The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-03-06
Brief JOttings.

The fourth lecture of Rev. Mr. Bolles
Course will be delivered tonight at Fluent
Hail.
"Old Probabilities prediction of high north
westerly winds in this latitude yesterday was
literally fulfilled.
There will be special meeting of the Board
of Trade on Thursday at 1oa o'clock to consider
some questions relative to our shipping inter
ests. A full attendance is requested.
| An amusing brochure entitled 'Mrs. Leary'
| Cow" issued by the New York Insurance
Monitor, has been sent us by Loring & Thurs
ton, insurance agents, Exchange street.
w. w. Thomas, Jr. Esq, Commissioner of
Immigration, will leave to-day for New Swed-
en-. -.
S. Donegan, president of No. One of Mas
sachusetts," warns all ''Union Coopers'' to give
Portland wide berth until further notice:
frem which it is inferred that the master coop
ers of this city are competent to manage their
business without outside interference.
The pupils of the first class of the High
School have presented Miss Deering, the asss-
tant teacher of the school, with full set of the
Globe edition of Dickens works.
There was no business in the Municipal Court
yesterday.
The steam-pipe of the locomotive attached
to the passenger train on the Maine Central
road froze up three times yesterday afternoon,
between Skowhegan and Portland, delaying the
train abont two hours.
The Temperance lecture of Mrs. Sheppard at
the Allen Mission Chapel last evening was one
of thrilling interest, and listened to by goodly
ntvyitb cta md no
Subscribers to the Mechanics Private Assem-
blies are reminded that the last assembly takes
place this evening at Lancaster Hall.
Some people refused to vote on the division
of Wards on Monday, for fear it was a trick of
the odgensburg managers to delude them.
PROBABLE Loss OF A PORTLAND VESSEL
Dispatches from Chatham, Mass, to the Mer-
chants Exchange yesterday state that an I'M
known barque is sunk near the Stone Horse
Shoal in about forty feet of water A party of
men in boat went out from Monomoy on Mon
day to learn something in regard to the vessel,
but she was down too deep in the water to as
certain her name or any other particulars
They took off some of her topsails and returned
to the shore. --..-r
1t is conjectured that the barque may prove
to be the Mary c. Fox, of Portland, Capt. Ross
from New York for Portland as she was seen
on Sunday about twelve miles northeast from
the Highlands of Cape Cod by the fishing
schooner Sea Queen, which arrived at Glouces-
ter on Monday. She was then in bad condi-
ton, with her mainmast gone, leaking badly,
and cargo of coal shifted. All hands were at
the pumps and the water gaining on them. The
Sea Queen remained by her until the following
morning, when Philadelphia steamer came
along and took her in tow off Nauset Light 1t
is possible that the leak subsequently increased
so rapidly that she had to be abandoned and
shortly after sunk. If this supposition is cor
rect her crew may be on board the unknown
steamer which attempted to get her into port.
The Mary G. Fox was BIT tons burden, built
at Yarmouth in 1856, and was rebuilt in 1871 at
a cost of $4,000. She was owned by Emery &
Fox, Ross & Sturdivant, James M. Churchill,
the master and others of this city. There was
an insurance on most if not all of the shares.
Her cargo was $50 tons of coal, belonging to
Messrs. Randall McAllister & Co., of this city,
who are insured.