The Portland daily press., 1883-03-01
Brief Lottings.

Another cold day yesterday. with snow
squalls during the night and early morning.
Mercury 50 atsunrise, 100 at s a. m, 24o at
noon, 20o at suuset; wind north.
The Deering Republicans will meet at Lew
is Hall, Woodford's, tonight at 80, to fill va
caDcies in the municipal ticket.
Rev. Mr. Bellows of Waterville will preach
at Park Street Church, Sunday.
The managers of the Board of Trade will
meet at II a. M, today.
A horse owned by W. G. Constable, the
baker, fell dead on the corner of Pearl and
Commercial streets, yesterday.
The ladies of the Congress Street M. E.
Church htld very successful fair at their
vestry last evening.
The Maine Marine Engineers Association
have received fne photograph of the dele
gates recently assembled at Detroit.
There was pleasant family reunion at tn Q
residence of MIR. S. 81. Jose. No. % Bramhali
street, Tuesday evening. -Four generations
were represented, the oldest present teing sew
enty-sx years of age, and the youngest one
and one-haf years.
A Society of Christian Epdeavor has been
organized in the First Baptist Church, with 27
active members and 16 associate members. A.
B. Hall is president and H. H. Mathews sec
ret4ry.
The Womens Christian Temperance Union
OF Bangor will give reception 20 Mrs L. NJ
N. Stevens OF this city, this evening. Mrs.
Bent will be present and play her cornet.
Among the graduates of the American Vet
erlnary College of Philadelphia, Penn, is
w ,,fn
Two million feet of pine lumber will be
sawed this ,eason at Brackett's mill on the
dump" all cut in Deering and neighboring
towns.
The heirs of the poet Longfellow have given
O strip of land to the Memorial Association
reaching from Brattle street, Cambridge, to
MI. Auburn street. L. is in front of the Long
fellow mansion and extends to the river.
Some of the boys at Woodford's have en-
gagged in a new amusement, the manuf cture
and use of skees; these are long narrow strips
of thin W ,od, bent upward at one end, with
straps across them into which the feet are in.
serted, when the boys go skimming over the
snow and coasing down the hilsides
The revenue steamer Woodbury. having re-
ceved additional iresh water tanks just COM
pleted for her by Quinn & Co., sailed at $50
a. m. today for an eastward cruise. 1
There will be lecture and prayer meeting
combined in Plymouth Church vestry on Fri
day evening, at 80 o'clock, preparatory TO the
communion on the next Sabbath.
We are informed the men engaged to hoist
the safe into the upper story of the Mutual
Insurance Company's building came from
Boston. They have had hard time with it,,
while we have men in Portland who have al
ways been very successful in the business.
The ladies of Oak Lodge, 1. O. G.. T., OF
Woodfuru's Corner, will give an entertainment
at Lewis Hail. on Friday evening, March ID.
Unity Lodge, No. 8, L o. o. f., makes fra
ternal visit TO Ancient Brothers Lodge this
evening, and will meet at Odd Fellows Hall
at 8.15 o'clock.
The Ferry Village Band gave concert at
Union Hall last evening, which was very
we'll attended. The concert was under the di
rection of MIR. Collins and was followed by a
dance, The band is composed of about twenty
members and is making fine progress.
The youths gospel temperance meeting will
be held at the Mission this evening at II
O'Clock. AL are invited