The Portland daily press., 1884-09-29
Brief lettings.

j. B. Curtis, it is reported, will build large
skating rink on the damp.
There have been 500 volumes added to the
Westbrook Public Library the past week.
Midshipman Berry has returned to Annapo-
LIS.
The annual police ball will come off at City
Hall, Oct. 28th.
Since March 25th, there have been 80 fires in
Portland.
The Jewish Fast of the Atonement began
yesterday and ends this evening.
1t is reported that the State OF Maine will be
ready to be towed from Dipper Harbor in about
a week.
There was bad break in the Waterman,
yesterday morning on York street near State
street.
Mr. T. o. Winslow, of this city, is now ad.
vertising manager for the Boston Sunday
Times.
Mr.. F. @. Rollins, Of this city, has accepted
position as stenographer at Defiance, Ohio,
for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
The noon train out over the Portland & Og-
densburg Saturday ran into and killed five
sheep at Conway.
The value of Portland's foreign exports, last
week was $64 572.14, including 2,412, 1856 feet of
lumber.
The st. Julian Dining Hall ia closed, the
late proprietor having removed to the Central
House.
Mr. Walter Emerson, of Oakland, Colby 'S4,
has been offered position on the Lowell Mail
and will leave for that city this morning.
There is court-martial in progress at Fort
Preble, on three soldiers accused of various
charges.
Mr.. G.. e. Deering, formerly of the firm of
g. %. Deering q Co., has gone into the oyster
packing business in Baltimore.
The number of arrests last week was 49, Of
whick II were for drunkenness. There were
% tramps lodged at the station during the
time mentioned.
Col. John J. Lynch of the First Regiment,
writing to Boston in regard to the coming COM
petitive drill in that city hopes the honorable
undertaking will prove grand success.
The Maine Conference Of the Unitarian
Church will be held with the Fist Parish in
Portland, commencing Oct 7th and continuing
three days.
Mrs. Lucy Wilson Of Portland, in Boston,
Friday, receiving fracture of one thigh. She
was removed to the General Hospital.
The Deering selectmen have dug away the
old hill by the Brewer House side, and wild
ened the road there by filling in at the bridg-
es.
W. f. Holland, Bar Harbor, DIR. and Mrs.
Wheeler, Newport, r. l.; and W. G. Smith.
Washington, d. c., are at the Falmouth Ho-
| tel.
Excursion tickets to the White Mountains,
good to return any day this week will be sold
| for all trains over the Portland & Ogdensburg
| railroad today.
The Legislature of Maine is to be requested
to grant financial aid to the citizens of Port
land, in order to fttingly entertain the ma
| tional encampment of the G. A. b., to be held
| in this city in June, 1885.
Rev. r. B. Howard, secretary of the Ameri-
can Peace Society; Messrs. M. A. Stafford, reg
lister of probate for York county, and F. A.
| Shaw of Bar Harbor, were in the city Satur-
| day.
Mr.. Nathan Clifford Brown of this city, will
attend the second annual convention of the
American Ornithologists' Union at New York
tomorrow. Be is a member of the committee
on sparrows appointed last fall
A meeting of pastors and laymen will be
held at Y. M. G. A. Hall this afternoon at
4.30 O'Clock, to make further arrangements re-
| garding the coming to Portland of Mr.. Moody
the Evangelist.
There was slight fire in the attic of the
house No. 10 Tate street Saturday, owned by
Mrs. Lindsey and occupied by Arthur Kenney.
A boy upset lighted torch in a room. Fal-
mouth No. 4 extinguished the flames without a
general alarm.
Consumption caused three deaths; cholera in
fantum, disease of brain, and Inflammation of
the bowels caused two deaths each; shock,
congestion, indigestion, apoplexy, infantil-
disease, whooping cough, and accident caused
| one death each.
The Boston Globe says: "The St. John par
ty is keeping quiet, but there are reasons for
the belief that they will be heard from soon.
1t is said that every city voter in Maine will
on election day be handed st. John ticket by
| lady. The idea may be borrowed one, but
if put in practice st. John will be likely to get
more votes in Maine than he otherwise could
| hope for"