The Portland daily press., 1884-04-04

Br1ef JOft1M2Bs
Three inches OF snow tell Wednesday nigh
and the crossings were very bad yesterday.
Mercury $50 at sunrise, $50 at noon, 37e ut SUM-
set; wind north-east. A slight rain fell yester-
day.
Officials Of the Eartern railroad are inspect
Ing the bridges on its main and branch lines.
There was one session Of the public schools
Byron d Verrill, Esq, will lecture before
the Law Students Club this evening on ''Dam-
ages"
A little fellow named Joe Murray, while
scufling at the telephone Office Wednesday
night and broke his leg.
The memorial tablet to the late Governor
Washburn, described in yesterdays PRESS has
been placed in the Congress Square church.
Mr.. G. A. Dyer received despatch from
Gloucester yesterday stating that the schooner
Byron had arrived at that port all right.
Mr.. Charles Roberts, book-keeper for W. W.
Thomas is quite ill at his residence on Spring
street.
Mr.. Charles d. FillebEown left for Exeter
yesterday to resume his studies at the acade-
my there.
Steamer Ssrmatian, Of the Allan Line,
cleared for Liverpool yesterday afternoon. She
takes cargo Waived at $6l.500.
The committee on fire department gave a
private hearing last evening to the engineers,
and also to the suspended steamer company,
No. 5.
The High School Cadets are painting and re-
pairing their armory. The work is going on
under the supervision Of Quartermaster SAM
born.
Rev. Mr.. McWhinnie says that he
has not accepted the call to the Cambridge
First Baptist church, having not yet given his
decision in the matter.
Mrs. Jennie @. Hasty, whose death in Penn
sylysnia was mentioned yesterday, was the
daughter of Jonathan M. Coolbroth, for
merly of this city.
Mr.. Francis Gushing one Of the owners OF
Cushing's Island, and Coils Heath and Rich
ards Of the Loyal Legion, are at the Falmouth
Hotel.
W. A. Aehorn and W. A. Ames Of Rock
land bought Widows Island, six acres in size,
lying in Fox Island Thoroughfsre for $130 at
the governments sale yesterday.
At the meeting of the Cumberland Temper
ance Assoc alton at Kni tville Wednesday,
Ex-Gov. Psrham, Rev. Messrs. Freeman and
Psndexter and Mr.. JOB Sanford made interest
ing addresses to good audiences.
The employees of the Eastern railroad have
received notice that pay day on the road here
after will be on the ninth day of each month.
II the ninth should fall on Sunday, the pay day
will be the tenth.
The Diamond Island Association held
meeting last night and discussed the question
Of donating lot OF land for the erection Of
building by the Female Orphan Asylum Asso-
ciation. A quorom not being present the meet
ing adjourned for one week.
The Ontario of the Dominion Line arrived
at this port direct from Liverpool, after fif-
teen days passage, at $50 a. m. yesterday. She
had a stormy passage and saw considerable
ice. She brought 10 saloon, IS intermediate,
and 112 steerage passengers.
A letter has been received at the post Office
addressed to "HaHnah RunneIs, who lived in
Portlrnd in 1856, or her heirs' The directo-
~ gives the name of Fred q. Runnels, watch
man for the Portland and Rochester railroad,
the only one of that name in the city at pres
ent.
The regular monthly meeting of the Maine
Indian Association will be held Saturday,
April 8, at 8 p, M, in the Friends meeting
house, Oak street. A cordial invitation to at
tend is extended to all friends of the long suf-
ferng Indians, and in particular to those who
are not informed as to the work Of this asso-
niAtiou