The Portland daily press., 1885-06-11

There will be a skate check complimentary
at the Bijou rink this evening.
Five hundred crates of stray berries were
received in this city yesterday.
The fishing schooner island Queen has ar
rived with 100 barrels of mackerel.
twas beautiful day yesterday. The mer-
cary indicated 600 at q. M, $50 at noon, $40
at sunset; wind west.
When the horse railroad track 10 relaid it ia
expected that the cars will run every six
minutes.
The United Order of the Pilgrim Fathers,
Portland Colony, will hold its annual election
of officers tonight.
The Youths Gospel temperance meeting will
be held at the Mission this evening at 7.45
o'clock. All are invited.
The public should bear in mind that the
Mayor and City Clerk pay no attention to
anonymous communications.
The island steamer Forest City is on the
Marine Railway and the Fannie G.. has been
put in trim for the Summer season.
pile driver is at work on the easterly side
OF Custom House wharf at the temporary
landing place of the new ferry boat.
The new house for the Yacht Club ia rapidly
approaching completion. The exterior is near
~ finished and the work of putting the finish
on the interior is well under way.
The Home for Aged Women will be open
for the reception of friends, subscribers and
strangers interested, on its anniversary, Sat-
urdsy, June 18th, from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Rev. Mr.. Hadlock will give lecture at 7.45
o'clock tomorrow evening,in Williston church,
the subject being "Mormonism and Visit to
Salt Lake CITY," The public are invited.
A man attempted to board moving train
on Commercial street. yesterday and came very
near falling beneath the cars. There is proba-
bly, one man more who hab been taught a good
lesson.
The brigantine Anna P. Odell which arrived
here last week having lost two men from
cholera, has been thoroughly fumigatsd and
allowed to come up to the city to discharge her
cargo.
boy about fourteen years old attempted to
jump from iiggsr on Commercial street, yes
tsrday noon, and caught his leg in the chain.
receiving severe flesh wound. He was car
ried to his home on York street.
The executive committee of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Y. M. G. A. will meet to-
morrow afternoon at 8 o'clock. A full attend
ance is desired, and all holding funds are re-
quested to make report of the same.
Deputy Marshal Crowell with officers Burn
ham and Hanson, seized barrel of ale and a
quantity of hard liquor from place on Dam
forth street yesterday, and called again in the
afternoon and took possession of second bar
rel Of ale.
& A gentleman was affected by the sun while
driving with his wife, yesterday, and stopped
at MIR. E. r. Farrington's. who provided reme-
dies, enabling him to continue on his way
home. The gentleman's wife said her husband
was sunstruck year ago.
Hon. james W. Bradbury of Augusta held
conference with physicians of the Maine Medi-
Cal Association and the trustees of the Maine
Medical school with reference to the removal
OF the school from Brunswick to Portland,
Tuesday, but no definite action was taken.
The new ferry boat ran into the steamer Cor
don at Custom House wharf yesterday after
noon doing bat slight damage. Both ends Of
the steamer are alike and when the engineer
got the signal to back he forgot which end was
serving as bow at that particular time and
went the wrong way with the above results.