The Portland daily press., 1884-03-13
Brief .Hottings.

1t was cloudy and warm yesterday Mercu-
~ 1872 at sunrise, 45s at noon 400 at sunset;
wind South-south-west.
Bosworth Relief Corps will give grand
masquerade leap-year party tonight. ----1---
The meeting of the Trayssea-Club will be
postponed one week.
Hon. farbox, Insurance Commissioner
OF Massachusetts,, is at the Falmouth Hotel.
A snow slide yesterday demolished sky
light in the store occupied by j. f. Randall &
Co., on Commercial street.
The monthly meeting of the Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union will be held Friday at
2.50 p. M, at the Friendly Inn.
Postmaster Barker proposes to make col
lection of portraits of the former postmasters
OF Portland.
Hon. George p. Wescott has arrived home,
aud has been gladly welcomed by his many
friends.
Fifteen freight trains. including specials,
that had been snow-bound on the Grand
Trunk, arrived safely Tuesday, during the
night.
Mr.. John Carr of Boston will be the master
builder of the new rink at Peaks Island and
will employ on the work about fifty carpenters
from this city.
The Portland Savings Bank will put into
the vault large steel strong box, that will
weigh nine tons, and be four inches in thick
ness.
Steamer State of Maine will go on the route
to st. John tonight, having been thoroughly
cleaned and painted, and the Falmouth will
lay up here for her spring cleaning.
T
ed here yesterday, being day behind. Ex-
tremely rough weather and much ice is report
ed.
On the Maine Central there has been no
connection with Pennington since Friday
Men, engines and plows are busily at work
clearing away the snow.
A team belonging to Geo. G. Shaw & Co.,
was stuck in snow drift on Central wharf
yesterday afternoon, and part of the harness
was broken.
The Eastern Railroad Company has placed
a large room in the Salem, Mass, depot at the
disposal of its employees, to be used as read
iug room and place for meetings.
The Rev. John M. Harrington of the Cathe-
dral will deliver a lecture in the City Hall,
Lewiston, Monday next at 7.3O p. M, for the
benefit of the Catholic schools of that place
1t was welcome sight yesterday to see peo-
pie cleaning their sidewalks of ice and snow,
and we could only wish everyone would follow
the good example.
A telephone pay station is shortly to be
opened at e. s. Soules, Freeport This will
be the first telephone connection with that
place. A new list of subscribers will be print
ed March Goth. Nine new telephone subscrib.
ers were added in Portland in February.
A family living on Winter street were poi
soned this week by eating canned tomatoes,
They were taken violently SICK, and it was
necessary to summon physician. The poison
was counteracted, but the doctor said it might
have proved fatal if medical aid had not been
summoned Immediately.
From the diary of Capt. Moody, whom our
old residents will remember as the keeper of
the Observatory years ago, we notice several
unusual records of the weather. He says, that
"Feb. "a, 1924, the thermometer fell 500 in
twenty-four hours" also June %, 1928, the
thermometer fell 800 in twenty-four hours"
The steamship Peruvian, Capt. Richie, of
the A Ian line, arrived here at 80 yesterday
morning. She brought Y passengers, from
Halifax, and general freight. She had
rough passage, and in lat. 43e, long.47o to ago,
encountered three immense icebergs, much de-
tached. She made the run from Liverpool to
Ha lifax in seven days. She had $50 steersge
and &c cabin passengers when she arrived at
Halifax.