The Portland daily press., 1885-08-29
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

Yacht Vixen arrived in the harbor yester-
day afternoon.
At Pine Point the thermometer registered
400 Thursday night
The sloop yacht Zeni was in the harbor
yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Dr. Noble of Chicago will preach at
the Second Parish tomorrow.
The first division, A. o. H.,will have pic
mic at Sebago Lake, Sept. 10th.
There win be a gospel meeting at the Y.
NJ. c. A. rooms this evening at O'clock
The Rev. E. P. Little of Lancaster, N. H.,
will officiate at st. PauPs church tomor-
row.
Richard d. Shannehan of Portland has
been awarded a contract to build sewer in
Portsmouth for $4,000.
Rev. III. P. Winter will preach at tho
Methodist church, Peaks Island, tomorrow
morning at 1890 o'clock.
The day express on the Grand Trunk rail
way between this!city and Montreal will con-
tinue to run up to Sept 14th.
A gentleman, who owns a self-registering
thermometer, says his thermometer register
ed 400 during Thursday night.
The train over the Ogdensburg due at p.
m. yesterday was delayed five hours by a
freight train off the rail on the Vermont di-
vision.
The Alliance of the North Atlantic squa-
dron, has been ordered to Newport, and con-
seQuently win not come to Portland, as we
expected.
The value of breadstuffs exported from
Portland for the seven months ending July
31st, was $685. 100 in 1885, against $1,446,092
for corresponding time in 1884.
Mrs. M. l.. Curtis of this city has hand
knit silk quilt valued at $500. 1t has ITO
squares of thirteen colors, and contains over
million stitches. 1t will be exhibited at
the State Fair.
There is a dearth of kerosene oil among
the cottagers at the islands owing to the pas
senger boats being prohibited from taking
it. An enterprising peddler could do good
business among them.
1t was pretty cool on the water yesterday
and there was quite "swell on" the harbor,
but the sky was a cerulean blue and the lit
tie clouds seen here and there were very soft
and of beautiful hues.
A seaman employed on the schooner John
and James" lying at Custom House wharf,
was struck ON the head glancing blow by a
falling block and several stitches were re-
quired to sew up the cash.
The elegant car No. 100 of the Cincinnati,
indianapolis, st. Louis and Chicago railroad
was in the Maine Central yard yesterday.
The car is used by Mr.. Ingalls, OF the rail
road company who is On trip east.
The residents in the vicinity of Park street
would like to see the gas light lighted corner
of Park and Spring streets. The electric
light lower down on Park street, is capital
light but it cannot illuminate the whole city
Thirty people enjoyed the fishing trip of
the Express yesterday and came back with
about 225 fish and well pleased with their
luck and the courtesy of the officers of the
Express. John Oleson caught the biggest
fish, a fifteen FOUNDER, and got the prize.
Mr.. John B. Curtis accompanied the party.
The steamer Eleanora that arrived from
New York yesterday morning passed when
off the pollock Rip" light ship, very
large whale floating on his back and
several large sharks beside him; Capt Bragg
changed his course and called the passengers
on deck, and gave them fine view of the
monster of the deep.
Last night as the three masted schooner
Lizzie Dewey of this port was being towed
out the dock from her berth at Long wharf,
she collided with a large schooner whose
bow projected across the foot of the dock,
carrying away the fore topmast and consid-
cradle rigging of the Lizzie Dewey. The
damaged amounted to several hundred dol
lars.
! A fine marine painting may be seen in AL
gernon Stubs window, Harrington Block
1t is painting of the ship-''P. N. Blanch.
ard" The drawing of the model, position
of sails, land water are finely executed 1t was
done by an English artist and is for Capt. f.
L. Cakes of Yarmouth present commander
Mr.. Stubs has framed it and it will be
on exhibition one week.