The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-02-14
Brief Ottinss

Brief Jottinss.
A IF riend of equal rights complains ina
tho Street Commissioner plows BACK Tue sho"
O alto his sidewalk after it has been shoyelled
Of. and. tbouoh repeatedly notified, refuses to
remove it.
At the Skowhegan masquerade Thursday
night we notice that Mrs. A. G. Lincoln and
FL. c. Lewis of Portland, were among the mask
ers.
A subscriber complains of the unfair advan-
tage taken by Peeping Tom Zone of his neigh
bors) who persists in airing himself on shed
near the compliments house, and looking in
at the windows
The number of barrels of -four received at
the Grand Trunk depot for the week ending
Saturday was 21O5.
We met with mishap last Friday night.
We gave out the manuscript containing the
account of the Matinee Dansantee on board
of the Monarch at an early hour, and by
some accident the three or four concluding
pages were lost, containing the mention OF the
nresence of the American officers, which gave
an international character to the affair, ana
description of the fairy-li appearance OF the
shin after the lanterns shed their various COL
ored lights upon the scene. When we took up
our paper in the morning we were at loss TO
understand what was the reason for the abrupt
termination of our article. In our account We
were misinformed as to the name of the chef
du cuisine on board the Monarch. 1t should
have been Mr.. Bell instead of Mr.. Haigh.
Capt Commerell, accompanied by several
distinguished members of the British Legation,
visited the Superior Court Saturday. They
were introduced to the members OF the bar by
Mayor Putnam, and INDUCED in social CONVEX
saton.
The weather Saturday was delightful and
the streets wore filled with sleighs of every de-
scriptiou. Many of them were occupied by
the officers of the fleet, accompanied by our
Portland bells 1t was the last opportunity af-
forded the officers OF the Monarch to indulge
in the pasttime before they reached home.
The fifth of the Portland Assemblies occurs
tomorrow evening, Feb. 18th.
Yesterday was another fiue day, the weather
being somewhat colder than the day previous.
The paymaster OF the Terror is Horace P.
futile, the we'll known astronomer.
Gen. Thorn, United States corps Engineers,
gave farewell party to the officers of the fleet
| at his residence on Saturday evening. About
thirty invited guests were present, among them
Gov. Chamberlain, Gen. John M. Brown of
the Governors staff, Captain Commerell and
Commander Curtis of the Monarch, Captain
Ransom of Terror, Mr.. Fame of the British
Legation at Washington, Mr.. Dundas of the
Goth Rifles OF the British Army, Mayor and
Mrs. Putnam, II. B. M. Consul II. j. Murray,
Esq. and Others Capt. Shufeldt of the Man
tonomob, was unable to be present.
The Miantonomoh, Capt Shufelds, and the
Terror, Capt. Ransom, accompanied by the
Leyden and Cohasset, will sail at o'clock this
morning for Boston.
1t is expected that the Monarch will reach
Annapolis on Wednesday morning next, and
| that on Thursday she will be visited by Presi-
| dent Grant,
Several of the officers of the iron. clads ex-
pect to return to the city on Tuesday to attend
party in the evening.
Commander Curtis, of the Monarch, did not
sail in that vessel but will proceed to Annapo-
lis overland.
Yesterday afternoon there were only four or
five inmates of the station house, and all of
them plain DRINKS.
a SAD case occurred on friday night last A
man residing on PrAhlA SirAn4---rhn- has Int
lately recUwerad from a severe attack of the
measles which left his mind impaired, drew
revolver on his wife and daughters, made them
undress, opened all the windows and then
threatened to shoot them. The wife managed
to escape to the police Office and the officers took
charge of him. The Overseers of the Poor ON
Saturday sent him to the hospital. and it is
hoped that the attack will be merely tempo
~ one as he is we understand, one of the best
of men.
The funeral of Miss Betsey Thomas took
place yesterday afternoon, aud large number
of our older citizens were present on the occa-
sion.
To-day is st. Valentines Day. For quite
number of days past the windows of the peri
odcal stores have made pictorial display of
hearts tranrfixed with arrows and all that sort
of thing. What used to be quite a revered Gus
tom has almost entirely died out owing to its
great abuse.
A splendid moonlight evening last evening.
The road from Portland street out to Lbby's
Corner was alive with sleighs drawn by fast
horses yesterday afternoon.
The officers of the fleet will be sadly missed
by many of our Portland girls. If rumor is
true the missing will be mutual.
A remarkable feat for this latitude A dane
ing party on the upper deck OF the monarch III
the middle of February.