The Portland daily press., 1884-05-08

Yesterday cold raw southeast gale made
travelling on the streets very uncomfortable
The mercury indicated 46o at a. M, 4So at
noon, 47o at sunset, 1t was cloudy part of the
day and sunny the remsiuder.
Mr.. Robert Arthur Of the Black Flag Com
bination is at the Falmouth Hotel.
Gov. Robbie will not go West this week as
has been reported in the papers.
The Riverside Club have challenged the
Androscoggins to a boot for the Ligowski
medal
Thefront hall of the Eagle house has been
repaired and the parlor and a number OF rooms
newly furnished.
Capt q. FL. Know lton removed his mena.
gerie from Amusement Hall to Greenwood
Garden yesterday.
A baby in carriage narrowly escaped be-
ing run over BY passing team in front Of
Rines. Brothers store on Tuesday.
We understand that the fire loss on the drug
stock of Cook, Everett & Pennell has been
adjusted for $4,000.
The Boston and Maine bridge at Dover is
repaired and trains are running through with
ont delay.
Rev. I. A. King, of the New Jerusalem
Temple, has received call to the First church
In Baltimore.
Some urchins broke several panes of glass in
MdDjoy street yesterday.
Officers Sterling and Harmon arrested two
boys for stealing boat in Back Bay yesterday
and took them to the station.
The monthly meeting OF the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held at
the Friendly Inn Friday at 80 p. m.
The youths gospel temperance meeting will
DO held at the Mission this evening at "a
o'clock. All are invited.
Work was begun yesterday on a new house
on Congress street, near Mellen, for Mr.. s. T.
Pickard. The plans were furnished by J. G.
Stevens,
The exhibition of local art at the Society of
Art building, in Deering Place. is open daily
according to the hours mentioned in the adj
vertisemen,.
John E. Anderson, Railroad Commissioner,
has returned home from Mexico, where he
went to act as referee in an important railroad
case.
DR.. H. Burr will present memorial of
the life Of the isies Eliphalet Clark, M. d., at
the meeting of the Maine homeopathic
Medical Society. June Sd, in this city.
The many friends of Mr.. Royal w. Lincoln,
formerly on the PRESS will be glad to hear he
IL making brief visit to Portland and is in
excellent health.
Rev. Henry Blanchard will deliver his
lecture on 1.-THE Study of History J" at the
vestry of the First Universalist church, Con-
gress Square, this evening at 7.3O O'Clock.
Mr.. Jonas Hamilton of the Songo Fishing
Club returned home yesterday from the head.
quarters OF the club which are at the mouth Of
the Songo river. The party are making
great ''catch" OF fish this year.
A pair of steers raised by Mr.. Edward Rus
sell. OF Yarmouth, four years old, was recently
butchered BY John L. Best Their dressed
weight was 2.463 pounds, the shrinkage being
less than 80 per cent. from the live weight.
The annual meeting of the American Rapid
Dredging Company was held ia this city Tues
day, and reelected Hon. Joel Perham Presi-
dent, Nathaniel B. Crockett Treasurer, aad
Josiah 81. Drummond, Jr., clerk.
Three mon frum Portland were arrested by
City Marshal Slower, of Saco, for stealing iron
junk from Geo. w. Fogg. They were ar.
raigned before Judge Emmons OF Biddeford
and two were fined $40 and costs each, the
third being discharged.
The members of the Relief Association of
she Portland Fire Department met at the
Chief Engineers room, City Building, last
night. and elected Mr.. George W. Platt, the
foreman of Truck No. 2, one of the trustees of
the association.
Mr.. Burnham, of Burnham s. Morrill,, has
just returned from visit to their Maine fac
tories, and reports Holsters more numerous and
Of larger size than for eight years past, which
he attributes to the thorough mann er in which
''close time" has been maintained,