The Portland daily press., 1881-10-31
Brief lettings.

Warm Yesterday. Mercury 62o at noon;
wind southwest Cloudy in morning, then
pleasant.
The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Com
pany have filed in the road bed across the
basin, abandoned the bridge and trains are
running over the new track.
A package of five foot rules was stolen from
Princes express Saturday.
In our article of Saturday on Portland's
Prospects we Internationally called the Union
Mutual Life Insurance Co. the Maine Mutual
Life.
Tonight will be All Hallow cen, and to-
morrow All Saints Day.
There were thirteen deaths reported in town
the past week.
Tenth anniversary of Beacon Lodge will be
celebrated Tuesday, Nov. Sth.
Dirigo No. has received its new hose car
riage and 1000 feet of new hose. All that re-
mains is to put that striker on the West End
chapel bell.
Mr.. Gaubert will reopen his health-lift
rooms, No 2o1 Middle street, tomorrow, which
will be good news to his patrons. There are
many in this city who are ready to testify to
the benefit they have derived from the Gu
mulative exercise.
Value of foreign exports last week S12, 45354
including 432 469 feet long lumber.
Tolford, the tailor, laid his overcoat on
table in his shop Saturday A pretended GUS
toner put it on and was walking off with it.
Tolford told him to stop when the man claimed
the garment was him. The police gathered him
in.
The Myrtle will have new twenty ton
boiler from Quinn & Co., and there is talk that
the Maine Steamship Co. are negotiating for a
large steamer to take the place of the wrecked
Chesapeake.
Bangor, Auburn, Augusta and Lewiston are
all contesting for the location of the State fair
in their respective cities, and Bangor city gov
eminent has sent agents to treat with the trus-
tees
An entire new foundation for Songo lock
will be laid, the abutments rebuilt and tho lock
put in first class condition for navigation. 1t
is expected that this can be accomplished in
about ten days.
S. d. Warren & Co. have just completed a
new aqusduct from their spring in Deering to
the reservoir at Cumberland Mills. 1t consists
of six inch pipe laid in cement. and is over
mile in length.
A man named Ward left Saccarappa Friday
taking with him $50 belonging to his landlord.
The Portland police were notified but there is
no news of him yet.
Thursday afternoon a portion of the win
ders in the Haskell silk mill, at Saccarappa,
struck for 81 day of ten hours. They were
receiving So cents for a days work of eleven
hours. Several resumed work Friday and
others probably will in day or two.
Motley & Winchester insurance was $4,000
in the Equitable of Providence. and their loss
will be $500 over insurance. They got out all
their books and papers. The building was
owed by the Union Wharf Co., valued at $4,000
and insured for $1,000 with ]. E. Dow.
Officers Merrill and McCallum arrested two
men at Gorhams Corner last night for fight
ing
The Ogdensburg road is short of freight cars
on account of the unprecedentedly large ship
ments, being, it is said 1000 cars behind their
orders.-Burgington Free Press.
A Roller Skating Rink is to be opened az
Congress Hall Wednesday evening, Nov. 9th,
by party Of young men Of this city. A new
skate is to be used, which is said to excel any
ever used here.
The Street Commissioner is to be congratu-
lated for establishing two first class crosswalks
on Commercial street; one in front of Deacon
Larrabee's and the other in front of Green,
Son & Lynchs.-