The Portland daily press., 1884-12-08


Saturday was damp, dark day with heavy
rain at night. Yesterday was beautiful
spring day, the mercury standing at 45o at sun
rise, 600 at noon, $40 at sunset wind west,
southwest.
DR.. Fl. N. Small has decided to pass the win
ter in Florida.
DR.. Gordon has been confined to his house
for the past few days with tonsilitis.
Samuel league will rebuild Custom House
wharf.
The value of foreign exports last week was
S349. 626.54, including 1854 feet of lumber.
The Ivanhoe Lodge supper at the Preble
House will be given tomorrow night.
The Congregational Club will meet to-
night.
A new mail box has been placed at the cor
ner OF st John and Portland streets
The Ogdensburg road managers have begun
the erection of the machine shops at Thomp-
sons Point.
1000 empty whisksy casks have been sold 10
this city the past fall for the use of cider
makers.
There have been so fire alarms since Janua-
~ list; 70 of these came from the eastern part
Of the city.
The new fire escape on the rear OF the Fall
mouth Hotel, is wise and prudent meas
ure.
DR.. G. W. Stoner, formerly of the Marine
Hospital here, has been ordered to Norfolk,
Va.
Howard Smith, clerk for H. A. Tnrner, the
apothecsry, broke his collar bone last week,
while skating.
We are glad 10 hear that Ex-Governor Per-
ham is improving, and DIR. Dodge hopes he
will be out in few days.
Bosworth Relief Corps will entertain Bos-
worth Post, g. A. R., December 18th, with q
fine entertainment at Grand Army Hall.
1t was Alfred Dimmock, not Alfred Drink
water published in the PRESS week ago,
who fell at the west end and broke his ribs.
Don't forget the Samaritan Association dance
at City Hall tonight. Chandler will furnish
the music.
There were 43 arrests reported last week, of
which 81 we're for drunkenness, and 81 tramps
were lodged at the station.
The Montreal of the Dominion line, will ar
rive this week, and the Prussian of the Allan
line also.
Mr.. 81. M. Sylvester will open the Mechanic
Free Course of lectures In the library room al
Mechanics Hall tonight.
The Union Rowing Association will have a
grand Bculing match for a gold medal in the
harbor Decoration Day, 1885. 4
Mr.. Shannon, who has been in business for
twenty-four years. in one store, on CONNER
cial street, has retired from business
The members Of the Portland Fish Excapge
will meet at their rooms on Commercial street
this afternoon at o'clock to talk over the
matter of reciprocity with Canada.
DR.. j. B. Thompson. New York; Charles
Bennett, Philadelphia; James B. Hughes,
Chicago; Charles W. Pusly, Wilmington, Del,
are at the Falmouth Hetel.
A petition is in circulation, for presentation
to the legislature, asking that the part of Lib
by's Corner, lying between the corner and
Douglass street. shall be annexed to Portland.
Clark & Chsplin's new ice house at Turner's
Island, will be $50 feet long, 40 feet broad and
gu feet high, and vessels can run mp to the
building.
There was a report last evening that boy
had been shot In Cape Elizabeth, but what
part of Cape EliZabeth-which Is pretty ex-
tensive place-was the question. How the af-
fair happened, or its extent, we failed TO learn.
Mr.. l. FL. Farnhsm, superintendent of the
Telephone Exchange since September list,
1880, has been promoted to the Boston office
and assistant superintendent King of the Lew
istcn office, will succeed him here.
The Grattans will dedicate their new rooms
in Brown Block tomorrow at p. M, with ex-
ercises participated in By President Feeny,
Messrs. Lowery, Heating, WEIGH, Bradley,
Mulhall, Mcintyre, Gallagher, MCGOWAN,
Hickey and Donahoe.
There were 16 deaths in the city last week,
Three deaths were caused by consumption;
TWO deaths each were caused by old age, psraly-
sis, diphtheria Group and unknown diseases
and one death each was caused by apoplexy,
pneumonia and brain disease.
G. NJ. Blaine, en- route from Maine to Port
land, Oregon, reports that while passing
through Wyoming thief entered the sleeper
and went through his clothes, getting away
with S400 in money, his baggage check and
railroad ticket.
The keel schooner yacht Nellie G. belonging
TO w. I'll. Martin of Portland, has been sold %
4. Hardy of Boston. She is a finely fitted and
very handsome yacht, and the winner Of the
champion silver cup in the Portland race of
1884
The Boston Herald had quite an account
Friday last of man called capt. Reid" who
had been victimizing "Down East" people in
Guiding Portland, Me-, produce merchants.
The Portland mentioned should have read
Portland, N. B., suburb of st. John.
Major Craig, q. s. A., 10th Infantry, died
very suddenly ia Washington, D. c., on Sat-
urday morning. No particulars have yet been
received. Major Craig married Mrs. Belle
Hudson, a daughter of the late Joseph w.
Dyer, of this city. He leaves besides his
widow, four children.
The electric light pole that has been located
at the corner of High and Frse streets, was re-
moved Saturday and new pole, little high
or placed in Congress Square where the electric
light will be more equally diffused through
four streets. The base of the pole will be pre-
tected by an iron railing ana stone curb 30 that
horses may Lot run into 1t.
Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS HELP WANT
ED, SITUATIONS WANTED, For SALE, To LET.
BOARD aud Rooms aud LOST AND FOUND rot
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large circulation of the PRESS makes it the
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