The Portland daily press., 1884-07-03
Rrief .Iaffings.

Warm yesterday. Mercury $50 at sunrise,
"a at noon, 3D. at 3 p M, and 500 at sunset.
Shower at 430 p. m. Wind east and south
west
The State muster will be held the first week
In August.
Col. Roger Jones, U. q. A., of New York, is
at the Falmouth Hotel.
The police yesterday morning spilled So bar
lels Of beer and lot of stronger liquors.
A large party came in from Scarboro yester-
day and went to Peaks Island on the Forest
City Line.
The Chapman House, Rockford Park,
Peaks Island, will be appropriately opened
July 9Th.
The attention of parties desiring to secure
pews in the Plymouth church is called to the
advertisement in another column.
Mr.. III. j. Libby, president of the. First
National Bank, was Tuesday elected q trustee
Of Fryeburg Academy.
The Blues at their meeting last night voted
to turn out with the other companies for escort
to the Hartford City Guard.
The Gilman woman is still alive at Greedy
Hospital but the nurse said yesterday after
noon that one side appeared to be dead, Her
brain is evidently injured.
Those intending to participate in the parade
OF the mock infantry" on 4th of July morn
ing are requested to meet at old City Hall
this evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Yesterday man named Neal Kiorthe was
badly bitten in the hand by one OF two dogs
that he was trying to separate while they were
fighting.
Hon. Josiah Fl. Drummond and Gen. Neal
Dow OF Portland will address the people of
Rockland on the subject of temperance the
former on July 9th, the latter July 23d.
We understand that a number of our bust
ness houses, following the example of those in
Boston and New York will close from tonight
to Monday morning.
The regular meeting of the Fourth Ward
Republican Club will be held this evening at s
o'clock at Republican Headquarters, y Market
Square. A full attendance is desired.
Manager Warwick has politely invited the
Cadets and the Hartford City Guard to visit
the Bijou Rink o-night and witness the polo
game between the Biddefords and Bilious.
General George B. Mcclellan passed through
Portland yesterday on his way to the Soldiers
Home at Togua. He intends to spend the
summer at Bar Harbor with his family.
Mr.. W. W. Eicheberger of the Signal Ser
vice who has been transferred from Portland to
New York has made many friends here. He
will be succeeded by Mr.. Sergeant Gustave
Liebmann who comes from Thatcher's Island
The call for the First District Democratic
Congressional convention will be issued in a
few days and the convention will be held
either at Biddeford Or in this city, probably
the latter.
A party of uptown citizens with ladies had
aplessant moonlight sail in the harbor last
night, after which they landed on Little Dia-
mond and stripped the light" &c. Chandler
furnished the music.
Gen. J. M. Brown of this city has presented
to the library of the Maine State College
twenty bound volumes of TRANSACTIONS and
fifteen volumes of "Prize Essays" of the
series complete from 1928 to 1857 inclusive.
On July 4th the post Office will be open for
the delivery of mail and sale of stamps from s
to 8 a. m, and to D. m. The carriers will
make delivery in the morning and collect
from the street letter boxes at a. m. and p.