The Portland daily press., 1882-06-02
Brief lettings.

Rainy yesterday. Mercury 52o at sunrise,
59e at noon, 55o at sunset; wind SOUTH
The yacht Violet, Capt. Pierce, arrived in
this harbor Wednesday night
: Little Hog Island was not sold yesterday.
. The property was withdrawn.
Deering High School 6; Point boys 5. Deer
ing High School 20; Freeports 8.
That novelty to Portland, the Parcel De-
livery, scored success yesterday.
The High School nine of this city go to
Lewiston to play the High School of that city
tomorrow.
Collins Band has been engaged to furnish
music for the coming anniversary Of the Me-
chanic Blues on the 23d inst
There will be temperance and praise
meeting in Union Hall at Nason's Corner next
Sunday evening.
The Children's Mission Circle of High st.
Church will hold their annual sale Saturday
aftern BON.
The rehearsal of the Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday evening, being the last rehearsal this
spring, full attendance is especially desired.
DR.. T. A. Foster delivered a very interest
ing lecture before the teachers and pupils of
Westbrook Seminary yesterday afternoon.
taking 'Respiration" for his subject.
It was Mr.. Edward W. Kilby who was stage
manager for sour Folks" Wednesday evening,
not Mr.. Gage as we had it, The error arose
from the statement in the programme.
Tuesday afternoon Miss Jennie e. Libby,
daughter of Charles E. Libby, Esq. of Gray,
was thrown from her carriage near Dry Pond
and badly hurt.
The PRESS has received from the press COM
mittee an elegant invitation to the thirteenth
annual reunion of the Army of the Potomac to
be held in Detroit June 18th and 18th.
The Brown Light Artillery has received an
invitation to visit Lewiston July 4th with IS
cents for rations for each man, transportation
and horses for the battery.
The managers of the Board of Trade adj
jouraed yesterday morning without transact
ing any business. 1t was the regular monthly
meeting
The Deering horss-cars carried 3,S43 passen-
gers Memorial Day, or about 800 less than last
year. The Grand Army took more money
than on any other Memorial Day.
The class of 1872 Portland High School had
social dance in Reception Hall Wednesday
evening. Grimmer's orchestra furnished
music.
Officers Merrill and McCallum last night ar
rested Owen, Cunningham for the larceny of a
number of tools from Devine, Kelly & Ward
The tools were found in pawn shop on Fore
street.
The Portland Steam Packet Company have
built new gangway on Franklin Wharf, so
that passengers can now pass to and from the
steamers without going through the freight
gangway as formerly.
The Boston Cadet Band has been engaged to
come to Portland next week with the Worces-
ter boys, and it is expected that Gen. Wales
and Major John w. Sanger will come as
guests.
The stock of raw sugars in this country at
the present is 10000 tons less than at the cor
responding time last year. At that time
granulated sugar cost 101 cents and is now
quoted at 9 3-f cents.
Yesterday the marshal and deputies seized a
quantity of lager from Mary Mcdonald on
Market street; barrel of beer from William
Driscoll on Pleasant street; barrel of ale
from Thomas O'Neil on Centre street, and
four barrels beer at the Eastern depot.
Gen. George Thoms annual report upon the
improvement of harbors and rivers in this part
of the country is very important and interest
ing. The work under his charge includes a
breakwater on Saint Croix River, near Calais,
Maine; the improvement of the channel at
Lubec, Maine; the Improvement of the chan
mel at Jonesport, Maine, by cutting across
Moose-a-bec Bar; the improvement of the har-
bors of Belfast, Rockland and Richmond,
Maine; the improvement of Cathance River,
the "Gut' opposite Bath, the harbors at Port
land and Richmond's Island, and the Kenne-
bunk River, all in Maine.