The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-07-25
Brief JessinRs.


Beautiful Summers day yesterday. Mercury
"a at sunrise, 77' at noon, 73o at sunset; wind
West.
The Old Orchard polo team were at the
Prsble House last evening.
brilliant electric light has been placed in
front Of the PRESS and Argus offices.
Another band concert will be given neyt
week.
Steam Is being put in the hose house at the
corner of Spring and South streets. The hose
will dry now more rapidly.
G. w. Morris's large advertising frame,
hanging in the Forest City rink, fell yesterday,
shattering the glass,
1t is reported that q party Of Portland
gentlemen will build first-class Summer
hotel at Falmouth Foreside.
The Forest City Company have placed az
indicator ON their wharf, which tells the time
the next boat leaves.
Yesterday morning, in giving the list of dele
gates 70 the Republican County Convention,
the name Of Charles s. Fobes as q delegate
from Ward was accidentally omitted.
The steamer Express has q new wooden top,
which is perfectly water tight, and also set
Edb6tu~
gers will be well protected.
There was but one sale of real estate re-
corded yesterday, that of David @. Atkinson
ct al. to Bayard Lodge, No. A, knights Of
Pythias, for $l59.
Mr.. Charles e. Adams Of the Quincy House,
In Boston, formerly of the Falmouth Hotel in
Portland, goes to the Grand Central Hotel,
New York city, as room clerk.
Longfellow Lodge, Knights Of Pythias,
Wednesday evening voted to make an excur-
sion to Bridgton. Tuesday. August 8, and to
invite other lodges to participate.
Alfred Eastman of North Conway, proprie-
tor OF fhe Eastman House, and F. r. Downs
OF Kansas City, Missouri, are at the City
Hotel.
Thieves forced an entrance into the ticket
oftice of Burnham's base ball grounds and
stole several balls. The refreshment stand be-
longing to Mr.. Hodgdon was also entered and
. quantity of fruit taken.
large excursion party was taken by Mr..
J. W. Robinson, in his six.horse barge, the
Champion, from the Hotel de Fitch, yesterday,
to the Two Lights.
The family Of Mics Gould, lately deceased,
who left her property to the government, are
contrasting the will in the Probate Court.
Judge Kingsbury is for the contestants.
The provision and grocery dealers on Port
land and Oxford streets have agreed to close
their places Of business every evening at z 10
O'Clock, excepting Friday and Saturday even
iDgs, on and after Monday, July %.
The late Rear-Admiral Emmons was q
brother Of the late Mrs. John B. Cummings of
this city, and with his wife and OF Ter members
Of bis family made his last visit here in the
Summer Of 1879.
The Gov. Fairfield Engine Co. of saco went
on picnic TO Goose Rocks Tuesday, and about
forty Of Falmouth Company of this city &C
cepted an invitation and Joined in the fes-
tivitios.
Burglars entered Hartford Brothers printing
office al Ferry Village, Tuesday night. but
secured no booty; they also entered Thurrell's
store and obtained $3.50 In money and some
silk handkercl iefs.
We have received from the Boston Museum
monograph containing the roll of the COM
pany for the next season, their portraits, the
plan Of the house, and the list of novelties to
be presented next season. The Museum is an
honor to the profession.
Rev. r. G. Faesre, Of the First Lutheran
church, has rendered his resignation and will
remove to Iowa or Minnesota. He breaches
his farewell sermon next Sunday. Rev. Geo.
A. Rygh, graduate Of the English Lutheran
Seminary at Columbus, o., has been called to
ill his place.
Frank G. Damon and Albert g. Allen, of
the Danvers Bicycle Club, started from Dan
vers on their bicycles Wednesday for trip of
one hundred miles to Emory's Mills, Me-
They passed through Wenhsm, Hamilton, Fps
witch, Rowley, Newburyport, Amesbury,
Kingston, Exeter, Newmarket junction, Dur
ham, Dover, Great Falls, Berwick, Lebanon
and Springvale. They will go to the White
Mountains and Old Orchard Beach.