The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-06-11
Brief lettings.

Deaths in Portland last week, II.
Arrests last week, 81; drunk, a.
Value of foreign exports last week. S22,-
1864.
j. G. Ward will remodel Chestnut street
schoolhouse by day work.
A young seal was on exhibition at Lewis
Federal street fish market Saturday.
The letter carriers have adopted palmetto
hats.
Mr.. A. R. Wright's horse ran away on Con-
gress street Saturday, overturned the wagon
and dashed down crocs street. The animal
was badly cut about the legs.
Flags on the Portland Steam Packet Com
pany's offices and steamers were at half mast
Saturday on account of the death of DR.. Eli
phalet Clark, president of the company and
first vice president of the Horse Railroad Com
pany.
Mr.. e j. Morrell of the post office, has pur-
chased NJ. G. Palmer's house, corner of Oxford
and Myrtle streets, for $1,000.
A pile driver and crew were sent by the
Grand Trunk to North Stratford Saturday TO
repair the bridge.
Hawkes. Bros. have made handsome gran
lite monument for DR.. Josiah L. Phillips, late
of Sioux Falls, Dakota, native of Farming
ton. He wanted native granite.
The barber shops of Saccarappa are closed
Sundays by order of Sheriff Chute.
Mr.. Albert 7. Cobb, of this city, has sold his
well known horse Flora E to parties in Boston
for $1,000
The Westbrook Cornet Band have been en-
gagged to take part in the Portland Fourth Of
July celebration.
The yacht Widgeon, of Boston, was in the
harbor Saturday.
Mr.. John Thomas made a trial trip in his
new yacht Constance Saturday, just completed
by Griffin, the boat builder, She worked adj
miraby.
Grimmer's orchestra furnished the music for
the Bowdoin Ivy hop Friday evening.
The treasurer OF the Soldiers and Sailors
Monument Association has received an anony-
nous gift of $50 for the monument fund. The
envelope enclosed a fifty dollar bill with note
signed "Ward ~
The Emita will sail for Portland from New
York to-day or tomorrow.
Pine street has paid all current expenses for
last year and has S125 in the treasury. Next
Sunday Children's Day will be celebrated.
NJ. j. McKeen, of New York, will erect
fine cottage on JEWELS Island.
A man insulted some young men on Temple
street Saturday evening, and one of them
punched his head through Roesel's show win
dow.
A large excursion party from Portsmouth,
n. H., and way stations on the Eastern Rail-
road will come to Portland the Fourth; also
another large party viii come by steamer from
Rockland.
1t is expected Bosworth Relief Corps, of
Portland, will be represented at the meeting of
the National Department G.. A. r. at Denver,
Col, July 18th.
st. John Commandery, *. T., Of Bangor,
will arrive here Wednesday night june 10Th.
and Trinity, of Augusta, Thursday, June 2lst.
Yesterday the Hebrew residents of Portland
commenced the celebration Of "Schabuos, or
the Feast of Weeks" so called, because it &C.
ours seven weeks after the Passover.
There was slight fire in the City MarshaPs
Office Saturday night caused by gas jet COM
ing in contact with some papers. The damage
was very slight.
Yesterday afternoon four yonDg men in a
shell succeeded in capsizng their craft off Ele-
vator wharf. Three Of them swan ashore and
the fourth chung to the boat until rescued by
fishermen.
Beautiful day yesterday. Mercury 74o az
: noon; wind southwest. Late in the afternoon
there were copious showers with sharp light
ming and heavy thunder, and the wind changed
to the south. southeast Mercury as sunset Go