The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-04-11

April day yesterday with a touch Of March
weather. Rain and snow. Mercury 800 at
sunrise, 4o' at noon, 41o at sunset: wind east.
Good Friday today.
1t is reported that some OF the Salvation
Army will visit Portland.
Rev. A. FL. Wright, the pastor of the St,
Lawrence st. church will preach an Easter scr.
mon Sunday at 10 80 a. M,
Receiver Anderson OF the Portland 81 Og-
densburg has reappointed the present list OF
officers of the company,
The police made several seizures and the
deputy sherifis nine seizures yesterday,
Good Friday services viii be held In the YES
try of the First Universalish church, Congress
Square, this evening at 80 o'clock.
There was total eclipse OF the moon yester.
day morning, partially visible before sum
rise.
The Jewish Feast of the Passover is now be-
ing celebrated by the Hebrews. 1t is the
great festival of their church.
Dnring Wednesday evening the schooner s,
Fl. Pinkham was broken into aud all the pro.
visions stolen.
Gen. Anderson has been appointed member
from Maine on the Democratic Congressiona al
Campaign Committee.
Republican campaign club was organized
last night, in Ward 4, the first of the CAM
paign and the meeting was large and enthusi-
astic,
The John Masterton, who was before the
municipal court Wednesday, is not a resident
OF this city, but came from Togus aud was on
his way to New Hampshire.
Messers. Simpson and st. Clair did not buy
all the herring cargoes mentioned by DIS yes
terdayr They compiled the statistics published
by as and bought a'good number of cargoes,
Second Lieutenant ". 8. Baldwin, has haen
detached fram the revenue steamer Dallas and
assigned to duty on the 'Geant', stationed az
New York,
Mr., Enen Corey of Portland, left Boston in
tde Raymond and Whitconb California excur.
sion party yesterday, and also Mr.. B, F.
Wells of Belfast.
The monthly meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held
Friday afternoon. April II, at $50 o'olook, nj
the Friendly Inn.
The Lewiston Journal says: Engineer Lsav-
lit and Conductor Charles Benjamin Of the
special freight which caused the recent rail.
road accident at Farmingdale, have been dis
charged from the Maine Central service.
The service at st. Paul's church today will
be as follows: morning. prayer with sermon
BY the Rector. at 10 so: vespers at 7.3O, when
she Rt Rev. 81. A. Nicely, D. D., Bishop OF
Maine will preach and administer confirra.
ton.
Tbs decree of Judge Lowell, allowing Gen,
Anderson to expend 100000 on the Portland
q Ogdensburg road and issue receivers Ger.
tifcates therefor, allows him to use $780,
600 of the $2o0,000 decreed by Judge Walton
it does not give him an additional 300. 600.
Barnum's circus will exhibit in Portland
July 4th, therefore it looks as If there might
be reconsideration of the vote appropriatipg
$500 for the Fourth of July celebration
here. Possibly provisions would be made for
some amusements, but Barnum would catch
the crowd.
The Knights of Pythias in this city wish the
people to understand that the presentation OF
the play damon and Pythias" by Joseph
Proctor and company at Portland Theatre is
not under their auspices, and they are not in
terested in it any way financially. This notice
is given because there is misapprehension
abroad (not through any fault of the manager
of the theatre, however,, many thinking that
the several lodges of Knights of Pythias are
managing the company.