The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-03-14
Brief .TOttjpOa.

An employe of the leather-board factory at
Saccarappa fell through an open hatchway and
aSoadiy injured, Friday.
\ 'resser, Mcclellan & Co. signed the contract
saturday, to revise the ordinances of the city.
Solicitor Hale will edit the work.
The voters in school district No. 6, Cane
Elizabeth, will elect school agent and clerk
next Saturday evening.
Pete Conley, the oarsman, is thought to
have some matches in view the coming season.
Seth Scammon has been elected moderator
of Knightville school meeting, G. Shanning
school agent, and Albert Thompson clerk.
The following persons have been elected
members of the Natural History Society
Miss Emma S. Bartou, Charles Rich, 1. X.
Hitchings.
The Portland school for the deaf was in ses-
sion Saturday forenoon and was visited by a
number of the teachers of the public schools.
Crocuses are in full bloom in the garden of
Mr.. Stephenson, corner of State and Spring
streets.
The Portland & Rochester Railroad Compa-
ny is to have two new passenger cars for the
summer travel. Two new baggage cars are
nearly completed.
Hugh Dana and Patrick Dugan, Cape Eliza
beth, on the double charge of single sale and
furnishing intoxicating liquor to Indians, waiv-
ed examination, before Justice Perry, and
were bound over Saturday, in the sum of $500
each, for their appearance at the May term of
- Superior Court.
The Samaritan Association will hold fair
and parish supper at Congress Square church
Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Deering town election to-day. The Demo-
Gratis have adopted the citizens ticket
Wednesday, Mr.. William Naylor Saccarap-
pa, mangled his left thumb on a circular saw.
Mr.. T. S. Burns, principal of the Westbrook
High School. has been secured for another
year by Supervisor S. H. Hatch.
The new city government will be inaugural
ed at 10 o'clock this morning, and this evening
the municipal officers will be elected.
Mrs. Millicent Mortified of Sebago, feeble
and corpulent lady of almost so years, fell last
Thursday, striking against table, and sustain
ing a shock, from which it is feared she cannot
recover.
The machinery is going into the new smelt-
ing works.
1t is said that four stalls in the new city mar
ket will be used for a grain store
Capt Weston will inspect the Infantry next
Thursday evening.
The Shorey Mining Company send the first
car of ore to the smelling works, from Lowell
Maine.
There were five deaths recorded in the city
the past week.
The Casco Bay Steamboat Company is re-
fitting its boats for summer travel. The Ga
zelle will have new machinery.
Last Saturday night, six Indians, encamped
&c knightville, had knock-down fight at the
Eastern depot. in this CITY,
Mr.. Noyes's quartette commenced their SER
vices at Park street church yesterday.
Exports the past week amounted in value to
S3O026s3. Lumber 93,476 feet.
Sebago Lake has risen only nine inches after
the heavy rains.
The Payson Literary Society will meet this
evening, in their rooms in Harrington Block
Congress street.
Members of the Portland Cadets are request
cd to be present at the armory tonight, as i'm
portaut business will come before the meeting.
The Hon. Robert o. Fuller of Boston deliv-
cred very interesting address Sunday morn
ing, In the Free street church, on "Facts and
incidents concerning mission work in Asia"
Mr.. Fuller has recently returned from tour
of the world, and speaks of missionary work
from business mans standpoint.