The Portland daily press., 1885-01-26
Hrief .EririnRs.

nrtef betrtn2ss
Yesterday was mild and cloudy at times.
The mercury Indicated So at sanrise, $50 at
noon, 81 al sunset wind west.
New dup.ex gas-burners have been put into
City Hotel
We have received the Folio for February
from w. e. Chandler, 1T Middle street.
The Lcngfellow G. l.. S. Circle will meet at
Chestnut street yestry this evening, Jan. Goth.
The total value of foreign exports for the
past week was S499 297. SO.
The Portland Stenographic Society will
have dinner at the Falmouth tonight
The good sleighiog yesterday drew out a
large number OF people bent upon enjoying
themselves.
There was q heavy northeast snow-storm
Saturday, with a fall of about six and half
inches of snow.
A heavy snow slide from the Park street
charoh roof smashed the church fence to
pieces.
Rev. Lyman @. Downes will conduct the
services at the Gospel Mission for a few eve-
nings. All ara invited
Chief Closes, Amos Millet., J. c. Jordan
and ex-Mayor Senter have gone to Jordan's
ASA@ho ava @ AOW ooy6 opOLb buuUOluE.
The Cumberland Bar Association will hold
its annual reunion and banquet at the Prsbe
House next Thursday evening.
There were % arrests last week of which 10
were fer drunkenness, and II tramps were
lodged at the station.
There were seven deaths in the city last
week OF which were caused by heart disease,
and one each by consumption, old age, cancer
and paralysis.
MIR. Small's hack caught wheel in The
horse-railroad track, and the hack wss badly
damaged, and Mr.. Washington Libby's horse
slipped on the railroad track, and broke both
shafts of the sleigh to which he was attached
A guest at tbs Prsble House Friday night
blew out the gas in his room and il the night
clerk had not discovered the fact the man
wsuld have stiflad.
Ivanhoe Division, No. 2, Uniformed rank
Knights of Pythias, bas been granted permis-
sion to est ablish division of the rank in the
oity.
W. a. Perry q member OF steamer Machi-
gonne, No. 1, celebrated his birthday anniver-
sary by clam boil in the engine house Satur.
day evening.
4AAs 0AO hthns w 1s Iluum6E l6aV6 WGQ-
nesday on trip to New Orleans to attend the
great exposition. They will go with the Ray.
mond party from Boston.
Messrs. Quinn & Co., are building a boiler
for a new steamboat to be built aud run on the
Rangeley lakes; also one for l.. A. Goudy s.
Co., the bakers.
Next Thursday evening, Ancient Brothers
Lodge, /. o. 0. F., OF this city will make a
fraternal visit to Pejepscot Lodge at Bruins
wick.
Tho next session OF the Cumberland Con.
gregationsl Conference will be held with the
Bethel church, in this city, commencing
Wednesday forenoon and closing in the eye-
ming.
A large party from the city will go out to
Falmouth Foreside in Robinson's boat sleigh
this evening. The occasion will be a social
visit on Mr.. and Mrs. Francis G Rich, Of Ford
& kich.
The Samaritan organization, which has for
30 many years been active in caring for the
sick and needy in this city, announces its an.
nual fair and promenade concert at CITY Hall
next Thursday afternoon and evening. So
good charity deserves liberal patronage.
Snow slides were numerous about town yes
terday afternoon and evening, causing coz
siderable annoyance to passers, but as far as we
learned NO iDjury to persons was done. Qaite
a crowd collected in Market Square to watch
the great blocks of snow which fell from the
roof of the theatre.
Advertisements appropriately coming under
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