The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-10-11

Hon. w. L. Prince still remains very ill at
his home in Cumberland.
The police made seizure on Exchange
street yesterday.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin passed through the
city Thursday on his way home to Bangor.
Tomorrow will be the cloeing Sabbath of
Rev. Mr.. Adrisnces pastorate at woodfords.
The Saturday evening gospel temperance
meeting will be held at the mission this eve
ming at 80 o'clock. All are invited.
The Folio for October has been received by
W. e. Chandler. 1t contains fine Autograph
| of James Lennon, the organist.
Rev. III. s. Burrage of this city was elected
recording secretary at the Baptist Missionary
Convention recently held in Houlton.
w. E Plummer invites the ladies of PORT
land to call at his store on Congrs ss street and
examine his new specially in improved lacing
kid gloves. See tbs advertisement.
Mr.. Callahan, chairman of the Lewiston
school board, and Superintendent Marble, ac-
companied by a dozen teachers of that city,
visited our public schools yesterday.
A horse, said to belong to Mr.. Jerry Dow,
ran away on Middle street yesterday morning,
clearing himself from the carriage near Mark
| oe Sbkccts IdludS6 bliguE.
The man who made the disturbance on the
ogdensburg train Thursday, was carried to the
Jail last evening to serve out sentence of 60
days.
A peoples independent temperance meeting
will be held at Reform Club Hall, corner Of
Congress and Temple streets, Sunday evening
at o'clock. Rev Mr.. Dalton will deliver the
opening address.
Edward M. Bray, Oakland, CAL; r. e. Gut
terson, d. w. Bedell j. A. Nutter, New York;
r. Bragey. Montreal; Walter Tuman, f.
@. Davenport, and George a. Forsyth, Boston,
are at the Falmouth Hotel.
Miss Alice B. Merriam, of the womans
Home Missionary Society of Boston, will
speak on the subject of Christian education in
the West at the Second Parish church ON Sun.
day afternoon next.
Some gentlemen connected with the military
Of the city, who were present at the recent
prize drill in Boston, express much dissatisfac-
tion over the exhibition. In their estimation
the average Maine company could have easily
won the first prize.
Remember the autumnal excursion on the
Boston & Maine to Centre Harbor and return
next Monday. There will be five hour sail
on Lake Winnipiseogee, and frst-rats dinner
will be provided on the steamer Mt. Washing
ton.
A hack collided with a light carriage con-
tanning Mrs. j. P. Thomas and her coachman,
yesterday, near the corner of Congress and
High streets. Mrs. Thomas and the driver
were thrown out, and their carriage badly
broken.
A young man, pretending to be q clerk in
one Of our banks, induced citizen to lend him
dollar to pay for some pictures he had drawn
| in lottery. The citizen accompanied the
clerk to room, where the man in charge said
the young man had drawn 500, instead of pic
lures. The citizen was induced to invest $50,
and, of course, lost it.
At Thurston & Beal's lozenge factory it has
been the custom to give ont forty or fifty
pounds Of dough to their men for a days work.
1t was noticed that while it took the most OF
them until O'Clock to do their work, one
young man always got through at o'clock.
On investigation the firm found about two
| hundred pounds of dough in the onthonse,
where be had thrown it, making quite loss to
| the firm Of raw material. 4 4