The Portland daily press., 1885-06-08

Saturday was lovely June day, and Sum-
day was gloomy and cold again with mercury
indicating 600 at noon.
Barnum's bill posting car was in the city
Saturday.
The new ferry boat to the Cape will begin
running today.
were forsdrunkenness
The Sarstield Guard committee did not visit
the Montgomery Guards Saturday night.
The procession of the Blessed Sacrament
took place at the Catholic Cathedral yesterday
forenoon.
Arcana Lodge will celebrate it's 18th ami
yersary at Good Templars Hall tonight with
appropriate exercises
Rev. s. f. Pearson has leased Congress Hall
for three years for the Gospel Mission and will
take possession the first of July.
Mr.. e. e. Brown Of this city ewns fast
Russian stallion (which is going to Philadel-
phis) and some valuable blood-hounds.
Steamer Lizzie has received her new engine
and boiler and will make her trial trip today.
Quinn & Co. are making two 80 ton boilers for
Commits new block.
Sergeant @. B. Phinney has won the High
School Cadet company badge for the third
time, for excellence in drill and now keeps it.
The privates are to have drill badge.
The Portland Lacrosse club has decided not
to visit Boston June IS, because of lack OF
practice, bat will doubtless arrange for game
at Portland between June % and 26.
We have received the Odd Fellows Register
and Masonic Journal for june Mr.. w. n.
Smith has filled the paper with matter inter-
esting to that order as we'll as to the Masonic
order
Five members will be ordered on duty con-
stantly in each engine house during the Ma
tional Encampment A new swinging har-
ness has been ordered for Machigonne's hose
carriage.
The Willis @. L. S. G. will hold its next
meeting this evening, sJune Sth, with
Mrs. John Russell, No. 1856 Bracket street.
The roll call will be responded to by quotations
from Shakespeare.
Captain Alvin Hall has had placed on his
lot in Evergreen Cemetery monument to the
memory Of his son and his family that were
lost at sea last year. The monument has five
names upon it.
s. T. Corser's house, corner of Cumberland
and Myrtle streets is one hundred years old,
built by Gen. Smith, collector of the port un'
der jackson. The house is being remodeled
into two tenemenM.
The new double ender made a trial trip
across the harbor Saturday afternoon and ran
into the end of her wharf with force enough
to start some of the wood work Of the wharf.
The boat was not hurt.
O. W. Bartlett, recent graduate at the Re-
form School, went to work at Sabattis for Mr..
r. G. Mitchell, stole Mitchell's watch and came
to Portland. Officer Steele turned Bartlett
over to the Lewiston authorities but Bartlett's
father settled the case.
The Sunday School at Pine street M. e.
church is enjoying unusual prosperity. Twelve
new members were admitted yesterday, maxi
ing thirty-three who have Joined the school
within the past four weeks
Colin Grassland, the unsophisticated back
woodsman who was swindled out of his money
last week, came near being carried to Augusta
Saturday. He was taken from the wrong train
and started for Bartlett. 1t is not known
whether he has arrived or not.
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