The Portland daily press., 1884-06-14

Bright, clear and warmer yesterday, with q
north wind. Mercury 56o at sunrise, $50 at
noon, 61o at sunset
Gov. Robbie was in town yesterday.
Hon. Isaac T. Hobson, of Wiscasset, is in
town.
The City Clerks office is being renovated
and refurnished.
An excursion to the islands in Portland har.
Dor from Canton will occur about June 20.
Barnums advertising car has arrived in the
city.
The hearing in the ex.. Marshal Andrew smat.
ter will take place today.
Tomorrow will be observed as Children
Day at the Free Baptist church.
The Maine Central yesterday received a fine
locomotive from the Portland Company.
Z. L. Hood & Co., Lowell, have issued neat
card bearing good photographic portrait and
sketch of the life of James G.. Blaine.
The womans gospel Temperance meeting
will be held at the Mission this evening at As
o'clock. All are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Bowles, of the Spring
field (Mass) Republican, are at the Falmouth
Hotel.
A. A. Libby, Of the firm of Libby, Mcneil
& Libby, packers Chicago, is at the Falmouth
Hotel.
Ada Cary Sturgis. Mr.. Will Stockbridge and
other singers of Portland will give a concert at
Fort Fairfield on the Fourth of July.
William Duncan of this city started yester-
Gay Tor two months vacation in Scotland af-
ter an absence of "a years.
Hon. Elihu Washburne, of Illinois, arrived
In this city Thursday night, and left yesterday
morning.
Casco No extinguished a slight fire in a
house on Fore street yesterday morning. No
damage.
Mrs. Woodman, will speak upon ''The Nor
al and Religious Aspects Of Temperance" to-
morrow evening at Preble Chapel.
Mr.. Thomas Burgess of Portland is arrang-
ing the works of the new stone-cutting machine
at Hurricane Island.
Inc committee on the Fourth of July cele-
bration adjourned last evening without trane-
acting any business.
The Willard Club have challenged the Riv-
ersde Club of Topshsm, the present holders
OF the Ligowsky medal, and the contest will
take place Tuesday next.
Mr.. Fred Rideout, formerly on the train
between Lewiston and Bath, has been trans
ferred to the through train from Bangor to
Portland.
The first Of series of open air meetings will
De held under the direction of Rev. A. r.
Wright, at the corner of Quebec and Howard
streets, at p. m. tomorrow
Mr.. Mahoney, the manager of the Dirigo
Base Ball Club, ia negotiating for a lease
oil Lang's pasture. so called, in Deering, where
the circus was last year.
The drug committee have received, since the
close OF the Monument Fair, $40 from A. G.,
Smalley, Boston, and $25 from George G. Ken
nedy, Roxbury.
A peoples Independent temperance meeting
Will be held at Reform Club Hall, corner of
Congress and Temple streets, tomorrow eye-
ming at 7,30
The ladies of the Woman's Christian Tom
perance Union are particularly invited to seats
on the platform at the delivery of Mr.. Bayley' g
sermon on temperance at City Hail on Sunday
evening.
Charles B. neeland tells the Bridgton News
that his black mare which he took to Portland
few days ago trotted on the course in 2 %,
and that he sold her to a Portland man for
$1,000.
Captain Thomas Lay has been ordered to the
command of the q. s. revenue steamer Dallas.
The many friends of Capt. Lay in Portland
will be pleased to hear of his return among
them.
The Blaine Guard was organized Friday
evening, June 9th. Immediately after the nom
ination of Mr.. Blaine, not last Thursday, and
was probably the first Blaine campaign COM
pany organized in tho State. The officers were
published in the PRESS last Saturday.
The High street Sunday school will celebrate
its SD anniversary tomorrow evening at 7
O'Clock. A very pleasing programme has been
prepared, consisting of music by the choir,
recitatious, and an exercise by the little folks,
entitled "a Mothers Song"
A meeting of the Grand Lodge of knights
OF Pythias, with the Chancellor Commanders
OF Portland Lodges, was held Wednesday eve
ming to consider the matter of having grand
Knights of Pythias picnic at Lake Maranocook
July II.