The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-04-16
Brief Jo.tings.

1t was beautiful morning yesterday. The
mercury indicated 400 at sunrise. At noon
there was cold, south southeast wind, with
mercury indicating 49o. Later in the after
noon rain fell and the mercury indicated 400
at sunset.
A large Newfoundland dog was crushed by
train ON Commercial street yesterday.
Mr.. Alpheus Libby, an old citizen, died last
evening.
A young man is prowling about Park street,
robbing clothes lines. Monday night he
robbed Mr.. Stevens line in Stevens Place.
Mr.. Hinckley, so long clerk in the Light
house Office in this city, is lying very i'll at his
residence.
Tue adjourned meeting of the Cumberland
Historical Society will be held Friday after
noon at o'clock.
The executive committee Of the Home fer
Aged Men enjoyed an excellent collation. at
City Hotel, Monday evening.
Officer jackson chased horse, attached to
a wagon, driven by a man named WEIGH, last
night, and secured two barrels of beer.
Chambers Band at the head of the pro-
cession, out of uniform, yesterday, looked odd
and caused many iests. The band will have
frst-class uniform soon.
Rev. VIM. B. Hayden, fn--,0-ty pastor VI
tho chnr.,, - ..l-4sow Jerusalem in this city,
@11I preach the sermon in the First Parish
church, Fast day.
The Ontario, Capt. Couch, of the Dominion
Line, sailed for Liverpool yesterday afternoon,
with several passengers, 400 head of cattle,
and cargo valued at $122,08O.
The bids for the new Ogdensburg loan were
opened yesterday afternoon, and the entire
loan OF 100000 was awarded to the Maine
Savings Bank at premium CT $420 on each
$1,000.
The Forest City Steamboat Company, in
another column, are making great offers, in
the low price of their tickets, to those who
wish to visit the islands, and will run their
boats to the islands on extra trips, Fast day.
Judge FL. A. Peabody and j. f. Chute will
leave this evening for New Orleans to attend
the biennial session of the Supreme Lodge of
the supreme representative of the Grand
Lodge of Maine.
At the April meeting of the Congregational
Club, Friday, Isaac w. Dyer, Esq, will open
the discussion OF the topic Religious Freedom
in the United States" Rev. f. T. Bayley will
follow, after which the discussion will be free
to all.
The committee on streets gave hearing
| yesterday morning to parties interested in re-
| gard to the grade of the heater, corner of Con-
| gress, Cumberland and Grove streets, and de-
cided to raise the grade two and half feet,
and therefore the store occupied by Pierce &
Holland will have to be raised the same num-
Der of feet.
Among the arrivals at the Falmouth last
night were Hon. joseph o. Smith, Secretary
of State; /. s. Bangs, Wateryille; Governor
Robie Hon. NJ. f. Wentworth and John
Wentworth, Kittery; and Prof d. e. Salmon
Of Washington who has come here to investi-
gate the late cases of foot and mouth disease.
Our Lubec correspondent notices in the
statistics of the frozen herring business, COM
piled by Messrs. Simpson & St. Clair, no men,
ton of the schooners Lookout, Olive Branch,
Clara Dinsmore, and Chas. A. Ropes. These
Gloucester. The average price paid these
fishermen was less than 80 cents per hundred.