The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-19
BRIEF JoTTINcs.

Fine day yesterday, but the cold south
west wind blew hard in the afternoon. The
mercury indicated SO at sunrise. 100 at noon.
OF at sunset; wind west and southwest.
Yesterday afternoon Greenwood Garden
rink, Peaks Island, was opened for the
season.
The wholesale grocers will close their
stores ON Saturday. during the summer, at
go p m.
All the fire underwriters will close for the
entire day on June 23d, the day of the grand
parade.
The sale of seats for Bennett & Moulton's
opera performances will commence at the box
Office of the theatre today
An adjourned meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held to-
day at2.30 p m, at the Friendly Inn.
AT Cape Elizabeth 20 special police have
been appointed Roughs and tramps are
annoying the people at Browns Hill.
The committee on laying out new streets
VIII not hold meeting to-day as adj
vertiSed. They will adjourn to July LIST.
Both the waiting and reading rooms of the
Public Library are being freshly painted.
and when the improvements are completed
will look finely.
The house of Mr.. Doughty on Long Island
was entered Tuesday night, and watch and
chain, a coat, lady's dolman and some mon
ey stolen. %
The lawyers talk of closing their Offices at
o'clock in the afternoon until the Septem-
Der term of court. A paper to that effect is
to be circulated for signatures
The Public Library will close at 6 O'Clock
p. M, ON and after June 22d till September
LIST, except on Saturday evenings when it
will remain open until o'clock
Capt G. H. Knowlton yesterday placed
upon the street lamp posts from which the
lamps have been removed, very attractive
signs of the Greenwood Garden Steamboat
Line.
The bootblacks will have another meeting
tonight at the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms. The
Mayor and City Marshal are in favor of
having them licensed and provided with
badges.
A horse and wagon driving by the encamp-
ment Wednesday night got too near the
steep slope at the edge of the road and the
team tipped over and rolled towards the
bay.
Caroline E. Talbot, Friend minister from
Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, will hold religious
meeting at Friends church on Oak street
this evening at 7.3O o'clock. All are invited
to attend
Nearly all of the wholesale grocery, flour
and bait dealers on Commercial street, have
signed paper agreeing to close their stores
the whole of Tuesday next, and the others
will probably sign this morning
There will be gospel meeting at the
rooms of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation ON Saturday evening at s o'clock.
Caroline E. Talbot of the Society of Friends
win be among the speakers. The public are
cordially invited to attend
The eoroner's jury in the case of the death
Of G. F. Harmon met yesterday morning ac-
cording to adjournment Prof. Carmichael
was present to present his report No one
except witnesses was admitted and it is ex-
pected to be several days before the result is
made public.
There have been a number of watch dogs
poisoned lately at Deering. 1t is thought
that tramps or burglars did it in order that
they might enter houses where the dogs be-
longed without being discovered 1t is to be
hoped that people living either in the city or
out,and owning valuable watch dogs will not
allow them to roam at large through the
Streets