The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-11-17
Brief syOtsings.

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1t was an Indian Summer day Saturday, the
mercury reaching an altitude of 500. Sunday
was fine day.
Ex-Gov. Plaisted was at the United States
Hotel Saturday.
Libby. who shot the Snow gsl, claims to
have no remembrance of the affair.
1vanhoe Lodge, X. of P, will soon celebrate
the initiation of their Booth member.
Pink-sye has appeared among the horse rail-
road horses and in private stables in this city.
The Cleveland Zouaves will form perma-
nent military company.
There were 60 arrests in Portland last week,
and % tramps were lodged at the station.
A man fell from a jigger on Clark street
Saturday, and broke his nose.
The value of foreign exports last week was
$43. 064.42 including 469, 1924 feet of lumber.
Ensign j. B. Cahoon, U. s. n, is in the
city.
Master Builder Cummings goes to Palatka,
Fla, next month, where he will erect num-
Der of &ne residences.
Bramhal Lodge, X. of P, will assist Saga
dahoc Lodge of Richmond celebrate its third
anniversary.
Saturday and brought to Portland for alleged
liquor selling without a United States license.
Mr.. James Watts is bass singer, and Mr.
Walter Smith organist of the Free street Bap-
list church.
The Democratic campaign companies assis-
cd the Cape Elizabeth companies 10 celebrat-
ing the election of Cleveland, Saturday night
Mrs. Young of Lewiston has been appointed
soprano, and Miss Gary of Bath contralto, in
the First Parish choir.s
The Young Mems Christian Association will
give grand reception and entertainment to
It's members next Wednesday night.
A schooner loaded with saw-dust is ashore
and bilged near Clark & Chaplin's ice houses
In Cape Elizabeth.
Bear in mind the ball to be given by the
locomotive fremen at City Hall tomorrow
night. There will be fine concert by Chand
ler's Band prior to the dance.
Grand Warden f. T. Merrill and Grand
Chaplain G. X. Ladd, T. o. o. F., assisted at
the institution of Ridgely Lodge, at Easton,
Aroostook county, Wednesday last.
Captain "Happy Bill'' of the Salvation
Army was in town Saturday and looking for a
hall. There is talk of the army securing the
hall in Thompsop's Block next Sunday.
Hon. Nathan Webb was elected president OF
the board of directors of the Maine General
Hospital, at the adjourned annual meeting
held Saturday afternoon.
Psyson Tucker, Esq, sailed on the 18th for
home in the Celtic, OF the White Star Line,
not the Peruvian of the Allan Line, as ex-
pscted.
Ten freight checkers of the Allan Line and
Grand Trunk road arrived Saturday to attend
to the foreign steamship traffic, and 200 car
loads of freight are here awaiting shipment.
John w. Stubs and Washington Libby
were drawn as grand jurors, and Charles s.
Quincy and James G. Jordan, petit jurors for
the District Court, at a meeting of the Alder
men held Saturday afternoon.
There were nine deaths recorded in the city
last week. Three deaths were caused by old
age, two By consumption, and dropsy, paraly
sis, disease of the brain and cancer caused one
death each.
Frank ID. Smith, comedian of the Peoples
Theatre, Cleveland man, will be wheeled
from the Merchants Exchange Hotel by Wal
ter N. Clifford, leading man of the same
theatre, around the city at 10 O'Clock to-day.
Bosworth and Thatcher Posts, G. A. B.,
will exemplify the secret work of their order
at G. A. &. Hall, on the Oath inst, before
Grand Commander, Gen. K0untz, and after
wards hold campfire.
The scientific meeting of the Society of
Natural History will be held this evening at
y45 o'clock. The gentlemen who have been
studying the movements of the worm which
inhabits the sc-called Devils bean will report
what they have learned.
Officers Measure and Hicks arrested bur-
glar In Mr.. Knapp's stall in the Milk street
market Sunday morning, and Officers Sparrow
and Skillings found a large square of glass
broken in E. D. Pettepgill's store on Market
street.
ii. s. Weeks and A. G.. Marsman, New
York; g. w. Gushing and wife, and Miss B.
Fisher, ST. Paul; Jos. E. Taylor, Philadelphia;
Frank a. Marsh, Chicago; d. f. Small, VIM.
T. Coggins, Wilmot s. Haskell, and G. r.
Leonard, Boston, are at the Falmouth.
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