The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-08-29

Brighter yesterday but windy in the after.
noon. The mercury indicated 57o at sunrise,
6S' at noon, 640 at sunrise; wind south.
The First National Bank expects to take pos
session OF its new building next Monday.
DIR. Seth G. Gordon is at Copenhagen, Dem
mark, in attendance on the Madrid Congress
There will be special meeting of the
Womens Christian Temperance Union on Fri
day at 3p. m.
Rev. DR.. Hepworth of New York, will
preach In the M. e. church at Falmouth Fore
side next Sunday at 1890 a. m.
1t is estimated that two thousand bushels of
raSpberries have been picked on Great Dia-
mond Island this season.
f. A. Lowe won the one mile amateur race
at Greenwood Garden yesterday; time min.,
sec. Fred Dermond came in 23 seconds later.
The County Commissioners have ordered
that the Grand Trunk company construct a
new overhanging bridge near Gloucester sta
ton, at higher grade
A yacht got in the way of the island steamer
Forest CityW ednesday afternoon, land one Of the
occupants was thrown into the water. The ac-
cidsnt was in no way the fault of the steamer.
The name of John Harper, straight Green
back candidate for Presidential elector was
enormously printed John Hooper in yesterdays
Press.
The Republican caucus for the nomination
OF a candidate for Representative to the Legis-
lature, will be held at the Town Hall, Deering,
this Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Mr., Charles Record, who has been purchas-
ing horses in this part of the State for some
time, lately bought a valuable trotter of Mr., j.
M. Hussey, of this city.
Among the patents issued to Maine invent
ors the past week was one to Volney Barker
for can-flling machines; one to William Spell
man for rowing apparatus; and one to Col e.
G. Harrington for plume.
A child belonging to Mr.. VIM. T. Fuller,
eight years old, was bitten in the face by
Newfoundland dog yesterday afternoon in
Lincoln Place. The child's wounds were not
serious. A Mr.. Perry owns the dog.
The changes and repairs that have been
| making in the Register of Deeds office are
now about completed. The books are neatly
and correctly shelved upon the four sides of
the much enlarged outer room, and long desks
run both lengthwise and crosswise of the room.
An old resident OF Portland remarked the
other day, that on Pleasant street from Park
street to Gorbam's Corner, there is now only
one piece OF real estate in the possession of the
owners of fifty years ago or their descendants;
the exception is the Deake estate, opposite the
foot OF Oak street.
Prof. Edwsrd S. Morse has been in town; he
has been exploring the clam shell heaps on Mt.
Desert, where he found Indian relics and gath
cred facts for his register of the shells; he goes
to Philadelphia whore will read paper at the
meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Col. r. s. Cheves, of Kentucky, is speaking
in Maine upon the subject of Constitutional
Prohibition, subject now being presented in
thirty States Of the Union. Col Cheves ia an
eloquent, entertaining speaker, and comes TO
bring the greetings and good wishes of south
ern temperance men in the agitation for the
Prohibitory Amendment in Maine.
This afternoon at o'clock there will be a
| meeting at the Friendly Inn to further consid-
or what action to take upon election day
Mrs. Mary Woodbridge of Ohio, who stands
next to Miss Willard in office, power and elo-
quence will be present AL women interested
whether members of the Union or not are cor
daily invited to be present.
The Argus tells of a horse that refused to
pass under Republican flag on Washington
street, and the driver being obliged to go back,
lisa good joke. The affair occurred under
the large Cleveland flag. A lady standing
near by saw it all and remarked to the driver,
at isn't the right kind of flag, Mr.!" which
greatly enraged the driver.