The Portland daily press., 1885-03-14
Brief so.,ips..

Yesterday was cold and clear. At sunrise
the thermometer registered 80 above zero;
wind northwest, blowing four miles an hour.
at noon the mercury stood at 1872; wind east,
| blowing one mile an hour At sunset it was
| ITO above zero.
In some places the snow has almost entirely
disappeared from the streets.
After June 80 two.cent stamp will carry
| an ounce instead OF half ounce letter.
Among the cargo of the Montreal, which
sailed yesterday, were over thousand barrels
Of apples.
Judge Symonds delivered an interesting
lecture to the law students last evening on the
subject of "Sales'
Rev. G 81. Daniels will address the young
men Of Woodford's at the Congregational
church Sunday evening.
The Womeu's Gospel Temperance meeting
will be held at the Mission this evening at 80
o'clock. All are invited.
Cantionarg signals were displayed yesterday
in anticipation of the advent of the storm
which originated in Arkansas Wednesday.
The Chestnut street, Congress street and
Pine street M. e. churches will unite Sunday
morning in love feast at Congress street
church.
Miss Lucia Kimball and Rev. @. A. Marsh
OF Woodford's will address the temperance
meeting at the Second Parish church, Sunday
evening.
The Comptroller of the Currency at Wash.
ington yesterday extended the corporate exist
| ence of the Casco National Bank OF this city
to March 16, 1906
0na 1nu lont ooH
| cancer from the neck of Jonathon Ingalls, Of
Bridgton, using cocaine, the new an@sthetic,
with excellent effect.
The fourth lectare on "Daniel," postponed
from last Sunday evening, will be given by
Dr.. Small at the First Baptist church to-
morrow evening at o'clock.
Andrew Lawson, boatswain on the cutter
Dallas, had the fingers of his left baud so
badly jammed in the anchor chains few days
ago that it Is feared several will have 10 be
amDutated.
For the accommodation of those wishing to
attend the love feast to be held at Congress
street Methodist church tomorrow morning
special cars will be run both on Congress and
Spring streets, leaving both Vaughan and
Thomas streets respectively at 10 a. m. sharp.
The Portland Cadets annual drill and ball
will take place on Tuesday evening, April IA,
at City Hall. Chandler's Band will give one
OF their enjoyable concerts, and the full or.
cbestra will furnish m usic for the dancing. 1t
is safe to say the ball will be as successful as
those In former years.
Messrs. Jones & Htchings, the machirists,
are building 20c-horse power engine for
Tobey's WOODEN mill at North Berwick; an
other of 100horse power for Mr.. Fitzgerald of
Island Pond; another of 20 horse power for
West & Calderwood of this city; and 9-ton
f,rging machine for Bagnall & Loud OF
Boston.
There will BE- temperance meeting under
he auspices OF the Law and Order League
and the WomaD's Christian Tenn perance Union
at O'Clock p, m, Sunday, March 10, In the
Second Universalist church. There will be
remarks by Neal Dow, Mrs. ii. M. Humphrey,
Dr. Bashford and Others The puelic are cor
daily invited.
At the request of numerous parties, the
ladies OF the Church of the Messiah will hold
another soiree in the vestry of the church,
corner OF Congress and India streets, Wednes-
Gay evening next, March 18th. The pro-
gramme will be varied from the former one.
Scotch, and European customs generally, will
be vivdly portrayed in the arrangements for
the evenings entertainment
Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS, HELP WANT
cd. SITUATIONS WANTED, FoR SALE, To LET,
BOARD and Rooms aud LOST AND FOUND, not
exceeding forty words, will be inserted in the
Daily Press one week for twenty-five cents, If
paid in advance. When payment is not made
in advance regular rates win bs charged. The
large circulation of the PRESS makes it the best
medium for these advertisements