The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-07
Brief lettings.

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Hot yesterday. Mercury 760 at a. M, 9oo
at noon. then a cool breeze sprung up from
the southwest and the mercury began to FALL
and at sunset it indicated 1872
There were deaths last week.
The roof of Ricker's tannery caught fire
from spark, Saturday. Damage trifing.
Quincy, who was arrested for robbing the
post-office, will be brought up for trial today.
| The total value of foreign exports for the
past week amounts to $10,611.20.
Commercial street, between Berlin Mills and
Holyoke wharves, is to be newly paved.
Mr.. Griffln's yacht won the race between it
and that of Mr.. Rick.
Shed No. ., at the Grand Trunk wharves,
is being extensively widened.
There were 70 arrivals at the City Hotel,
Saturday night.
A large number of people went to the
islands yesterday.
The Grand bodies of Odd Fellows hold their
session in this city this week beginning to-
morrow.
Capt 7. B. Tolford had portion of his up
per iaw-hone successfully removed Saturday.
There were 80 arrests for drunkenness last
week.
Police seized three barrels of beer, Saturday,
corner Of Park and commercial streets, and
three in Centre street cellar.
Yacht Sparkle, of Worcester, Mass, is in
the harbor. Saturday the party, ten in num-
Der, were at the City Hotel.
Bishop Healy has purchased large portion
of the west end of Little Diamond Island foi
the trustees of the Catholic Orphan Asylum.
Lucas of East Deering, will furnish all the
bricks for Browns new block except those
taken from the old Sugar House.
The mill on the upper falls now occupied by
W. K Dana, is to be enlarged by raising it a
number of feet and building an addition of
some 80 feet to the end of it.
The city was filed with the odor of burning
wood last evening, and the fire in tho woods
could be seen from the western promenade on
the line of the Boston & Maine road
Three hundred people took breakfast Satur-
day at the Preble House. Mr.. Gibson says
that beats any record since he has been propri-
etor of the house.
The horses of Portland, No. 2 engine, are
not allowed out of their stables now, on ac-
count of the extreme dry weather and IN
creased danger of fires on the Hill.
The British government has sent Capt John
A. WEIGH of the bark Isaac jackson" line
binocular glass, for services in aid of the Brit
ish ship Lizzie Fennell' of Liverpool
Mr.. B. R. Sturgis of Gorham, received Sat
urday by the New York boat, four coops OF
fancy poultry from New York for breeding
purposes. The fowls are very handsome.
Twenty-Five tons of Abestos arrived Satur-
day over the Grand Trunk road from Sher-
brooke, P. O., and were shipped by boat to
New York.
Mr. Flavin, of Lang & Sargent has present
ed singular specimen of the finny tribe to the
Natural History Society. 1t is known as flour
teen plated remora," and was caught in the
Spurwink river.
The Portland Mechanic Blues will send sew
en- men who have made the necessary scores,
to Augusta tomorrow, to compete for places on
the State team which will be sent to Creed
moor next month.
The Glen House has done larger business
than it did last year. Receipts to the summit
of Mt Washington to the LIST of August, show
a handsome gain, and Mr.. Milliken regards the
prospects good for a very successful season.
Master Russell has contracted with Portland
and Cape Elizabeth parties to build three
masted schooner of about 500 tons. She is to
be centre board vessel, and will be the only
one of the kind built in Deering for number
of years.
Mr. Nathan P. Beaman, of the firm OF Bea-
man Bros. Boston, has just returned from an
extended business tour through Nova Scotia,
Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and
Maine He reports Goldfish and mackerel very
scarce in the lower Provinces, but mackerel
were beginning to strike in when he left, and
the autumn catch promises to be large.
Friday evening the boys at the Reform
School were entertained by the Amphion Club
of Portland, assisted by Miss Sadie Earring
ton, daughter of the Superintendent Mr.. G.
S. Harrington of Bangor, and Mr.. David Moul-
ton Of Deering. The entertainment was Civ
en- under the auspices of the Garfield Cold
Water Battalion" a temperance society formed
in the school, and was very successful.
A young woman on the sos p. m. Rochester
train, Saturday lost her pocket-book. She got
off, walked back to Cumberland Mills, in
search of a girl who had occupied the
seat with her and was suspected of
having stolen the wallet. The wo-
man could not find the girl and hired
team and returned to Portland. When SIZE got
here General Agent Peters handed her her
pocket-book and money which the conductor
had found lying On the car seat.