The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-12-25

JUDGE HlNGSBUHf PRESlDlNG.
TUEsDAY.-Thomas W. Strout, for larceny. Ex-
animation and reading of complaint waived Re-
spondent gave sureties in the sum of $500 for his
appearance at the July term of the Supreme Judic-
ial Court.
James Lowry, Charles ". Damery and Patrick
Brady, for collecting house offal. Sentence suspend
cd to Friday, January Sd. 20 aeEa.P al a
FIRE.-About 10 o'clock last night fire broke
out in the foundry opposite the Kerosene works
in Cape Elizabeth. The building was owned
by the Atwood Lead Co., and the machinery by
Messrs. W. e. Stevens & Co., who carried on
the foundry. The engine of the Kerosene
company was put in operation, but the hose
was bad and it hurst in several places. An
alarm was sounded from box 43 in the city, and
the steamers started for the fire, but only one
of them, the Cumberland, was allowed to go
over. She rendered good assistance in saving
some of the machinery in a damaged state.
The hose was also attached to the engine of
the Kerosene works and bountiful supply of
water was obtained, but it was too late to save
the building. i-A'444- N'i-
The origin of the fire is in doubt. 1t is said
that an explosion of the boiler was heard just
before the fire broke out; others said the fire
originated under the steps in the rear of the
building. If the latter was the case, the build
ing must have been set on fire. 1t was too late
TO get at the origin of it last night. 8.f rlaa-
The building was large wooden one, and
was filled with valuable machinery. We were
informed by Mr.. Poor, one of the firm, that
their loss IN machinery would be heavy, but
there was insurance enough to cover it. Ths
amount of loss could not then be ascertained.
The flames cast bright light over the west
ern portion of the city, and at first it was sup
posed to be the Kerosene works. s9G3'A
CHRISTMAS IN THE STUDIOS. was
busy day not only in the jewelry and fancy
goods shops, but among the artists. Harry
Brown was disposing of water privileges at
Grand Menan and real estate in Franklin
county at astonisinghly lowiprices. The advan-
tage in dealing with Brown is that you get
perpetual summer warranted with your title.
You may sit in January or February, while
the real Grand Menan is cased in ice and the
franklin county farms are buried in snow, and
on your possessions the summer sun lies
warm, the summer waves are dashing, the
leaves are green, and if you cannot hear the
birds sing surely your ears are dull Hudson
is in the same line of business; we saw fine
ly colored piece of autumnal scenery from his
easel on its way up town for a Christmas pres.
en-. In Geyer's window too was a study of a
child's head by Akers, beautiful medallion,
and in the studio on Middle street the apple
Blossom" and other ideal heads, besides the
bust of the Rev. Mr.. Fem, which has been
very successfully cast in plaster and is worth
an hour of anybodys study. When is the
Portland Institute going to open its gallery, so
that all these attractions can be brought to-
gether instead of being scattered about the
town in three or four studios and dozen shop
s -+e als1s.f.. 1tafI s..- 5s-.s t-f
THE PASSAGE OF THE FoRTs."-We print
no paper tomorrow morning, and therefore
take this opportunity to remind our readers of
the lecture before the Army and Navy Union
tomorrow evening, by the Hon. Henry G.
Deming. Governor Chamberlain has already
told us of the surrender of Lee. That con-
summation of the great struggle stands peer
less in the grandeur of its consequences; it is
a summing up of the whole experience of the
war; but among the episodes, there are none
more thrilling than Farragut's gallant passage
of the Mississippi forts. 1t is glorious story
to hear from the lips OF an eye witness. Mr..
Deming was born in Connecticut, and gradu-
ated at Yale College in 1886 and at Harvard
Law School in 1888. He was member of the
State Legislature in 1S49 and 1850, and of the
State Senate in 1851 For the next six years
he presided over the city of Hartford as Mayor.
From 1859 till 1861, he was again in the Legis-
lature, and in the latter year was Speaker. In
1861 he Joined the New Orleans expedition as
Colonel of the 18th Connecticut Volunteers,
and in October, 1862, was appointed Mayor of
New Orleans. He resigned this Office and his
commission in February. 1868, and returning
to Connecticut was elected Representative in
the Thirty-eighth Congress- serving on the
committee on military affairs and as chairman
of the committee on expenditures in the War
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