The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-28

Fine day yesterday and cooler. Wind quite
fresh and strong in the afternoon. Mercury
So at sunrise. 73o at noon. co at sunset; wind
south, southwest.
The Fats and Leans will play again to-day.
tribe OF the Improved Order of Red Men
will be instituted in Portland.
Several arrests for drunkenness and
drunkenness and disturbance last evening.
The Aged Brotherhood had splendid time
on the occasion of their annual picnic to Ferry
Park Grove, Old Orchard, yesterday.
AT the formation of the New England Short
Writers Association in Boston, Rev. DR.. Hill
of this city will take part.
Officer Powell for the past II years mem
Der of the st. Louis police force, is visiting the
city.
The usual open air meeting will be held on
Fore street, corner of Pearl, at 5 o'clock p. m
tomorrow.
Chandler's Band will go in the Gazelle to-
morrow afternoon on that sail which leaves
Custom House wharf at 2 80 p m.
A man sas arrested yesterday for larceny
OF coat which was recovered at pawn
brokers'"
The Folio for August has been received
Ane idealizsd picture Of Mccullough taken
probably, when he was young man.
Steamer Gazelle will give delightful sail
OF three .ouis among the islands of Casco
Bay tomorrow, leaving Custom House wharf
at2p. m.
The special train will leave Sunday morning
for Maranocook at SIS, for the temperance
campmeeting. Chambers Band went yesterday
morning to be present to-day "Children's day"
Tuesday evening at Congress Hall Thomas
Brennan, Esq, ex-Secretary of the Irish
National Land Lesgue. will speak on the Irish
question.
Yacht Addie of Portland, Capt. Kurdish, ar
rived at Rockland Wednesday, from Bar Har-
Dor, with ]. a. Bacon and son of Boston, and
Col. Charles B. Merrill of Portland, on board.
Clarence Marphy, Mass, and Albert s. Flint
of Washington, d. O., two young men, arrived
here Wednesday in two canvas canoes, eigh-
teen feet long by twenty eight inches wide.
They 90 to Bar HARDER.
It will be seen by advertisement what a
small sum carries you to Peaks Island and adj
mits you to the mammoth pavilion entertain
mems either afternoon or evening Take the
boats Of the Forest City Steamboat Company
ut Custom House Wharf.
French girl by the name OF Jacobs, en-
ployed in the Banner Mill, Saccarappa, got
the second finger of her left hand caught in
the machinery and shockingly crushed Wednes
day.
A shooting club has just been formed in Sac
carapps. At the first trial of the club Mon
day, with glass balls, DIR. G. w. Hawkes.
made the best shots, scoring IA out of a posi-
Bile 10. DIR. Bailey came in second with 10;
Albert Parker, 8; Chss. Fenton, g. W. s.
Pratt,
Last Tuesday Mr.. NJ. c. Littlehale of Cash's
Corner, cut his foot very severely in splitting
wood. The az severed the foot almost entire
ly off, about one inch above the great toe. DR..
Webster of this city dressed the wound.
The closing service for the season Of the Con :
gress Square church will bs held tomorrow
morning, the pastor, Rev. Henry Blanchard.
officiating. The church win be closed during
August and on the first Sunday of September.
Queer mistakes by the new operators in the
telegraph offices are reported from all quarters
A message received by a man in Pittsburg,
Pa, read: ella has come. Spencer's mem
agerie." This referred to his niece. He could
not imagine what his niece was going to do
with menagerie. Judge his surprise when
CELIA has cerebro-spinal meningitis" "Send
me half dozen pair plain stove buttons" puz
zled local jeweler until he found out that
sleeve buttons were wanted by country cor
respondent.