The Portland daily press., 1884-11-15
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Pleasant day yesterday. The mercury iDdi-
Gated 3S0 at sunrise, 47o at noon, aSo a. sunset
wind North.
Kendall 4 Whitney have bought the Cssco
street church and will use it for storehouse
Mr. W. @. Twombly had an apple sent him
from Oregon which weighs II ounces 1t is a
"buster."
Qaick work with buckets extineuished a
small fire at James Trott's house, Peaks
Island, Thursday.
| A. e. Stevens & Co. will occupy the new
building just finished at the head of Widgery's
wharf
The Portland Herald, the new penny tenn
perance weekly, will be issued at noon to-day
from the temperance headquarters, 5i1 Ex-
change street.
The statement that Mr.. George G. Cressey, a
recent graduate of Andover Theological Sem
mary, will enter the Unitarian ministry, is
incorrect.
Hon. A. A Strout delivered an interesting
lecture before the Portland Law Students
Club last evening on the subject OF tTrials in
Courts of Law
The photographs Of the class of '84, P. Fl. S.
mentioned by us as taken By Lamsop. have
been elegantly framed and placed in Loripg,
Short & Harm1ns window.
The outdoor evening concert by the
Peoples Theatre band was much improved
last evening by the addition OF two more
instruments. They played we'll
Two horses belonging to Mr.. Winslow. Of
Winsow's Corner, ran away on Commercial
street yesterday and caused slight damage to
the carriages to which they were attached
Thursday night rowdys passing Mr.. r Y.
Barriers house on Wilmot street. cot hold Of
the dag pole attached to the side OF the house
and pulled it down, breaking the pole in two
pieces.
The independent temperance meeting will
be held at Reform Club Hall, corner of Con
gress and Temple streets. Sunday evening ct
80 o'clock. All in favor of temperance are
invited to come
The brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemen
will give their second annual coucort and ball
at City Hall next Tuesday evening. Chapd-
ler's Band will furnish the music aud good
time may be expected.
The Toronto, of the Dominion Line. sailed
from Liverpool Thursday for Portland. The
Polynesian Of the Allan Line sailed on Thurs
day, Nov. 6 h. for this city, aud win probably
be due by Tuesday next.
G Davenport and G. E. Weber, Boston;
@. Fl. Post, Scranton, Pa; Z. O. Allen, Au-
gusla; p B. Young, Hiram; A. S. Ranpey,
Concord, n. H.. and Paul L. Thiery, New
York, are at the Falmouth
Rev. Mr.. Dalton's second free lecture on the
Odyssey" will be given at A p. N. to-day at
Sc. Stephens church. These lectures are in
tsnsely interesting and ara attended by cur
literary people in large numbers
The Aged Mems Home, corner OF Park and
Danforth streets, was thrown open for insnec-
lion yesterday afternoon and evening and was
Wis ted by many ladies and gentlemen. A de-
scription Of tbs interior arrangements of the
house was published some time ago in the
PRESS.
The special meetings at the Chestnut street
nj. Il. church closed last evening for the
present. The meetings of the last three even
ings have perhaps been the best Of the series,
Over fifty in all have requested prayers for
themselves, and the larger part of these have
been converted.
The last opportunity to witness the fine ex-
hibition of local art will be afforded at the
Art building to-day. The gallery will be
open from 10 a m. to / D. M, to and to
p. m. The voting On the pictures will close at
$50 p. M, and during the evening the medal
will be awarded, and the result of tho votes
made known.
The Methodist churches of Maine, and in
fact throughout the entire country, are pre-
pairing to celebrate the centennial of the or
ganizat!on of the Methodist Episcopal church
this coming Fall and Winter. The church
was formally organized at the Christmas con-
ference in 1874, and although one of the
youngest, is the largest church in the United
States.