The Portland daily press., 1882-10-16
Brief lettings.

ElDe Gay yesterday. mercury OoN al noon )
wiud northeast
Young's hotol on Green street has been
thoroughly overhauled and refurnished and is
now known as the Eagle Hotel. Mr.. Edmund
Burke is the landlord.
Mr.. Powell Vincent and Geo. Leighton will
build houses on Main street, East Deering.
A horse-car now leaves Market Square for
Deering Sundays at $50 p. m.
Vase of foreign exports last two weeks is
1855 IS including 5S9,325 feet lumber.
Arrest for the week SO; drunk 81.
There were 16 deaths reported in the city the
last week.
Saturday the motion for arrest of Judgment
and new trial of Harris was withdrawn, and
he will probably be sentenced this week.
Moore Wright & Co.'s dredger is now work.
ing above Portland Bridge dredging channel
from the Boston & Maine railroad coal wharf
out to the main channel.
An eclectric light has been put up at the
head of Franklin wharf, and it was lighted
Friday night for the first time
The fence which was built along the plat
form in the Grand Trunk depot short time
ago, has been taken down.
Falmouth No. AS company celebrated its
ninth anniversary Friday evening with dance
and supper at the engine house on Spring
street. There was a social company present
including tho board of FIRE engineers, aud
excellent music was furnished by Chambers
orchestra.
During the heavy rain storm Saturday a
portion of the widewalk near DR.. Totten's
drug store on India street settled nearly two
feet.
Mr.. Leroy s. Sanborn, clerk In Portland
post office, has just received letters patent on
An ingenious continuance for fastening mail
tags on bags and packages. 1t does away with
all strings, and in this item alone will save
the government thousands of dollars annually.
The fastener is said to be very neat thing.
At the Mechanics Blues shoot last week the
first class gold badge was won by John Ander-
son; score 20 out of possible %. The second
class badge was won by II. L. Winter, score
49, The third class, by Frank Webster; score
49, The 800 yard badge by John Anderson;
score 20.
The improvements in Odd Fellows Hall,
lately mentioned in the PRESS, have been COM
pleted.
of the Grand Chapter of Maine at its fifty
seventh annual convocation held in this city
May 2. 1882.
The brig Erie cleared at Boston Thursday
for Quibde, South America. She is sent out
by the Atrato Mining Company. Mr.. W. T.
Curtis of this city goes with the party.
A house owned by Henry Carl at White
Rock was burned to the ground Friday night.
Loss about $500; insured. As the house was
unoccupied the fire is supposed to have been Of
incendiary origin.
At Pine street church yesterday, the pastor,
Rev. J. NJ. Williams preached a sermon fol
the children The singing was led by the
school, under direction of Mr.. Berry, Assistant
Superintendent. The church was handsomely
decorated for the occasion.
The Land League hold meeting this even
ing in I. A. R. A. Hall, Plum street, and it IL
expected there will be very large number
present.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Unior
will meet at the Friendly Inn this afternoon
at 3p m.
The Portland PRESS displayed great enter
prise and ability in reporting the late meetingl
OF the A. B G. +. M. in that city-distancing al
competitors. But this is not exceptional with
the PRESS, which serves up q very attractive
bill of fare continually, and does good servic'
for the party which it supports.-Watervill'
Mail.
Mr.. A. K. Paul, ex-Commodore of the Port
land Yacht Club, has presented the club will
magnificent railroad and county map of the
United States and Canada compiled from re
cent government surveys, as token of hi
good will.
There were five arrests last night, all drnnl
and dieordery