The Portland daily press., 1883-11-19

1t was much warmer yesterday. The mer-
curry rose to 43o at noon, and part of the day it
was bright and sunny.
There are ID deaths recorded in the city the
past week.
Hon. l. Fl. Bailey, New York, is at the Fsl-
mouth Hotel.
Fresh mackerel were in the markets Satur-
day night.
There were 46 arrests the past week of which
38 were for drunkenness.
The total value of foreign exports fer the
past week was S7,477.73.
The Montgomery Guards will give ball in
City Hall New Years evening.
Captain Parsons will act as one of the pilots
for foreign steamers this winter.
We regret to hear that Capt. Joseph W.
Dyer is confined to the house by illness.
Officers Pride and Norton seized three bar
rels of beer Saturday night in yard on York
street.
A vessel which arrived in port Saturday re-
ported wild geese in very large numbers in the
lower harbor.
Up to last night no information had been
received here of the arrival of the Quebec at
Halifax.
A party of four Portland gentlemen will
start nAxt Friday f0 Jscksonviiie, Florloa
and remain there for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua W. Waterhouse and
Miss Waterhouse have left for New Orleans,
where they will remain for the winter.
The trial between the Woodfords fire COM
pany and company from our department, on
hand engines, Thanksgiving day, has fallen
through.
The Grand Officers. L. o. OF, will go to
Belfast Wednesday next, and on Thursday
evening will institute Uniformed Degree
Camp there.
A novel sight was witnessed on our streets
the other day, countryman with large load
OF home made pumpkin pies, which he was
selling at 20 cents apiece.
Messrs. Twitchell, Champlin & Co.,are bring
ing picked salmon in barrels from the Column
bia river The first car load OF the kind ever
brought to Portland, was received by them
few days ago.
The schooner Elsie M. Smith of Portland,
arrived Saturday from the Banks, with $50
barrels of mackerel and will stock about S6O0O
She was out in Tuesdays gale and had rough
time of it, but experienced no damage.
The winter fishing this season will be almost
complete failure with the Portland fleet, and
but few vessels are now engaged. The
trouble is caused by the dog fish who eat the
lines and drive away the other fish,
Ruddock has built shells the past season for
z. Conley and W. E. O'Connell OF Portland
and single shell for M.sF. Davis of this city
OF the same class as the two which Ruddock
is to build for him, with all the Davis improve
ments; also double scull leasure working
boat for M. f. Davis, which is now nearly
ready for delivery.
Hon: I. B. Reed has sent Bosworth Post a
requisition upon the military authorities at
Staten Island, for six condemned pieces OF
ordnance with ball to go with them, to be used
in the proposed soldiers and sailors monu-
ment. The Post has chosen committee to
take the necessary steps to obtain the ord
nance.
There was a large crowd on Congress street,
in the vicinity of the City Building and the
Park Saturday night at the grand opening OF
Oren Hooper & Sons new furniture store at
the corner of Congress and Pearl streets.
OF the building, which was thropged with in
terested visitors throughout the evening.
Mr.. George w. Green, aged about 70 years,
senior member of the firn of Green & Lynch,
coal dealers, 264 Commercial street, died at
his residence, 70 Oxford street, Saturday morn
ing. Mr.. Green was successful business
man, member of Maine Lodge of Odd Eel
lows, of the Mutual Relief and member of
the Masonic order.
The meeting this evening of the Society of
Natural History will be one of unusual in
terest Rev. Mr.. Southworth will narrate the
efforts made last summer to unearth the bones
OF the animal buried in the peat bog at Ragged
Island Mr.. Fuller, who accompanied the
party, with his camera will throw the views
upon the screen to illustrate the lecture which
will be given at the hall of the society on Elm
street at 100 p. m.