The Portland daily press., 1882-12-25
Brief lettings.

AS TODAY is A HOLIDAY NO PAPER WILL
BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE TOMORROW.
A "Merry Christmas" to all.
Deaths last week 8.
Value of exports last week $40, 1864, liz
Guiding 362,351 feet of lumber
Bark Lothian left Saturday for St. John, N
B., loaded with flour, the first cargo received
via Grand Trunk from the West and shipped
by water to the provinces for many years.
Bosworth Post will probably install the new
officers in the new G. A. R. hall. January 9Th.
Larry Post of Windham will visit Bosworth
Post Friday next.
No proposals to build fre-boat have been
received by the committee on fire department
and the proposals to furnish tug-boats fitted
with pumps and hose, are too high The com
mittee, with Chief Cloyes, will inspect the
Worcester fre-boats Tuesday, and the water
works of Boston, Worcester and Providence.
The annual meeting of the Citizens Relief
will take place Friday.
The City of Richmond sailed last Saturday
night at 10 o'clock.
The inmates of the work-house and Greedy
Hospital will receive Christmas dinner to-
day.
The Pine street church fair netted $3.50.
The streets were thronged with shoppers
Saturday night, more SO than we can remem-
Der to have ever seen.
Number of arrests last week AZ, drunken
ness SO.
The Falmouth Hotel dining hall has been
elegantly decorated with colored festoons,
Christmas emblems and notices.
The Ella sailed from New York Saturday
for Boston, in tow of tho Storm King
The Bridgton News speaks highly of the
heavy, handsome teams of horses owned by c.
& B. f, Kennard of this city.
The Ocean St. Railroad Co. have put stove
in one of their cars.
The cattle imported by the Prussian last
week are in quarantine at the Deering
grounds.
A petition for the change of the post office
name of Saccarappa is in circulation.
Cloudy skies and snow yesterday with the
mercury 36o at noon.
The Second Parish will have their Christ
mas tree this evening.
There will be grant Christmas entertain
ment at the First Free Baptist church, corner
of Casco and Cumberland Streets this evening
at 7.30 Admission free.
The Rolling Mills Co., it is reported, will re-
duce the wages of their employees from to 10
per cent, the reduction TO take effect the first
of January.
Messrs. d. w. Clark & Co. have large
crew of men at work cutting ice at Long Crek
The ice harvested is from IA to 16 inches
thick and is being conveyed to Portland.
The Folio for January has been received by
both Stockbridge and Chandler.
There will be Christmas entertainment for
the West Congregational Sabbath School this
evening. The church has been elegantly fes-
TONED with evergreen and presents fine ap-
pearance. There will be Christmas tree,
singing, a dialogue and the production of ''The
True and False Santa Claus" from ST. Mich
olas.
G. W. johnson, from Pittsburg, gPa :, will
lecture before the Orange Brotherhood of Port
land on Tuesday evening.
Christmas eve was a superb moonlight
night.
The Portland Cadets will visit New Orleans
during Mardi-Gras week and take part in the
military competition
The subject of Rev. Henry Blanchard's
lu6budy 6N6uluS 1cCbuFo Will 10 AhO 0cbHOA7
ing of the Books of the Old Testament"
Officers Massure and Sparrow arrested
'Finger" Smith, Saturday night for breaking
into Gray Shop in the McGlinchy block, cor
ner of Fore and India streets
The second dance in the Fraternity cours
will be given at City Hall, tomorrow evening
There will, of course, be brilliant party in
attendance.
The last of series of lectures to young mel
and others, was delivered by Rt Rev. Bishop
Healy, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate
Conception yesterday morning.
Attention is called to the Rink as one of thu
pleasantest places in the city to pass Christina
afternoon and evening. Chandler will furnisl
music at both sessions There will be juven
lie session in The forenoon.
Hon. w. W. Thomas, Jr., will lecture in tn
Mechanics course next Friday evening, O.
the Founding, Rise and Progress of Port
land" recognition of the city's 25Oth ann
versarv