The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-12-02


GU Cobb g. Ray.
Brief Jottings.
fine fower-piece painted by Miss skeels
may be seen in Schumacher's window. The
great white lilies are capitally pictured.
The sea was SO rough Saturday that no sail
ing vessels dared put forth.
The rehearsals for the "Haymakers'' begin
this week.
Large quantities of evergreen are being pre-
pared for the New York market for Christmas
and New Years
Skates begin to be in demand, and skate
users and skate-sellers are rubbing their
hands in glee thereat.
Labrador weather Saturday.
The sensational play of "Across the CONT
nent' is booked for this city the coming
week.
Stephen Scammon of Cape Elizabeth lost a
valuable horse Friday by a relapse of the
horse disease
The worst road in the county is from Com
mercial street to the draw of the Portland
bridge The owners of the adjacent land have
hlled it up some two feet higher than the road
to the bridge and by that means it is rather
canal than a road
The State makes a strong appeal for platform
preaching on Sunday evenings Its article is
worthy of notice.
November gave up the ghost with a howl of
agony.
A fragment of rock thrown out by blast
from the cut on the Boston and Maine extern
sion near Vaughan's Bridge, went through the
roof of a house near by occupied by Timothy
Rolan an employe in the Kerosene Works. Lit
tie damage was done.
Mr.. Salon, a converted jew preached at the
Allen Mission Chapel last evening.
The steamer City of Richmond arrived from
Bangor yesterday, having taken shelter from
the storm Friday and Saturday in Townsend
Harbor.
Miss Jennie Legs lectured at Army and Navy
Hall last evening
The docks were SKINNED by ice yesterday
morning.
Advent Sunday was observed with appro-
pirate ceremonies yesterday
The harbor is still full of vessels.
During the blow Friday night many of the
vessels in the hafbor got foul of each other as
they were swinging about, and some of the
boats were smashed. A more particular ac-
count of these little disasters will be found in
the shipping news elsewhere
The Boston aud Maine Railroad Company
will use the Miller platform and Westinghaus'
brake on their cars. The extension will be
completed by the new year.
The Allan steamship "Moravian'' sailed at
ten o'clock yesterday morning. She carried
thirteen cabin and twenty-six steerage passen-
gers
A very heavy sea prevailed Friday night,
and large number of vessels off Portland
Head were obliged to put into the har0or for
safety.
One hundred and fifty meteors in the space
of fifteen minutes, was what Portland man
saw at South Paris.
Liquors were seized Saturday at the Portland
Housemd at Kings on India street.
We hear rumors to the effect that fine en-
tertainment is to be given shortly in the City
Hall by forty or fifty young people of this city.
under the direction of Prof. G. S. Frost of
Providence, who will present his magnificent
allegory with tableaux of "Joseph and his
Brethren"
The Advertiser says that a meeting of the
Board of Manufacturers will be held to-day,
when matter will be presented for consdera-
tion, which, if successful, will give employment
to five hundred girls.
The steamer Chesapeake started for New
York yesterday, but soon put back unable to
proceed.
The remains of the late Miss Mary Butler
who died-at Bridgton on the 23d ut., have been
brought to this city for interment.
The steamer New York left yesterday.
L. r .-IA IL. n
dodgers at the police station has been unusual
ly large. Deputy Sterling informs US that not
unfrequently dozen persons in one night have
applied for lodging
The schooner Cypress, which was beached
during the storm Friday, was pulled off yester.
day by the steamer Myrtle and towed to Cen
trail wharf
Advent Sunday, as the beginning of the &C.
clesiastical year, was generally observed at the
Episcopalian churches in this city.
Rev. N. w. I. Root delivered an able dis
course yesterday on the efficacy of prayer, in
which he took occasion to sharply criticise
TyndalPs ''prayer-guage."
The M. L. A, had its meeting for the pur-
pose of discussing the sheriff act Saturday
evening.
half-drunken fellows were scuff1ing together on
Federal street, near the United States Hotel, a
pistol was discharged by one of them, fortu-
nately without injuring anybody, though sew
eral persons were passing at the time. No ar
rests were made.
1t began showing about nine o'clock last
evening
There were four representatives of the G. O.
of o. H., registered at the Preble House last
evening. These letters we take to signify
Grand Order of Old Hats-with brick in 'em.
PnEsoNAL.-Capt. John W. Moody of Port
land sailed on the 25th of November,
from New York for San Francisco, in
command of the new ship " Freidlander -
1857 tons, of Boston, with cargo of railroad
materials for the Central Pacific railroad.
Capt. Moody has lately commanded the baris
sArcher'' and "T.tay' of Portland, and his
friends trust his passage to San Francisco may
equal those made by him in the ARCHER" and
ssTatay." The "Freidlander'' was built this
season at Kennebunkport by n. s. Thompson
ESQ. for Messrs. Thayer & Lincoln of Boston,
and is now under charter to load wheat at San
Francisco for Liverpool.
SAnRATH SCHOOL EXHIBITION AT THE INDIA
SET UNIvERsALIsT CHURcH.-This was
with deeply interested audience. The
cises, though conducted by the superin-
Dart ha r1