The Portland daily press., 1884-12-27
Brief yos.inxs.

the northeast. The mercury indicated 10o at
a. M, 140 at noon and 80 at sunset.
B. d. Boston, living on India street, lost an
overcoat from his front ball Christmas
Rev. DR.. E. q. Boles of Salem was in town
yesterday.
John Herbert was arrested yesterday by OF
fcer Langmaid for stealing tools from Talbot
& Moulton on Portland Street.
Hon. W. W. Thomas Jr., sent cards from
Stockholm to his friends in this city, with the
compliments of the season.
There will be "Christmas vesper" service
at the Congress Square church tomorrow ev-
ening.
The many friends of Mrs. Daniel Hood will
be paiaed to learn that she is lying at the point
ofdeath in Boston with disease OF the heat.
There will be free Christmas concert tc-
morrow evening at the Church of the Mes
slab.
No. 759 was the lucky number that won the
music box at Owen, Moore & Co.'s and the
lucky man was t. Hill Mansfield.
There was slight fire in Avery's black
smith shop on Union wharf at D. m. yester-
day, but No. 5's hose extinguished it with lit
tie damage.
George r. Andrews, the grocer OF Bidde-
ford, was, on Christmas day the recipient of
costly gold watch and chain and Knight of
Pythias charm from friends in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. j. W. Robinson OF the City
Hotel, presented each Of their employees with
substantial gift on Christmas day, as is their
usual custom.
At the First Baptist church Sunday fore
noon, the pastor, DIR. Small will preach
Christmas sermon and the choir will sing ar
propriate music.
The Union Sunday school meeting under
the auspices of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union has been indefinitely post
poned.
Rev. L. 81. Hallock, pastor of wilIiston
church has returned from Florida and will
preach "Christmas sermons" both tomorrow
morning end evening.
There will be Gospel temperance meeting
at Reform Club Hall, corner of Congress and
Temple street, Sunday evening at O'Clock
All in favor of temperance come.
The police by their many good services have
won lots OF friends, and Thursday night the en-
tire night patrol were given handsome
spread at lunch time.
Rumor has it, that new and elegant piano
and music store is to be opened up town the
first OF the year under the management of one
of our Oldest piano dealers and well known
musical amateur
The operators at the telephone office Christ
mas, presented to the popular chiet operator
Mr.. Lincoln, handsome case Of shaving tools
as token of the esteem in which he is held
by them.
B. E. Atkinson, Esq, formerly mail agen
on the through route from Bangor to Boston,
with headquarters in this city; and later mail
agent from Brunswick to Rockland, is now at
Pennington and is in feeble health.
Capt. Reuben L. Hall, who was for manv
years pilot of the U. 8. revenue steamer Dali
las, and man highly respected and es-
teemed by all who knew HIM died recently.
He was little over 36 years of age.
Mrs. VIM. Fl. Libby of West End, slipped
when coming out of store Christmas morn
ing and fell upon one arm, breaking both
bones near the wrist joint. DR.. Thompson was
called and set the bones.
Owing to the indisposition of the pastor, the
special Christmas service OF music arranged
-
noon has been given up. Rev. S. r. Dennep,
d. d., has been engaged for to.morrow's SER
vices.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs Elijah
Miller, at South Glastonbury, Conn, Tuesday
evening was an occasion of great pleasure.
There was very large attendance of guests
from Hartford, New York, Portland and other
places, and the presents were very elegant.
AT the stockholders meeting of the Interna-
topal Steamship Company held yesterday,
committee was appointed to confer with the
directors and report at an adjourned meeting
to be hsid January 81 2p. IN, to consider
which OF she plans suggested by them should
be adopted.
MAJOR smith, Commissioner for the United
States for the Salvation Army, will visit this
city January S5h.NMrs. Capt. Shirley, division
al officer, Capt. Jack Dale of Boston, officers
from Saco, and the Msior's staff will accom-.
pany him. Major SmiSh will present colors t,
the detachment here unGer Capt. Gray,
man broke into L. o. Eamilton's schooner
lying at Custom House wharf. Christmas and
stole suit of mixed clothes, an,Oid Fellows
pin, and pair of rubber boots. Then the
T.
ing at Randall s. McAllister's wharf and took
new blue monkey jacket, couple eairs of
stockings, and four pounds of tobacco.
Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS, HELP WANT
ED, SITUATIONS WANTED, FoR SALE To LElS
BOARD and Rooms aud LOST AND FOUND, not
exceeding forty words, will be inserted in the
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in advance regular rates will be charged. The
large circulation of the PRESS makes it the
best medium for these advertisements.
The Maine Farmer reports large sales this
month from the Dirigo stock farm owned by
Mr.. j. f. Ferris of the Union Mutual Life
Insurance Company. Among score or more
of sales are an imported Jersey to South Caro-
lima, another to New Hampshire and quite a
large shipment to Salem Oregon. Since the
success achieved at the State fair, where
twenty-three first premiums were
awarded to Mr. Ferris, the business at the
farm has been unusually large.