The Portland daily press., 1884-06-16


The police appeared in their white, summer
helmets on Saturday
There were 46 arrests last week, of which So
were for drunkenness.
The 26th anniversary of Arcana Lodge, I,
O. G. T., will be celebrated tonight
Mr.. Smiths "Beauregard" beat Mr.. Ben
nett's pair on the Western Promenade Satur.
day evening.
The Maine Central will have four, and the
Eastern six, locomotives built by the Portland
Company.
Over one and quarter million feet OF lum-
Der have been used in building operations at
Peaks island this spring.
Mr.. j. T. Lewis has bought fine HANDLE
tonian horse from A. Fl. Bennett, of leland
Pond, vt.
Mr.. John Anderson, formerly captain of
the Cadets, is visiting his father, President
Anderson, of the Ogdensbnrg road.
The police are in quest of bay horse which
was stolen from Mr.. Cummings, living in
South Paris.
Mr.. Charles E. Adams, formerly clerk at
the Falmouth Hotel, is now room clerk at the
Quincy House, Boston.
street church, is visiting Hon. Ezra Carter OF
this city.
II is reported that the Portland Steam Pack.
ct Company will run both day and night
line to Boston during July.
The value of the foreign exports last week
was 49,, 1866, including $318, $40 feet of lum-
Der.
The Cumberland County Dental Association
had a supper at the Ocean House Friday
night.
The Plymouth church pew-renters who
have desired to continue the church, voted on
Friday night that it is inexpedient to pur-
chase the property.
Rev. ii. G. Munson has established head
quarters for those interested in the passage of
the constitutional prohibitory amendment, at
81 IL Exchange street.
The Home for Aged Men ackno Wedge the
receipt of an easy chair, table, glass and tin
ware, through Mrs. Henry L. Taylor, with
thanks.
Ten fishing schooners arrived at this port
last week, bringing $3.50 quintals Bank fish,
226 barrels salt mackerel, and 125 barrels
fresh mackerel.
Ralph Beaumont, who is walking from
Maine to California, delivered an anti-monop-
oily speech in Market Square to about 200 peo-
pie Saturday night.
The hook and ladder companies will be pro-
vided hereafter with ropes to rope off the
streets in the vicinity of fires No unauthor-
lied person will be allowed inside of the ropes.
There were 10 deaths in Portland last week,
OF which consumption, pneumonia, accidents
and infantile diseases, caused two each, drop
81, lung disease, spinal trouble, brain disease,
one each, and the cause Of one is unknown.
The team from the Willard Club which will
shoot with the Riversides of Topsbam, fer the
Ligowsky medal Tuesday, will be composed of
Messrs. McKenney, Hall, Todd, Pierce and
Harrington.
The gold watch given to the Monument Fair
will be drawn at headquarters, under the Fall
mouth Hotel, at 4 p. m. today. The bicycle
tickets can be found at Lamson's jewelry store,
and those for the quadrant steering gear at
headquarters
All those interested in the fantastic parade
on the 4th of July are earnestly requested to
meet with the committee at the Aldermen's
room this evening at 7.30. The committee are
DESTROYS of making this one of the leading
features Of the day.
Il large number of ladies and gentlemen
visited the Old Ladies' Home, Saturday, and
they were much pleased with the general ex.
cellent appearance of the establishment The
list of inmates is full, the house accommodate
ing twenty-five.
Hall L. Davis has just completed an elegant
record book for the Ira Berry Lodge of Masons
of Blue Hill, which possesses a title page with
an excellent portrait of the popular Grand
Secretary, drawn by his granddaughter 1t
will be on exhibition in the window of No. 40
Exchange street, after this noon
Mr.. G. H. Kimball, the architect, has drawn
the plans for handsome two story house, with
French roof, on Cumberland street, for E. S.
Merrill; a two story double tenement house on
Ellsworth street, for S. F. Haggett; for the
new hall to be built on High street, Ferry Viii
lage, for the Knights of Pythias; besides
houses in Other cities.
Mr.. Geo II. Poor, former master mechanic
of the Portland & Ogdensburg road, and now
superintendent of the American Brake Com.
pany of st. Louis, has been visiting Portland.
Mr. Skillings who was SO severely injured
at the Spring street fire some weeks ago, is
now rapidly recovering, aud was able to ride
out Saturday. Mr.. Brown is now able to 90
ont also.