The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-06
Brief Jottings.

Heavy rains yesterday. The mercury in
dcated $40 at sunrise, 52s at noon, $40 at SUM-
set; wind north, northwest.
A government tug rode out the gale in Port
land Rarbor yesterday.
Ten car loads of sugar for refining purposes
have arrived from St. John.
1t was rough day in the harbor yesterday
with heavy sea for June storm.
Rev. j. W. Bashford will preach on
Christian Socialism tomorrow afternoon.
The Portland Chorus Choir will meet for
practice in Y. M. g. A. Hall this evening at
Z 80.
The admission will be free to the Y. M. q. A.
anniversary meeting at City Hall next Mon
day evening.
Tonight the deputation from the Sarsfield
Guards of New Haven is expected by the Port
land Montgomery Guards.
The Board of Health met last evening in
the Mayors room but transacted no business
of importance. They meet again tonight.
number of cases of diphtheria we're report.
ed yesterday as existing at No. Ill Pleasant
street. Proper care ia being taken OF the
patients.
Messrs ]. B. Durham and j. A. Morton of
this city, went to Lake Auburn yesterday to
arrange for an excursion of Portland knights
of Pythias.
An adjourned meeting of the Police Ex-
aiming Board will be held Monday evening
and the results of the last examination will be
filed in day or two after.
Hsrbor Master Chase will hereafter detain
all vessels arriving from foreign ports in the
lower hsrbor until visited by the health officer
and found to be ali right.
The regular monthly meetine:of the Diet
Mission will be held this afternoon at o'clock
at the Fraternity rooms on Free street. A
large attendance is requested.
The fishing schooners j. G. Crage. Nellie
Burns and Allen Lewis have been recorded at
the Fishing Exchange ss arrivals. The Lewis
brought 200 barrels of mackerel
The Rev. Henry c. Westwood, D. d., OF the
High Street Church, Auburn, will preach at
the Second Parish church tomorrow 10 ex.
change with the pastor, Rev G Fl. Daniels.
The number Of the ninth of twelve solid siyer
watches given away weekly by Ira f. Clark
| was 2, 572,848 and James G. Hyatt, 229 York
street, had the nearest guess which was O.
| 574,1
Twenty new members were received into
Bosworth Post, g. A. R., at the meeting last
evening and there are seventeen applications
to be acted upon at the meeting next Friday
night.
Rev. Edwin Burnham of Newburyport
Mass, the we'll known evangelist, who held
series of revival meetings here a few years
ago will preach in Union Hall tomorrow at
10 IL a. m. and p. m.
A yesper service will be held at the Con-
gress Square church tomorrow evening. The
pastor, Rev. Henry Blanchard, will speak on
the recent Church Congress at Hartford. The
public are cordially invited.
Mrs. Whitman Sawyer of Portland, presi-
dent of the Womsn's State Relief Corps, with
other ladies from Portland, were present at
the installation of officers of Sheridan Relief
Corps at Biddeford Thursday evening.
About 20 boys belonging to the Augusta
Boys Branch Of the Young Mems Christian
Association will visit the Portland branch to-
day and be given dinner at the hall and
harbor excursion on the s. e. Spring, visiting
Greenwood Garden.
The thirty-third anniversary of the State
in the church tomorrow evening COM
mencing at half past seven o'clock. There
will be addresses by Rev. A. e. Dunning of
Boston and the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Bayley.
After causing his family great deal OF
trouble Thursday night small boy living on
North street was found peaceably sumbering
in bed. His bed hour is seven o'clock and as
he Couldn't be found telephones, telegraph
and the police were put in requisition. 1t
seems he slipped into his room to escape his
fathers eye.
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