The Portland daily press., 1883-09-17

Inc MontgomeryS VIII give grand ball at
City Hall Oct. Goth.
A boy named Irving, who lives on Munioy
Hill, was quite seriously injured Friday. He
attempted to climb ladder and fell sto the
ground, distance of about six feet A bad
cash was cut in his chin and one leg sprained.
Mr.. John Main of the Grand Trunk is in
town. He leaves to-day for his home In De-
troit.
j. f. Woodward, U. s. Customs, Coaticook,
is at the Eagle House.
District Judge John Q. Allen, Rev. G. Good
ridge Roberts and Mr.. Geo. R. Parkin Of
Fredericton, N. B., have been stopping at the
City Hotel.
The total value of foreign exports for the
past week was $26055 II, including 926,S34
feet of lumber.
The number of deaths in the city last week
was IL.
There will be an excursion over the Grand
Trunk railway from Sherbrooke, P. O., Tues
day, to this city and Boston.
The old letter boxes are being gradually
removed and replaced by new and larger
boxes
The family of an old member of the FIRE de-
partment who has recently died is reported to
be in destitute circumstances, and a meeting of
the relief association will be held to-day to act
upon the case.
The ticket Office at the Eastern depot will
be kept open from s a. m. to 10. 80 a. M, and
from IL noon. until 8 p. m. for the accommo-
dation OF people wishing information or
tickets, over any.of the various routes, North
South. East or West.
Thirteen members of the city council went
to the White Mountains over the Portland &
Ogdensburg Saturday. They will return to-
day.
citizens interested in the public schools of
the city are invited to visit the Chestnut
street primary school house to-day to see the
improvements made in that building. Schools
will commence in the building Tuesday morn
ing.
The special express train loaded with canned
goods for Portland, Ore, will leave this city to-
day at5.S0p.m. 1t isexpected that the train will
be run through Commercial street this morn
ing, giving everybody an opportunity to see it,
1t is again mentioned confdentally that M.
4. Davis will resume training upon his return
to Portland. There is something ahead, GER
tainly.
Ruddick is building boats Cor celebrated oars
men, including one for Ross.
Mr.. J. S. Richards and Miss Denanger were
among the arrivals at the White Mountains
from Portland on the 10Th.
Hon. f. o. Hall of Honolulu, travelling in
this country with his wife, is seriously ill at
Falmouth. He is one of the early missionaries
oil the A. b. q. r. M. at the Islands, and n ore
recently has been in the mercantile business.
For some time he was in the Kings Cabinet as
Secretary of State.
Mr.. H. W. Lindsey, late chief engineer of
the Chesapeake, has accepted position with
j. & E. R. Barbour.
Mr.. 81. E. Judkins of the Maine Central is
fast regaining his health.
DIR. Fitzgerald of Dublin, Ireland, one of the
physicians who gave such valuable assistance
during Dr. Hersom's sickness, was in town
Saturday as DR.. Holt's guest.
Mr.. William Trefethen proposes to lay out
and grade street this fall from a point on
Island Avenue, Peaks Island, just below the
school house across to "Spar Cove" on the sea.
ward side of the island, and near to the tract
OF land which Mrs May Chapman has be.
gun improving.
Work on the hall at Lunt's Corner, Deering,
was commenced last week.
Arthur D. Little son of T. J. Little, of this
city, has been elected editor-in-chief of the
"Tech," published by the students of the In
stitute OF Technology, Boston. He has for two
years past been assistant editor of that paper.
Messrs Green & Jordan will erect a boiler
house for Messrs. Twitchell, Champlin & Co.,
OF brick, 40 by go feet, and four stories high.
Mr.. g. H. Cloyes will remodel his store in
the Row. The front will be torn out, and in
place of the brick pillars neat iron ones will be
put in, which will give room for two hand
some show windows.
The United States steamer Alliance, Com
mander Reed, arrived at Halifax, Saturday,
from Sidney and cruise on the fishing grounds.
She will probably come to Portland the latter
part of this week.
The 7.30, 900 and 10.15 p. m. trips of the
Forest City Steamboat Company's boats have
been discontinued. The last boat from Port
land for Peaks will leave at 6.10 D. m.
The number of arrests last week was 81. of
which 40 were for drunkenness.
The following Past Grand Representatives
from this vicinity will attend the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, I. o. o. F., at Providence, r. T.:
James N Read, Orrin B. Whitten, Chas B.
Nash, VIM. II. Smith, Cyrus z. Ladd, Henry
z. Cox, A. D. Smith and Otis Kaler.
Rev. G. A. Hayden, pastor of the Church of
the Messiah in this city, it is now definitely an
nounced, will tender his resignation the first of
October. to take effect Jan. 1, 1884. He will
accept the call from the UniYersalist church in
Auburn.
Capt. J. FL. Humphrey of Yarmouth has
started for San Francisco, to take possession of,
and place captain upon the ship Ell Dorado.
Mr.. James M. Allen, formerly manager of a
telegraph Office In Portland, and a gallant
soldier during the late war, died of paralysis at
Howard, Dacotah Territory, recently, aged "A
years.
Messrs. F. r. Fay and W. L. Sawyer, well
known, the one as the active correspondent Of
the Boston Globe, and the other from his con-
nection with the Advertiser, will start week.
~ four column paper, known as "Talk." The
paper will have Democratic leaning.
A petition asking that additional buoys be
placed in Robbins Channel opposite Lnbec, has
been forwarded to the Lighthouse office in this
city The International steamers pass through
the new channel at all times of tide Capt.
Pike says that even the State of Maine has
made the passage at dead low water.
AS one Of the Cinnamon who works in the
laundry OF Horp Lung, next door to the q. s.
Hotel on Congress street, was crossing that
street near the head of Temple, last evening,
he was struck by team, carried some distance
and apparently badly injured. He was taken
TO the laundry.