The Portland daily press., 1885-02-16
Brief lettings.

Yesterday was pleasant day. The mercury
indicated 18o at sunrise, 26o at noon, 24o at
sunset; wind north, northeast
Yesterday was shrove Sunday.
Next Wednesday is "Ash Wednesday," or
the beginning of Lent.
A large number of people visited the steam
ers at the Grand Trunk wharves yesterday
afternoon.
There were fourteen arrests last week, of
which we're for drunkenness, and 12 tramps
were lodged at the station.
The total value of foreign exports for the
past week was 1920, ,S55.45, including 1,1S0,18O
feet of lumber.
There are 994 boys of this city who have vol
unfairly signed the triple pledge against intox-
icatiDg liquors, tobacco and profanity.
There have been, SO far the past municipal
year, ia free, including still and telephone
alarms.
The Rev. DIR. Hill will give an illustrated
lecture on "The Land of Robinson Crusoe,"
this evening, at Fraternity Hall.
Messrs. Isaac Berry & Brother have sent eff
1900 barrels of apples the past week to Eng
land.
A. story is current that Mr.. VIM. e. Gould's
new house on State street was deluged in the
late storm. Mr. Gould says the whole story is
bsseless.
Yesterdays fine weather and excellent
sleighing afforded pleasure to many people
The driving on the ice on Back Bay was
lively.
Samuel Booth, grocer, of Lewiston, has
failed. The known liabilities are about $12,-
600; assets not known. Booth owes D. W.
True g. Co. of this city 5000.
The Grand Trunk ocean sheds are free from
freight, the first time this has occurred dur
ing the winter. As soon as the snow blockade
at the West is broken they will again fill up.
The painted table scarf made by Mrs j. f.
Skanks of this city, which was one of the most
elaborate articles of the fair recently held by
the ladies OF st. Paups Guild, was drawn on
Friday evening by Mrs. Heratio Hight.
The tenth anniversary of the Juvenile Tenn
perance Society at Stroudwatsr occurred last
evening. There were exercises by the chill
dien, after which Hon. e. @. Harrington ad-
dressed the meeting.
Saturday span of horses belonging to Mr..
Colesworthy of Gorham, ran away from Cor
hams Corner and dashed through Fore street.
They were secured on the Market lot and no
damage resulted.
The attendance at the Friendly Inn reading
room was very large last week. The boys
seem to like singing better than reading and
their songs are given with great energy if not
much music.
Saturday afternoon, Mr.. G. r. Milliken was
speeding" his valuable horse on Back Bay
when the horse caught one of his hind feet in
crevice in the ice, tearing off shoe and throw
ing him. The horse was badly hurt.
Hon. G. J. Walkers pair of bay horses be-
came frightened and ran nearly the whole
length Of Oxford street Saturday, but the
driver finally pulled them up. No damage
was done,but the ladies were badly frightened.
At the parish supper to be held in the YES
try of the First Universalist Church tomorrow
night, Mr.. P. +. Turner, the clerk of the
parish, will read an essay on "Gleanings from
the Early Records of the Parish.''
The libel suit in the case of the Eliza jane
vs. Abbie s. Emery, brought in the United
States District Court at Boston, was heard be-
fore Judge Nelson, not Judge Webb as re-
ported in Saturdays PRESS.