The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-19
Brief JOtflugR

Brief Jotfings ..-,
The Advertiser is mistaken in saying Rev.
Mr.. Bradford was "called to State street." No
call was ever extended to him.
The American Board of Missions has re-
ceived the munifcent gift from Mason & Ham
lin Of twenty OF their uest resonant case Cabi-
net Organs worth between $4,000 and $4,000,
which will be placed in their foreign seminar
les and training schools. u
The track on the Portland & Ogdensburg
Railroad is now within three miles of Steep
Falls. 1t is expected to open the road for
traffic to this point-24 IL miles from Port
landry the 10th Of November, and to extend
railroad facilities to East Baldwin, 33 miles,
before the season closes.
Merchants and manufacturers, like st. Paul
at the three taverns, thank God and take cour-
age, while making returns of sales for the
quarter ending Sept. Both and remember that
they are the last
Michael shean, an employee Of the Portland
Company, lost the end of one OF his fingers
while at work in the boiler shop on Monday
e. We understand that the new organ in Ma
sonic Hall will probably be dedicated on next
Tuesday evening.
The lecture that was to have been given be-
fore the students of Gorham Seminary last
week by E. H. Elwell, Esq of the Transcript,
and which was postponed on account of the
storm, will be given at Academy Hall this eve
ning.
Two painters had narrow escape from
death yesterday during the prevalence Of IL Q
high gale. A heavy balustrade was blown
from the roof of Granville M. Chase's house
on Carleton street and just grazed them in
falling. One was named Williams and the
other Fields.
The fues paid in this city by liquor dealers
average $100 day.
The deputies seized small quantities of IL
quors at the shops OF William Bowen, corner
of Spring and Centre streets, and John c. b.
ney, at the junction of Hampshire and Middle
streets.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Goodwin, team.
ster, while drawing load of wood on Elm
street yesterday afternoon dropped dead.
Josh Billings Almanac for 1871 has been re.
ceived by A. Robinson, under Falmouth
Hotel, and Tess enden Brothers, in Deerir {
Block.
o. s. bonds were quoted in London yester.
day at 49, 4, 8S "a and 90. Gold opened in
at 113 fell to liz IL and closed at 1924.
Et7 7'Aer yesterday morning opened
2 end rbidding, with the thermometer
"a tri ock. About II O'Clock the Their
sfasTss ,sii ,ated ZOE, while the barometer
80 s2le nch. Suddenly heavy shower
-''-i Fay 5@epi IN minutes when the rain ceased
Aa1 iseHass lrted out on lark. Signs rat
sise. esr5s re dashed to ana fro, and at G
a'oei - To ,iternoon the mercury had fall u
Va & ting west wind which raised tt G
'flee ~ .-1iA
At the PARK House, near the Forest CT :
TfottiDg Park, yesterday afternoon row
sheds, sixty feet long, were blown into the 70: d
by the gale.
Messrs. Hermann Kotzschmar and w. II.
Dennett have been admitted honorary mem.
bers of the Rossni Club, which Association
will meet in City Building this season.
The Austrian will be the first of the Allan
line of steamers due here the 10th of Noyem-
Der.
Messrs. Theodore Thomas, Jacob Goscbe and
Miss Anna Mehlg aud sister are stopping at
the Falmouth.
Passengers by the Grand Trunk report tn al
~--- 'NS sIi"' yoeterudy, dJ ABOUT CLOCK
shed about eighty feet long, belonging to
Denlson q Co., the paper manufacturers, al
Mechanic Falls, was blown down as fiat as if a
smoothing iron had passed over it,.
Chestn uts are found growing wild in Ever.
green Cemetery.
Mr. j. 7. E merry has built in Evergreen
Cemetery tomb for Nathan Cummings, ESQ,
and finished it in style calculated to Danish
all gloomy associations from the last receptacle
OF humanity. Though underground it is we'll
lighted and has a central aisle with marble
door, in tbs centre o. which is an ornamental
iron table for fowers inches for collins are on
each side, which, when in use, will be closed
tablet; the tomb is cemented and perfect y
dry.
Parties are talking of cutting ice on Sebage
Lake the coming winter and shipping it tt
Portland over the Portland & Osdenstur
Railroad.
PREACHERS MEETING -rne PorGl9nd Dis
trict preachers meeting of the Methodist
church met at Gorham Monday evening, II b
h7V. >. Fairbanks preaching the opening SER
"on' Inesday was spent ia the presentation
OF sketches of Sprp, ,no al .