The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-05-19
Brief Eniainga.


G. p. Ilsley (Pic.) is visiting the city.
Judge Haskell will hold the May term Of
court, for York county, at Alfred, Tuesday.
Albert r. Names has accepted position
with G. N. Bailey & Sons, Philadelphia.
Lieut.. Little has Joined the Dallas. He was
lately on the Gulf service.
Portland has over 700 subscribers to the Tele-
phone Exchange.
The Portland Directory will not be ready
for the public until Wednesday next.
Two firms received about 700 live Holsters
from Nova Scotia the past week.
The Portland Bicycle Club had a run to
Cape Elizabeth Saturday.
An ice cart ran into Mr.. Seely's hack Friday
night, and damaged the vehicle to the extent
of some S25.
Chief Engineer Cloyes will furnish cast iron
dippers to the public drinking fountains.
Quinn & Co. are casting them.
Irving Brown of this city has sold his Sum-
mer house, on Fern avenue, Old Orchard, to
B. A. Clark, formerly of Biddeford.
To-day work will begin on the new sewerage
system at Old Orchard on plans drawn by e.
g. Jordan & Co. OF this city.
The re-lettering of the knapsacks of the
First Regin emit will be done by e. M. Gam
mon.
E. Varney & Co. carried fifty shade trees to
Little Chebeague last week, where they will
be set out.
The Forest City Refinery is producing 700
barrels of refined sugar daily, and shipped
1900 car loads of sugar West last year.
AT thp m mating of tho Eourfh os Tale oo,,,
mittee Of the City Council, Saturday night
nothing was decided.
Ten new lodges. Knights of Pythias, were
instituted last year, and 600 new members have
been initiated since January LIST.
There were "A arrests last week in Portland,
of which "a were for drunkenness, and 8
tramps were lodged at the station.
The total value of foreign exports last week
was $7,S7491, including 1885, Jas feet of lum-
Der.
The steamers on both of the island lines car
ried large numbers of people to the islands
yesterday.
A large party of boys belonging to the
Young Mems Christian Association visited the
Westbrook Manufacturing Compsny's works
Saturday.
Peter Bradley. Michael McDonough, and
Timothy Hurley, Portland, with Frank Finn
of Whitefeld, will be ordained to the Catholic
priesthood, June LIST.
Thomas B. Merrill, with Quinn & Co., has
been appointed special agent and inspector for
Maine of the American Stesm Boiler Insur-
ance Co. of New York.
Messrs. Jones & Hitchings will furnish an
engine and boiler for boat to be used on
Sebago Lake. They have already built one
for steam yacht which will ply on the lake.
Tug Belknap, of the Central Wharf Tow
boat Co., will have new boiler made by the
Portland Company, june LIST, and the Phoebe
has had new engine from the same company,
and will be repainted.
A new street called "B" street is being laid
out in the Western part of the city, extending
through the centre of what is known as the
old powder-house field. Seven new houses
have lately been built in this vicinity.
Two roughs assaulted gentleman near
Blackstrap the other day. One was knocked
down, when the two fled, one of them firing
pistol at the gentleman when at a safe dis
tance.
The BUSY Bee society of the Abyssinian
church will hold sale of useful and fancy
articles in the church vestry to-day, and con-
tinue it five days. They wish to pay their
debt for church improvements.
Messrs Doten, Lamson, Emery, Beal Morse,
and Ms. Packard have nearly completed
their cottages at Little Diamond Island, and
the season.
The number Of deaths reported in Portland
last week was u, one from each of the follow
ing causes: Consumption, neumonia, paraly-
sis, blood poison, apoplexy, lung and scarlet
fevers. cancer, iaundice, brain disease, acct
dent and infantile disease.
If any person knows of the grave of SOL
der in Evergreen Cemetery which has not
been decorated, he will confer favor by noti-
flying either of the following gentlemen: G..
n. Lang, A. S. Spaulding, d. Willard, j. 8.
Allen. A. Crockett, P. w. Stoneham.
Fred A. Plaisted passed through Boston
Saturday evening en- route to New York, and
took with him the new boat in which Wallace
Ross is to row Charles e. Courtney on the Both
inst. Plaisted will assist Ross in training for
his match races this season.
Arrangements have been made with the
Maine Central railroad for one-half fare for
the round trip for physicians and their fami-
lies attending the annual meeting of the
Maine Eclectic Medical Society," to be held in
this city.
Mr.. Albert @. Cobb, son of Col. j. 81. Cobb
Of this city, who was admitted to the Bar this
Spring, left for Minnesota Saturday, where he
will settle and practice his profession. Mr..
Cobb is graduate of Bowdoin, class of 81, of
whose success in the law his friends have high
expectations.
Thatcher Post g. A. B., and Shepley Camp.
S. of v, will attend the memorial service at
Congress Square church, with Bosworth Post,
next Sunday. The annual inspection of Bos-
worth Post will occur next Friday. Post Vice
Commander Williamson inspected the Hal
lowell Post Saturday night.
The last of the infected cattle were released
from quarantine Friday. Wednesday morning
Governor Robbie and Council, the Cattle Com
missioners and town officers OF Deering and
Falmouth will meet at the Falmouth Hotel,
and will hear Councillors Locke and Bolster 8
report on the amount of damages from the
foot and mouth disease, and arrange for SETTLE
ment.