The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-11-29

RpEANA SDttk1EAs
Cloudy and mild yesterday, with rain at
night. The mercury indicated $50 at sunrise,
400 at noon, and 400 at sunset; wind West
There will be special meeting of Ivanhoe
Lodge, K. OF P, tonight at o'clock to take
action on the death of Mr.. Themes.
Mr.. Albert Drinkwater fell from ladder Of
the West End yesterday, and besides a general
bruisiDg, had rib broken
Mr.. Richardson, of the Harden Hand
Grenade Company, entertained number of
the Fire Department at the City Hotel,
Thanksgiving.
The Samaritan Association will give dance
Monday evening, December 8, at City Hall,
for the benefit of the soldiers and sailors
monument.
Conductor Orrin Hamilton of the Boston &
Maine railroad, and Conductor E. G. Towle
OF the Eastern railroad have each been in
service So years.
Payson Tucker, General Manager of the
Eastern and Maine Central railroads, arrived
in Portland from his European trip Wednesday
afternoon and proceeded to Bangor.
The Portland Safe Deposit Company OBJ
served its custom of past years, together with
other prominent business houses, by the
bestowment of extra fine and large turkeys to
its employees on Thanksgiving.
Mr. s. L. Carleton says there was no insur-
ance on the property destroyed by fire last
Saturday, and the loss will amount to $780,
He thinks the fire due to boys smoking hay
seed cigarettes in the barn.
The captains wife, the mate and the crew
of the brig Clara M. Goodrich of Portland,
reported wrecked on Turks Island, arrived at
Boston yesterday in the brig Rocky Glen. The
captain stayed behind TO sell the hull
Mr.. Howard E. Soule, the we'll known
produce dealer, remembered ell his employees
Thanksgiving with fat turkeys and Charles
j. Pennell furnished, as usual 100 pounds of
plump turkeys to the Maine General Hospital.
The class of SO, P. H. S., will hold a
sociable at Gilbert's Hall next Monday even
ing. All ex-members are cordially invited to
be present. A fine programme has been pre-
pared and very enjoyable time is expected
The annual address before the Portland
Benevolent Society will be delivered to-mor-
row evening at the First Parish church by the
Rev. Charles Ell. Daniels, commencing ct
O'Clock.
The other night Ian stole sleeps carcass
weighing 70 pounds from the froht of Mr..
Haggett's shop, on Oxford street, between
Smith and Mayo streets, and escaped with his
booty.
The many friends of Fred B.. Smith, son
of Lewis B. Smith, Deputy Collector of Gus
toms, who has been confined to his bed for the
past three months, with "base ball knee,n
will be glad to hear he is able to be about
again.
Rev. Fl. g. Munson, G.. W. O. T., and Gao.
e. Brackett, G. W. s., instituted Somerset
District Lodge, I. o. G.. T., at Norridgewock
last Tuesday. Several clergymen were pres.
emit, and the meeting was interesting and
| profitable.
The new residence of General W. d. Wash
| burn at Minneapolis, which the st. Paul
Pioneer Press calls the most spacious and
beautiful residence in the West, il not in the
country, has been opened with brilliant re.
cepton. There were over 1900 Invitations.
"Dante's Divina Commedia' will be the
| subject of the Saturday lecture in ST.
Stephens church to-day at 4p m. In this
lecture Dante's relation to Virgil, rank with
Homer and resemblance to Bunyan will re-
ceive attention.
The annual course of lectures of the Me-
chanics' Association will open on the evening
Of December 18th with a lecture by Herbert
M. Sylvester, Esq, on "Some People and
Their Opportunities" Mr.. Sylvester will de-
liver the same lecture in the Buxton Centre
| course on December 4th.
B. T. DonnegaD, P. M. Wood, and Henry
| Wesoel, New York; w. T. Allen and wife,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Capt. L. Ambury, of the
Austrian, (Allan Line); M. B. Mason, A. Ell.
Wray, G. W. Emerson and family, Boston; A.
T. Crockett, Rockland; Edwin Wilson, Thom-
aston; E. Howard Wright, Providence, r. l.,
are at the Falmouth Hotel.
MIR. Peter e. Deehan, the popular Congress
street druggist, and Miss Lucy Hurley of
Newton, Mass, were united in marriage
Thursday at Newton. The brides sister, Miss
Emma Hurley of New York city, oficiated as
bridesmaid. with Mr. James McGIinchy of
this city as groomsman. The happy couple
received numerous elegant and costly presents
| at the home of the bride, and on their return
to this city Thursday found many more await
| ing them.