The Portland daily press., 1881-04-04
Brief ,TOttinrs.

Bright, cold, windy day yesterday. Mercury
250 at sunrise, $40 at noon, $50 at sunset; wind
northwest
Fifteen deaths reported the past week in the
city.
Foreign exports last week amounted to $780,
a2l.55.
Washington Camp No. 2,P. o. S. of A., will
be formed at Ferry Village next Saturday
M. F. Davis will rig the new four cared
paper shell for the Cornell crew, that Waters
OF Troy, N. Y, is at present building
Lev. Mr. Hayden of India street church de-
livered an interesting lecture at Reception
Hall last evening on the 'Higher Aims of
lfe.''
Rev. Mr.. Smyth of the New Jerusalem
Temple lectured last evening on "Man's Book
of Life"
The passenger train on the Boston and
Maine Railroad, due here at o'clock Satur-
day evening, was an hour late on account of
the breaking of spring on the engine, short
time before arriving at Biddeford.
The annual meeting of tho Portland Dis
pensary will be held this evening.
At the monthly shoot of the Portland Light
Infantry, which was held at East Deering
Saturday, the company badge was won by
Corporal A. o. Fernald, he making score of
is out of poss ible 25
Saturday night Marshal Bridges, Deputies
Black and Crowell, Officers Harmon, Bell
Skillings, Laughton and Deputy Sheriffs Par
ker and Hamilton made large seizures of LIQUOR
on Congress- Middle, India and Washington
streets.
The Brown Artillery will dill for the first
time in full uniform, under the new regulation,
"Wednesday night
Maine boasts of having furnished the pre-
sent governors of Massachusetts, Wisconsin
Michigan, California and Iowa, the Congress
man from Oregon and two of the Minnesota
Congressman.
The steamer City of Richmond has been all
refitted and refurnished and will make trial
trip down the harbor this morning.
The Forest Pulp Company at North Var
mouth is at present turning off large amount
of pulp, which goes principally to Massachu-
sets. AGAR load day is being shipped.
S. s. Knight, C. A. jackson and Carrie
Smith were elected delegates from Maple
Lodge, Deering, to the Grand Lodge with j.
f. Day and Mr. and Mrs. A. Hannah as alter
mates.
Owing to the storm the mail accumulated on
the way, and Saturday afternoon the post
office clerks had big job distributing
Some 80 telephone wires broken by the
storm, were about all repaired Saturday
Where private lines were broken their owners
were put to great expense
The Montgomery Guards will give recep-
ton and ball to Company of the 9th Massa-
chusetts regiment, May 18th at City Hall.
Chandler will furnish the music
Deputy Sheriffs Parker and Hamilton Satur-
day morning seized II barrels and Is half
barrels of beer at the Boston & Maine station,
and Officers Langmaid and Gribben two kegs
of whiskey over the shop of Hugh Doherty on
Fore street.
The Marine Hospital Bureau has appro-
priated So, $50 for general repairs of the Marine
Hospital.
Ii is proposed to hold Woman's Suffrage
convention in this city, May Both and 31st.
Among the speakers will be Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Olympia Brown,
Frances Josseyn Gage and other leading ad-
vocates of the cause.
The regular monthly meeting of the teachers
this evening.
Parties of Westbrook and Deering are talk
ing of canning factory for canning corn,
tomatoes, beef and other articles.
The regular meeting of the Portland
Society of Natural History is at O'Clock this