The Portland daily press., 1884-09-03
hon. WIN. ?. FRYE
WILL SPEAK ATT
Bijjou Skating Rink,
Federal ST., opp. the Park,
THIS "wednesday EVENING.
Galleries Reserved for Ladies.



Bright and clear yesterday. The mercury
indicated SO at sunrise, COO at noon, $40 at
| sunset; wind, southwest.
Hon. joseph A. Locke says he was not out
with Judge Goddard in the Laurel.
Hon. William P. Frye, at the Bijou Rink
tonight.
Ex-Gov. Long of Massachusetts. was in the
city yesterday.
Hon. Erastus Brooks of New York, is maxi
| ing his annual visit to Portland.
Judge Bonney is busy with naturalization
| cases.
Officer Hanson has returned from his vaca-
| ton.
The United States District Court commenced
session at Bath yesterday.
Thursday, Rev. DR.. Hill will deliver poem
a. the Leicester lMass.) Academy centenary.
Dexter Smiths Musical Record for Septem-
Der is received. 1t contains grand likeness
! OF W. 81 Sherwood, the pianist
The clock on the First National Bank build.
| ing was illuminated for the first time Monday
night
There were %, 029 barrels of maokerel land.
cd and packed at this port for the month of
August.
A private party had moonlight excursion
on the steamer Lizzie, from Diamond Island,
Monday night,
Mr.. George M. Moore, with party of friends
left Saturday night for two weeks trip to
Bar Harhor and Moosehsad Lake.
AT the regular monthly meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association Mondsy
evening. the names of thirteen persons were
presented and elected as members.
The yacht Bonita is in the harbor A party
consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fl. Ander-
son, and Miss Crowell, New York, from the
yacht are at the Falmouth
The Biiou Rink, corner of Federal and
Pearl streets will receive its political christer-
ing tonight, when Hon. w. P. Frye will adj
dress our citizens.
The baby show at Greenwood Garden should
| draw large crowd this afternoon. The baby
will be fortunate who obtains that beautiful
glass ship.
A large party OF young people and ether
friends attended the marriage of Mr. Buffers
and Miss Garter, at 1876 Newbury street yester-
day, and wished them God-speed on their vow
| age of life
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin was the guest yes
| terdsy, of Hon. Thomas B. Reed In the af-
ternoon. Mr.. Hamlin received number of
calls from old friends, and also visited several
at their places of business.
AT the Falmouth Hotel last night were
Judge West of Bellefontaine, o., the ceebrat-
ed blind orator; Rev. Geo. w. Pepper; Hon.
Thomas j. Dudley, of Camden, N. j.; c. j.
Gibson, of the New York Tribune; AID C. G.
| Couillard, of the Boston Herald.
The fishing schooner Sea Foam wss towt d
into the harbor by the tug @. A. Warren. hav-
ing been run into by the bark Ethel of this
| port, and lost mainsail and mainboom The
Ethel carried away her iibboom and headgear.
| The Ethel is owned by Charles Merrill & Co..
and others of this city.
| The Massachusetts, Ploughman saws Of Mr..
Payson Tucker: ut is said here of Nj. Pay
son Tucker, that though professedly bat
| railroad man, he nevertheless knows the re-
sources OF Maine to their very heart and CEN
| tire, and the roads he manages with such skill
| are run in the interest of Names thorough
| development. The extent and character of
| the business done by his roads are the best evil
dence that such intelligence and enterprise paw
in the end abundaDtly.
j. B. Ham. Esq, of Lewiston, State Com
missioner for the New Orleans exhibition was
in the city yesterday, on business connected
| with that project. An earnest effort is to be
made to secure q valuable collection of the
natural and manufactured products OF Maine
to be exhibited at the great southern fair,
which undoubtedly will be the finest thing of
the kind the soEtheru country has ever seen.
| The General Secretary of the Portland Y.
| M. @. A. has been 10 correspondence with the
EVANGELIST, d. l.. Moodv endeaunriuu 70 co.
cure him for short season of evanselistic
work in Portland. Mr. Moody wrote from his
home in Mortified, Mass, yesterday, as fol-
lows: 81 think can come to Portland. How
would it do to hold three days convention
| THEREOF
Monday evening, Capt. Willard, of the For
est City Steamboat Company, through Capt.
| Craig, invited their patrons a. Evergreen, TIE
fethen'a. Great and Little Diamond landinrs
to moonlight excursion in the Minnshaha.
Tue evening was lovely. The boat was filed
aud made long sail down the harbor, return
ing the gratified guests to their cottages at a
little before ten O'Clock.
At the M. Borden Carter cottage, Cushing's
Island, Monday evening, Miss Rollie Fl. Bcr-
den OF New York, was married to Mr. Russell
L. Lowe, son of Judge Lowe, Of Middleton, N.
Y, by Rev. Asa Dalton, of St. Stephens
Episcopal church A large number of guests
was present. After the ceremony. the party
adjourned to the dance hail of the Ottawa
House, where dance was enjoyed, and thence
to the cottage, where an excellent supper was
served. The party left yesterday for tour to
the White Mountains