The Portland daily press., 1884-12-31

Bright and spring-like yesterday. The
mercury stooe at 40 at sunrise, 49o at noon and
450 at sunset; wind southwest.
q. D. B. Fisk will keep his store under the
Falmouth open until the 10th of January.
We are glad to hear that Mr.. Charles
Hartshorn, the popular conductor on the
Ogdensburg, is improving in health.
Rev. S. W. = driance, late of Deering, will
be installed pastor of the New Highland Con-
gregational church in Lowell tomorrow.
1t is thought that Mr.. Stevens, who was in
jured at the Grand Trunk round-houss Mon
day night, will recover.
Rev. 4 M. Houghton has received unani-
nous invitation to continue pastor of the First
Universalist church in Deering another year.
We have received calendars for 1885 from
the New England Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
The Dominion and Allan Line steamers had
their flags at hall mast for Capt. Coyle yes
terday.
The Willis Chatauqua Circle will meet
Wednesday evening with Mrs. B. M. East
man, No. 81 Emery street.
The Portland Wheel Club will give an ex-
hibition drill at the Alameda, Bath, Jan. 22d.
A bali or fancy skating party will be given
after the drill.
The Bricklsyer's Union of this city held
meeting yesterday and adopted resolutions of
respect 10 the memory of the late Charles H.
Jordan, member Of the Union.
The working of the pumps in Biddeford's
new water works was tested yesterday in the
presence of Hon. Geo. p Wescott OF this city
and others. Everything was satisfactory.
Flags were at half mast on the steamers of
the international and Portland Steam Packet
Company yesterday out of respect to the
memory of the late Capt. Coyle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Merrill. as printed in
yesterdays PRESS, should have read Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles s. Morrill,. They left for Cali
fornia yesterday.
At the adjourned meeting OF the First Free
Baptist Society Monday evening the name
Plymouth First Baptist Church twas decided
upon for the new church.
A Finnish clergyman, Rev. F. G. Nikander,
ia in town on his way to Michigan where g.
900 Of his people propose to settle. He is OF
the Reformed faith.
The Garfield Cold Water Battalion will
have Christmas entertainment at the Re-
form School tonight. Lunch will be served
at 6 .. m, and exercises by the battalion will
take place at 7 .. m.
Mrs. Oren Ring accidentally misstepped
while going down the cellar stairs at her resi-
dence on Congress street, Monday, and bruised
herself very badly. 1t is feared she fractured
rib.
Mr.. Greeley, who was injured at the stable
at the transfer station in this city some time
ago, received benefit concert from the Cum
berland Band ct Cumberland Centre Monday
night, which was well patronizsd.
A horse attached to light sleigh ran away
on Congress street yesterday afternoon, and
smashed the sleigh to pieces. he ran into
Foss aud behring's team and was thrown
down when he was caught.
The Polynesian, Capt. Richie, arrived from
Liverpool via Halifax, yesterday. She brought
cabin, intermediate and 10 steerage pas
sengers. Her trip from Liverpool to Halifax
was made in eight days and her passage was
adelightful one.
Capt Richie, Steamship Polynesian, Allan
Line; s. d. Leavitt of Eastport, Chas e. Gala.
car of Boston, Edmund Wilson of Thomaston
J. @. Willard of Hartford, Ct, L. Wescopr
of Syracuse, N. Y, N. S. MyrIck of Boston,
and Geo. G. Sargent of Boston were at the
Falmouth Hotel last night.
Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS, HELP WANT.
ED, SITUATIONS WANTED, FoR SALE, To LET,
BOARD and Rooms and LOST AND FOUND, moi
exceeding forty words, will be inserted in the
Daily PRESS one week, for twenty five cents, ii
paid in advance. When payment is not made
in advance regular rates will be charged. The
large circulation of the PRESS makes it the
best medium for these advertisements.
The managers of the charity ball, upon
balancing their accounts, find that they have
realized for the object of the ball about four
hundred dollars. They acknowledge parti'
culsr obligation for generous assistance to
Messrs Owen, Moore & Co., Walter Corey &
Co., Charles e. Jose & Co., the gentlemen
Who arranged the decorations, and many
others who contributed to the enjoyment and
success Of the occasion.
We wish to call special attention to the lee
tuTe advertised to be given at Pine street
church on Saturday evening by Presiden nj
Smith OF Kent's Hill Seminary. The Lewis
ton Journal in commenting on this lecture
after it had bean given in that city says;
"The lecture was no dryrecital of detail, but
most interesting description of several his.
torical castles aud cragS, together with anus.
ing and instructive incidents of travel.