The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-03
BRIEF JoTTINGs'

Schooner James Dyer arrived here Satur-
cay with 100 barrels of mackerel.
The value of foreign exports last week was
1862, 309.38, and included 2,575,911 feet of
lumber.
Bueberries are very plenty in the towns
surrounding Portland. At Standish the
price has been three cents quart.
The Flagstaff on the grand stand al Pre-
sumpscot Park was struck by lightning and
shattered on Friday last.
The Rounds forgery case will be heard in
the Supreme Court this morning Barker
for State, Hadlock for respondent
Chambers Band will take part in the
great band tournament to be held at Lake
Maranocook.
The Sisters of Charity went on sail on
the Mary w. Libby Saturday. They took
dinner at Little Diamond Island.
The drill squad Of the Portland Wheel
Club will probably drill before long in the
Forest City and Old Orchard skating Kinks.
The ladies of Bosworth Relief Corps are
invited to visit Mrs II. P. ingalls, at Dia-
mond Island next Wednesday. The steamer
Isis will leave Burnham Wharf at 9 a. N.
There were 81 arrests last week, of which
a were for drunkenness, Two houses of i'll
repute were raided by Capt Black and
posse, Saturday.
The little unpleasantness between steam
engine companies One and Two has been
satisfactorily explained, and the companies
are good friends.
j. a. Merrill &5 Co. have manufactured,
and Geo. II. Cloudman painted, fine silk
banner to be competed for by the troops at
muster in skirnish drill.
Mr.. James Mcdonald, in charge of the
Western Cemetery Saturday picked up
lady's portemonnaie containing $25 and re-
turned it to her She thanked him and pre-
sented him with dollar
Caroline e. Talbot appoints another gospel
meeting at the Friends church on Oak street
this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The public are
invited. There will be no public meeting
this afternoon.
By invitation of the Grand Patriarch of
the Grand Encampment of Maine Eastern
Star Eneampment, No. 9 of this city, will
exemplify the work Of the Patriarchal De-
gree, on Tuesday evening, August 11th at
Odd Fellows Hall.
At about 10 o'clock last evening drunken
rowdy threw stone into carriage, contain
ing two men, on Congress street near Garlic
ton. One of the occupants Of the carriage
was struck in the face and his nose bled
profusely. The man who did the mischief
ran into yard and got off.
The Portland Globe says: ga son Of
James Cole of Portland is sick at c. A.
Brooks in Pownal. His arm was broken
some time ago, and not being properly set, is
now in bad shape The physicians, so we
are informed, think the arm will have to be
cut off above the fracture
Yesterday seizures We're made at the
places of Thomas O'Neil Centre street,
Margaret Shields, Pleasant street, and
Michael O'Toole, Pleasant street, by Officers
Newconlb, Hicks, Slower and Sterling. A
barrel of cider was seized from Charles
O'Neil on Washington street by Officers
Langmaid and Harmon.
Mrs. Kate p. Sherwood's valuable satin
bag, lost by her ON a trip to the islands last
June, was seen by Mrs. c. j. Vaughan Of
South Boston, in the hands of a lady on a
South Boston horse car who went on the
harbor excursion with them during the en-
campment The lady gave up the bag, but
declared she bought it in Portland Mrs.
Vaughan wrote Mrs A. NJ. Sawyer the cir
cumstances of the case.