The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-11-20


Bright and winterish. Mercury 90 at sun
rise. yesterday; 800 at noon; soo at sunset;
wind north.
Twelve deaths were reported last week.
The Deering schools have fortnight's yaca-
ton, beginning to-day.
The Deering Civil Service Reform Club
meet at Lewis HALL tonight at O'Clock.
Col. Moore will commence a stock farm at
Deering.
Exports last week, S1S, 4OS O4, including A.
600 feet of lumber.
man fell in a ft on Congress street satur-
dsy night and again on Chestnut street.
Capt. Scott has examined the bottom of the
EleanoEa and found leak which he will have
wholly stopped to-day The steamer is, other
wise, all right.
The HISTORIAN, of the Allan line, sailed from
Glasgow Thursday, and the Nova Scotian of
the same liue from Liverpool yesterday, both
bound for this port, and will arrive about the
9th inst.
The boilers Of the Lewiston will be the
heaviest ever built in this State, and will cost
$4,000
All the State officers will attend the Cadet
WALL O6J' ObuI ssAQ AnNiChtiOAo hdfO boOh GA
tended to Gov. Plaisted, Gov. Elect Robe,
Gen. Chamberlain and staff. Chandler has
written some new music for the drill which is
called very pretty.
The schooner George W. Gushing, Captain
Gushing, was out fsing only two days and
stocked $1,2OO--or over $40 to each of the
crew.
Mcclellan, Mosher & Co. have the new
Auburndale Whist Counter, very neat little
continuance which moves ~ pressing spring
and registers both points and games.
The Dominion government has granted a
substantial bonus to a company here to test the
probability of winter port for ocean steam
ships in the lower St. Lawrence. The COM
pany is to receive monthly payment of
$1,000
Fresh cod and maddox hive been in little
larger supply last week, but still not enough to
supply the wants of dealers. We could not
ascertain the exact quantity received in New
England, but it did not run under 100000
pounds.
We understand that the losses of the late A.
E. Stevens g. Co., by the recent fire, have been
adjusted and settled to the entire satisfaction
of all concerned, aggregating about $4,000
in all.
Saturday morning as one of Thompson g.
Fowler's teams was turning up Middle street
into Free street, at quite rapid pace, the
horse slipped aud fell and the team comming
to sudden stop, the driver was thrown from
his seat to the frozen ground, bruisiDg him
somewhat.
s~l.% Cat
day received the second of their 100 horse
power boilers.
There are now in the corridor OF the police
station. 80 barrels and 10 half barrels of beer
seized by the police. The amount contained
in the barrels is lilo gallons.
For the week ending at noon Saturday there
have been 80 arrests for drunkenness, for
assault, 2 for larceny, for robbery, l for
breaking and entering, for receiving stolen
goods and insane person, making in all 80.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Land
League comes off tonight.
The subject of the lecture by Mr.. A. B. Nor
rill, before the Natural History Society, this
evening, will be IA Few Microscopic and
Marine Animals OF Portland" The Lecture
will be illustrated withsMr. Fuller's excellent
lantern pictures.
A man named Clark has offered team to
Augustus Dow for sale, which he claims to
have bought from one Benjamin Presby of
Sutton, N. II. He asks S125, and the team is
worth $780,
The brilliant auroral display continues
All who desire to learn TO sing the new
hymns in Gotpel Hymns, No 4, are requested
to meet at the Y. Nj. @. A. rooms this evening
at 7.30 o'clock.
One hundred and fifty young men were in
attendance at the Gospel meeting OF the rooms
OF the Young Mems Christian Association last
evening.
The semi-annual examination of the eorham
Saving Bank. just closed, shows that institu-
tion to be in sound and healthy condition
with deposits amounting to nearly one hum
dred and seventy -five thousand dollars.
Mr.. Nathaniel Davis, who has for many
years beenan officer in the Reform School,
has resigned his position and moved with his
lsmily to Auburn where he intends in future
to reside.
The Winslow Packing Company have finish
ed work and closed up for this season. Owing
to the long drought not as much work was
done as otherwise would have been. This
season they packed about 1900 cans of corn,
II 900 cans succotash and about &c, 900 cans
appless The work was done with great neat
ness and diapatch under the direetion of FL.
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