The Portland daily press., 1884-09-15

mercury indicated 54S at q. M, $50 at noon,
$50 at sunset; wind fresh from the North.
Sunday was bright and cold. At2a. m. the
mercury tolched 400, and at dawn $50. At
noon it had gone up to 510. The wind was
from the North. Ice formed out of town.
Mrs. 9. A. Dyer is sketching at Waterford.
Rev. Mr.. Little of St. Paul's church is sick
at Exeter, N. H.
The Weston Electric Light Company of this
city will light the fair grounds at Lewiston.
w. f. Stone the druggist, is shooting and
fishing at the lakes
General G. P. Mattocks is talked of for
Speaker Of the House.
Trouble begins to-day. The schools open
for the Winter session.
There we're S92,075 feet of lumber exported
| from this port last week.
There were 50 arrests last week, of which
| SO were for drunkenness.
Oren Hooper & Son will erect brick addi-
| ton 10 their building.
John Hovey will build cottage on Island
Avenue, Peaks Island.
The White Mountains were very distinct
yesterday.
John Mitchell, of the Telearaphers' Advo-
cate. New York city, is in town.
Robert Douglass OF New York and John j.
Thompson OF Boston are registered at the Fal-
mouth Hotel.
Mr.. l. L. Rowe, employed at the Cumber-
land Mills, injured fioger in the gearing so
badly it had to be amput4ted.
Capt James Howe OF Newburs street gave
the Blaine and Logan Rising Cadets nice
supper Saturday evening.
Burglars tried to break into Edward A.
Anderson's and James Trafton'S houses at
Cumberland Mills, but were frightened away.
Jesuits, from Boston, will open a retreat
for the clergy at the Catholic cathedral This
week.
Judge Gould will be the prosecutor ia the
liquor case to be tried at Biddeford, act the
defendants attorney.
A bunch of keys found on Commercial
street, Saturday. can be reclaimed at the
PRESS counting room.
The Winter classes in shor hand and type
writing of Mr.. W. e Hckcox will begin
Thursday evening. Oct. I'd, at his residence,
213 New High street.
The yacht Hazel of the Atlantic Yacht
Club, is in the harbor. The party, consisting
of I. Hogan, j. Hogan, John Lee and s. L..
Fin'ay, are at TIE Falmouth.
There were II deaths in Portland last week
Consumption caused deaths; infantile dis
eases caused deaths; measles, cank er and
cholera infantum caused one death each.
Rev. l.. II. Hallock of Wiliston church
gave tue charge to the people at the installa-
ton OF Rev. II Fl. Kilsey over his old church
al Wiusted, Conn, "Wednesday.
Ii. Cloudman painted the banner which
the campaign companies are contesting for ii
Greenwood Garden. 1t is very handsome
affair.
There were 1900 barrels of mackerel landed
at this port by 90 vessels last week. There
has been great deal of speculation in mack
erel, and it is reported that $40 900 was in
vested Friday.
Two trsmps tried to steal the lanch of Mr..
John Price, draw tender at the Grad Trunk
bridge, the other night. He objected, and in
the scuff1s which ensued he was badly pounded
on the head. The trsmps escaped.
Timothy Davis's truck team was struck by
the p. m. Maine Central train at Congress
street crossing Friday night. The wagon was
broken and the horse killed. Mr.. Davis was
uniniured.
Mr.. Albert Warwick has adjusted the loss BY
the late fire on Mr.. f. A. Drinkwater, Jr. Is.
house on Cumberland street. Mr. Drinkwater
will receive $739 on his house and 1868 35 Oh
his furniture.
Messrs. Joshua Davis, I. F. Clark, Chas
French and Mrs. French, and Mr.. R. Y. Bar
Der and Mrs. Barber are attending the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge, /. o. o. F., meetings at
Minneapolis.
The Eleanora will receive her new boiler,
weighing 50 tons, the largest ever built in
Maine, from Quinn s. Co., this week, and the
Cleopatra will 60 on the route to New York in
her place. The Lewiston takes the Forest
Clty's place on the Inter national Line.
There will be a nesting of ministers and
prominent lay members of the several
churches held at Y. NJ. q. A. Hall Monday
evening, when the whole subject will be con-
sdered of inviting Mr. Moody here. Mr..
Sankev will be invited to assist Mr.. Moody.
City Hall will be secured aud everything pos
siole will be done to give the great revivallst
and his noted associate full opportunity to
work.-B0ston Globe.