The Portland daily press., 1885-02-23
Brief JOstinEs.

reaching 360 and north ind blowing gently.
Messrs. Isaac Berry & Bros. shipped 1859
barrels of apples to Europe the past week.
There were 81 arrests last week, OF which "a
were fer sIunkenness.
Tho Portland Company will build large
digester for the Cumberland paper mills.
The Oad Fellows OF the city are contemp plat
Ing the purchase of free bed at the Maine
General Hospital.
The ladies OF Bcsworth Relief Corps will
Wednesday evening.
B sworth P st, assisted by Charlie Collins,
will probably bring out "Tbe Yankee Arti-
lersl" the last week in April.
The Cumberland District Lodge, 1. o. OF G.
T., win hold their annual session On Thursday
az Good Tempars' hall.
TIE rooms of the Y. NJ. @. A. will be open
through today and evening as usual. Visitors
will be cordially welcomed
Needhsm fost No 80. G. A. R., will send
delegation of 100 men to the National Ea-
campment at Portland next June.
A gentleman was struck by a snow-slide
from building on Congress street yesterday
noon. He narrowly escaped injury.
The total value OF foreign exports for the
week was $l4i, ,24075, including SIS, 1873 feet Of
lumber.
Five small boys bosrded vessel at one of
the wharves yesterday, got into mischief. like
older sailors, and were taken to the station and
locked up
The scandinavian of the Allan line and Do.
niinion of the Dominion line, from Liverpool
via Halifax, will be due here tomorrow or
Wednesday.
The forty hours devotion which commenced
yesterday morning at the Catholic Cathedral
will close tomorrow morning at O'Clock with
solemn high mass
Rev. G. Fl. Daniels delivered a sermon to
young men yesterday afternoon. large
audience was present, and the discourse was
an able one.
Mrs. Smith, visiting at No. SO Clark street,
fell on the ice opposite the Preble House Sat-
urday night aud cut serious cash in her
head.
The Portland Paint and Oil Olab had its
monthly dinner at the Fal moo;h Hotel Satur-
day night, and paesed resolutions of respect tc
the memory of Darius White.
The postponed lecture and concert at the
Congress street M. e. church will be given this
evening. The lecture will be on "Music and
its IDfuences," by DIR. Crandall of this city.
There are ffty-one cigar factories in Maize.
Daring the year 1884 they manufactured 1885,
4O6 cigars. The revenue tax thereon, at So per
thousand, would be S11, ,959.2l.
A girl named Hanson, employed as a domes-
tic by DR.. Lamb, was arrested Saturday for
larceny OF wearing apparel from the doctors
family. Some of the stolen property was found
ia her possession.
Captain Happy Bill and one of his soldiers
opened dre on the inhabitants of Ferry Village
yesterday. 1t Is said that detachment of the
Salvation Army will shortly be stationed at
Cape Elizabeth.
A row occurred at Sing Lees laundry on
Free street Saturday evening, man who was
dissatisfied with his washing beating the pro-
pristor and breaking four panes of glass in the
window.
AS the Pullman train from Boston was pass
ing Somerville, Mass, Saturday night, man
named Reilly jumped from the cars while the
train was moving at the rate of 10 miles an
hour, but escaped with slight injury.
TIE public will remember that today being
celebrated as Washington's birthday the Gus
tom House, banks and PoDlic Library will be
closed, and the post office open only at the
hours mentioned in Saturdays issue. The
small boy will toot horns and burn tar bucke Is
in the evening.
The second in the series OF lectures on
Dauiel was delivered last evening in the Fret
Baptist church By the pastor, Rev DIR. Small
The lecture room was so crowded that it was
decided to hold the next lecture in the large
audience room. Public interest in this course
is great.
Mr.. &c. L. Williams, she'll boat builder, City
Point, has received an order through Mr.
SpeImsn Of Portland, for two four-oared
working boats for the Columbia club of this
city. Mr.. Williams will begin work on them
as soon as the she'll boats now on hand are
finished.
There was large attendance at the gospel
meeting at the rooms Of the Young Mems
Christiau Association, at o'clock last even
ing. Capt. Couch of the steamship Ontario,
assisted in the service. An after-meeting was
held and there were three requests for prayer
The meeting Tor boys at quarter 10 O'Clock
was we'll attended MIR. A. B. Merrill con-
Quoted the exercises which were quite inter
esting and profitable. The boys chorus choir
will meet on Wednesday afternoon at 4 30
O'Clock.