The Portland daily press., 1871-01-10
Brief Lallinga.

The weather yes terday was the coolest of the
season. At a. m. the mercury indicated 3
deg. below zero at Preble Chapel, while at 10
a. M, corner of Brown and Congress streets,
it was deg. above. At 3 p. m. it was 10 deg
above at Senter's, on Exchange street.
The adjourned meeting of the Portland Fra
ternity will not take place this evening, and
not until the notice for the same is issued by
the Secretary.
The next dance of the Una Boat Club will
take place this evening at Lancaster Hall.
The number of Every Saturday for this week
will commend itself to every one for it con-
tains portrait of Bret Harte, a nne frtustr~-
ton of "Tennessee's partner" and two Of
Harte's best stories.
The meterologists on Mt. Washington have
impaired the startling information to the
world that it is not as cold on the summit of
Mt. Washington as it is in the valley below
Twelve years ago Messrs. Lowell and Thurs
ton of this city placed self-registering Their
mometer on the summit of the mountain and
in the spring it showed that the weather there
had been milder than at the Crawford House
down in the Notch.
The wooden front has been removed from the
new brick block just erected on Exchange
street and our friends of the Transcript have
moved into their new quarters. Mr.. j. E.
Dow, the well-known insurance agent, has an
Office in the building and Messrs. Dow, Coffin
and Libby will SOON occupy one in the same
cdifce.
The Maine Tannin Co. adjourned their an
nual meeting till next Monday at 8 p M, there
not being quorum Of members present.
Quite an excitement was created in the High
School building yesterday morning. A cylin-
der attached to the steam-pipes in the Fourth
Grammar School for boys burst with a loud re-
port and frightened not only the boys but the
girls in the Centre Grammar School in the
same building, and as the boys rushed from
their school-room the girls rushed into it. No
body hurt and no serious damage done.
A man left a two gallon jug Of sperm oil in
front of store on Commercial street for a few
moments yesterday while be entered the store,
and while he was gone it was stolen.
We have received from James M. Palmer
the New England Life Insurance Co.'s calen-
dar for 1871.
By advertisement it will be seen that Mr.
Barnes will give grand exhibition and ball
at City Hall in about fortnight, at which
some two hundred ladies, misses and masters
will assist The next regular assembly comes
off at Fluent's hall to morrow evening.
Rev. B. H. Bailey has purchased John c.
Procter's house on Henry street.
Rev. Matthew Hale Smith ("Burleish" of
the Boston Journal) will deliver the next lee.
ture before the P. A. & N. U. on Thursday
evening. Subject, "Wit and Humor.''
The U. S. tug. boat Speedwell is orde red by
the Navy Department to ply along this coast,
between Portland and Boston, for the purpose
of assisting distressed vessels, sc. The will
probably 60 into commission next week, with a
crew of sixteen men, who are now being ship
ped; Lieut.. Commander George K. Durand,
now attached to the receiving ship Vandalia,
has been ordered to the command of the Speed
we'll
There were 5000 bushels of potatoes brought
over the Portland and Kennebec railroad on
Monday. They came chiefly from Skowhegan
and Newport.
We were mistaken in saying on Monday
that the keeper of the stable in BOWS Lane
Mr.. Russell. was the person implicated in the
affair in Walkers Court The party has the
same name-Russell, but not Edwin, that Of
the stable-keeper
The "Ariels'' are to give another social as
sembly on Thursday eve next at Fluents Hall
They are very pleasant parties and those who
wish to enjoy themselves should call on the
managers and take ticket.
The lodging rooms at the police station last
night were pretty we'll filled. At II o'clock
there were eleven dodgers there, two of whom
were young girls, on their way to Maiden
Mass