The Portland daily press., 1885-02-14
Brief Jotrings.

Bright yesterday morning, hszy in the after
noon. The mercury indicated 10s at sunrise,
23s at noon, 1872 at sunset; wind West.
ST. Valentines Day.
1t IS tne driving on the ice in Back Bay.
Falmouth Engine Company, No. 4, has
new hose sled.
Ice boats are sailed on the bay-off the Prom
ensde.
The Yarmouth Rifles, fifty men, will be at
Falmouth Hotel, Feb 10th.
The new street machine, on trial by the
city, works we'll.
The High School pupils are laboring with
their semi-aDnual examinations.
The sign of one of cur physicians was re-
Gently torn from its fastenings and carried off.
The Polynesan sailed yesterday morning at
8 O'Clock.
Attention is called to the Sunday timetable
OF the Portland Railroad Company in our ad-
vertising columns.
A. +. Moulton, Esq, delivered very inter-
esting lecture to the law students last evening,
on the subject of Negligence"
Tickets are selling well for the Mechanic
Blues ball, and there is every Indication that
the affair will be grand Success.
Maine Central passenger car was totally
destroyed by fire in the yard at Bangor yester.
day morning.
The Women's Gospel Temperance meeting
will be held at the Mission this evening, at
7.SO o'clock, conducted by Mrs. S. f. Pearson.
Thirty-five delegates from the Department
OF Pennsylvania will attend the Grand Army
reunion in Portland next June.
The first steamboat that ever run on Sebago
Pond was the steamer "Fawn," built at Harri-
son in 1848. She commenced her trips over that
sheet of water on the 23a Of May that year.
At the First Baptist church, Sunday even
ing, the pastor, DR.. Small will give the first Of
course OF six lectures on "Daniel." These
lectures will be illustrated. A cordial invita-
tion is extended to all who may wish to attend
A party OF between forty and fifty Knights
Templar, from Waterville, Augusta, Bath and
Norway, were in the city last night, to attend
the Red Gross meeting Of Portland Command
cry They stopped at the Falmouth.
Mr. Edward Dam, who works for II. Fl. Hay
& Co., was putting o stopple into bottle
Thursday, when the bottle broke, and he cut
his hand quite badly, almost severing the
thumb. DR.. Pingree sewed up the cut.
The well known Cape Cottage property at
Maiden's Cove, Cape Elizabeth, has been sold
by Lydia L. Goddard to Charles w. Goddard
and Annie w. Thompson, for the sum of $685.
600.
The Rev. Henry Blanchard will preach TO-
morrow morning in the Congress Square
church, on "The Origin of the Old Testa-
ment." All persons interested are cordially
invited to attend.
During the violent storm which ragged for
two or three days the past week, rain beat
through the roof OF the new Knights of Py-
thias building on High street, Ferry Village,
wetting the ceiling of their new castle hall
Thare will bs temperance meeting under
the auspices of the Law and Order League and
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, at
O'Clock p. M, Sunday evening, in the Second
Parish church. The public are cordially in
vited.
Next Tuesday evening occurs the benefit
bah to be given 'Billy" Welch. This is a
worthy object, and everybody should buy
ticket. The affair is in the hands of Mr.. A. r.
Reagan, who will spare no pains in making it
the most enjoyable time OF the season. The
grand march will be started at O'Clock sharp
Advertisements appropriately coming under
the classification heads, WANTS, HELP WANT
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