The Portland daily press., 1886-03-27
BRIEF JorT,Ncs.

Remember the Bible reading at the Free
Baptist church tomorrow evening.
Rev. E. S. Stackpole of Bath exchanges
with Rev. Mr.. Bashford tomorrow
President W. Dew. Hyde of Bowdoin
College win preach at Williston church to-
morrow at 1890 a. IN. and p. NJ.
Mr.. R. B. Swift:has added a diagram show
ing the direction of the wind to his weather
signals
A new lodge of Odd Fellows will be insti-
tuted at Woodford's next Monday evening.
1t will have about 40 charter members.
The new board of selectmen of the town
of Cape Elizabeth were qualified in this city
yesterday forenoon.
Mr.. j. NJ. Todd will give an address on
''The Knights of Labor" at Preble Chapel
tomorrow evening.
Sunday school concert will be given at
Chestnut street NJ. E. church tomorrow at
p. m.
The adjourned meeting of the Commercial
Travellers Association will be held this
evening.
Nearly 1000 head of cattle and about 1000
sheep have been shipped to Europe from
Portland during the season so far.
Rev. W. Fl. Fem, d. D., will speak at
High street church tomorrow evening on
'Germsn Home Life"
Bosworth Post, G. A. R., had an old time
camp fire last night at their hall on Congress
street.
It is hoped that citizens, now that the
snow has left the concrete walks in Lincoln
Park, will keep to them instead OF crossing
over the turf and injuring the SOD
The Portland Art Club will give social
reception to the members next wednesday
evening, when many of the members will
exhibit drawings.
Rufus Tibbetts has received the contract
for furnishing the brick for sidewalks for
the coming year from the committee ON
streets.
Considerable work will be done on the
Western Promenade this spring and some
improvements in Deering's Oaks are con-
templated.
Mr.. Everett B. Stilson. superintendent Of
the Maine Bible Society, will speak Sunday
evening in the New Jerusalem church, New
High street, on the subject of "Bible Distri-
button"
A lodge of Knights of Pythias was insti-
tuted at Bath last night. The Grand officers
from this city were in attendance. Next
week Knights of Pythias lodge will be in
stituted at Scarboro.
Yesterday was spring day, harbinger
enough to make winter clothes feel burden
some. A few more such days will reduce
the snow banks materially.
MCGOWAN & Young have fine picture of
the present Irish parliamentary party on
exhibition in their window. The picture
gives SO correct portraits in one grand group,
giving the name Of each.
The gospel meeting at the Y M. G. A..
rooms this evening at s o'clock will be con-
Quoted by Mr.. F. w. McKenney. A meeting
for men only is held in the reception room
every Sunday morning from to 10 o'clock.
Members of the 18th Maine Regiment and
those of other regiments who served in the
Sd Army Corps will remember the meeting at
7.3O o'clock tonight, at Grand Army Hall, to
make arrangements to attend the reunion of
the corps in Boston.
Three whales have been shot off the coast
of Maine within two weeks by the whaling
steamer Reesing. Two have been taken to
the factory at Boothbay and the other will
be towed there from Kennebunk, where 1t
drifted ashore.
A very nice programme has been arranged
for the temperance concert at the Gospel
Mission tonight at 7.45 o'clock. The exer-
cises will consist Of readings, recitations,
singing, dialogues, and stereopticon views
which will be thrown on canvas. All are
cordially invited.
A Montreal man got intoxicated last
night and raised a disturbance in Coombs'
sailor boarding house. He smashed the
windows and cut himself, but Officers Nc
Donough and Frank got hold of him before
he had time to do any further mischief and
carried him to the station.
Mr.. George E. Woodbury., the proprietor
of the Maine Central restaurant in Bangor,
owns number of very fine horses. He has
just purchased an excellent driving horse of
Mr.. Thornton Lyford. Mr.. Woodbury. has
sold his horse George E. to Portland parties
for 81 ,0OO and another animal to the same
parties for $500.