The Portland daily press., 1884-03-03
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE.


Splendid day yesterday. Wind north BoFth-
east; mercury 100 at q. m. 22S at noon, go at
sunset.
Young Fessenden continues to improve.
No teachers meeting will be held tonight.
M. Mayo of the Somerset Reporter was in
town Saturday
1t is reported the next annual enoampmept
OF the G. A. r. will be held IN Portland
II is said the Blues will give masquerade
ball in Biddeiord March 18th.
The Evening Record, neat, bright penny
daily, appeared SATURDAY.
There were IS arrests last week, OF which %
were for drunkenness.
Officers Harris and Thatcher arrested Frank
Cleaves for alleged theft of SIS. The boy de-
clares his innocence.
The receipts at the Globe Theatre during the
two weeks engagement of Edwin Booth were
$4,000. Booth leaves for Newport to-day.
The Engineer Mining and Milling Company
adjourned Saturday for one week, without
trsnsacting any business,
The Grand Officers of the Odd Fellows have
instituted new encampments at waldoboro,
Fort Fairfield and Houlton.
The Portland Company has built an engine
for the Northern Pacific that is without Inks
and eccentrics.
Shifting engine No. III, of the Grand
Trunk road, broke an axle on Union wharf,
Saturday morning.
Workmen have replaced blade of the pro-
peller Of the steamer Grecian broken on the
last voyage.
The sheriffs made au entry at Patrick Nc
Glinchy's, on Fore street, Saturday, but
secured nothing.
Aninterestng meeting of the Woman's In
dams Association was hsld Saturday afternoon
at the Friends meeting house.
The Portland Company are building five
locomotives to go west and a number of
freight cars for Connecticut paper company
The union prayer meeting in connection
witt revival meetings will be continued every
morning this week at a. M, at the Y. n. G.
A. rooms.
Herman Rich, sen Of Mr.. M N. Rich fell
distance of ten feet from The roof of building
from which he was shoyeling snow Saturday
morning and broke leg below the knee.
Duiing the past week st the Boston Theatre
Mr.. Irving played to more people than he ever
dld before in one week. The attendance was
27,Oo9, aud the receipts S24 087.
little boy named Saunders sailed In the
SardiIian, who was going to his grandparents
abroad, and had bis name and destination
marked on white cloth and sewed on his breast.
Mr.. E. S. Osgood, of the Argus, was nomin-
ated for member of the school committee by
the Democrats Saturday afternoon in pace of
Col. ). j. Lynch who declined the nomination.
Messrs. W. S. Eaton, freight agent Maine
Central road, and Mr.. e. c. Hessey Of the In
ternational Steamship Company, and Mrs.
Dolley, natron of the Old Ladies Home. ara
all visiting Florida.
There were IL deaths reported in Portland
last week; each from consumption and
pneumonia, aud heart disease, and one each
from bran disease, paralysis, Bright's disease,
cancer and lung fever.
There is talk of establishing Fish Ex-
change, by the dealers and jobbers, in the
store at the head of Commercial wharf with
papers on file and record kept of the ash
business OF the port. A good idea.
There will be no meeting of the Soeiety of
Natural History this evening. 1t is expected
instead that Prof. Morse will speak before
the society next Monday evening, OF which
due notice will be given.
Messrs Randall & McAllister will build a
coal elevator on their wharf aud run tracks
from Commercial street down The hart md
thus load cars direct from the vessel Mr.
league will be the contractor.
Bishop Healy has gone to Florida, Rev. Mr..
Walsh has been transferred from ST. Domioic's
to St. Johns church, Bangor, and Rev C. j.
O'Callaehan from st. Johns to ST. Dominic's.
There will be Lenten mission at the Cathe-
dral and ST. Dominic's
The Oregon Of the Dominion Inns is expected
to-day from Liverpool, and the Grecian OF the
Allan Line will sail and take 300 head of cat
tie. The Toronto landed her cattle in Liver
pool in good condition, except 10 sheep thai
died on the voyage. The Polynesian is due at
Halifax to-day.
dispatch says that Geo. H. Uosmer, the
oarsman, will publish card to-day expressing
his willingness to accept the challenge Of Al
bert Hamm TO row three mile race in May or
June for $500 or upwards. la the event OF
Hamm's not agreeing within two weeks, Hos
msr win made the same offer to either Conley
or Teemer.
The PRESS has put the What-is-it candidate
for Mayor OF Portland in very awk ward posi-
ton by showing that the coal furnished the
city was purchased by The contractor OF the
Mayor and that II is of very poor quality. 1t also
charges that the Democratic Aldermen have
been selling the city goods in spite of the law
which declares that no member Of the Civ
Government shall be Interested directly or in
directly in any contract with the city. 1t is
very hard when the reformer is not allowed to
make a dollar Boston Journal.