The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-23
Brief lettings.

Sunshine, showers, fog, and muggy weather
yesterday. Mercury COZ at sunrise. 70s at
noon, 72o at p. M, $50 at sunset; wind east
and south.
Brig. Gen. Graham has been compelled to
recall his acceptance of the invitation from
the city to the battery at Fort Preble to take
part in the celebration on the Fourth, owing
to unforeseen circumstances.
The w. X. Dana warp mill at Saccarappa
has increased its capacity 1000 spindles.
Tomorrow win be observed as children IS
Sunday at the First Universalist Church.
An eel 10 inches in length, II inches thick,
was taken from a water pipe at the gas
works. Thursday.
Oh. Guppy & Co. are fitting up their store
in fine style. They have just put in $3.50
worth of new French plate glass show cases.
The graduating exercises of the Westbrook
High School will take place at the Congrega-
tionsl Church, Thursday afternoon, at 230
o'clock, june 2Sth. The class numbers four
pupils it being the first class to graduate since
the school was formed.
The annual collection in behalf of the
Maine General Hospital will be taken at State
Street church tomorrow morning.
Children's Sunday will be celebrated at the
First Baptist Church tomorrow afternoon by a
sermon for the children by the pastor. and a
Sunday School concert in thesevening.
What is the most proper and profitable Oh
servance of the Lords Day, commonly called
the Christian Sabbath. viii be the subject OF
Rev. Mr.. Dalton's sermon at st. Stephen
church, tomorrow morning.
ST. John Commandery will return home
from Melrose to-day on the Flying Yankee.
Ex-Policeman Miles arrested young man
for an assault at the Cape Cottage, yesterday
afternoon.
Next Tnesdas will be "eare-ali day. at Old
ss7t bath VIII wash away al aches and pains
for the coming year.
Union Degree Lodg of Odd Fellows has
voted to surrender its Oh arter.
Grimmer's Orchestra will play at the gradu-
ating exercises of the Brunswick High School
next Tuesday.
Miss Bertha G. Webb of this city played the
violin at concert in Dexter last evening.
Twenty-eight dog licenses have been taken
out thus far this month. A war Of extermina-
ton is 10 be begun against the unlicensed dogs
az O1tCOs AL Jugs AOAAd OA VIC cttCOto WIN
out license will be shot and their bodies
carted away.
At meeting of Ancient Brothers Lodge of
Odd Fellows, Thursday evening, committee
wa7 appointed to prepare resolutions on the
death of Daniel w. Nash. It was voted that
the lodge attend the funeral in body tomor-
row.
The ladies' gospel temperance meeting will
be held at the Mission this evening, at "a
o'clock. All are invited.
The Temperance Reform Club will hold
their usual meeting tomorrow evening, which
will be the last one till the first of September
The Saccarappa Reform Club will hold
meetings tomorrow at 1890 a. m. and D. M
Just after Or. Sarah W. Deyoll was left at
her house by her carriage yesterday after
noon, and the driver had started away with
the team, the horses bit broke and the horse
ran. He fell as he turned into Green street
but was caught without damage to himself or
carriage.
John A. Kennedy, who was to pull in the
race at Pullman, H., yesterday.
Today is graduation day at Gorham Normal
School.
The school committee report for 1888 has
been handsomely printed by Ford & Rich.
There was only one name on the slate at
the station last evening, that of Turk who
wanted lodging and could hardly speak a
word OF English.
The Union Steamboat Company will com
mence its trips this afternoon. The steamer
Emita will leave Franklin wharf at 6.15 p. M.
The attention of members of Pine Tree
Lodge is called to a notice in another column.