The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-22

BRIEF JoTTINGs.-Mr Daniel Halliwood re :
siding on Commercial street, had one of his
legs and his face and head badly injured by be-
ing thrown from his wagon on High street on
Thursday evening. 1t is feared that his ipiu-
ries are of dangerous characteristic Wild
ows' Wood Society discussed seventy-fiYe half
tons OF coal up to January 1st.-Theodore
johnson, Union street, is finishing beauti-
full Gothic block walnut pulpit desk for Casco
Street church of the same pattern as the one
recently sent to Lewiston.-It is said that there
was a division between the petitioners and re-
monstrants of the town of Westbrook on
Thursday evening-of opinion -Messrs. Geo.
Osborne and Stephen Blaney of the committee
from the town of Peabody were in town yes
terday.-The ice dealers are still melancholy
Judge Shepley is in Boston and will take his
seat as judge of the U nited StateHCrcuit Court
in that city, with Judge lowell onTuesday.-
Dirwanger has been appointed to furnish the
floral decorations at City Hall while the re-
mains of Mr.. Peabody are lying in State.-A
splendid set of funeral trapping for the horses
that will bear the Chief Marshal and Aides of
the Peabody procession have just been manu-
featured by Messrs. j. NJ. & 3. Jordan, 2S9
Congress street. The hoods reaching down to
the fore-legs, the blankets and no lsings are cf
black broadcloth with wide border of silver
lace, the reins are black and white, and the
rosette streamers the same.-The Peabody fun
eral train which will convey the naval, militia
ry and civil authorities and the remains of Mr.
Peabody from Portland to Peabody, will not
leave Boston for this city until after the fleet
is signalled. If the fleet is sisQalled before ten
o'clock in the morning of any day the train
will leave Boston that afternoon at two o'clock
for Portand.-The engine, Gov Goodwin, be-
longing to the P. S. & P. railroad has been
finely decorated by Col. Beals and will draw
the Peabody funeral train from this city TO
Portsmouth. There the engine, Geo. Peabody,
of the e. r. r. will take the train and draw it
to Salem. 1t is singular fact that this engine
was named for the first President of the E. r.
Il. who was relation of the late Mr.. Peabody.
The clerk of the weather must have commit
ted suicide. We were told by one of our old
est inhabitants that such winter weather as we
have experienced this season is unparalleled
since 1792-The iron. clads which sailed from
Boston Thursday morning anchored in Presi-
dent Roads, some eight miles below Boston, on
Thursday night.-The man who clught the
horse belonging to Mr.. Halliwood Thursday
night was also badly injured. Mayor Putnam
received dispatch yesterday from Baltimore
stating that the Mayor Of that city and dele
CATION of the City Council would be present at
the Peabody ceremonies.-Walter Brown, the
champion oarsman, is in town. He sports an
elegant watch and chain presented to him as
the champion American sculler by the people
of Tyneside, England. Col. Hyde, of the Gov
ernor's staff and General Beal of Norway, are
in town stopping ct the Falmouth-Fve thou
sand dollars were subscribed at the Universal
list Centennial held at Congress Square church
On Thursday evening in addition to the $12,-
900 subscribed by the Congress Square parish.
Quite feet of vessels that have been wait
ing for wind sailed for Cuba and other ports
yesterday.-The wind changed to the north
west yesterday afternoon and it was quite cold
in the afternoon and cvening.-Gov. Chamber
lain will not deliver an GRAFTON IN this city at
the time of the Peabody ceremones.-The
question has been asked us if the mail cars are
to be run over the Portland & Kennebec road
on the day Of the Peabody ceremonies Some
folks want to see what's going on as well as
Observation-Disclosures Prescott and III. S.
Williams, Esq, of the e. r. r. are stopping at
tho Falmouth Hotel. They have come down
to make arrangements for trains the arrival
of the feet-Quite a party from Boston are
stopping at the Falmouth who are on their
way to the mountains for their annual winter
visit Among them are Cnampney, the artist,
and Mr. Fred Wrisly of the Revere and Ire
mont Housewife ball by the employees of
the Glass Company was great success last
night.-The Forest City Band give their sew
enth dance at Lancaster Hall o-night-Don't
forget it.