The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-09
BRIEF jorrlsas There Is very dangercu.

| BRIEF JoTrisGs. There Is a very dangercn.
| place where the earth has settled, worked by
drain water, at Gorham's Corner, and bad
place on Commercial street, near the P. S. &
| P. depot, which the Street Commissioner
should attend to.-The price paid for ~ Mel
bourne street was $4,000. During the rain
storm in this city Friday night the vessels out
| side the harbor were experiencing heavy
snow storm.-The next subject before the M.
L. A. for debate on next Saturday evening
will be, "Resolred, That the early closing
movement of stores is demoralizing alike to
employers and employees" If there is not
some pretty spicy debating on that subject we
are much mistaken. The peppermint train on
the p. S. & P. Railroad which has heretofore
left Biddeford for Portland at 7.3O A. NJ, will,
until further notice, leave at 800 A. M. 1t
will accordingly leave Saco at 8O6, West Scar
boro at S17, Oak Hill at 1926, Cape Elizabeth
at 1886 and arrive in Portland at 84O.-We un-
derstand that Judge Kingsbury will deliver a
lecture at the Vestry of the Swedenborgian
Church in fortnight on utah and the Nor
MONS" The lecture will be highly enter
tanning one as it will recount personal expert
ences.-Clouds and sunshine yesterday with a
cold, wintry atmosphere.-The steamer Nes-
torian will leave Liverpool for this port on
Thursday next.-Mr. Porteous, the efficient
freight manager of the G. T. R. R., has had
the large freight shed for the reception of goods
by the M. o. S. S. line put in apple-pie order.
A meeting of the Cumberland Bar will be
held at the Library Room, City building, this
morning, at 91-2 O'Clock, in regard to the
death of j. G. Woodman, Esq.-Jonathan
Morgan, the "Nestor" of the Cumberland
Bar, appeared before the Superior Court to try
case last week. He is 81 years old, and the
writ was in his own handwriting .-Kerosene
oil, we understand, has jumped up three cents
since Friday last. 1t was 81 on Friday, SO on
Saturday, and 40 on Monday firm on
Commercial street has received lot of sixty
three tubs of butter from Vermont, which is
said to be the best ever sent out of that State.
One man had all he could do yesterday to at
tend to customers.-We hear that the whole
sale grocers in this city did first rate bust
ness last week. They had all they could take
care of.-The "Bues'' are out with the adver-
tisement of their Thanksgiving Ball Among
their managers will be the comma nders of all
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Last evening the skies were cloudless and the
new moon, which is near Its first quarter, shed
quite an effulgence over the city.-Colector
Miller's funeral takes place this afternoon at
IL o'clock. Mr.. j. c. Woodlands will take
place tomorrow afternoon at oclock.-A
woman called at the station last evening in
great trepidation, stating that she had lost her
little child and urging the police to find it.
Later in the evening lady got into horse
car with little child she had found on Dam
forth street, had fed and cared for it, and was
taking it to the station.-An intoxicated man
wanted to take up his quarters for the night
at the Horse Railroad station last evening and
threatened disturbance when told to leave,
but when the police were sent for he conclud-
ed to mizze.-The skies were overloaded
about o'clock last night, threatening more
snow.-The Two Hundred Thousand Dollar
capitalist who warted pay for his nuts didn't
live at Alfred. The people say nobody there
has got SO much money. The man referred to
lives in YOrk.-We learned at late hour last
evening that lady on Chestnut street had the
little girl that was lost at her house, spending
the evening, and the police sent the mother
there, where she found it all safe and sound
We believe that for the first time in six months
of both branches of the City Government they
adjourned last night by 9 IL O'Clock.