The Portland daily press., 1884-12-22
Brief sostinas.


A heavy northeast snow storm prevailed yes
terday, and the mercury indicated 10 above
at noon.
Gov. Robie attended service at the Catholic
Cathedral Sunday.
The late Rev. j. s. Sewall was pastor of the
First Church, Westbrook, from 1889 to 1912
Twelve imbeciles are in the new city asylum
under the charge of Mr.. e. Coffin.
Counterfeit SIS, issue 1875, check letter A,
and los of 1875 and 1880 are in circulation.
Post 12l, Hyde Park, Mass, has voted to
visit Portland next June.
Street Commissioner Staples had the side
walks Sanded Saturday.
A year ago today the mercury indicated from
120 to 14S below zero in Portland.
Mr.. VIM. McMasters, who died in Worceg-
ter lately, was former resident in Portland,
and served in the army during the Rebellion.
The Methodists of Portland and vicinity are
arranging for grand Centennial Union
service to be held at City Hall next Sunday.
Fresh fish are scarce and fare of 1000
pounds of haddock, which arrived Saturday,
was sold at cents pound.
The value of foreign exports last week was
$3.50, 1888 70, and included 651 ,503 feet OF long
lumber.
The Hanoverian of the Allan Line and the
Brooklyn of the Dominion Line, are due here
this week.
John Leonard, while dischsrging coal at the
Boston and Maine wharf, Friday, had sew
eral fingers frozen.
Mr.. E. A. Clements has resigned the office
OF general manager of the Nova Scotia Steam
ship Co.
J.J. seccinger and j. Plant were ordained
to the priesthood in Montreal Saturday, and
assigned to Portland.
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows officers will
install the officers Of Worumbns Encampment
at Lewiston January 6th.
The special directors train from Augusta
ran to Portland Wednesday last in ninety min
utes.
Commissioner Ham advises visitors to the
New Orleans exposition to wait 80 days till all
is ready.
meeting of the full executive committee
on the Grand Army encampment will take
place at the Falmouth tonight
The cold weather of the last three days of
last week delayed the trains and mails from
half hour to an hour.
The officers of the Womehs' State Relief
Corps viii organize subordinate corps at
Camden, tomorrow evening.
By Mr.. f. R. Fay's forethought and kind
ness, a drunken man, who laid down to sleep
in the gutter on Market street, Friday night,
was saved from freezing to death.
The boilers have been placed in the new
steamer Cumberland, of the International
Line, and work on the steamer is progressing
finely.
The annual parish meeting of the First Free
Baptist church will be held In their vestry,
GIG Congress street this evening, at 730
O'Clock.
Six deaths we're reported in Portland last
week. Paralysis and diphthera caused two
deaths each; old age and pneumonia caused
one death each.
There were 20 arrests last week, of which 18
we're for drunkenness. Walter Andrews was
arrested by Officer Morse Saturday on suspic-
ion OF stealing crockery from Swasey, Jones
& Co.
Capt Geo. w. Pierce, an old fisherman of
Southport, we'll known here, while reporting
his schooner, Thursday fell overheard and
was drowned. He was about sixty years Of
age.
Tie Panchlta, which went ashore near Prov
1ncetown, Saturday morning, had cargo of
cooperage shipped by Isaac Emery of this city.
Ex-Mayor Walkers son owned piece of her
but his insurance had run out.
1t is understood that Rev. G. j. Clark, now
presiding elder of this district, and former
past of the church, will succeed Rev. j. ID.
| Williams as pastor Of Pine street church next
| conferences.
| About four inches of snow fell yesterday
| and was followed at nightfall by sleet. The
| horse cars kept the rails owing to vigorous use
| of the snow-plog. The weather moderated de-
| cidedly.
Mr.. Foss and Mrs. Doten read, and Rev. Mr..
Daniels made an address to the 1876 Ioembers
| of the Boys Department, Y M. q. A, Satur-
| day. Each boy received box of confectionery
| contributed by L. j. Perkins, j. d. Sawyer, G.
| II. Cushman and d. R. Frohock.
| Ansen B. Bowler, convicted in the United
| States Court Saturday, for receiving excessive
| pension fees, was trial justice in Somerville,
| and changed in 1889, with changing that
Ia fad N fyalifnrnio
| and afterwards returned.
The officers of the United Car Coupler Com
! pany are, j. A. Smith, PRESIDENT A. II. Tink-
| ham, treasurer; and S. e. Harrington, with
| Smith and Tinkham, directors. The capital
stock is 100000 of which $50 has been paid
| in.
There was a peculiar appearance in the
heavens last night, evidently caused by the
| electric lights. A broad band of whitish yell
| low light shot up from the horizon to the
| zenith in the places where the lights are To-
| Gated.
W. Fl. Stone, who has built the large facto-
/ ry for house building material on Back Cove,
| has added a two story dry-house "a by 84 feet.
| He uses anr ualy $4,000 feet of lumber. j.
/ Merrill's new refrigerator factory is two
| stories and 40 by 65 feet in size, and will use
| $4,000 feet of ash.
The Christmas music at State street church
was very good Yesterday. AT the morning ser
| NlC6 lOuEb duGucm DlUp UuWu y6 u6aV6Db,
Marston's 'Gloria Patri:' selected hymn and
| carol were sung, and in the evening Marston's
anthem, Dudley Bucks "Glofia" with other
| music.
After hearing Mr. Ballou, Plouord's counsel,
Saturday, Gov. Robie granted requisition pap
ers on the sworn statement of Mrs. Wilson Of
Chicago, that Plonord stole money and jewslry
from her, and on the certificates of the Gov
| ernor, Chief Justice and Attorney General OF
Illinois that Plouord was a fugitive from jus.
tice.
Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS, HELP WANT
ED, SITUATIONS WANTED, FoR SALE, To LET
BOARD and Rooms aud LOST AND FOUND, not
exceeding forty words, will be inserted in the
Daily PRESS one week for twenty-five cents, il
paid in advance. When payment is not made
in advance, regular rates will be charged. The
large circulation of the PRESS makes it the
best medium for these advertisements.
Eastern Saturday, says the Herald, 'regain
ed point on sales at 30, the 6s being steady al
1154. The buying orders seem for the houl
pretty much filled. Maine Centrel held itt
own at 98, and Boston and Maine was firm a.
167. Later sales Of Eastern were at 494. 1t il
thought by some that Eastern at 80 Is high
enough until it shall appear whether legisa
tive permission is TO he obtained to reduce the
bonded debt to $40. 900 by the issue of pre-
ferred stock, since, without such action, it viii
be an indefinite TINA to dividend day for the
| present Eastern stock.n
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