The Portland daily press., 1882-11-27
Brief Jottines.


Bright, yesterday morning, cloudy in the al
terao,n, wind west; mercury $40 at noon.
Value of exports last week $52,974.3O, in
Guiding 514 5l4 feet of lumber.
The Times received Saturday two buttercup'
In tull bloom, picked on Diamond Island
| Saturday The grading of Island Avenue
| Peaks Island was com pleted, and 100 new lots
laid out at Little Diamond Island.
A team was stolen from in front of King &
Dexterf Saturday night, and man arrested
with harness ON his back, stolen from MIR
VIM. Yorke'sstable
Saturday officer Slower was appointed night
turnkey, and officer Harmol transferred from
the night to the day force.
Hsrmony Lodge made delightful fraternsl
visit to Presumpscot Lodge, Falmouth
Friday. The latter lodge has forty working
mt mbers.
Smoke issuing from trunk in the Grand
Trunk passenger station, late Friday night
proved to be a box of matches in combustion,
A fortunate discovery.
Blow and snow up in the Notch Saturday,
and the roofs of the Ogdensbarg Cars were Gov
cred with suow
Next Wednesday will be the last trip of the
New Brunswick to Yarmouth, N. S., for the
season.
The mechanics are fitting up the City OF
Portland for spring business.
The Montgomery Guards ball Melted $500.
The Juve.lile Temple will give an entertai.-
ment at Good Templsrs Hall Friday evening.
The Deering Zousves will also give their exhi-
bition drill, which gained them such popular
ity the past summer
No business of public interest was transact
ed by the Fire Underwriters, Saturday
Pori land Lodge will publicly install its Off
GERS in Masonic Hall, Wednesday evening,
December ID.
Tomorrow night the K. P. grand officers will
institute Wescustico Lodge at Yarmouth, and
Friday evening Pequaket Lodge, Fryeburg.
j. A. Lidback gave party at his residence
in Deering, Saturday night, to the Marine
Engineers Association, and engineers of the
English steamers.
Cape Elizabeth High School registered 1o6
scholars last term with an average attendance
OF 49, Twelve dollars were raised for thu
Longfellow statue.
Victor Shanning, Knightville, was badly
scslded by galvanized iron last week but is re-
covering.
The net proceeds of the Cumberland Mills
Odd Fellows and Knights OF Pythias enter
tsinment last week was $685.
The social assembly at Isely Hall, Deering,
last week, netted 1913.
Vaughan street parish will hold fair Dec
ember 9th and 7th.
The Eleonora's fore-foot was knocked off and
wood-end started. The Franconia has been
cleaned and painted.
Robert G BISON, VITO was at one time quite
likely young man. and responsible teamster,
died in the Insane Asylum Saturday.
There were 81 arrests last week including "a
for drunkenness.
room at the United States HoIel broke opeu
case, and stole clarionets belonging TO mem
beers Of Duprez and Benedict's minstrel
troupe.
A little dog upset table in a room on Free
mans Lane, Saturday, in which was baby
left alone A lamp fell with the table and set
the baby's clothes sfre, but ANAL boy rushed
in and extinguished the flames before damage
was done. Good for the boy.
Old Orchard is moving to get set off from
the city Of Ssco.
The little boy named O'Toole, who was run
over by tie cars ON Union wharf last week,
aud whose arm was broken and back injured,
is dead.
President Jackson, General Superintendent
Tucker, Gcnerol Eastern Freight Agent Cram,
and Bridge Builder Booker, of the Maine Cen
trail, mhde a trip up the European and North
American division of the Mains Central line
Friday.
Munjoy lodge, knights of Pythiss, will en-
terrain Harriseeket lodge, Freeport, this even
ing, working the second rank, after which
there will be banquet at the United States
hotel.
Lieutenant Robert e. Peary of the United
States engineer corps, is at home on fur
Tough.
Messrs. Loring, Short g. Harmon have for
sale the George Eliot Calendar for 1888. On
each leaf of the little .book" that rests on the
handsomely ornamented card board is selec-
tion from the above mentioned authors writ
ings.
The fair for the Maine General Hospital had
net,ed Sieo, we hear, up to Saturday noon.
Ffienos desiring to attend the funeral servic-
es of Mrs. HiDcks at Andover are requested to
meet at the Boston & Name depot at $50 a.
m. to-day.