The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-27
Brief Je,t;pgs.

Fine yesterday. Mercury 600 at 7 q. M, $50
at noon, co. at sunset; wind north.
The Windham town .air will occur Oct. 9Th
II pleasant; If not the next fair day.
Miss May Chapman, we are informed, has
not sold her property at Peaks Island.
Mr.. @. B. Greenleaf has returned from his
Saratoga trip.
Rev. Mr.. Daniels will exchange pulpits with
Rev. Mr.. Fisher of Brunswick Sunday.
Over $1,000 was paid in fines for liquor sell
ling in the Superior Court yesterday.
Hon. 7. B. Reed will commence speaking in
Ohio, in Ashtabula county, Oct. LIST.
Rev. W. B. Hayden will supply the New Je-
rusalem pulpit for the present.
Hon. Warren Chase of California will ad-
dress Butler and West meeting in this city
tonight at the Reform Club hall.
Today occurs the autumnal excursion to
Centre Harbor over the Boston and Maine.
The train will leave at 8.45 a. IA.
The liquor deputies made seizures yesterday
on Centre and York streets, both hard liquor
and beer.
A young man named Keely had leg acct
dentally broken Saturday while at work on
India street.
large number of business men and clerks
will take advantage of this Saturday afternoon
to visit the State fair at Lewiston.
John T. Hull will commence the publication
of the York county records at once, and is
fitting mp an Office at Alfred for that purpose.
Miss Eunice G. Blake of Portland has re
Gently presented a full set Of Dickens works
to the Harrison Library Association.
Mr.. Fred Kimball, Mrs. Dyer and Miss Lor-
ing, artists of Portland, staid two weeks with
Miss Stone at Waterford Flat. They have
taken many sketches.
The new boiler built by Quinn & Co., for the
steamer Eleanora, was successfully placed in
the steamer at the Portland Co. IS works yes
terday morning.
The race between Teemer and Ross will
come off at Point of Pines today. Both men
are on the ground, and both confident of vic
tory.
Jail Inspectors D. G. Bean, of Wilton, and
Colonel Joseph W. Porter, of Bangor, have
inspected the Portland and Auburn iails this
week.
The wooden-ware mill at Duck Pond burn
ed few months ago, has been rebuilt, and
this week was started up by Kendall & Whit
ney of this city.
The .woman's gospel temperance meeting
will be held at the mission this evening at I. 80
o'clock, conducted by Mrs. s. F. Pearson. All
are invited.
The peoples independent temperance meet
ing will be held at Reform Club Hall, corner
OF Temple and Congress streets, Sunday eve
ming at 7.3O O'Clock.
The coroner's jury in the case CT Mcfarland,
run over by Grand Trunk shifting engine in
the Boston & Maine yard Thursday light, was
impanelled at p. NJ, yesterday, and will rem
der their verdict this morning.
Mr.. Dominicus Libby q Scarb1ro had his
great g crushed in a shocking manner one
day last week, by his horse stepping upon it,
he is about but the injured member gives inn
much trouble.
Rev. DR.. Horatio Stebbins of San Francisco
will arrive in this city this evening, ard will
preach at the First Parish church tomorrow
morning and evening. He will be the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. n Jose.
The latest arrivals ct the Falmouth include
j. Macdonald, III. e. Kimberly, W. E. Bull
lard NJ. D.. and wife, New York. E. W. Net
calf and wife, Indiana; George W. E. Barrows,
Bangor; A. M. Chadwick and wife. Lowell; c.
NJ. Hart, Boston.