The Portland daily press., 1882-05-22
Brief lettings.

Rainy, Saturday. Clouds and sunshine Sun
day, and warmer weather.
There are 70 prisoners at the county jail.
| Deaths last week, 10.
Rowdy Boy, the PAGER. has been sent to
England.
There were GA arrests last week; 81 Tor
| drunkenness.
There have been granted in this city since
1878, 1910 dog licenses.
The public library has recently received
busts of the poets Goethe and Schiller.
| The police raided the liquor stores on Gen.
| ire street and vicinity, Sunday, and seized
| twelve barrels of ale.
A portion of Randall g. McAllister's coal
wharf gave way yesterday morning, letting
about twenty tons of coal into the dock.
During the coming vacation new steam heat
ing apparatus will be put in the North and
Spring street schools.
MIR. Irving Blake, of this city, has bought a
lot near Camp Comfort, Old Orchard, and will
erect q cottage.
The Scarboro and Cape Elizabeth fair will
be held at Pleasant Hill on September 10th
and Goth.
A. f. Bellows water color of Peaks Island,
was sold in Boston for 1925. and G. A. Platt's
etching "a Corner of Portland" for $10
Arthur Leary of this city has sold the
schooner Rhoda Smith to H. st. Clair Of Cum
berlard d, on private terms
The Gerrish mare is entered for race at
Lowell, Mass, next week. She will be driven
by Mr.. Rumery.
1t is reported that Little Brown jug. recent
ly sold for the snug sum OF $4,000, has been
barred from nearly all free-for-all pacing
races.
The trial of Samuel Rounds of Scarboro,
held for forgery and other offences against the
law, will take place Tuesday in the Superior
Court.
The interest in the revival meetings at Pine
street church is increasing. Meetings three
times daily, morning, ito o'clock; srnoen,
2.30; evening, 7.30.
At the office of the Water Compan = may be
seen a trout three feet in length in tank of
water, as lively as when he was taken out of
water pipe at Lake Sebago, few days ago.
A sparrow accidentally hung himself in
front of the Preble House, yesterday. He got
caught in string that hung from branch of
a tree and was choked to death before he could
be rescued
The Electric Light Co. are looking abont for
a central location from which they can furnish
one hundred and fifty additional lights very
soon, and add to that number from time to
time as more may be wanted.
Wor kmen are engaged in remodeling the
Preble House dining hall and making further
improvements. A new floor is being laid and
windows cut in the west end of the hall, max
ing it much pleasanter during the summer
season.
There arrived on the Franconia Saturday
morning flock of Southdown sheep number
ing from thirty to forty fine looking animals
consigned to well-known stock raiser in this
state They are intended for stock pu poses.
During the trip of the Franconia from New
York, the wind blew perfect gale, rendering
it extremely difficult to keep the vessel on her
course. but beyond general shaking up no
damage was sustained. She arrived Satur-
day.
In the case of Frederic H. Hartford and 9TH
ers VS.. Inhabitants of Cape Elizabeth to ex-
tend Hartford Court in Ferry Village to Dyer
street and thence to Old Ferry road, the coun-
ty commissioners have granted the petitioners
leave to withdraw.