The Portland daily press., 1882-11-06
Brief .InttinQs.

Old Probabilities Is al out nowadayi. In
stead of stationary or rising temperature, as
predicted each day, The past four days, each
succeeding day has been colder than its prede
cessor. Mercury $50 at noon, yesterday; pref
ty cold for the early days of November: wind
northeast.
Teachers meeting this evening.
the annual meeting of the L. A. R. A. will
be held this evening for the election OF officers.
There were Sc arrests last week, for the most
part for drunkenness.
Twelve deaths were reported in Portland
last week.
The Portland Light Infantry will give
dance at the Cape in about two weeks
The Cadets will give their annual ball De-
cember 9th.
Lizzie White, of the Lizzie White restaa-
rant, is now with Fletcher, the Exchange
street Caterer.
A pigeon in a mans room, stirring up some
paper, gave the impression TO the family that
there was burglar in the house.
Harris, the post office swindler will be
brought up in the Circuit Court for sentence,
this morning
Th,rty-one teachers of the Teachers Assoc
citation walked three and ene-half miles from
the station at Gray, from lack of conveyance.
team from the Mechanic Blues will shoot
against picked team of citizens Tnanksglv-
ing Day.
The Union Rowing Association presented
Capt. Anglin with a wedding gift OF an ele-
giant easy Chair.
The Union Rowing Association are to have
grand ball at City Hall on Thanksgiving even
Gbau dlar 4 FIN tha
To-day, Street Commissioner Clay will COM
mence work on Peaks Island avenue. This
will be good news TO the island ward.
The regular meeting for business of the So
ciety of Natural History will be held this eve
ming. A large number of donations are to be
sckn ,wedeed and exhibited
Vessels which came in Saturday reported
large schools of mackerel seen between Port.
land and Boston, and the vessels will immedi-
ately go out again.
Some sneak thief, Friday night made off
with roll of Globes, consequently 150 OF the
subscribers to the Globe were without their pa
pers Saturday.
A few days ago young man shot an eagle
measuring some seven feet from tip to tip, at
one of the islands. The distance was about 30
yards, and the bird fell at the first fire.
Implying live ashes into barrel in front OF
candy factory on Congress street, Saturday,
caused the clapboards of the building to catch
fire. Damage sliPht.
1t was reported that the interest of the Port
land & Boston steam Packet Company in the
steamer Falmouta had been sold to the Inter-
national Steamship Company. This report is
denied by the latter company.
The marshal, deputies, night and several of
the day force, made regular siege of Centre
street, Saturday night, and captured nine and
one-half barrels of beer, and lot of demi-
johns and bottles of liquor. A loaded team es'
capped.
The steamer Brooklyn, of the Dominion
line, sailed from Liverpool Monday for Port
land, and will be due here about the 10Th. She
will make the first trip from this port for the
IN season Nov. 18th. The Allan line, as yet,
givesn no sign.
The workshops of the Portland Company
are to DO lIghted by electricity Tne electric
machinery viii Ne put in very soon; and the
power fer running it is of course to be taken
from their own machinery now running. An
electrician will be employed, who will have
charge OF the lights and machine.