The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-02
RriefLottinrs.

Ihere were ~ arrests last week of which 90
we're for drunkenness.
Crowds of people visited Evergreen cemetery
yesterday to see the decorations of the graves
Judge Webb prefers to drive to Bangor in
MS own carriage and is or the way there
The 'Lizzie," John A. Qoinn's new pleas
urs steamer will be launched next Saturday.
Travellers will note the change OF railroad
timetables beginning today.
In front yard 10 Congress Square, can be
seen mushrooms growing wild
The monthly meeting of the Teachers Asso-
citation that was called for Reception Hall for
tonight has been POSTPONED.
The meeting of the Homeopathic Medical
Society will be held in Common Council room
City Building, beginning Tuesday at 10 a. m.
SIX new members we're admitted to the Citi
zen's Relief Association Friday, making the
total membership 1,060
The value of foreign exports last week was
$50 .S27.23, including 1,556,5SS feet of long
lumber.
Large numbers of people, despite the cold
weather, availed themselves of the trips OF the
Emita and Cadet to the islands yesterday.
Mrs 7. McEwau and daughter left this city
Saturday for New York, from which port they
sail for Scotland on brief tour
The Steamer Forest City has been hauled
off and the steamer fremont went ON the Bos-
ton route Saturday.
There were two runaways on Middle street
Saturday night, both resulting ia smashed car
riages. Nobody was seriously hurt.
horse belonging to Mr.. Collins of Buxton
Centre, ran away on Oak street Saturday and
upset case of twenty dozen eggs.
Rev. Mr.. Guild delivered an able sermon at
the FIRST Parish yesterday on "The Joy of Re-
ligion."
wagon loaded with crates of strawberries
broke down on Oxford street Saturday, and
scattered the berries in every direction
The inspection Of the First Regiment has
been postponed by order of the Inspector Gen
eral.
Mr. Isaac A. Clough, formerly of this city,
was ID town Saturday. Mr.. Clough is connec-
ted with the Biddeford Journal
The street railroad company will erect
fire proof brick stable on the ruins of their
wooden one recently burned.
We regret to learn of the death of Alderman
Hawkes. sister, which occurred yesterday in
Windham, from pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles f. Burnes, residing on
Salem street, have within week, lost three
young children from dlphtheria and have an.
other sick with the disease
A Portland man named Reardon, got into
row with some roughs in Lewiston, Thursday.
and was chased by them into saloon where
he hid behind the counter.
For the first seventeen days of Nav. the
Grand Trunks earnings show a decrease of
$43,479, over same time last year, and $743.-
1862 since January LIST.
Saturday forenoon a small boy named Thorn
as w. Burke, was run over by Portland
Company team, and one leg was badly lacera-
ted
James f. Carney had nice overcoat stolen
from on board of the steamer Franconia. The
coat cost S25 and has the name of the maker.
L. O. Young, on the inside of the collar.
Mr. Munday is building a large two-story
brick house on Mountfort street. Green &
Jordan do the mason work and Mr.. Lowell the
carpenter work.
Mr.. George Shackford, the teamster, was Sc
riouslg hurt at the dry dock last week, Tn
turning his jigger he fell and one wheel passed
Yesterday was Whitsunday, or Pent;cost
ana the day was properly observed in the
Episcopal and Catholic churches. At the
Catholic Cathedral Bishop Healy bestowed
the Papal benediction.
Rev. George W. Bicknell of Lowell
preached two able discourses yesterday. one at
the Congress Square church in the morning.
and the other In the evening at his old CHARGE.
the Church of the Messiah.
The police made a seizure at Ill Ceptre
street, Saturday, said to be run by John Sull,.
van, and made raid at James Cady's, but OBJ
tanned nothing The force made five seizures
during the day
There were II deaths reported in Portland
last week. Of which consumption and dinbtbe.
ria caused two each, and old age, heart disease.
disease OF liver, brain fever, stoppage, fits, ac-
cldent and infantile disease, one each.
yesterday afternoon horse belonging to Mr..
Lucas OF Deering, ran away near the railroad
station at Woodfords and fell into bog in the
rear OF the Methodist church. He was soon
extricatea, and found to be uniniured.
There was sharp frost Friday night, and
the young beans, potatoes and corn in Cana
Elizabeth, parts of Wesibrook, Cumberland.
Falmouth and other places were killed. II ia
hoped the ap2le-blows were not destroyed
Mr.. 81. R. Sargent, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs.
Neal, and Miss Georgia Bradley, have been
elected by the society of thu Church of Messi-
ah, delegates to the Universalist State conven-
tion in Rockland.
VIM. FL. Hackett, clerk of the United States
Circuit Court of Portsmouth, was in this city
last week, to take defendants evidence in the
suit OF the Mercantile Trust Company against
the Portland & Odensburg Railway Companv
and its trustees.
new hydrant has been placed at the cor
ner of .pring and Clark Streets a fre-box
No. 6l, will oe placed at the corner of Cum.
berland and Green streets, aud another, No.
Y, corner of Portland and st. John streets; "a
hydrsnts will be taken up,repaired or replaced,
and new indicator put in Truck 3s house.
Mayor King, the Aldermen and Street Com
missioner Staples, went to Long Island Satur
day on the cadet" to locate street. The
party, to the number of about forty, were fur
nished with dinner by W. W. Ruby, who will
manage the restaurant On that island this
year.
The new island steamer Alice, built for
Ceaves Brothers, Burnham & Morrill, and
others. has arrived aud Saturday made trial
trip among the islands. She made excellent
speed and is very pretty boat. She was &C
companied by the steam yacht Leila, Capt.
Barbour.
A horse attached to buggy. and driven by
Mr. Milliken. formerly id tho Eastern rail.
road ticket office got rein under his tail,
when just across Vaughan's bridge Saturday,
threw Mr.. Milliken out, tanning him, aud then
ran to the steamer sheds on Railroad wharf,
where he was caught.
JUMBO, owned by Mr.. Martin, proprietor
of the Falmouth Hotel, is black Newfound-
land, and the other day when Middle street
was full Of teams, and little child tried to
cross Jumbo rushed out, seized the child BY
the clothes, dragged it to the sidewalk, and
escorted it up Middle street out of the way of
danger. He always goes to fires.
While three boys-Eddie johnson, Harry
Cloyes and Otto Thompson, were playing on
raft placed on deep pool of water, corner of
TnI1.