The Portland daily press., 1884-05-07


Cold and raw yesterday. Mercury Age at
sunrise. $40 at noon, 500 at sunset; wind
south, southeast.
The sheriffs made five seizures yesterday.
Capt. David Poor has returned from Flor
ida.
Judge Peabody Ass returned from his New
Orleans trip.
Howard Knuwlton is enlarging his skating
rink at Greenwood Garden.
Mr.. j. p. Baxter says he has no lot which he
offered to the city to erect school house on.
A coat and vest were stolen from the Cumber-
land House Monday night.
The ladies of Chestnut St. church will hold
an apron sale at their vestry today, and offer
capital supper at $50 o'clock.
There are % names OF charter members for
the establishment Of the new Grand Army
Post tonight.
Yesterday special train OF six cars over the
Eastern railroad, crowded with passengers left
for Boston to attend the Wagner Festival.
Mr. Arthur A. Chenery, employed at Millett
& Co.'s narrowly escaped injury on Monday
evening BY mistaking turpentine for water.
Mr.. ]. s. Libbey has contracted for the pile
Work will probably commence right away.
A man named Gray belonging at Long
Island is missing and is supposed to have been
drowned. He was last seen rowing in boat
Henry Sawyer, while playing polo at Wood
fords rink on Monday night, was severely in
jured about the head with hockey.
Rev. DR.. Duryea of Boston will address the
Congregational club at the May meeting Mon
, day evening May II.
On Monday night some clothes were cut
from the clothes line belonging to Mr.. j. M
Tolford, at the corner of Church and Newbury
streets.
Social gathering and entertainment at rooms
OF the Young Mems Christian Association this
evening at O'Clock. Admission free to mem
bers and their friends.
The drill given by the little boys at the last
May festival of Bosworth Post will probably
be repeated at the fair of the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument Association.
The body of yoang Hannaford who was
drowned on Sunda7 last has not been found.
A crew with three dories and urawl have
been searching for the body and the boat was
found on Monday.
There was.a decrease of $50, 900 in the re-
ceipts OF the Canadian Pacific for the fourth
week in April this year, as compared with that
of last year, and decrease of $4,000 for the
whole month as compared with April 1888
Railroad Commissioners Wildes and Mort
land, together with some of the officials OF the
Eastern and Maine Central railroads, inspected
she bridges on the main line and branches of
the Eastern Railroad, east of Portsmouth
yesterday.
We understand that Rev. A. x. P. Small
has been invited to repeat his Fast Day ser.
mon at City Hall next Sunday evening. under
the auspices of the Law aud Order League A
programme giving particulars OF the meeting
will be published in day or two.
1t is officially announced that Mr.. Galloway,
General Manager of the Grand Trunk, has re-
signed and will accept the position of assistant
to the President of the Union Pacific. The
change will not go into effect for two or three
months.
Yesterday morning there was slight fire in
the oil factory of Theopolus Hopkins on Long
wharf. No alarm was given but half dozen
men employed about the place set to work
with buckets, hose and other appara tus
about the wharf and soon extinguished the
flames
A switching engine in the Maine Central
freight yard was moving eighteen loaded coal
cars about half-past one o'clock yesterday
morning. when the boiler exploded. What
is most remarkable, neither the engineer nor
fireman was injured, and there was no damage
outside the engine.