The Portland daily press., 1882-04-03
Brief .Jottings.

Snow-squalls and raw cloudy weather satur-
day. Clouds and rain Sunday morning; mer-
curry 43o at noon, and sunshine.
The schools at Saccarappa begin to-day.
The First Parish bell rings again, the cause
for its stoppage having been removed.
The usual newspaper sells were perpetrated
on Saturday.
There were is deaths reported in the city the
past week.
Forty-seven arrests last week, 2S for drunk
enness.
Foreign exports last week, S272,41163, in.
cluding 3S3,531 feet lumber.
The Odd Fellows will celebrate their ami
versary April 26th in fine shape.
Mr.. j. A. Lidback will probably build a
large towboat's engine for Cuban parties.
The Maine Steamship Company will charter
A cold northwest wind started up late yes
terday afternoon,
steamer while the Eleanora and Franconia
are reftting for the summer business.
The new automatic cash ball system at
George c. Shaw & Co.'S drew an interested
crowd of spectators Saturday.
Seven hundred dollars have been already
No. 2, Cumberland.
A broken axle was the result of the collision
of two teams, corner of Franklin and Congress
streets, Saturday.
Officers Hanson, Burnham, and Fields
seized lot of contraband liquors at Johnson's,
on Fore street, yesterday.
The annual meeting of the Portland Y. M.
G. A. for the election of officers occurs on
Wednesday evening, April 9th.
The pulpit of Pine Street NJ. E. Church was
acceptably supplied yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock by Mr.. H. P. Winter, general secreta-
ry of the Portland Y. M. G. A.
There will be young mems religious meet
ing at the rooms of the Young Mems Christian
Association this evening at O'Clock. Topic:
"Our power for good or evil"-Gal v:9.
The Chase Brothers are making prepara-
tions to rebuild the fish houses, which were
burned on Long wharf, and during the past
week Mr.. Samuel league, the contractor, has
been driving the piling for tie same.
1t is said man makes $15 to $25 construct
ing hiding places for liquor for the dealers, and
that band of boys patrol Centre street and
give a peculiar howl of alarm when the officers
appear.
Our wholesale merchants are signing petit
tion to Mr.. Hickson of the Grand Trunk re-
questing that road to issue mileage tickets to
statesmen. The present ticket system is claimed
to be unjust to them.
The entertainment by the Montgomery
Guards at Lewiston, Easter Monday, will con-
sist of the manual and company movements
both by command and music, grand military
band concert and ball.
Officers Field and Burnham seized ten half
barrels of beer at the Boston boat Saturday;
the marshal and deputies seized barrel of ale
at James Cady's, on Fore street; Officer Pride
a sprinkler full of beer from Patrick H. Con-
ners, on Commercial street.
Prof. E. s. Morse will speak this evening he
fore the Society of Natural History upon the
changes of form in shells and molluscan life
generally which have taken place in our New
England species during recent geological
times.
The party of Boston wreckers that went to
the wreck of the Allan line steamship Nora
Wan, ashore at Mud Island, Nova Scotia, re-
turned Saturday morning 1t is understood
tudt, through tuoiE Icpi cSoutaeiohoJ " o'o w
take the steamship from her resting place will
be made by Boston parties.
The fourth lecture of the course before the
Teachers Association will be delivered this
evening at 7.30 in Reception Hall. The speak
er, Prof. G. G. Rounds, principal of the Farm
ington Normal School, will address the associ-
alton on the subject of arithemetic. All in
terested are invited to attend.