mission band of West
brook will have an apron sale June 16.
Yesterday afternoon a number of candidates
from the Pine street church were baptized by
immersion at the shore back of Munioy Hill.
Yesterday was perfect summer day, end
ing with brisk showers. The wird shifted from
west to southeast at night.
The finder of an overcoat Cashmere shawl
and ladys blue oyergarment, is referred to an
advertisement in another column.
The Bates and Bowdoin clubs, with friends,
some fifty in number, dined at the Preble
House Saturday.
The Tourist and Minnehaha have been put
into complete order for the summer island
business.
The value of foreign exports for the week
was $29,2706O. The imports were unimport-
ant.
Officers Gill and Lawton seized two gallons
of whiskey at Keeley's hotel on India street,
Saturday night.
Mr.. 7. G. Hersey plucked from his garden
of green peas.
A small roll of bills was lost by an Argus
compositor Saturday. The finder will be re-
warded by leaving it at the Argus Office.
Officers Langmaid and Gribben. Saturday,
arrested girl named Ida White ON Centre
street for vagrancy. Her parents are respect
able people and it was through their complaint
that the arrest was made.
At the call of Mr.. Charles Goodrich and
nine others a town meeting will be held in
Deering this afternoon at p. M, to consider
the question of removing ledge in the road
near Mr.. Goodrchs place.
Arcana lodge will celebrate its 22d anniver-
sary this evening by musical and literary en-
tertainment and supper. Good talent is en-
gagged, including Miss Nettie Miliken and
Miss Minnie Noyes.
Mr.. G. d. Robinson, the caterer, exhibits a
magnificent cake (that weighed 100 pounds and
was valued at $120) in his window Saturday
night. II is most magnlfcently ornamented,
and is a triumph of confectioner's art.
The citizens of Westbrook expect to have
glorious Fourth of July celebration, and pa
pers are out for subscriptions fol that pur-
pose.
The Fort Preble rifle team desire to com
pete with a team from this city ON the 4th of
July, and it is probable that a picked team
will be raised from the best shots of the sever
al military companies to match them. The
shoot will probably take place at the fort
range.
A boat belonging to Nh. John Stone was
stolen from McAllisters wharf Friday night.
1t was schooner rugged, centre-board boat, "a
feet long, 9 feet beam, painted green. The
boat has five matches and the iron work is all
galvanized.
The concert given by the Portland Band at
Lincoln Park Saturday night delighted a
large portion of our citizens. There will be
concert in Congress Square Wednesday
night.
The paper company at Westbrook have built
new stock house on Reservoir street. The
large number of water-wheels at the paper
mill has been increased by the addition of a
Knowlton wheel. A new monitor roof is to
be put ON the pulp MILL A new pen stock
has just been constructed to supply the water
wheel of the machine and carpenter shops.
The Cumberland Globe is responsible for the
following: lone of our fashionable uptown
boarding schools has young lady pupil who is
given to doing eccentric things The other
morning the jewellers in the vicinity were
startled to see huge white apron with the
words e. street jail'' inscribed thereon
floating from her window after the manner of
campaign flag But the exercise she partic,
ularly delights in is to balance herself on the
window-sill, facing the street, where she will
sit and calmly hammer her heels against the
outside OF the house, observed of all OBJ
servers "