The Portland daily press., 1872-03-21
Brief .JOttings.

1t is expected that the last steamer from this
port for Liverpool will be the Austrian, on the
9th of April.
Since the introduction of the Darwinian
theory the human race has been like Japhet-
liz search of father.
susanna. King, the founder of the "Woman's
Tea Company" who travelled unattended thro'
China and Japan, is said to be millionaire.
She is native of Gorham, and has brothers
who are successful merchants at Saccarappa.
''What are you digging there for?" asked
loiterer of three men who were digging trench
on Pearl street yesterday. money, EUR, the
answer came. The mai. watched the operation
until the joke got through to the roots of his
hair and moved on. rss u
March 20, 1911, Capt. James B. Moore had
ship in Portland harbor, cleared for Russian
port 1t required several days for a gang of
men to cut a channel through the ice in order
to get the vessel to sea. During the same "cold
snap small building was hauled from House
Island to the city We print these items to en-
courage the weather grumblers
The Portsmouth Chronicle draws this moral
from the memorial of the Portland and Ogdens-
burg railroad directors, presented to the city
government on Monday: eff some of the zeal
shown in growing was turned into new chan
nels there would be most surprising results
from increase of business" .s..z
Mr. Gilmore has promised that if Queen
Victoria will come to his big jubilee one of
Prince Albert's musical compositions shall be
performed. It's too small compensation, Pat
rick. 5.. Esflt
There are $50 students at Gorham Seminary.
Chisap. is making uniforms for the Cadets.
They are grey-the uniforms. a EF
Capt. David Ritchie U. S. r. s., well-known
in this city, has been ordered to the command
of the revenue steamer Moccasin at Newport.
We understand that the Hon. George f. Tai
bot and wife will leave Portland about the first
of April on European tour.
There will be an apron sale this afternoon
and evening in Plymouth church vestry.
Capt. Thomas Means devised all his property
of every name and nature, to his wife and ap-
pointed Thomas G. Loring the executor of his
will a,.t. ..e.
The sun had cold windy time in crossing the
line yesterday.
There will be meeting of the Board of Man
'ufactures at the Board of Trade rooms at four
o'clock this afternoon.
The Engineer Department has decided to
abandon the idea of massive stone fronts with
classmates for coast defence, and to confne the
new constructions to barbette batteries of earth,
sodded, with iron depressing carriages for the
heavy guns mounted. 1t is proposed to throw
up one of these barbette batteries for thirty
four guns of the heaviest calibre at Portland
Head, where its guns sweep all the ap-
proaches and prevent hostile fleet from TAX
ing up, unopposed, position behind Bang s
Island to lombard the city or to shell the ship
ping in the harbor.
There will be social gathering at the State
St Chapel this Thursday evening Refresh
ments will be for sale at the vestry.
Capt Smith entertained party of Portland
bellies on board the Peruvian yesterday after
noon.
The collection at Free street church Sunday,
for the benefit of the Widows Wood Society,
amounted to $85.
The comrades of Post Bosworth close theiI
sociables with masquerade ball at their hall
this evening.
The Schooner George Deering, for whose
safety there has been some anxiety, is reported
at Hyannis.
The wind was blowing at the rate of 12C
miles an hour on Mount Washington yesterday
morning.
One of the trains from Boston yesterday
noon, while running through Commercial street
to connect with the Grand Trunk came in col
lison with runaway horse that had beer
frightened by the shrek of the locomotive ant
the result was that the animals leg was broker
and hung by the skin and tendons.
John A Lowell has been reelected Presiden
of the Lowell Base Ball Club of Boston.