The Portland daily press., 1883-10-01
Brief lettings.

$50 at sunrise, 500 at noon, 44o at sunset; wind
north, northeast.
Capt. Knowlton's deer and one of his foxes
have escaped from Greenwood Garden, and
are roaming around the woods on Peaks
Island.
@. @. Couillard of the Boston Herald was in
the city Saturday.
Q. w. Deering, Chicago; A. McKim, Mon
treal; O. M. Shaw & Son, of the West End
Hotel, Bar Harbor. are at the Falmouth
Hotel.
While a little fellow named Willie Aulback.
about six years of age, was riding his tricycle.
in Lincoln Park Saturday much larger boy
stole the tricycle. away from him.
Mr.. Charles @. Blackadar, of the Daily
Recorder, Halifax, N. s., who has been in the
city few days, left town Saturday even
ing.
Capt. Blanchard of Yarmouth starts for San
Francisco to-day.
The Cumberland County Teachers Conyen-
ton will be held at Saccarappa in Noyem-
Der. There will probably be large attendance.
City Marshal Slower of Saco who has been
stopping in the city to be treated for eryspelas
in the head, has SO far recovered that he re-
turned home Friday.
1t IS said Portsmouth now. proposes to elect
Mr.. Lord Superintendent of Schools in that
city, with larger salary than is offered by
Portland to make him master of the Butler
school hoping in that way to keep him.
There were ten deaths reported in the city
the past week.
There were 65 arrests last week, of which SO
were for drunkenness.
A new slate has been put into the station
The old one had nine years wear
A lamp, with bright reflector, in G. III.
Blake's store, Congress street, gave the shadow
OF figure rising from grave in the cemetery
and passing to the North School House. rest
ing on the school house steps Crowds gather
cd Saturday night thinging the illusion ghost
rising. Their error was soon made manifest
Warren Phillips Lodge, f. & A. NJ, at Cum
berland Mills will be instituted under its char
ter on wednesday evening, October 10th, at 7
o'clock by Grand Master Estes.
The Forest City Steamboat Company will
make four trips daily to the islands on and
after to-day.
Mr.. Geo. Nerrill's, of Gray, pair of steers ex-
hibited at the Cumberland fair were three
years, not eight years old as reported. They
received many words of praise, especially
when shown in the trial of strength on the
drag.
The regular monthly meeting of teachers
will be held this evening at z 80 o'clock.
After to-day a two-cent stamp will carry
three-cent letter.
Steamer New York has been hauled of the
Nova Scotia line and the New Brunswick
takes her place. The latter will soon be dis
placed by the new steamer Cleopatra of the
International line.
Mr.. Clarence Fl. Denny of Beacon street
walked last month from Portland to the Glen
House in less than six days, averaging twenty
two miles day.
Uhe Jewish New Year begins to-day.
The new hand fire engine for Peaks Island
has arrived, been put in good working order
and was stored Saturday in the hook and lad
der house on Bracket street, where it will re-
main till suitable quarters are provided on the
island.
A new horse was purchased for the hose car
risge of ;Machigonne, No /, Saturday to- take
the place of "Old Buckskin' who was killed.
He is handsome ANIMAL
There was thunder shower Saturday night,
ane brilliant flash of lightning caused the
fire alarm to strike about IL 30 O'Clock.
The pole on one of Sager's hacks was broken
short off Saturday night, as the team was
turning down Center street from Congress-
Several birds known as the ''hermit thrush, :"
a migratory bird, were caught on Congress
street Friday evening. In their migration
they were probably attracted BY the electric
lights
The Advertiser will have new dress the
coming winter.
The Portland Society of Art will hold an ex-
hibition in black and white at their rooms on
Congress street Thursday from the collection
of President De Witt of the Union Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
Miss Hattie Robinson, daughter of j. W.
Robinson, has secured a fine collection of
winged insects which she has encased and
placed in the City Hotel parlors. A singular
fact is, that she secured them all from about
the electric light in front of the hotel They
are well worth an inspection.
The Chattauquan Club at Ferry Village
opened the campaign Saturday evening at the
residence of the Misses Ada and Estelle Cole,
The officers for the ensuing year are: Miss
Ada Cole, President; Miss Margaret Pillsbury,
Vice President; Mrs. Mary G. Young, Secre-
tary.
G. P. Waldron is erecting two stored
French roof dwelling on Cumberland street,
and Judge Gould will build corner of Grove
and Cumberland street.
The friends and classmates of Miss Cora
Ready of this city will be pleased to learn that
her health has SO far improved as to admit of
her accepting the position of assistant to the
Rev. DIR. Hollingwood, principal of the Epis-
copal College in the diocese of Illinois. Miss
Ready accordingly left for the West last
Wednesday morning.
The Ladies' Aid Society connected with the
Church of the Messiah will hold their annual
fair in City Hall, Oct. 18th and 18th.
Rev. Alexander Balfour OF Liverpool, Eng
land, is at the Falmouth Hotel.
Mr.. Joseph Ell. Dyer, the well known marine
architect of Portland, was requested to furnish
a yacht model for wealthy Bostonian. His
model has been accepted in preference to
those of two celebrated Chelsea and Boston
builders.
The Y. M. c. A. are moving into their rooms
IN Harrington Block. The rooms will be dedi-
Gated this week.
The Rev. Henry Blanchard will resume his
Tuesday evening lectures on the Bible to-
morrow evening. All interested are cordially
invited to attend,