The Portland daily press., 1882-08-12
Brief lettings.

Fine day yesterday, one of the most perfect
of the summer Mercury $50 at sunrise, 700 at
10 a. M, 7So at noon, 72o at sunset; wind
west
The First Parish church is closed until the
first Sunday in September.
The High Street Church is receiving new
coat of mastic.
There is no doubt Chandler's Band will have
large following on the sail down the bay in
the Gazelle at 2 As p. m. today.
The alarm of fire, about 6 p. m. yesterday
was caused by burning brush on the Eastern
Promenade.
Remember the ladies' temperance meeting
tonight at Gospel Mission at 7.45 All are in
vited.
The Reform Club will hold temperance
meeting tomorrow evening at their hall, cor.
ner of Temple and Congress streets.
Mr.. James Cunningham has been awarded
the contract for laying the brick on the new
Brown block.
A man named James M. Huntley is reported
at the station as having stolen some 800, from
o man out Of town and is therefore wanted
1t isunderstood the late Charles Sager had
1856 coo insurance on his life, in the New Eng
land, Equitable. New York Life, and Massa-
chusetts Mutual companies
Mrs. Geo. T. Davis has purchased the Ilsley
property on Spring street, corner of Oak, en-
bracing 81, 900 square feet, for $4,000; good
bargain.
The business meeting of the Woman's s
Christian Temperance Union will be held Sat-
urday, August II, at the Friendly Inn at
O'Clock p. m.
The Red Stockings of Deering will play
game of base ball with the Clippers OF Cum
berland Mills today at 2 p. m. on the horse
railroad grounds at Deering.
The hotels are doing splendid business.
The arrivals at the Falmouth and Preble aver
age 135 daily for ten days back, and some days
mount up to It's. The City is full all the
time the United States, Merchants Exchange
and Perry are doing excellently.
The Boston and Maine railroad now run a
parlor car over the Portland and Ogdensburg
to Fabyans and return daily; also over the
Grand Trunk to Gorham, N. H., and return
each day.
1t is reported that the Methodist Society,
worshipping in Vaughan street school house,
has purchased lot of land corner of either
Neal and West, or Vaughan and West streets,
and will erect neat and in expensive church
thereon The society has subscribed 1000.
An excursion train of ten cars drawn by two
engines brought an excursion party of about
eight hundred from Bath yesterday morning.
Some of the excursionists stopped in Portland,
but the most of them went to Old Orchard by
special train.
The Young Mems Christian Association will
hold their sixth open air gospel meeting on
Fore street. near the Custom House, on Sun.
day at o'clock p. m. Address by Rev. j. M
Williams of Pine street M. e. Church. The
singing will be led by cornet and cabinet or
gan. Services at the rooms at 7.3o p. m. s4kssasa
The party from the city government tbat
visited Long Island, on invitation OF MT
Fletcher had splendid time yesterday There
was handsome collation., glorious clan
bake, and delightful sail. Mr.. Fletcher
should and did receive the hearty thanks OF al
the participants
Yesterday morning the Marshal and depu
ties made seizure of seven barrels of beer il
cellar off Adams street, in the rea'
of Plunkett's place on Fore street
tour dozen bottles of lager and jug of whis
tevin a shed in the rear of McCluskey's place
on Fore street and three barrels of beer OF
Commercial street near the Boston & Main'
t.enot