The Portland daily press., 1884-02-04


The steamer Emita is being repaired In first
rate shape for the coming summer excursions
TO the islands.
The Forest City Steamboat Company will
build skating rink on Peaks Island, 1850 feet
long by so feet wide.
Mr.. w. G. King exhibits q crayon portrait
OF Capt. j. B. Coyle in the window Of 4s2 Con-
gress street.
Mr.. Walter II Rowe of the post office, was
presented with handsome silver service on
the occasion of his doth birthday Thursday.
The Presumpscot Iron Works aud Lucas's
brick yard have suspended operations for the
present.
Mr.. C. W. Wormell, formerly of the Fall
mouth Hotel, has leased the Elm House at
Bethel.
Mr.. 81. Q. Patten, principal OF the Centre
Grammar School, has accepted position in
the schools at Los Angeles, Cal
MIR. Joseph Bradford, the veteran spar
maker, and Mr.. j. B. Pike the well known
barber, are both convalescent.
An American express team was capsized
Saturday and the pung broken but the horse
escaped injury.
Mr.. Fred Fox, who has been confined to the
house with an affection of the stomach which
had a reflex effect ON the eyes, is out again.
At the Douty Guards reception to Governor
ROBBIE, to be held at Dover, February 9th, Gem
erals Brown and Lynch will be present.
Mr.. VIM. M. Marks has completed the print
ing OF the Maine statutes and Messrs. Loring,
Short and Harmon have the sheets for bind
ing.
The Samaritan Association has contributed
$3.50 to the Maine General Hospital to main
tain free bed for one year.
A fine crayon portrait of DIR. Gilman, belong
ing to the Maine General Hospital has been
placed in the window of Stubs art store on
Congress street.
The Oregon, Capt. Williams of the Domin.
ion Line, sailed Saturday for Liverpool. She
took one cabin, thirty steerage passengers, 2S
head of cattle and cargo valued at $214,057.
Mr. and Mrs. B. r. Frohock, natives of
Maine, died at their home in Cambridge,
Mass, last week of paralysis and congestion
of the lungs respectively.
Rufus Lamscn, late of the firm of Lamson
g Swasey, leaves for Florida to day where he
may possibly settle. Mr.. Lamson will make a
good citizen.
There were q arrests last week of which Is
were for drunkenness, land IA tramps were lodg-
ed at the station. Electric call bells have heen
placed in the station.
. Ten deaths were reported in Portland last
week: consumption, dropsy and disease of the
brain two each; old age, eresipslas, paralysis
and infantile, one each.
Governor Robbie, Secretary of State Smith
Col. Osgood of Augusta, Mr.. J. e. Sturgiss,
formerly of Portland, now of Gun City, Mo-
were in the city Saturday.
A party OF % young men went on sleighride
to Gorham, Saturday night and had good time
They propose to go to Yarmouth in two weeks
and have supper at the Baker House.
There will be meeting of the Managers and
Visitors Of the Associated Charities Today,
February 4th at $50 o'clock p. M, at Recep.
ton Hall, City Building.
Prof, Lackersteen repeated his lecture on
"Brahminism, Buddhism and Islaism' for the
Liberal Fraternity at Congress Hall, yester-
day.
Fire escapes have been placed on Odd Eel.
lows and Knights of Pythias halls, Portland
Paper Box Factory, Eagle House, Army and
Navy Hall and Durham and Morrilps pack
ing house.
1t is expected that Rev. Mr.. Houghton, the
new Universalist pastor at Stevens Plains
will be installed February 18th, Rev. Mr.. Pat
terson of Boston and other clergymen as
sisting.
Mr.. Herman Brockman, foreman of the
longshoremen engaged on the English steam
ers. was presented on Saturday by the work.
men with an elegant meerschaum pipe and
smokers set.
The pastor OF the First Parish, Cape Eliza
beth, will hold meeting at his residence this
afternoon for the purpose of taking action on
the celebration of the .church's both anniver-
sary.
Rev. D. w. LeLacheur delivered a spirited
temperance address to a large audience at City
Hall last evening. The Perham Quartsttu
furnished music and a collection was taken
up.
The regular meeting of the Society of Nat
ural History will be held this evening. Bnsi-
ness of importance will come up and scientific
subjects of considerable interest to old and
young will be discussed.
convention of the provisional division OF
Massachusetts, Sons of Veterans will be held in
Boston, February %. General I. S. Bangs and
Frank P. Merrill of Auburn, Me-, commander
in-chief of the order, are expected to be pre-
sent.
At the annual meeting of the Union Mutual
Life Insurance Company Saturday morning,
the only business transacted was the choice of
Marquis F. King and DIR. T. A. Foster of
Portland, and Daniel Sharp and George L.
Deblois of Boston, directors for three years.
At meeting of the Portland Yacht ClRb
held Saturday nieht, a. COMMITTEES ~as appoint
the New England Yacht Club to be held at the
Parker House, Boston on Thursday next The
delegate will be selected today.
The gentleman who dropped his pocket
book on Congress street, as mentioned in FRI
days Press, says he offered to reward the
finder but the reward was refused, and the
next day be again offered a reward but it was
declined. The sum in the wallet was $73, not
500.
Capt. Leonard D. Shaw, an old Portland
shipmaster, died at his residence in New York
Tuesday, aged so years. He was cabin boy on
the privateer Teaser, one of the crew of tie
Enterprise in her fight with the Boxer,a school,
mate of Gen. Neal Dow, Admiral Alden and
Secretary W. P. Fessenden and after the war
of 1922 long engaged in the West India trade.
Mr. Psyson Tucker found an old soldier in
Boston from the West bound to Togus, whose
papers had accidentally been made out so as to
carry him only to Boston. Mr.. Tucker with
his usual interest and liberality gave the man
free pass to Togus from Boston, and money
to buy supper in Portland, while Turnkey
Bell and Job Sanford, provided him with mon
ey to get lodging and breakfast.
A company of merry children, by invitation
of Mr.. S. 7. Pullen, visited the Grand Trunk
wharves on Saturday afternoon. The Oregon,
of the Dominion line, being about to sail, they
were invited by Captain Williams to 60 on her
down the Bay, the tug Fannie G. accompany
ing to take them back. After very pleasant
sail. the transfer TO the tug was made before
getting outside, and upon returning to the
wharf the party was taken aboard the Partisan
and entertained by Port Captain Barclay of
the Allan line in way that afforded the
young folks great delight. 1t was an after
noon of pleasure they will long remember
with gratitude to all those who contributed to
their pleasure.