The Portland daily press., 1884-07-16
Brief .J0ttings.

Cool and bright yesterday. Mercury indi-
Gated $50 at q. M, 100 at noon, Go at sunset;
wind North.
The Grattans will go on an excursion to
Cushings Island at 2 D. m. Thursday.
Today the Shoe and Leather Association
will celebrate "Tap Day"
Hon. Lewis Barker, of Bangor, was in town
yesterday. His family is going to Old Or
ohard.
Judge A. Libbey of Augusta, DR.. f. M. Fa-
Ter OF Waterville, and COL W. f. Hall of
Philadelphia, are at the Falmouth Hotel.
The New Hampshire Railroad Commission
ers went over the part of the Ogdensburg read,
yesterday, which lies in New Hampshire.
This Kerosene Oil Company, at it's annual
meeting held yesterday, reelected the old
board of officers.
The Masonic Token for July has been issued
by Stephen Berry, and is full of news inter-
esting to the fraternity.
The sheriffs made seizures yesterday in the
rear of II Centre, "a and 10 Washington
streets.
A man from Augusta, named Stevens, had a
fit on the street, last night, and was taken to
the station.
The committee on public buildings yester-
day awarded the contract for repairing Casco
street schoolhouse, to William Burrowes, for
$6,196.
The Maine Genealogical Society adjourned
yesterday afternoon until the third Tuesday in
October, without reading any papers OF. trans
acting any business.
Mr.. A. NJ. Sawyer arrested a man named
Frank Ellis, yesterday, for beating his horse
with cotton hook, brought him before Judge
Gould, and Ellis was fined s. and costs.
The voters of Ward will remember the
meeting Of the Blaine and Logan club tonight,
at the headquarters No. 621 Congress street,
and it ia hoped all WHO can possibly will at
tend, at 7.30 o'clock.
Monday evening, while the families of Capt.
Matthew and Mr.. Orne, who are camping out
ut Peaks Island, were absent from their tent,
some person or persons unknown entered
tent and stole lot of pastry.
The Maine Press Association, in Plymouth,
Monday evening, were serenaded by the Ply
mouth band and large number of citizens
visited them. Yesterday was spent in visiting
various points of interest.
a very pretty steam yacht, the Lucille, 30
feet long and 8 feet deep, built by J. Deguio,
was sent by team yesterday, to Lake Sebago
to be used for pleasure travelling. The yacht
is owned by G. D. W. Shaw, and will accom-
modate about fifty people.
The steamer Cadet took private party Of
some forty ladies and gentlemen from High
street wharf yesterday morning, to Cushings
Island. They took dinner at the Ottawa
House, visiting Greenwood Garden in the af-
ternoon. Among the forty was Mrs. Annie
Gary Raymond.
j. A. Arnold, at one time the leading man
of the old Portland Museum stock company,
played the leading character, Karl Rudesheim-
or, in Karl, or the Love that Wins" billed
as new drama by Herbert Mooney, and pro.
duced at the Standard Theatre, London, EGG,
June 23d.
The schooner yacht Vesta, owned by f. f.
Aver, Boston, was in the harbor yesterday.
The Vesta is 119 tons old measurement,
aud 206 tons new measurement, and
was one of the three yachts 10 the famous
ocean race Of 1866-the Henrietta, Fleetwing
and Vesta.
The duties Of examiners in the pension office
are ito instruct claimants as to the evidence
necessary to establish claims, to brief and pre-
pare cases for final consideration, and to make
special examinations in the field when detail
ed for that purpose" No special medical
qualifications are required