The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-24
Brief lettings.

Splendid day yesterday. Mercury 7O0 at a.
m, SOo at noon, 740 at sunset; wind west ana
southwest The different excursions were
we'll patronized.
Number of arrests last week 81; drunk ~.
Deaths in the city the last week 10.
The yacht Viking is in the harbor.
Value foreign exports last week $751;
SIG. As including SS3, 762 feet lumber.
The Plaisted Club did not organize Saturday
evening, but adjourned to Wednesday.
Wednesday has been decided on as the day
for the Bar picnic
The Aged Brotherhood will go to Ferry
Beach Thursday.
The hotels were all filed Saturday night
The Preble took So guests from one train.
The police Saturday made seizures at John
Feeney's Centre street, VIM. Dyer's, Com
mercial street, and shed on the latter street.
Several of the clerks of the Union Mutual
Life Insurance Company have leased OF MIR.
Ponce cottages for the season at Long Island.
The two new boilers will be put in the North
School this week, and Winslow & Son are re-
building the boilers for the Aim House.
1t is reported that the Odd Fellows of this
CITY, Will HOb Iak6 pdrb do u OOuJ IA eHO
of the order at Lake Maranocook. Aug. Sd.
The new steamer State Of Maine will go up
on her intended route from Boston and Port
land to st. John, N. B., August list.
A Gorham livery stable keeper had horse
and carriage stolen by pretended sewing
machine agent.
Messrs. D. W. Clark & Co., put new en-
CINE in their Turner's Island ice house to work
the chain used in carrying ice from the house
to the vessel loading.
The Seventeenth Maine Regiment Associa-
ton will hold meeting at Army & Navy
Hall this evening to complete arrangements
for the reunion August 18th.
Capt John S. Manson of lewiston was in
town Friday, to make arrangements for the
Zouaves' excursion to Portland Harbor next
Thursday.
An extra train of four cars was run over the
Boston and Maine road from this city Satur-
day night, to accommodate the crowds visiting
Old Orchard.
The Portland Montgomery Guards will
make visit to Providence, r. l., on the 10Th
of next month They will be the guests of the
Meagher Gnards of that city
The first dress hop of the season at Old
Orchard was given Saturday night at the
Fiske House. Messrs. Grimnler and Todd,
with piano accompaniment, furnished the
music.
Ground was broken Saturday for the new
shops of the Portland and Ogdensburg rail-
road at the west end The railroad company
has purchased steam shovel and Friday it
was set at work on the site for their new shops,
Inquiry from the Maine Central officials in
this city elicits the fact that no lease has been
made of the E. & N. A. and N. B. & G. roads
and that no meeting of the directors has ever
been held to consider the matter.
William Fl. Clifford, Esq, has purchased of
Lieutenant George Walden at Cape Elizabeth
strip about 100 feet from the road to the
shore, adjoining his residence. The price paid
was $500.
Portland Encampment voted Friday even
ing to accept the invitation of Agawam En-
campment to visit Springfield, Mass, and APP
pointed committee to act with other En-
campments if they accept. The Portlands
will so anyway.
The Maine State Agricultural Society will
hold Its ZUth annual 1alr at LEWISTON, o0pb.
10Th, 9th, 28th, 29th, in conjunction with the
Androscoggin County Agricultural Society,
and the Maine State Pathological Society.
Over $4,000 are offered in premiums.
The Portland Company have just completed
five patent screw lever dump cars for the
Maine Central Railroad. Each car has
capacity of 25 tons. They also have fine
new locomotive nearly ready for delivery to
the road.
Saturday the main belt on the engine AZ
Lake Sebago broke, and pumping from the
lake was necessarily suspended. Our water
supply from the lake direct was therefore cut
off that night, and if large fire had occurred
it would have been difficult to fight it success
fully. The damage was repaired during the
night.
Turnkey Washburn, one of the salts of the
Mighty Macherel Club of Auburn, arrived
home Friday morning. He left the squadron
anchored off Peaks Island, Thursday evening.
They had visited Freeport, Falmouth, Var
mouth and other places. 1t will be necessary
for the next Legislature to pass an act chang
ing the name of the club: for the only
mackerel they have taken'during their trip,
they begged from herman.-Lewiston
Journal.