The Portland daily press., 1884-10-13

Hricf lettings.
Mr.. John M. Todd is to take the stump for
Butler and West
An Indian summer day yesterday. Many
people went to the islands.
The sheriffs made heavy seizure of liquors
at Swett's express, Saturday.
The new addition to the workhouse will be
completed in about two weeks.
A lady tricyclist was one Of the sights on the
street, Saturday.
The Portland Railway Company are build
ing an addition to their stable on Clark street.
Total value of exports for the past week,
S6l,995 66, including 1,692,041 feet of lumber.
DR.. s. K. Sylvester of this city is attending
the Postgraduate College and Hospital in
New York.
Nineteen tramps applied for lodgings at the
ststlon last week. The arrests last week num-
Der 40, OF which 26 were for drunkenness.
Mr.. e. q. Chase of this city gathered some
wild violets in full bloom in his summer
grounds at Pond Cove, Saturday.
No business of public nature was tran sact-
cd at the meeting of the Electric Time Com
pany, Saturday.
The Reform clubs of Cumberland county
will meet at Bolster's Mills on the 18th and
Both insts.
Several citizens Of Augusta have been VIC
timized by an alleged insurance swindler said
to belong in this city.
Canon Stills, of st. Luke's Cathedral, sup
piled the pulpit at Christ's Church, Gardiner,
yesterday.
Next Saturday is st. Luke's Day, when all
societies connected with the parish reorganize
for the work of the winter.
A heavy thunoer shower passed over the
city between and 10 o'clock last evening. No
damage as yet reported.
Mr.. Frost, the popular restaurant keeper at
the Grand Trunk depot, has taken new lease
OF the place and is making q thorough renoya-
ton of the premises.
The fire ladies of Falmouth No. hold theil
18th anniversary at Mechanics Hall this
evening. Dancing, with music by Chandler,
is included in the programme.
In repairing the larger sized letter boxes at
the post Office letters were found which had
got beneath the boxes and lain there for
years.
Mr.. A. M. Smith, agent OF the Grand
Trunk, arrived home from Detroit, Saturday,
where he has spent his vacation. He says
Mr. Mains health ia now very good.
The delightful excursion over the Boston
and Maine Railroad to Lake Winnepesaukee
and Centre Harbor takes place today. The road
offers charming ride.
P. M. Courtney, p. Tarbell, Us. Mathews.
New York, George e. Kenyon, Boston, and Fl
A. Whitney of Bangor were at the Falmouth
last night.
By reference to another column travellers
will note the changes of time on the Portland
and Ogdensburg Railroad. The winter ar
rangement goes into effect today.
+. K. Boothby, Esq, and wife, and Hon. A.
A. Strout and wife, Portland, together with
Col. W. A. R. Boothby and Judge Stuart Of
Waterville, have just retarned from trip to
Eustis, in the Dead River region.
The Blaine Pioneers are to give q grand
skating party next Thursday evening In their
hall in Storer Brothers' Rink. Excellent
music has been engaged and good time gen.
orally is expected.
The Allan and Dominion steamers will run
to this port the coming winter. Each line will
run fortnightly steamer so that there will be
one steamer week for Liverpool. The Ore
gon, of the Dominion Line, will be the first to
arrive.
The widow of the late Eliphalet Clark, per-
petuates the late Doctors generosity, Dy giving
to the Clark Memorial Church at Woodford,s
lot for parsonage. The lot is eligibly stu
ated on Pleasant street and Is the second lib.
eral gift to this society she has made since the
Doctors death.
All ladies are invited to a union meeting to
be held in the chapel of State Street Church
this (Monday) afternoon at 8 o'clock. Miss
Merriam of Boston who has lately visited all
the schools of the Womsn's Home Missionary
Association, will give an account Of the work
of that association. Ladies' interested in work
among the Mormons are especially invited.
Deputy Grand Chancellor r. L. Dodge, &C.
companied by twenty prominent members OF
the Knights of Pythias of this city, visited
Wescustogo Lodge, No. SO, x. p, of Var
mouth, Friday evening. A good time in the
lower hall succeeded the work. The Var
mouth lodge propose at an early date to visit
one of the Portland lodges.
81. Burton Milliken, reporter of the Daily
PRESS at Old Orchard Beach, also regular cor.
respondent of the Boston Sunday Herald, is in
this city stopping at the Falmouth. Mr.. Mil
liken leaves for Florida where he has passed
several seasons, in about month, and will
this winter correspond for several of the lead
ing journals of Boston, New York and Phila-
delphia. He will send illustrative letters to
the Beacon of Boston.
M. w. Higgins, the night editor of the Ar
gus, is enjoying vacation. "Mel's'' hosts of
friends will look forward to his return to his
accustomed post as an event much to be de-
sired, but he has well-earned his play-time,
and it is to be hoped will enjoy every moment
of it.-Port. Cor. Boston Globe.
"Mel' is back, looking as fresh as daisy
and was warmly welcomed at the Argus office,
where he has been much missed.