The Portland daily press., 1885-03-07

IL was clear y3steroayt mercury 20 at a.
M, at noon $50 and SO at sunset.
Mr.. Rufus Deering will erect q cottage house
in Dsering Place next summer.
The sleighing is still good outside Of the
city.
The young ladies Of the Mission Band will
hold meeting at the State street chapel at 4
p. m. today.
Wednesday, a little child of John Stone OF
Saccarappa, fell on to the cook stove and
burned ITS hands in a serious manner.
new hydrant is being put in at the corner
OF Federal and franklin streets in place OF the
one which recently frozs up and burst
Until the arguments are heard in favor OF a
new trial, Sergeant Kelly will be admitted to
bail.
The Womsn's Gospel temperance meeting
will be held at the Mission this evening at 7.30
o'clock. All are invited.
The different Chautauqua circles of Portland
will unite in a vespsr service at the vestry of
the Chestnut st. church at 5 p. m. tomorrow.
Three large sleigh loads Of people from the
Second Parish went to Saccarappa last evening
where an oyster supper was enjoyed and a
pleasant evening spent.
The Montreal of the Dominion line arrived
here yesterday from Liverpool via Halifax,
with four cabin and tWenty-seven steerage pas-
sengers and cargo of 1900 tons.
Charles Woocman of Deering, is building a
cottage on the south side of Long Island, and
will complete two-story and half cottage ON
the north side in the spring,
The regular monthly business meeting of the
Diet Mission will be held at the Fraternity
rooms, Free street block, this afternoon a.
O'Clock
Rev. g. A. Bickford of Dover, N. H., editor
OF the Morning Star, will preach at the Free
Baptist Church, Congress strest, tomorrow
| forenoon.
People on Munjoy mistook the jubilation al
Ferry Village last night for shipwrsck and
excited groups gathered to hear of the steamer
that was reported as being on the rocks.
Edward Kavanagh has been elected presi
dent, and A. j. Libby treasurer of the United
States Railway Supply Co., with capita
stock of 100000. of which sum SIS has been
| paid in.
Brahma hen belonging to lady residi ns
on Franklin street, has laid an egg measuring
| 81 inches in length, 81 inches in circumfer
ence and weighing something over quarter o.
| pound.
| There will be public services at the Parlor
| Reading rooms of the International Society
lib Pearl street Sunday evening at Z o'clock
ED. Hersum will speak to the people. AL
are invited.
| DIR. Small will give his fourth illustrated
1 al
church tomorrow evening. Subject: "Danie
at the Wicked Feast,or False and True Great.
| ness"
There will be temperance meeting under
| the auspices of the Law and Order League anf
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union a
O'Clock p M, tomorrow in the New Jerusa
| lem church.
| The large field of ice has passed through
Hussey's sound and left the bay quite clear
The steamer Valera could not get through witt
the mail for Long island on the 4th and had to
return to the city with her passengers.
Mr.. Hutchins of Cape Elizabeth has pur
chased the wooden buildings at the corner OF
Congress and Brown streets One will be re-.
moved to the Ferry and the other will be torn
| down.
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