The Portland daily press., 1884-07-30

Rainy yesterday. Mercury 60o at sunrise,
66o at noon, $40 at sunset; wind southwest.
The Cleveland Zouaves organized Monday
evening with Charles Burleigh as captain.
Mr.. Albert Marty and family of Kansas City
are registered at the Preble House.
Steamer May Queen, lying at franklin
wharf, was broken into recently, but nothing
OF value was stolen.
The steamer Forest City with Chambers
band on board will 60 on three hours sail
down the bay this afternoon.
Street Commissioner Staples has fixed Con-
gress street in good shape from State street to
the West End.
At the School Committee meeting Monday
night some bills were approved but no other
business transacted.
A new engine numbered 81 was delivered to
the Maine Central railroad yesterday by the
Portland Company
On the slate at the police station last eve.
ming were recorded / assault, drunks, 2
drunkenness and disturbance, besides 8 sppli-
cants for lodging.
The Mutual Life Company has promptly
paid the policy on the life of the late Mr.. De-
Groot. The policy was for 81, 900 with from
four to five hundred dollars accumulations
Three large vessels bound to South America,
all loaded and ready for sea, are detained in
this harbor waiting for crews, sailors refusing
to ship without advance wages.
W. @. Webster having succeeded the firm of
Geo. A. Gay & Co., will commence at once
grand closing-out sale. Nathan q. Studley
viii continue with the new management.
Colonel Jesse Harper of Illinois, member
Of the Greenback National Committee, says he
shall commence to speak in Maine August 25th
and shall remain until after the September
election.
While Mr.. Pope, of the firm of Pope & Lar
rabee, butchers of South Windham, was deliv-
ering meat Monday, the horse became fright
ened and kicking struck the knee-pan of Mr. i.
Pope, crushing 1t badly and breaking the leg.
A little boy while leaning against the cor.
ner OF a store window on Congress street, last
evening, was thrown heavily to the ground by
a shock of electricity which came from an
electric light near by.
Among the arrivals at the Falmouth Hotel
last night were Col. F. B. Grant and Capt.
George r. Richardson of Providence, r. l.; s.
w. Haines; the Providence Bicycle Club; FL.
N. James, New York; A. f. Weaver, Cleve-
land, Ohio; and Harry L. Smith Of Boston.
The "P. 4. B's," social, and not politi-
Cal club as stated In the Argus, went to Long
Island yesterday on their first annual picnic.
Chandlers band accompanied the party to the
steamer. They had base bail game, polo, and
an excellent dinner was served by Nell Blan-
chard.
Tuesday evening the guests at Mrs. Chap
mans house. Rock-Bound Palk, Peaks Island
were kindly favored with a very interesting
paper on the history Of the Hutchinson family,
prepared and read by the vigorous champion
Of reform, Parker Pillsbury of Concord, N. H.,
who for the past few days has been enjoying
the hospitality of our esteemed citizen, George
A. Thomas, Esq.
The members Of Division 81 of the Brother.
hood of Locomotive Engineers consisting
principally of the engineers who run trains
starting from Boston or returning to the city
have for several years taken Sunday excur-
sion during the summer, that being the only
day on which they are at leisure. The mana.
gers Of the Eastern Railroad and the Portland
and ogdensburg Railroad placed train at
their disposal Sunday, and an excursion was
made through Crawford Notch, the engineers
with their families numbering about five han-
dred. Returning, the excursionists reached
Boston about IL o'clock