The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-29
Brief lettings.

Deerings, II; Cumberlands, II.
Five deaths in the city last week.
Total value Of exports for the past two
weeks, $4S, 6S4.07.
The mercury reached go yesterday. At
night it rained and lightened.
The Hartford papers speak highly of Chan
dler's Band.
Cunners have come, and retail at 20 cents a
dozen.
A movement is on foot for a new hom@-
opathic pharmacy for Portland.
Number of arrests for the week past 80;
DRINKS, IS.
In the corridor at the station are forty-two
! barrels and six half-barrels of beer waiting to
!. be Spilled
A wild pigeon was dressed Saturday in
Cloyes' market, in the crop of which were
found fifteen whole acorns.
Mr. Charles A. Dyer has stretched large
weir at the mouth of the Spurwink river, to
catch mackerel for his canning factory.
The Democratic City Committee have
leased Congress Hall for their headquarters
from June LIST till after the election.
The fast train on the Maine Central, be-
tween Portland and Bangor, will be put on
June 18th.
The partition walls between the Office and
reading room of the United States Hotel are
being removed. The two rooms will be turned
into one and another electric light put in.
A fine saddle horse, valued at $500, was
shipped oh the Franconia Saturday night by
@. H. Berry of Biddeford Pool to New York
parties.
Officers Lawton and Massure returned Sat
urday from a weeks sport, hunting at Spur
wink. They bagged twenty birds, including
two looms.
Mr.. Charles Prince of Massachusetts has
moved to Deering Centre, bringing with him
five fine trotting horses which he will train
for the September races.
The New York line of steamers every trip
take about seventy-fiye IONS of wood fibre from
the Berlin Falls, N. H., and Yarmouth mills,
i. consigned to New York and Philadelphia par
ties
As the yard engine on the Grand Trunk was
hauling a train of coal-laden fiat cars up from
Grand Trunk elevator wharf, Saturday, one
car jumped the rail, tipped up on one side and
was completely wrecked.
The Arnoux electric lights were lighted Sat-
urday evening for the first time in front of the
City Hotel, fin Young & Stones apothecary
store, and in Millett's grocery store, all on
Congress street near the square.
The revival meetings at Pine Street Chur c
continue with an increasing interest. Meetings
this week daily at 8, 230 and 7.30 o'clock
Tuesday will be observed as daJ of humilia'
ton and prayer; services at 10, 23o and 7.3O
O'Clock.
The history of Presumpscot Lodge of Masons
of North Windham had been published in
pamphlet form. 1t has been carefully prepared
by Isaac L. Elder and Charles Jones, and will
prove of interest to members of the fraternity.
Dresser, Mcclellan & Go. have it for sale.
There have been 1907 visitors to Mount
Vernon during the past year, and $751; 800 have
been expended for repairs. Mrs. Sweat, the
vice regent for Maine, has deposited in the
library two volumes presented by Loring,
Short & Harmon OF Portland. One is an Illus
trated history of the Bunker Hill Monument
Association, and the other life of Washing
= ton in French. One of the lady vice regents,
Mrs. Eve of Georgia has been alta cked with
pneumonia and is seriously i'll.