The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-03-31

Yesterday was a great and disagreeable
change from the weather of tho past two
weeks. The mercury dropped 300 from the
temperature of the day previous. The mercury
indicated 200 at sunrise, 25o at noon, 16o at
sunset. The wind blew gale from the North,
and the snow fell in squalls.
This is Holy Week.
The Fishing Exchange will open lis new
rooms on Commercial street to-day.
Inc total value OF foreign exports last week
was S3l2, 2S7.29.
Rev. DIR. Seward of Plymouth church, is
taking a vacation for rest.
The old Marine Railwsy will be run through
April, and four vessels are on it for repairs.
The police made six seizures of liquors Sat
urday night.
steamer, to run from Freeport to Portland
and the islands, is being built by Soule
Brothers.
A new Woman's Relief Corps will be instj-
tuted at Norridgewock by the Woman's State
Relief Corps, Wednesday.
The Portland Steam Packet Conpanv's
boats now leave Boston for Portland at D. m.
instead of p. m.
Mr.. George Blanchard bought six JERSEYS AT
the great New York cattle sale last week. and
they will arrive here to-day.
Ihere Will be meeting of the managers
and visitors of the Associated Charities TODAY
at o'clock at Room IS, City Building.
There were 80 arrests last week, of which %
were for drunkenness, and 10 tramps were
lodged at the station.
Mr.. Alfred Kemp, Secretary of the Mann.
facturers' Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany, was in town Saturday,
Among the class reunions to be held ut the
Falmouth Hotel next July will be- that Of
Bowdoin as.
Messrs. Quinn & Co. have built boiler for
the new steamer which will run on Rapgelev
Lakes. The steamer will carry 100 passengers.
Richard Webb of Portland has been elected
editor OF the Dartmouth" the college paner.
from the Psi Epsilon chapter
Doten Brothers have built two handsome
affairs for the Catholic church in Ellsworth.
and Mr.. Mulhall is painting them.
Mrs. Alice Rose, wife of Mr.. W. M. Rose.
with Hearn, the photographer, died in Fall
mouth OF consumr ton, Friday night.
A part OF the carpenters shop at Curt;s,s
shipyard, owned by Lorenzo TAYLOR. fell
Thursday, cake of drifting ice having broken
the pilings which supported it.
The flags of the English Consulate. and the
Sandman and Dominion were at half.mast
Saturday out of respect to the memory of
Prince Leopold.
The friends of Mr.. Charles McLean-with
A. Little & Co.-presented him with hand.
some reclining chair and foot-rest on the
occasion of his wedding last week.
MISS Lizzie McKeown was presented by the
Bsthelites, club of Chestnut street church
members, with handsome fan and gold ring
Friday night.
The city committee on printing Saturday
awarded the contract for printing the Revised
Municipal Register and reports of subordinate
municipal officers to William M. Marks. whose
bid was the lowest.
General Manager Payson Tucker of the
Maine Central railroad is confined te the bopse
by Illness 1t is hoped that rest from his
arduous duties will speedily restore his
strength.
The funeral of the late Albert E. Webb took
place yesterday afternoon. 1t was attended bv
many members of the Masonic and Odd Eel.
lows organizations. The floral offerings were
beautiful. Rev. Mr.. Hallock OBLIGATED
The whole number-of deaths in this CITY last
week was II: Old age and disease of brain
each caused 8; paralysis, 2; CONSUMPTION.
heart disease, pneumonia, rupture. blood
poison, tumor, drowning, accident and in
fantile weakness, each one.