The Portland daily press., 1870-12-16
Rrief LofiiuZe.

A nice horse, worth some 5000, belonging to
A. J. Bean, dropped dead at the G. 7. depo.
yesterday.
The. store of Lewis Toppau, IT'S Washington
street, Boston, was broken into Monday night
and robbed of $675 worth of ready made cloth
ing. Mr.. Toppan was in business in Portland
for q long time.
J.W. Waterhouse and family Of this city
leave for Florida, where they will pass the
winter, next week.
Pretty sharp wind yesterday. Thermome-
ter indicated 80 deg. at noon. Mud was frozen
and the sun looked pleasant.
The Aged Brotherhood are requested to at
tend the funeral of brother Isaac Carver this
street.
Members OF the Universalist, Unitarian and
Swedenborgian societies in this city contem-
plating the formation of "Young Mems
Christian Union"
The Light House steamer Cactus" Captain
johnson, picked up Peter Miller, aged 65, off
Simonton's Cove, Wednesday afternoon, in a
dory half full of water. He had started early
in the morning fishing and was half frozen
when found.
The opponents to division in Saccarappa
met at Warren's Hall in that village Wednes-
day night and appointed an executive comm it.
tee composed of George Warren, s. T. Bay
mond, Chas E. Body, James Pencil and
George B. Leavitt. This movement is in Op-
position to any division of the town whatever.
Harry B. Brown has contributed two addi-
tional paintings to the rattle to be drawn about
Christmas time, and in which his splendid
painting of informing on the Northern Coast"
is the first prize
A gentleman on Commercial street speak
ing of the two weeks on our coast since the
Secretary of the Treasury had done a smart
thing, in other words about we'll (Boutwelll
Smoke!
Gold opened in New York at Ill and
closed at Ill 1-S yesterday.
Do not forget the Apron party at Putnam
Hall, India street, this afternoon and evening
Doors will be opened at o'clock p. NJ. Refresh
ments will be offered for sale.
Senator Hamlin, Speaker Blaine and Repro
sentative Lynch had an interview with secre
tary Boutwell, yesterday in regard to the sta
tlOu VI tuo ICVcuuo CutlcE N1duOulDS. Liz
gentlemen earnestly urged that the cutter b.
returned to the Portland station.
1t was one of the clerks in Green, Fogg &
Co. s store who attended to the Montreal
gentleman, when the theft of money was com
mitted, as mentioned yesterday. The partner
were absent at the time.
We learn that the meetings of pastors of va
rious Evangelical denominations in this cit
and neighborhood at the Y. NJ. G. A rooms ar
fully attended and well sustained. The exer
discs are private, and held from II to IL o'clocl
each Monday The topic for next week is "Ho'
to awaken more general, popular interest il
Biblical study
The tricks Of confidence men and counter
felt money brokers' illustrate the need of
thorough knowledge of the method of detec
ton taught by Mr.. j. NJ. Palmer, corner O
Middle and Exchange streets. Verbum so
sapienti
The admirers of last weeks lecturer, M
Talmadge, will be pleased to get few MOI
"Crumbs swept up" by this genial, witty talkt
and embodied in an elegant volume. McKenn
& Co. agents, 2 Elm street.
A patent has been granted John German,
this city, for tympan-sheet for printing presse