The Portland daily press., 1882-03-20
Brief lettings

Brief lettings.
Clouds in morning yesterday, hne at noon
mercury 400 at noon, $50 at sunset; wind west
Don't forget to vote.
The first flock of geese passed over the cit!
Monday last
The net proceeds of the st. Patrick's Da!
about $500.
Which is to be the banner ward? Let eacf
strive for that distinction.
| Ripe tomatoes cucumbers, radishes, spin
ach and native lettuce are now found in oul
market.
The total value of foreign exports for the
past week is $257 1886, and 1882 feet of lum
Der were included in the exports.
There are fifteen candidates for the position
| OF master of the Almshouse.
Mr.. Theodore G. Woodbury. will give his
lecture on "Glimpses of English Life" in the
Greeley Institute course tomorrow evening.
A northeast gale ragged outside on Saturday.
The tide in Back Bay was very high. and the
breakers at the Cape superb.
The Republican who fails to throw his vote
to-day is derelict in duty.
the Portland Company are completed. The
machine presents very fine appearance.
Black Diamond. formerly owned in Cornish,
was sold to New York parties last week for
$500.
The Democrats are using all kinds of lodges
Look out for them.
Another elegant new passenger car, No. Is,
has been placed on the line by the Eastern
Railroad. 1t was bnilt at the Salem car shops.
Among the cargo of the Ontario, expected
Wednesday, will be no prize Hereford cattle
consigned to Burleigh & Bodwell of Hallowell.
Rev. Mr.. Hayden, of the Church of the Mes
siah, lectured on temperance at City Hall last
evening, to large audience.
Take bath, put on clean shirt, eat
breakfast, and then vote for Libby.
1t is expected that the Lewiston section OF
the Artillery will bring Glover's Band with
them, Thursday, so that it will be heard at the
Portland Cadets ball that evening
The Brown heirs are erecting two large
boilers in the rear of Lancaster Block, and be-
sides supplying that block will heat number
of other stores in that vicinity.
The Citizens movement this year in
Maine has been Democratic-very.-
Globe.
The meeting of the Payson Literary Society,
called for this evening, has been postponed as
many of the members desire to attend DR..
Bolles' lecture before the Natural History So
ciety.
The schooner J. w. Sawyer of this port left
the Seal Islands Friday morning at o'clock
and at o'clock in the afternoon of the same
day was off Mophegan, making the run of
one hundred and forty miles in ten hours.
Remember Republicans, Mr.. Libby is oppos-
ed by the rumseller's league. They are unit
for Deering. They know their man.
The schooner Mary E. Long, while en- route
from Boothbay to this port loaded with ice
Friday last, ran ashore on Bangs Island dur
ing the night while making the harbor. The
steamer Magnet towed her off Saturday with
out damage.
Rev. Dr. Bodies will deliver his lecture be-
fore the Society of Natural History at 7.3O this
evening Subject: "The Natural History of
the Aquarium at Brighton, England" The
lecture will be illustrated by means OF Mr..
Fuller's camera.
Temperance Republicans can you join han1s
with them? If not come out and vote for
Libby.
The school district meeting at Ferry Village
for the election of agent and clerk and to act
upon any other business that may legally come
before said meeting, will be held at the school
room, School street, tomorrow evening at 7.30
O'Clock.
Remember the polls will be open from 10 a.
M. to 4 D. M to-day, and let every Republican
see that he votes.
On the occasion of the Gary concert at City
Hall, April 18th. in aid of the Maine General
Hospital, special trains will be run from Au-
gusta and Bath to Portland at low fares to ac-
commodate those who may wish to attend. The
trains will arrive here about 7.15 p. m. and
will be run to the foot of Exchange street.
Over q. 900 passengers have been transported
by the Ocean street road during the year, 1t
is proposed to hold meeting at Ilsley Hall
this evening for the purpose of discussing rail-
road matters, and ascertaining if anything can
be done toward extending the Ocean street
track over Tukey's bridge.
The first duty of citizen to-day, after he.
has eaten his breakfast, is to 60 to the polling
place Oh HIS WdIu 6Hu tuIoW LID fotO Ava
Mayor.
Saturday evening smoking car of the Bath
Pullman train standing on the track at Bruins
wick depot caught fire and was badly damaged.
1t is thought the lamp exploded as noise sim
liar to an explosion was heard and suddenly
flames burst through the window. The loss will
be about $1,000. This is the second car that
hos auoht fire. on the Same Snot
The Congress Hall party has adopted sthe
lowest species of political tactics known-the
circulation of anonymous documents. Surely
moral question like temperance has no need
of such bolstering Portland Globe.
The Lewiston Gazette says: DR.. Harrop left
this city, for the city's good, quite suddenly
the early part of last week. The genteel land
lords OF the Dewitt, have put on sackcloth,
and refuse to be comforted They are set back
to the tune of $50. 1t has been ascertained
that Harrop purchased ticket for Minneap-
oils, Mimi, which city has the Gazette's SYM