The Portland daily press., 1870-02-03
Brief Jottings.

uary.
The Transcript says that a man seeing the
Legislature in procession on Saturday last,
remarked that "he didn't wonder extra police
men were detailed for duty that day."
We omitted to mention, by oversight, in
yesterdays paper that the engineer on the flu
neral train on the P. S. & p. r. r. was the
| veteran Frederic Waterman, who is always
called upon when difficult and delicate work is
required Mr.. Waterman's father was the en-
gineer who ran the first locomotive between
Boston and Portland
Senator Sumner has sent Bosworth Post, No.
2, G. A. r., a check for fifty dollars.
! A number of people took advantage OF the
last opportunity to view the decorations yes
terday at City Hall. About 1900 passed in
and out during the day. In the afternoon
portion of the draperies were removed near the
ceiling, so that the photographers might make
picture of the apartment to-day.
We hear that the Una Masked BAH Will
come off shortly. 400.
The HAYDN Association took S165 at their
rehearsal the other evening. We are glad to
| hear it
The officers of the English steamer Nora
| Wan, we understand, entertained the officers
| of the Peabody fleet at lunch yesterday. On
Tuesday evening very elegant party was Civ
en- to the officers of the fleet, and also dinner
party yesterday. Another recherche and mag
nificent party will be given tonight, and we
hear of several others to take place shortly.
| We are glad to hear of these courtesies, and
| chronicle them not because we think it adds
| anything to the interest of the press, but be-
cause it shows the good feelings that exist be-
tween our citizens and the officers of the fleet.
+. o. Bailey s. Co. sold by auction Satur-
| day the building and lot No. II Greet street.
There was mortgage of about $3.50 and
dover interest on the property. The lot is
22x5O, and was purchased by Llewellyn Cox
for $1,000 over the mortgage and dover.
Yesterday was Candlemas day--a raw morn
ing with a northeast snow storm in the after
noon. The sleghing round town is excellent
and freely INDUCED in. The snow plows were
at work during the day dwelling the snow in
the streets.
DR.. james R. Lunt's valuable mare ''Steam-
boat" died suddenly Monday afternoon. With
| the exception of little teebleness the mare
| appeared in her usual health fifteen minutes
previous to her death. The Doctors loss is
| severe one.
The picture of well known citizen of Port
land driving his team loaded with pigs, by
Bailey, and on exhibition in Morrison's wiz
dow. corner of Centre street and Market
Square, attracts crowds of people The pic
ture is capitally executed.
G. & L. P. Warren of Saccarappa have pur-
chased the "Lamb farm" on the Portland
road, and have commenced the work of telling
those noble pine trees. They are already
drawing logs to the mill.
1t Is estimated, after a conversation with the
captains of the different tug boats and other
craft plying between Atlantic wharf and the
feet, that an average of 5000 people daily have
visited the Monarch and other men-of-war.
A man who was driving horse attached 10
a sleigh on Federal street yesterday, and lead
| ing another horse by rope, was suddenly
twitched out of the sleigh by the led horse
coming to a dead stop. He received a lame
shoulder.
We should not omit to mention the valuable
services of our police force during the last
fortnight They have done their duty nobly,
from the Marshal down to the latest appointed
special; and the quietness that has reigned and
the freedom from disorder, has been remark
able.
A petition is in circulation among the MEM
bers of the bar, asking the Legislature to re-
duce the jurisdiction of the Superior Court to
cases where the amount involved is $500 or
less; and also to transfer the trial of criminal
causes, where the life of the defendant is in
volved, to the Supreme Judicial Court
The picture "Mama in Heaven at the
Grand Army Hall, by Rosster of New York,
was suggested by the expressions of the chill
dren represented in the picture, subsequent to
the death of their mother, whose continued alb
sence they could not understand Ella, stand
ing by her mothers vacant chair, asks Eva,
her eldest sister, "Why don't mother come?
why did they put her away in the ground?'
Eva replies "Mamma is not in the ground;
mama is in Heaven
There is a report that a chop is soon to
come off on board the Miantonomoh, but we
hardly see how it could be possible for dance
to be given on board at this season of the year.
A gentleman found on Commercial street on
Tuesday wallet containing a small sum of
money, which he did not think of sufficient
value to keep, and he therefore left it at the
Office of John d. Lord, corner of Union wharf
and Commercial street, where it can be found.
The Monsigneur Tachi who arrived in the
Austrian yesterday is Bishop of the Red River
settlements.