The Portland daily press., 1871-12-30

FIRE. At 10. 80 o'clock last evening smoke
was seen issuing from No. 1919 Middle street
(Mussey's Block) occupied by Geo. c. Robinson
81 Co., better known as "Cogia Hassan." The
alarm was sounded and the engine came quick
ly, and were Immediately got to work. The fire
was found to be in the basement, and was hard
to fight 1t required about two hours to sub
due it, and very little injury was done to the
building except from water and smoke. The
whole building was thoroughly permeated with
the LATTER and the stocks in the adjoining stores
will suffer some from this cause A considera-
bic amount of Messrs. Robinson's goods-esti-
mated at $S000-was removed but in very
bad condition. The stock, which embraced al
most everything imaginable, from spool of
thread to the most expensive shawls,-millin-
cry, toys, fancy goods, glass and plated ware,
and every description of haberdashng -must
have been not less than $4,000 in value, ON
which there was $4,000 insurance in different
offices. The origin of the fire is unknown at
this time, but it is thought that fire from the
furnace communicated with lot of straw,
packing boxes, &C., stored in the cellar, which
was occupied by Mr.. F. w. Robinson, whole
sale dealer in lamps. Several stories of the
building was literally full Of goods; and it is
impossible now to ascertain the total damage,
but very little of the stock is in decent condi-
ton.
LOCAL NEUROLOGY Perhaps death has not
been more busy in our midst during the year
1871 than in any previous year; but the history
OF none has perhaps, contained the decease of
more prominent individuals in a city than that
which closes to-day. Among those who have
fallen out of the ranks-some of them full of
years-are the following:
John p Shaw; Mrs. w Dana; Thos. w.
Howard, bank clerk; Jno GS3, merchant; Han
nah e. Drinkwater, the beloved school teacher;
Henry b. Hart, the christian philanthrophist
Nathl Blanchard, AN old shipmaster; Rev.J.W. !
c. Baker Gin F gland); Walter Hatch, the es-
teemed railre conductor; Walter Brown, the
oarsman, at swburg, N. Y; Joseph Berry,
aged 70, one OF our pioneer shoe-dealers Mason
e. Webb at Fort Scott, Kan, the promising
wealthy and respected Rev. Charles Soule, |
congregational clergyman; John c. Brooks, |
iron merchant; Robertson Dyer, boat builder;
Veranus G. Harmon; Henry 0xnard Preble; |
Relief c. Horton; Elias Mountfort, for many |
years merchant; John p. Boyd; Chas. d. |
Webb, at Marshalltown, Iowa, brother to Ma |
son G. Webb; Eben Steele; Byron Greenough, |
the christian philanthropist Hon. Woodbury. |
Davis, ex-judge and postmaster; Seth Clark,
who had outlived most of his early contempt
raries; Phinehas Barnes, the lawyer and schol-
ar; Joseph Libby, theold schoolmaster; Capt
VIM. G. Drinkwater, a coast pilot for many I
years; John A. Poor, the railroad protector
and statisteian; Jonathan Morgan, lawyer and
ocal celebrity; Mrs Woodbury. Storer; Joseph
e. Cole, a rising young merchant; Leonard
&. SWEET (murdered) Christian +. Pudor, the
earned physician; Moses Russell, builder; Da-
1id 5. Wood, railroad contractor; David L. I
Chase merchant; Mrs. Solomon Thayer, aged
30; Edw. 2. Gerrish Presidents of Casco Nation
Il Bank; Henry Goddard; Maria Donahue, aged
LOO; Alice McKewan, aged LOG; Abigail Horton,
lged SO yrs. mos; Annie Place, aged 1902
The last four persons were remarkable for
heir great age. We doubt if any city of 10000
inhabitants had at the beginning of the year 1871
more individuals of extreme age than Port
and. Some have passed away, but quitea num-
Der are yet on the shores of time.