The Portland daily press., 1884-06-12


Partially cloudy, with CLEANS Of sunshine
yesterday. Mercury $50 at sunrise, $50 at
noon, GO at sunset. Wind east
The steamer Falmouth has been towed to
Long wharf.
The Ssecsrapras beat tue Presumpscots yes
tsrday at base ball, by score of IS to 49,
That was splendid audience at City Hall
last night; over 5000 ladies aud gentlemen
were present
Chambers orchestra goes 20 Pennington to-
day to furnish music at the Normal School
there.
f. o. Bailey & Co. sold the house No. 10
High street, yesterday. to Dr. T. A. Foster for
$5,425
Paymaster Henry R, Smith, of the Tallspoo-
sa, is at the Falmouth Hotel. His old jour
nalisic friends welcomed him cordially.
The Portland Mechanic Blues are making ar
Engagements for the celebration of their ami
verssry the latter part of this month.
The Cumberland County Agricultural Soci-
ty will hold its forty seventh annual fair at
Presumpscot Park, Sept. 10th, 18th and 18th.
The monthly meeting of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union will be held, Friday,
a1 eho rrlSbdly 1uDs DIV z OU p IN,
We bear that tho Rev. Mr. Bayley will re-
peat his sermon on temperance at City Hall,
Sunday evening, the 18th, by request of the
Law and Order League.
The wreck of the steamer City of Portland
was sold by f. o, Bailey s. Co., Tuesday, 10
Horace Sargent, of Sargent, Lord & Skillings,
for $500, and the Falmouth for IS, 780.
Rev, e. NJ. Cousins, recently OF the West
church of this city, will be installed as pastor
of Warren Congregational church in Cumber-
land Mills this evening.
The annual meeting of the "Home for Aged
Men," will be held at the Board of Trade
rooms this afternoon, at 3 o'clock. All inter-
: ested in the Home are cordially invited
Rounds. the alleged forger, was brought to
this city Tuesday, on a writ of error, issued by
Judge Libbey. and lodged in Jail He awaits
bail.
Tho numerous friends of the Sisters Dora of
st. Paul will be glad to know that today they
will hold their annual strawberry feast and
sale Of fancy articles st Young Mems Chris-
tian Association Hall.
A barn on Washington street, belonging to
William Conway, was set on fire By some un-
known person yesterday morning. The flames
were extinguished by bucket of water before
they had gained any Roadway
Gov. ROBBIE was quite ill in Augusta, Mon
day night, and was obliged to summon ply
stefan Tuesday morning. he managed to
keep about during the day, however, and visit
ed the State House in the forenoon.
The Portland Cadets are making arrange
ments to give the Hartford City Guard royal
reception on their visit to this city on July Srd
and 4th. The attention of the Cadets is called
TO a notice in another column.
Mr.. John Carr, master builder of the NAM
moth rink at Peaks Island was last week pre-
sented with fine meerSchaum pipe. On the
silver ferule was inscribed, Presented to John
Carr by workmen of Forest Rink"
The new four-oared crew is composed of Joe
Winslow, ow;Charles Henry, Frenchy Green,
and Mike Davis, stroke. The crew will row
the Fourth of July. They are practiciug daily
in the har5or.
Miss Elva r. Elder, formerly of Maine, but
for the past five years teacher in the Emer-
son school, in the city of San Francisco, CAL,
is spending her June vacation with her BROTH
ers in Deering. She returns to San Francisco
in time to begin her school in September.
Charles w. Arrss, a well known Mason, and
District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge Of Maine, had parslytic shock Sunday
night, at his home in Bath, and now lies in a
critical condition. Mr.. Arras was formerly a
resident of this city. and was compositor on
the Daily PRESS, having come here from Bath
with John 7. Gilman, then the editor end
part proprietor.