The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-04-21

warmest day yet, the mercury touching 600 at
noon according to thermometer in Congress
Square.
The value OF foreign exports last week was
$375, 46, including 40S,733 feet of lumber.
Mr.. j. F. Mahoney, editor of the Boston Re-
public, is in town.
Hon. W. G.. Davis, Mrs. and Miss Davis
have returned from their California trip.
The Clifford law library has been sold to
Little & Brown. the Boston law publishers.
We are glad to hear that the health of Mr..
Winship, cashier of the Casco Bank, Is inn
proving.
The number of arrests last week was 65,
AZ of which were for drunkenness, and there
were IA tramps lodged at the station.
The remains of the late George Dyer we're
inferred at Evergreen Cemetery, Thursday,
with appropriate ceremonies.
The public hearing in reference to the ordi-
nance on wooden buildings, will be held at the
Aldermen's room at 7.30 o'clock this evening.
The First Parish Sunday School will cele-
brate their Easter festival at Gilbert's Hall, on
Tuesday evening.
The old Boxer gun, which for .nerly adorned
Capt. Waldron's place at Cape Elizabeth, has
been sold to Boston citizen.
West & Calderwood, the new baking Arm,
have also bought out Irving Blake's bakery on
Congress street.
Little Chebeague will be taxed by the town
OF Falmouth this year, for the first time in o
hundred years.
The Boston Decorative Art Company will
hold an exhibition and sale of beautiful aIti-
cles at the parlors of the Falmouth Hotel to-
morrow.
Two overcoats were stolen from Dr. Max
well, and were found at Patrick O'Malley's.
on Fore street. Officers Firth and Norton ar
rested the thief Saturday night
Mr.. A. Fl. Harding, who presented the Nat
ural History Society with the head of seal,
says the seal was caught in trawl forty miles
of Monhegan. The seal weighed 81 pounds.
Mr.. Callahan, the we'll known checker Of the
Dominion line, and Mrs. Callahan, were pre-
sented by their friends with an elegant silver
water service Friday evening
Aiyoung lady carried the Peaks Island mail
bag from Custom House wharf to the Post Of
fee Saturday, on an offer of half dollar from
Capt. Oliver If she would do so.
Mr.. John Main, general freight agent of the
Grand Trunk, Mr.. W. @. Tallman, New En-
gland agent, and Mr., N. G. Grace, assistant
agent, are in town. the two latter stopping at
the Preble House.
At a sociable given to Rev. Mr.. McKeown
and family, at Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Libby's
Wednesday night, very handsome crazy
quilt Was presented to Mrs. McKeown by the
ladies of Chestnut street circle.
w. FL. Burr, who died in this city Thursday,
was member Of the 10th New York regiment
during the war, and had been an inmate of
Libby prison. He was for time connected
with f. o. Bailey 8 Co.
Subscription lists in aid of Mr.. Kent, who
lost his hand by the discharge of cannon, will
be found at the armories of the military COM
panies, at Mr.. John Chisholm's and Mr.. Jo-
seph Dirwanger's.
The report Of new packing house, to be
composed of Mr.. Wolff of New York, Mr..
George Durham, and Mr.. J. Winslow Jones
OF Portland, seems to have been without foun-
dalton. Messrs. Wolff and Burnham deny
any connection with such an enterprise.
The many friends of Mrs. Harriet S. Toll
man will hear with regret Of her decease in
this city yesterday. Mrs. Tolman was the
mother of Mr.. Walter Tolman, general freight
agent Of the Portland & Ogdensburg railroad,
and mother-in-law of City Marshal Andrews.
The Polynesian, Capt. Brown, of the Allan
line, the last steamer from Liverpool for the
season, will arrive today or tomorrow. The
John Brooks, of the Boston line, will 70 on her
route tonight, and the fremont will come off
for renovation.
meeting of the owners and residents of
the islands in our harbor, will be held at
Peaks Island the last of June, for the purpose
OF taking steps towards Incorporating them-
selves into town, with distinct privileges.
The idea is to increase population, as there will
be no debt and the taxes will be light.
Dr. Stoner, OF the Marine Hospital, whose
transfer from this station has been reported in
the PRESS, will be succeeded by DIR. James M.
Gassawry, from Philadelphia DIR. Stoner has
been an admirable officer, has made mapy
friends here, and expended $4,000 most judi
ciously on hospital improvements and repairs.
The wagon placed on exhibition in front of
the Post Office Saturday, and covered with
srotesgue figures, was intended as a joke on
sAo 6SAA0A"n WIN Auauo VIC wagon ZOE rel-
alive in Scarboro. The painting was executed
and the wagon put On exhibition while the
gentleman was absent from home.
There were IA deaths reported in the city
last week. Old age and brain disease each
caused two deaths, and consumption, pneuroo-
mia, disease of the stomach, blood poison, lung
fever, blood disease, heart disease, paralysis,
Bright's disease, and rheumatism each caused
one death.
The last quarter 1928 passengers arrived at
this port from abroad. These were divided in
to GAO immigrants, 633 non-immigrants. 1888
cabin, 1,1S5 Storage, LOTT males and 306 fe-
males England furnished 2S6, the largest
number, and Denmark H. the smallest. There
were 375 laborers, and the remainder followed
other occupations.
Notice of the reunion of the sons and daugh-
ters Of Oxford county, at Gilbert's Hall, next
Wednesday evening, has been sent to all
known natives or former residents of the
county now living in Portland or its vicinity.
II any have been overlooked, the committee
desire them to attend the reunion. Hon. Han.
nibal Hamlin, Hon. Bion Bradbury and other
distinguished gentlemen will be guests, and OF
course the Oxford Bears, as they always do,
will have coed time. a. r. Virgin, Esq,
is secretary of the committee Of arrangements,
to whom application for tickets can be made.
Portland and Oxdeusburx Railroad