The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-14
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The police made five seizures yesterday, tax.
Ing qaite quantity of liquors.
Major 81. A. Shorey of the custom house is
taking advantage of two weeks vacation.
Mr.. W. e. Stevens, United States consul at
Smyrna. was In town Saturday.
It IL estimated that the cabbage crop at Cape
Elizabeth this year will amount to 1900 tons.
Large numbers OF smelts are being taken in
Back Bay.
Rev. George Sterling of Fredericton, N. B.,
is in the city.
The 11th anniversary of Engine Company
No. 4, last evening, was a success.
Herbert j. Brown, of the Washington Post,
formerly Of this city, is in town.
&Dr. J. M. Buzzsll is to act as dean of the
Electric Medical College of Maine for another
year.
81. A wheel OF a carriage caught iu the horse
railroad track near Congress square, yesterday,
badly breaking it.
Mr. George a. Fitzgerald, the agent for the
Grand Trunk Railway at Island Pond, is at
the City Hotel.
One hundred and fifty dollars have been
subscribed towards tie purchase of Casco
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A jigger loaded with granite broke down on
Fore street, yesterday, and was in the way for
several hours.
Chandler is to furnish music at the mas
querade skating party in the Coliseum Rink,
Gardiner, October Both.
The Boston and Maine trains are to run by
a winter time table, to take effect next Mon
day.
Clarence Hale, ESQ.,, is building house in
the western part of the city on Congress
street.
Several witnesses in the Insurance. case now
pending in the Circuit Court are at the Preble
House.
A carriage was overturned and a shaft
broken by a runaway horse, in front of engine
house No. 5, yesterday.
There will be three candidates for ordination
at the Cathedral about November LIST: Messrs.
Bradley and Hurley of Portland aud Seccen-
ger of Bangor.
The annual meeting of the Congress Square
Union will be held Thursday afternoon next,
at O'Clock, with Mrs. e. A. Gray, corner
Cumberland and Smith streets
reward has been offered for the capture of
Willis Fowler, who was sent from this city to
New Hampshire, where he made his escape
from the officers.
Mr.. Payson Tucker, general manager of the
Eastern and Maine Central railroads, sailed
for Liverpool in the Cephalonia Saturday, for
for vacation of a couple of months.
The steamer Alice, lying at Burnham's
wharf, was crowded SO heavily against the
piliDg Saturday night by sailing vessel, that
one side of the steamer was badly crushed.
Mrs. ]. r. Ellison has resigned her position
as contralto OF the First Parish choir to accept
a similar position 10 one of the leading
churches of Worcester, Mass
1t is understood that Hon. L. d. III. Sweat
is contemplating the erection of new brick
block on Commercial street between Cross
and Union.
L. Brooks and wife, Worcester, Mass; W.
A. Barlow, New York; e. P. Albee, Chicago
and Samuel B. CLARK, Boston, were at the
Falmouth last night.
Rev. DR.. A. j. Gordon, pastor of Baptist
church on Clarendon street, Boston, is ex-
pected to be present at the coming Moody and
Sankey meetings In this city.
Mark Sargent, whose leg was broken BY fall
ing tree last winter, died last Saturday at the
Maine General Hospital where he had gone
for treatment.
About 200 Portlanders accompanied the Bos-
ton and Maine excursion to Lake Winnepe-
saukee yesterday, and many people took the
train at way stations.
Mr.. j. FL. Moore OF South Windham picked
apple blossoms from tree in his orchard re-
Gently, and, yesterday, Falmouth farmer
found blossoms, green and ripe apples growing
on the same tree.
The funeral of the late George Burnham
took place yesterday. Rev. Mr.. Daniels OF
the Second Paris.i Church oficiated, assisted
by DR.. Carrutbers. The Odd Fellows and
Aged Brotherhood were represented there.
DR.. Scully is confined to his house with an
attack of typhoid fever. We do not under.
stand that the disease has assumed danger
ons character, and his friends hope that he
will soon be able to attend to business.
The death OF Charles Eugene Hall, at Yo-
kohama, Japan, is announced. He was a resi-
dent Of Naples, in this State and had many
friends In this city. No particulars of his
death are given.
Miss Alice B. Merriam, who spoke at the
Second Parish Church Sunday, addressed the
ladies of the Congregationalist societies of this
city, yesterday afternoon, on the condition of
the women Of the East and West and the need
of work among them.
The coming fair in City Hall under the aus
pices Of the Ladies Aid of the Church of the
Messiah will take place Thursday and Friday
Of next week. Professor Mitchell of Boston,
assisted by some Portland fayorites, will give a
concert on Thursday evening