The Portland daily press., 1885-03-26
Brief IoitIngs.

At sunrise yesterday it was cloudy, wind
southwest. Mercury 33o. At noon it was clear,
wind northwest, thermometer $40. AT sunset
1t was clear, wind west, Thermometer $40.
The city engineer is taking measurements
for ths proposed widening of Centre street be-
tween Free and Congress streets.
Monday afternoon the twelve year old son
Of I. P. Butler while coasting on New High
street ran against post and broke his leg.
The Youths Gospel Temperance meeting
will be hold at the Mission this evening at
7.30 o'clock.
There will be an inspection of Shepley Camp
sons of Veterans, this evening by Assistant
Inspector O. f. Hayford of Lewiston.
Mrs. Lincoln's cooking lectures will be omit
ted this week. Due notice of the next lecture
will be given.
Rev. D. W. LeLacheur will lecture in
Vaughan street church this Thursday even
ing, on ''My Neighbors."
The Samaritan Association will meet with
Mrs. Fred Harrington, 155 Oxford street this
afternoon.
Yesterday the festival of the annuncation Of
the Virgin Mary was appropriately observed in
the Episcopal and Catholic churches in this
city.
The hsrbor commissioners have granted per-
mission to the Forest City Steamboat Company
to erect whart on Great Hog Island near the
old farm landing.
The Minnehaha will soon be gotten ready for
her seasons work. The new boiler for the
Express is being completed at the Portland
Company's Works, and that boat will soon be
laid up for repairs.
The annual meeting of the Portland Young
Mems Christian Association for the choice of
officers and reports of committees will be held
at the rooms of the association on Wednesday
evening, April 1st. The public anniversary
exercises will be held sometime later at City
Hall.
Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS, HELP WANT
ED, SITUATIONS WANTED, For SALE, To LET,
BOARD and ROOMS and 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 will be charged. The
large circulation of the PRESS makes it the best
medium for these advertisements.
AT present there is considerable activity in
telephone circles, caused by the preparations
now going on for the work of this spring. The
telephone line from Bangor to Winterport is
now running on Western Union poles. This
spring new poles will be erected for the exclu-
sive use of the telephone line and new copper
wire will be strung the whole length of the
route. The most important improvement,
however, is the building of line from Belfast
10 A snH /. l.
tween the eastern and western telephone sys-
tems This will also be run with copper!wire.
The Young Peoples Society OF Christian En-
deavor, connected with the Second Parish
church, will celebrate their third anniversary
this evening. The efforts of the young people
80 entertain their friends will be aided by the
generous assistance of Messrs. Kotzschmar,
ckbridge and Coyls, Mrs. Coyle, Mrs. Chase
aHd Mrs. Goudy, who will give some fine
music during the exercises. The annual ad-
dress will be delivered by Rev. Chas A. Dick
inson Of Lowell, Mass, to be followed with an
address by the pastor, Rev. G. 81. Daniels.
Friends Of the work are invited.
Portland, bangor, MT. Desert and ma
chias Steamboat Company.
1t has been decided to keep the steamer City
of Richmond on her present route between
Portland and Eastport until April Both. She
will on that date be placed on the route be-
tween Portland and Machiasport making two
trips week between here and that port Lsav-
ing Portland every Tuesday and Friday at
II Is p. m, touching at Rockland, Castine,
Deer Isle, Sedgwick, South West Harbor, Bar
Harbor. Millbridge, Jonesport, and arrive at
Machiasport Wednesdays and Saturday at 8 p.
m. Returning will leave Machiasport Mon
days and Thursdays at a. M, touching at
Jonesport, Millbridge and arriving at Mt
Desert Ferry at 1880 a. M, which will afford
q connection with trains for Portland and Bog
ton when the summer time table OF the Maine
Central Railroad goes into effect. After leav-
ing Mt. Desert Ferry she touches at the same
ports as on her eastward trip, arriving in
Portland Tuesdays and Fridays at a. m.