The Portland daily press., 1884-05-29

cold northeast rain storm prev allied yes
terday. Mercury 48e at 8 q. m, 500 at noon
800 at sunset.
Assistant Engineer Skillings and Fireman
Brown continue to improve.
Col. A. W. Bradbury will deliver tbs
Memorial Day Grafton at Buckfeld.
The Lewiston Polo Club stopped at the
Preble House yesterday.
st. Alban Commandery will 20 to Spring.
field, Mass, with Chambers Band, June 18th
by special train, and return June 10th.
A lodge of Knights of Pythias, rs strong,
accompanied bya band, all from Massachu.
sets, will visit Portland July 4th.
Ne teams will be allowed within the ground.
Of Evergreen Cemetery during the exercises
Memorial Day.
The sheriffs yesterday emptied into the sewer
% barrels and IA half barrels of beer and 20C
gallons of hard liquor.
The post office at Yarmouthvile was broken
into Tuesday night, but nothing of value
taken.
A quantity Of coal took fire on Richardson 4
Wharf yesterday from spontaneous combustion
but Chief Cloyes soon had the fire under con.
troll.
Mr.. Msrkenfield Addey of Bethlehem, N.
H., is at the United States Hotel and will
soon return to the mountains in connection
with the White Mountain Echo.
There will be meeting of the Fourth
Ward Republican Club this evening at Repub.
hcan headquarters, Market Square. Business
Of Importance will be transacted
The liabilities of G. e. Deering & Co. con.
siss almost exclusively Of accommodation
paper of Henry Mayo & Co., Of which SILL.
300 is held by Boston banks, and $4,10O by
banks in this city.
About one dozen choice plants were stolen
from the premises of Henry Sawyer, ESQ.,.
Tuesday night. Mr.. Sawyer will give $40 re-
ward for the detection and conviction of the
thief.
AT the monthly meeting of the Society Of
Art, held yesterday afternoon, six new mem
bers were admitted A beautiful Persian
lamp has been received from the LADIES' Art
Club. The grounds.of the society have been
put IN most attractive shape.
At recent dinner at New Haven. Mayor
Lewis expressed himself ably and eluquently
upon the generous hospitality OF the citizens
Of Portland and the Montgomery Guards. The
Mayor said that such hospitality he had never
seen excelled.
Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Tenn
plar, Of Fitchburg, Mass, with the Fitchburg
Band, will arrive in Portland by boat from
Boston. the morning of June 18th, spend that
day and night and go back by day boat the
next morning.
Ch$ndler's orchestra Of fifteen pieces furnish
ed the music at the graduation exercises of the
Maine Medical College at Brunswick yester-
day. They also furnish the music for the
Pirates of PeDzance, to be brought ont BY
Bath amateurs tonight.
At the annual meeting of the Portland Com.
psny May 9th the directors of the preceding
year were reelected, and on the 2Sth they
organized and reelected the same officers al
last year. dividend was declared payable q.
the Casco National Bank on and after June
I'd.
Last evening the Portland Horse Railroad
Company in consideration of the valuable ser.
vices OF the Fire Department recently at the
fire of the Clark street stable gave the mem.
hers supper at Mechanics Hall The re.
Treatments were furnished by Mr.. Atwood and
the fire ladies came out in large numbers, in.
Guiding part of the board of engineers. It was
avery pleasant occasion and one to be remem-
bered