The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-02-12
Brief Jottings.

Thirteen deaths were recorded in the city
last week.
The Portland Cadets will visit the Portland
Mechanic Phalanx April 25th.
The Rev. Mr.. G. A. Hayden has complied
with the request of the Church of the Messiah
to remain their pastor for another year. The
church debt has been reduced to 81 900, and
by the pledges of the members, there will be
much greater reduction the coming year.
Cumberland County District Lodge of Good
Templars will meet in quarterly session with
Mystic Lodge at Good Templars Hail. in this
city next Thursday.
The parties from whom the committee on
fire department ordered a Dean force pump
for the fire boat failed to come to time on their
contract and different. pump, said to be very
much better was ordered and has arrived The
Portland Company are now putting it-into the
Mary W. Libby.
Total value of foreign exports the past week
was $312, 1855.
The Manitoban of the Allan line sailed from
Glasgow fo- this port Jan. 3lst, and will be
due here Wednesday or Thursday. The Nova
Scotian, mail boat of the same line, sailed from
Londonderry Friday for this port via Halifax.
DIX 0duuI6Q Ddlto Vi ldSS AASA4 SNP'-
arrived by the New York boat Saturday for
the Cumberland paper mill.
The adj ourned annual meeting OF the Maine
Steamship Company, to have been held Satur-
day was again postponed for four weeks.
The repairs on steamer City of Portland will
be completed this week. She will take the
place of the State of Maine, and the latter Will
lay up for a reftting.
The fremont, the Portland Steam Packet
Company's new steamer, is all ready to launch
and is only waiting for warmer weather. In
the meantime her engine is going In.
Remember that tickets for the Joseph Cook
lecture at City Hall next Thursday evening
will be ON sale at Stockbridge's this morning.
Numbers will be given out at o'clock. Tickets
are limited to six to a single purchaser
A dejeuaer a Ia Jourcbette was rendered Mr..
Mccullough by several gentlemen connected
with the Cumberland Club, Saturday morning,
and a supper after tho evening performance.
Representative Hale has introduced in the
Legislature, "bill an act in relation to the ap
pointment and removal of the police force o.
the city of Portland" This is understood Il
be bill prepared by Mayor Libby, which is, j
is said, is designed 10 do away with the Law
keeping policeman in office during good be
havior, and placing his appointment and dis
charge in the hands Of the Mayor
MI FL. B. Blackwell, treasurer of the Main
Beet Sugar Company. and others, were befor
the committee on agriculture of the Massa
chusetts legislature, arguing that this Stat
should offer a bounty for the production
beet root and sorghum for sugar.
The union young peoples prayer mee'in
will be held in the vestry of Plymouth churc
this evening 1T IL o'clock. a praise serVlc
will be held fifteen minutes previous 10 tn
general meeting.
Rev S. L. Withrow, D. d., OF Boston, is
address the Portland Congregational Oiup
their meeting in Army aud Navy Hall, cornt
of Brown and Congress streets, Tonight III
topic for discussion is "Denominsl Fidelity
Rev. DIR. Seward and other interesting speaR
els are expected to participate in the dissent
sion.
A large tobacco firm 10 New York have PIT
scented each of their customers III the wholesal
grocery trade OF this city with a large elegal
frame glass covered, 2 feet by in sze,a ld col
ta;nipg samples of all their choice brands
tobacco.
Bishop Healey gave the older boys belongir
Tn the Cathedral sleigh ride in Robinson
barga 10 Bluff Cottage, Cape Elizabeth, Satu
dav The bows had an excellent sleigh rit
and oyster supper
William Thompson Ruth 5. Murray al
others will hold meeting at Friends meetn
house at 2 IL and T. n. All are invite
Snow storm yesterday, some three mon
falling, Mercury 2So at noon; wind nortnWe