The Portland daily press., 1885-01-12
Rrief .yot,ings.

the mercury indicating 500 at sunrise, $50 at
noon, e6o at sunset; wind west and south.
Rain began to fall at p. m. Saturday was a
cold, clustering day, like March day, the
wind blowing young gale.
Dirigo Hose Company, at the West End, has
disbanded.
by steam.
Inoandescent electric lights are being placed
in the United States Hotel and Preble House.
The steamer Express and tug Warren will
have new boilers.
The Longfellow Chautauqua Circle will
meet this evening at Chestnut Street vestry.
Members are reminded of the annual meet
ing of the Board of Trade this evening at 7.30
O'Clock.
The checkers Of the Allan and Dominion
lines will give grand ball soon at Cape Cot
tage.
The total value of foreign exports fer the
past week was 1868. 1912, including S74, 1859
feet Of lumber.
There were IS arrests recorded last week, of
which 20 were for drunkenness, and % tramps
were lodged
Rev. Henry Blanchard will lecture on
Socrates" in the vestry of Congress Square
Church tomorrow evening.
Mayor King offers 1875 reward fox the arrest
aud conviction of the offender who threw the
stone into the Salvation barracks.
Rev. Mr.. Dalton will deliver his lecture en-
"Milton's Paradise Lost" at Colby University
chapel next Wednesday evening.
Hon. Robert G. Ingersoll will lecture at
Portland Theatre next Saturday night, on
Orthodoxy"
Ancient Brothers Lodge, 1. o. o. F., is agi-
tatiDg the subject of making series OF fra
ternal visits to lodges in several OF the neigh
boring towns.
K. P. Harris Of Hartford, Conn, e. T. Hall
of Boston, DR.. John T. Bowers of Chicago and
james r. Hooper of Brookline were at the
Falmouth Hotel last night.
Mr.. Sawyer arrested man named Elliott, Of
Windham, Saturday, for driving an OLD used
mp horse. Elliott was before the courts about
two years ago for pulling out a horses tongue.
Let all stockholders in the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument Association attend the an
nual meeting this evening at Army and Navy
Hall.
The Dominion, of the Dominion Line, is ex-
pected here tomorrow, the Sandman and
Hanoverian, of the Allan Line, tomorrow or
Wednesday, and the Vosetsen, of the German
Line, from Hamburg, the Goth inst.
Nearly all the exterior of the building to be
used BY the Portland and Ogdensburg Rail-
road as machine shop is completed, and
workmen are now busy on the interior of the
building.
A new industry has been added to the West
End, q superphosphate factory having been es-
tablished in one Of the ice houses at Thomp-
sons Point. Work has begun in the manu-
facture Of this valuable fertilizer.
Saturday the last piece of heavy machinery
was placed in position In the steamer Cumber-
land, and the carpenter work is getting along
finely. The State of Maine is also rapidly ap-
preaching completion.
The State committee of the Peoples party
has been called to meet in this city on the 21st
inst. to perfect the party organization. The
party will probably nominate q municipal
ticket this spring.
Mr.. 81. 81. Shaw, Of Shaw, Cooling & Co.,
addressed the Y. M. G. A. boys, Saturday.
About 200 were present. After his speech he
extended an invitation to the boys to visit his
shoe mandatory next Saturday forenoon at
10 o'clock.
The whole number of deaths in the city for
the week ending January 10th was IT, from the
following causes: Old age, 2; paralysis, l.;
pneumonia, q heart disease, 1; dropsy, q;
Group, 3; brain fever, 1; teething, 1; convul-
aions,1 lung fever, 1; infsntile, 1; unknown, /.
Agent Sawyer found a horse at George
Roses stable Saturday, whose boof had been
removed The horse was suffering great ago.
ny, and, ss the animal was considered aban-
doned, Mesers. B. A. Legrow and Joseph
Rumery appraised him, and Mr.. Sawyer had
the beast killed.
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