The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-13

Trying weather Summer one day and win
ter the next Mercury 47o at sunrise yester-
day, $50 at noon, so at sunset; wind north
west Clouds part of the day and CLEANS OF
sunshine at others.
The Circuit Court rose yesterday and the
petit jury was discharged.
The Maine Genealogical Society will meet at
the Public Library this afternoon at o'clock
Bishop Healy left Portland for a trip to East
port last night
Several cottages are being built at Great
Chebeague Island.
A scow, said to belong in Harpswell was
run upon Pomeroy's rock, near Fish Point yes
terday and is in water-logged condition.
Morrill, Goddard and Richard Webb of Port
land are members OF the junior class at Dart
mouth.
The large partition at the main entrance to
the drill hall Old City Building has been NOV
ed nearer the hall.
The investigation on the loss of the steamer
City of Portland, will not begin before Thurs
day next, if then.
Accommodations are being made for driv-
er in the house occupied by Bramhall Hook
and ladder Co. No. 8.
1t is understood that three fine dwelling
houses will shortly be erected on the land own.
ed by the Deering Land Company al Deering.
burglar entered DIR. Woedman's house on
State street, Friday night and left burned
matches on the stairs. He secured nothing of
value.
Yesterday afternoon, George Frazier employ
ed on the Steamer Cadet, accidently fell over
board while working ABOUT the vessel, but he
was speedily rescued.
pair of Fernald & Sawyer's horses at
tached to hack ran away on Congress street
last evening, but were stopped near Pearl
street, before any damage was DONE
The new single scull shell which Ruddock is
building for Wallace Ross is 80 feet in length,
and the planking from stem to stern is put on
without butt.
The headquarters of the Soldiers and Sail
ors Fair has been opened under the Falmouth
Hotel and there will be some one constantly on
hand to answer inquiries.
Yesterday the police spilled 40 barrels, 20
half barrels, 8 pals, II sprinklers, IL dozen
bottles, 10 jugs and several other vessels of
liquor seized by them.
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House has been taken down and seven mean
descent lights have been placed outside of the
hotel.
The many friends of DIR, A. Lewis Gaubert,
who left this city last fall for the South on ac-
count Of ill health. will be pleased to learn
that his health is much improved, and that he
has located in Columbia, s. G.
At meeting of Plymouth church society
held last evening, the parish committee were
instructed to issue the legal call for a meeting
Of the parish to act upon the sale of the prop
erty.
Large rocks were hurled by blasting explo-
sion on Prospect street yesterday afternoon,
high in the air, and one fell through the roof
of house in Tolman Place, while others
shattered several windows in the vicinity.
The exhibition of paintings at the Soldiers
and Sailors Fair will be one of the finest ever
seen in Maine. The loaned pictures will be
exhibited at the Society of Art building, and
those donated to the fair at Reception Hall. /
The domed steamer Meteor, which arrived
at Boston several months ago and has since
been lying idle, left there on Saturday after
noon, in tow, for Bath, where her engines will
be taken out and new ones put in.
The Star Bicycle Club of Lynn, will make a
six days trip to Salem, Portland, Old Orchard
Beach, Peaks Island and Bar Harbor, giving
| exhibitions at each place.
The Universalist Society at Saccarappa is
| rapidly growing. On Sunday last, a Sunday
school was organized in the parish of Rev. +.
| NJ. HoughtoD, being the first Sunday school
that has been held by this ssociety for ten
years.
Little Charlie Dixon, aged five years, was
run over by Globe Tea Store team in Quincy
Lane yesterday morning. The horse stepped
on the boys head injuring it badly and broke
his collar bone. 1t is feared the boys injuries
may prove fatal.
The losses in Maine, as far as known, by the
failure of Barna S. Snow & Co., the fish deal
ers of Boston, are $11,0 900. The firm owes E.
| G. Willard & Co. of Portland, $21O0; G. j. s.
| j. Fl. Trefethen of House Island, 5000; and
Boothbay parties, $1,000.
| Last evening was Ladies' Night" at the
| Congregational Club, and the attendance was
| much larger than usual, SO that the tables
were set in the largest of the rooms known as
| Gilbert's Hall. The chief guest of the even.
ing was the Rev. DIR. Duryea of Boston, who
when the supper was disposed of made hap.
| by and eloquent address setting forth the pre-
sent condition and attitude of the Christian
| church in view of the speculation and criticism
which. is rife, and expressing his firm convic'
tion that the work of true and enlightened
women was to be more pote MT influence thar
| it had yet been in the saving of the world from
| sin and wretchedness.