The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-07-01
Brief Iottings.

bright, hot day yesterday. Mercury zoe
at a. M, 800 at p. M. 74o at sunset; wind
southwest.
The Boys Literary Society went on their
annual picnic yesterday TO Diamond Island
Officers Slower and Sterling sezsd barrel
OF beer at Keeley's yesterday
LorlDg, Short q Harmon have the Blaine
LEAD Pencils" for sale.
Remember that the Boston steamer will
commence running day and night trips to-day
Col Fred 81. Mason and Chas. P. Mason of
Salt Lake City, Utah, are at the Falmouth
Hotel.
Rev frederic rockingham is in the city.
MI rockingham was formerly pastor of P ark
street church
There are over 200 members of Vaughan
Street Sabbath School, and five members were
baptized Sunday
The High Street Sabbath School will make
an excursion to Lake Sebago to-day at 500 a.
m. and IL 40 p. M.
Chandler's Band offer a grand excursion to
Lake Sebago July 9TH They will give a band
concert and there will be dancing, base ball
and O. her games
To-day the Sabbath Schools of Pine street
and West End Societies are to make their an
noal picnic excursion to Old Orchard and
Ferry Beach Park.
Members of State Street Society and Sun
day School go to Long Island Thursday, July
81, as per advertisement in the entertainment
column.
warrant is out for town meeting to be
held az DeeriHg July 3D., to see if the town
will build new alms-house and to vote on
street matters.
Mrs. Annie Louise Raymond, with her
usual generosity has sent the sum of $3.50 to
the Maine General Hospital for the support of
q free bed for one year.
A letter from RaDgeley Lakes to the City
Clerk asks the Whereabouts of Daniel M. Dill,
Captain 20. Q. 9th q. S. @. T., who formerly
resided in Portland.
Deputy Collector Talbot of Lewiston has
received an order stating that hereafter all
special tax and cigar stamps will be sold in
Portland.
The Williston. Plymouth and Second Parish
Sabbath Schools, all go by the Boston & Maine
Railroad to Ferry Beach Park on Wednesday
OF this week. See advertisement.
The steamer Cadet of the Union line will
take the Park street parish and Sunday School
TO C1shing's Island to-day, leaving franklin
wharf at 1890 a. M They will have basket
picnic ON that Island.
The First Universalst Sunday School and
parish will 60 to Little Chebeague to-day on
the steamer Forest City leaving State street
wharf at 845 a. m. aud Custom House wharf
at 9 a. m.
The meeting of the Republicans of Ward
Two last evening was simply for the Temporal
~ organization of a Blaine and Logan Club.
A permanent organization will be formed
Wednesday, the 9th of July.
Sunday afternoon as Mr.. freeman, the oys-
ter dealer On Federal street, was driving over
the Rochester crossing at Lincoln street, Wood
ford's, wheel of his carriage caught in the
track and was broken.
There was slight fiere near the corner of
Grove and Congress streets yesterday at 4.30
p. m. Fire caught in a manure heap and
burned hole through the side of small
barn. The damage was trif1ing and might
have been extinguished with few buckets of
water.
Mr.. Augustus Mariner who carries on an
extensive hat factory in Boston, was severely
crushed while raising his cottage on Long
Island last week. His injuries are of very
alarming and painful character. Drs. Bray
and Adams are in attendance
The children of the Preble Chapel Sunday
School went to Lake Maranocook yesterday
through the courtesy of the Maine Central
Railroad. Hon. Stanley I. Pullen, Rev Mr.
PhelaD, Hon. Charles Mclaughlin and others
accompanied the school. At the grove tue
exercises were varied and the children had
splendid time.
Quite large party of excursionists from
Michigan, Indiana and other Western States
arrived in town yesterday over the Grand
Trunk. Here the party separated, some going
East, and Others to Boston. Among the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Sherman, of the
Daily Times, Port Huron, Michigan, both
very pleasant people. During the afternoon
the party enjoyed pleasant sail in the harbor.
All expressed themselves as much pleased
with the East.