The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-09-12
Brief lettings.

There were % deaths recorded in the city the
past week.
Machigonne's men extinguished a FIRE in
Fitzgerald's awning, Saturday night that
caught from lighted cigar thrown on it.
The corn canning establishments in the
state report thus far they have put up about
100000 cans. The season is not yet over.
1t is reported that young man of East
Deering is to be the recipient of gold medal
from the Humane Society for rescuing a little
girl from watery grave, a few weeks ago at
Diamond Cove.
After the coming week the International
line of steamers will make three trips only per
week.
On the trip of the steamer City of Portland
from this city to Boston last Tuesday the
wheelmsn had to keep the pinnacle light
burning sll day that he might see the compass
and direct the boats course.
The Casco Bay Steamboat Co. ran their
boats to the islands Saturday for the last time
this season. The Mary W. Libby will be re-
fitted and put on the ferry route from this city
to the Cape, to take the place Of the present
boat.
Parties in Portland are contemplating build
ing q small excursion steamer to run between
Calais, PASSPORT, Campobello and Grand Me-
nan. If built she will go on the route early
next summer.
The meeting of the Council of High Priest
hood, for Maine, announced for Sept. 16, has
been postponed for the present
The Portland Company are building four 40
ton coal-burning locomotives for the New York
& Northern road, and four 2S ton switching
engines for the Peoria & Pekin Union road.
1t is not improbable that the Beaver line of
steamships will come here again this winter as
well as the Dominion and Allan lines. They
don't propose to abandon the cattle business.
Quinn & Coyle have built 100 boilers the
last three years, all having passed the U. s..
Inspectors test.
Robert Gibson of Portland was before the
police court at Lewiston Friday, charged with
abusing his horse. He was sent to jail.
The Montgomery Guards have lately re-
ceived a new lot of elegant fatigue caps.
The project of putting on daily steamers on
the Penobscot between Rockland & Bangor, to
connect with the noon train at the former
place for Portland, is revived.
The annual examination of Gorham Saw
ings Bank shows surplus of more than ten
thousand dollars over all liabilities. The last
dividend paid depositors was at the rate of
four per cent.
The Yarmouth High School commenced its
fall term last week, with Albert j. Curtis
Principal and Miss Rosalia Larrabee, Assis-
tant. The main school room on the first floor
has been undergoing extensive repairs the past
season, having been replastered, papered and
painted, giving it clean, pleasant and attrac-
tive appearance.
The Times says the great pond" at Cape
Elizabeth, is a great resort for game and that
three Portland gentlemen bought good deal
of the land about it so as to have all the shoot
ing to themselves, but the Cape boys bought
the rights Of other owners of land about the
pond and euchered the Portanders
The train which leaves the Grand Trunk de-
pot al 30 tomorrow morning, on the Odd Fell
lows excursion,is the same one that leaves the
Maine Central at g. starting from the former
depot for the accommodation of those residing
in the eastern part of the city.
The Chandler Band sacred concerts at Sc
baeo were postponed till next Sunday owing
TO the rain.
The schooner Addie Ryerson of Rockland,
Me-, with coal for Brighton from Georgetown,
d. c., nut in Wednesday at Newport R. L,
with Capt. Cushman and two men sick with
fever, since which time One (Kimbal Davis of
Rockland, Me- has dew