The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-10


Bright and beautiful yesterday. Mercury
$50 at SUNRISE 10 at z a. M, 800 at noon, 720 at
sunset; wind southwest.
Look out for the meteors during the next
two nights.
A break occurred in the water main at the
head of Exchange street last night.
The shad in back cove are SO thick that they
have driven the smelts away and now instead
of catching smelts the boys are catching shad-
United States steamship Constellation, with
her consort the Dale, left New York Friday,
the 4th inst, bound East.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra OF sixty
pieces will give concert in Portland the
coming fall.
Manager for New England for the Summit
Mineral Water, from which many remarkable
cures are reported.
The fine house of Mr.. Daniel f. Emery, Jr.,
on Congress street is approaching completion
exteriorly.
Conservation meeting at Friends Meeting
House, Oak street, this Thursday afternoon
at o'clock. All are invited.
The Lafayette chair, carved by Nahum
Littlefeld, is on exhibition in Loring, Short &
Harmon's window, where it attracts much at
tention.
We understand the first grand Republican
rally in Portland will be held at City Hall
Aug. 18th when Hon. Geo. B. Loring Of
salem will address the people.
Yesterday morning officers Lawton and
Skillings seized fifty half barrels, three fall
barrels and tierce of lager beer at the Boston
boat.
The Portland Water Company are to put in
surface pipe to accommodate the residents on
Lincoln and High street, Deering. This will
be for summer use exclusively.
The papers were served on Noah Mayo yes
terday bya Deputy Sheriff Parker for $4,000 on
the complaint of e. G. Willard, and 400 barrels
of aackerel attached.
The last piece of work in the way of making
repairs for the damage caused by the breaking
out of the reservoir on Bramhall Hill was
finished yesterday in repairing the side walk
on Grove street near Mr.. Nichols apothecary
store.
DR.. W. Fl. True, in digging well upon his
premises at the cornor of Congress and Smith
streets, has found, in bed of blue clay, feet
below the surface, a great variety of deep sea
Shells including scallops with barnacles
on them, CLANS and quahaugs.
Mr.. Geo. S. Hunt had a lawn party at his
residence on State street last evening. The
lawn was beautifully illuminated with Chinese
lanterns, and red, green and blue lights, and
attracted a large sidewalk audience. Chand-
ler's quartette furnished fine music, ana
Mrs. Ulmer furnished the collation..
The police have made seizures of two bar
rels of beer in Pete Days place. The beer
was concealed in very ingeniously contrived
hiding place opening out of his cellar; also at
Dunphy's Block on York street, and Mary
Sulliyans cellar on Centre street.
The Portland Commandery will receive the
Hugh de Payens on the occasion OF their visit
Sept 4th at / p. M, escort them to the Fal-
mouth. show them the city after dinner, give
them ball and banquet at City Hall in the
evening, and, with the ladies, clambake at
Chebeague next day.
A lady residing on Marie Terrace has been
very successful this summer in raising canary
birds. She has brought up seventeen good
singers, and would have had seven more hao
not the mother bird accidentally overturned
the pest and destroyed seven eggs just as they
were nearly ready to be Matched.