The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-26

A goose and duck have been stolen from
Deerlng Park.
Sycamore Tribe of Red Men at Cumber-
land starts off with sixty charter members.
The wings for the stage at City Hall are
being painted to correspond with the shade
Of the wall.
Cloudy and cold yesterday. A few flakes
Of snow sifted through the atmosphere yes.
tsrday morning.
y The covered ways for the ferry landing
are nearly completed, and the wharf is being
newly planked.
The Nuremberg and Whiteheld excursion.
lists departed for home at 1890 yesterday af
ternoon.
The committee on claims held session
last evening, and considered several claims
against the city.
The only real estate transfer yesterday
was land In Westbrook from William Grit
fths to j. K. Warren; consideration 500.
A new motor -of the most improved pat
tern has been put in the,organ at the Cathe-
dral Of the Immaculate Conception.
J. r. Gerrity & Co. have on exhibition at
Fred r. Farrington's, Congress street, a fine
pastel portrait of Miss Grace Estes.
The Maine Farmers Almanac for 1890 is
for sale by Mcclellan, Mosher & Co., Loring,
Short & Harmon and Stevens & Jones.
The steamer City of Richm ond will make
her last trip for the season from Portland to
Aachiasport, ON Tuesday, December oath
The six or seven stray blows on the fire
alarm yesterday afternoon, were caused by
repairs to the wires on Congress street.
Will the gentleman who received an over
coat from the check room at Thatcher Post
dance confer favor by returning 1t or send
Ing word to letter carrier No. z?
Miss Clementina Butler of Newton. Mass.
will speak on mission work in India aud
Mexico tomorrow. at Clark Memorial church
Woodfords, in the afternoon, and Congress
street church in the evening.
The report Of the supervising inspector of
steam vessels was issued at Washington yes
terday afternoon. 1t shows the number of
vessels inspected at Portland to be 1853, with
tonnage of 1886 tons; number Of masters
Ill; mates, 80; pilots, 154; engineers, SIT.
Master George Russell will launch this
noon from his yard in East Deering, the
finely modelled schooner of about 800 tons,
owned by j. S. Winslow & Co. OF this city.
the builder, and Capt. M. M. Gould, who
will command her.
Thursday night, officer Riley found at the
corner Of Newbury and India streets, a car.
riage tipped over, both shafts broken, and
the horse detached. He took Thomas E.
Gibbons and William E. Carey to the sta
ton.
The bark Pudel has cleared fer Paysandu
with 1863 pounds of lissal cordage, and
2sl,8i6 feet of lumber and 5000 box shook
The Matte B. Russell will carry 5l,6O6 feet
Martinique.
Rev. Henry Blanchard, at the Universalist
convention in Lynn, Thursday, offered a
resolution of support to the National Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union In Its
work, which was referred to the committee
on resolutions.
The workmen who are trying to lay water
pipes on Portland Pier have encountered an
obstacle more difficult to surmount than
rocks and dirt. This is the layer of timbers
about foot below the surface, mentioned by
Hon. William Goold few weeks ago, OF
which the platform of old Portland Pier was
built.
4 raid was made by Deputy Marshal Crow.
ell and members of the police on place on
Free street, near Cross, Thursday night
supposed to be a gambling house. The pc
lice were some time In gaining admission,
and when they were finally let In there was
no evidence of any sort Of game having
bsen In progress.
A brick sank out Of sight at the corner OF
Federal and Exchange streets last evening
xeers were entertained GnaE anUJuer caye-I1
like that which occurred on Preble street
some months ago, was coming. Street Com
missioner Noyes was notified. and quickly
filed up the hole, which proved to be small
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