The Portland daily press., 1884-10-10

Yesterday was regular fall day. The
mercury indicated 400 at sunrise, 4So at noon,
45o at sunset; wind north.
Hon. Il. 81. Banks, pos tmaster at Biddeford,
was in Por land yesterday.
There will be gospel meeting at the Y. NJ.
@. A. rooms this evening at Z 80 o'clock.
Mr.. N D. Roberts, manager of John Stevens
"Monts Cristo" company. was in town yester-
day.
The liquor deputies made two seizures on
Centre, o on PIE asant and one on Washing
ton street yesterday.
The new post cffice at Long Island, Of which
Mr.. GleDdennDg is postmaster, was opened
yesterday for the fist time.
Cruelty Agent Sawyer had horse killed in
Deeripg, Yesterday. The animal had become
worn ont with age and hard labor.
i Mr.. Haines, the packer, who was injured by
a acaIrisge striking him as he stepped from a
horse-car the other night, is not yet able to see
friends.
There was strong gale from the north
yesterday m erning early and 1t toppled over
some chimneys at the islands and laid low
several trees.
Mr.. Sylvester Marr picked several bnnches
OF raspberries at Fryebury, Monday last. 1t
Ia an uncommon thing for these berries to last
90 la,e in the year.
There will be a very large number Of
strangers in the city next Tuesday when the
Maine State Sunday School convention is held
at State street church.
Arthur munsey, a colored man, was arrested
by Officers Morse and Alonzo Harmon yester-
day on q charge of larceny Of trunk from the
Gfand Trunk railroad station.
man was arrested yesterday for trying to
esade the payment Of his fare on the down
trip of the OsdeDsbufg train from the Frye
burg far. and creating disturbance.
About IL o'clock yesterday morning there
was small FIRE in tenement house at the
corner of Spring and Centre streets. No alarm
was sounded and few buckets of water ex.
tingushed the flames.
Hon. Geo. P. Wescott was in Biddeford
Wednesday and in company with Mayor
Staples, examined the Springs Island bridge
with view TO arranging for the laying Of the
water pipes across the river.
We must cali correspondents attention TO
the fact that we do not print communications
when the writers fail to sign their true NAMES
We do not print the names but we mus. know
who the correspondents are.
Tbs latest Falmouth arrivals include DR.. F.
T. Atwood aud wife of Salem, Mass, Prot.
Wilhelm Moeler of Paris, ii. w. Bel, of Bur-
lDgtoD, Vt, f. A. ohsw of Bar Hsrbor, L.
NJ. Staples of Washington, d. c.
In the Municipal Court at Boston Wednes-
day Marcos P. Norton, who was arrested last
week for 9 non-pay ment of board bill of
$50 Ut the United States Hotel, was discharged
on payment of the bill and the costs OF prose-
cution.
Mss A. M Eden has returned to Portland
frem Africa where she has been teaching
music and eltcuton for the past three years
in Bloemhof seminary at Stsllenbosch. On
her way home she made an extended trip
through Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzer-
land, France and England.
Among the prominent arrivals at the United
States Hotel yesterday were j. 81. Thomas of
New York, f. S. Dwinall Of Lynn, Mass, G..
". Reed of Spring field, Mass, G. R. Seward
Of Boston, A. T. Nourss of Boston, Miss E.
A. Thompson, Mrs. M. L. Stanton, Mrs M.
Mason, Mrs. M. P. Steele, Mrs M. @. Ager Of
Bristol. b. l., Hon. l. T. Drew of Alfred.
Apnsr Davis and family of Bethel. Me.
The report of the treasurer OF the Consoli-
dated Electric Light Company of Maine for
the last fiscal year which was presented to
the ard Of directors yesterday makes very
favorable showing of profits on the business
done curing the year. The number Of lights
was increased from 40 to 149, the opposition
company abandoned the field, and the net
earnings for the year were $4,8S5.60. The
tressurer's report is given in full in another