The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-15

The Common Council held their. regular
monthly meeting last evening, and special
meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
was called for the same time.
IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
George A. Mason was nominated and con-
tirmed policeman without pay, and stationed at
Fluent Hall.
The memorial of Edward Fox, in relation TO
clearing Union wharf dock of sewer deposit
was taken from the table and referred to the
Harbor Committee with power
A communication was received from W. l..
Putnam, counsel for the Boston and Maine
H. II. Co., covering copy of notice served on
said company by John w. Lane, forbidding
Said company from trespassing on certain land
iylng on Commercial street near the potato
factory, owned by him, and asking protection
Tor the company from the city. Referred to
the Committee on Judicial Proceedings
A communication was received from W. H.
Fessenden, calling attention to the offensive
condition of the culyert on the corner OF Com
mercIal street and passage way leading by
Browns sugar house. Referred to the Com
mittee on Drains and Sewers.
The petition of C. n Deano & Co., for per-
mission to erect and maintain stationary en-
CINE in their proposed planning mill on Fore
street. was taken up.
Aid. King offered an amendment requiring
the building TO be constructed of brick, and
Aid Corey proposed to add Slated roof and
the building to be fre-proof." After sharp
debate Aid. Kings amendment was lost, and
the license was granted, to 3; Aid. Mccarthy,
and Ring and Corey voting nay.
The order exempting from taxation the
land, building machinery and capital proposed
to be used in the manufacture of boots and
shoes by Messrs Norris, Hull & Co., was taken
up.
An earnest debate followed in which Aid.
King Mccarthy and Corey opposed the order,
and Aid. Winship spoke in favor of it, The
orgna. order was voted down, Messrs. Little
field, Mccarthy, King and Corey voting in the
negative. The following order, offered by Mr..
Mccarthy, was then passed.
Ordered.-That the City Solicitor he and he
hereby is directed to prepare contract exempt
ing the building, land and machinery to be
erected by Messrs. Donnell & Emery, on
Messrs. Norris, Hull & Co., as shoe factory,
from taxation for a term of five years from
January, 1873, and to fix the tax to bepaid by
said Norris, Hull & Co., for the next five years
at the assessors valuation for the present year;
and that said contract shall be binding on said
city when duly executed by the City Treasurer.
The following petitionswas presented:
To the Honorable the Mayor, the Aldermen and
the Common Council Of the City of Portland:
Respectively represents Madame st. Joseph
inc, now resident in Portland, that she has
under her care a mission of a religious society,
existing in Portland, and known as the Society
of the Congregation of Notre Dame; that said
Society is chiefly devoted to the instruction of
children, and that since the mission has been
established in Portland large numbers of chill
dren have been educated by the sisters of the
said Society; and they now have under their
care about one thousand children, who would,
but for this Society, be incumbent upon the
city at an expense of more than ten thousand
dollars to the city; that they have house for
religious worship on the corner of Free and
Oak streets in Portland, which they believe
should be exempt from taxation, in accordance
with the rule adopted in other States and in
other towns in this State; wherefore your peti-
toner respectfully asks your honorable body
that she may be granted exemption from taxa
ton upon the house and grounds so held by her
for the purposes above set forth.
SR. ST. SosEPHINE,
Sup'r. G. n. d.
Portland, Oct IL, 1872 4.tI
The petition of G. III. Williams came up
from the other Board, referred to the chairman
of the Committee on Streets, &C., in non-con-
cuuence. This Board receded and concurred.
Memorial of Fletcher & Co.. asking for a
conference in relation to the damage done to
their store, corner of Commercial and Union
streets, by defective sewerage, was referred to
the Committee on Drains and Sewers.
The vote refusing passage at the last meet
ing to an order directing the removal of the
stones and earth from the easterly side of Con-
gress street, near Vaughan, was reconsidered.
The order was taken up and passed.
Papers from the Council disposed of in con-
currence.
Orders Pdssed-For sidewalk on Emery
street, as prayed for by Daniel Hilton, if the
Committee deem the same expediena; to pay
, Charles e. Thomas 800 in full for damage
done to his property in changing the grade of
Lafayette street; to pay Woodman, True & Co.
and w. Ill. Goldman for coupons on bonds lost;
directing the Committee on Streets, to put a
number on the door of DR.. Fitch's Office cor
! her of State and Congress streets; directing
the Harbor Master to remove the boats anchor
| ed at MerrilfS wharf, so far as they interfere
with navigation
Petitions Presented and Referred-Of Ezra
Russell & ais for establishment of portions of
| kennebec and Somerset streets; of Thomas
Wildes for quit claim from the city for a piece
of land on the corner of Cumberland and An
derson streets; of Wardens and Vestry of St.
Luke's Church for liberty to drain the lot occu-
pied by Rev. q. w. Hayes, into the State street
sewer, at the stipulated rate for the area bene-
fitted thereby; of residents of Bracket street
for a sidewalk corner of Bracket and Pine
streets, and one on Bracket street opposite the
| Frost lot; of William Milliken & Co. for license
to sell gunpowder (granted); of Jared Lane for
compensation for damages on account of an in
cumbrance on the sidewalk on Newbury street;
of Cornelius Conley for hearing in a question
| of damages occasioned by the extension of
| York street; of G. H. Blake that he may be
| paid $50 for compensation for damages caused
| by the revocation OF permit to remove his
building on Gross street; of Thomas q. Loring
& ais. that the sidewalk ON the easterly side of
Exchange street, from Federal to Congress, be
repaved; of G. III. Williams that he might he
| furnished with brick sidewalk ON the corner
of Oxford and Anderson streets, on the same
terms as others in the neighborhood.
In Common ,COuacit-In, the absence of the
President, Edwin Clement of Ward 6, was
chosen President pro tenn
Papers from the Board of Mayor and Alder
men were disposed of in concurrence. [See
| other branch.
The remonstrance of William Lindsey and
| Others against the discontinuance of Emery
street, below Danforth, was referred.
An order to pay w. III. Hubbs $50 for extra
services as Harbor Commissioner, was tabled
NEW MUsIc.-From Ira Stockbridge, No. Isl
Exchange street, we have received the follow
ing new music:
(Which way the sweet wind blew" ''Some
body" and Lullaby, by George L. Osgood, of
Boston These are three of series of eigh
songs composed by Mr.. Osgood, which he viii
sing during the coming winter at the Theodore
Thomas concerts. The first is dedicated t.
Miss Jennie Armstrong of Maine, who has &C
quired an exalted position in Europe by he
magnificent vocal powers. The words of thu
other (Sweet and Low by Tennyson, will hav'
a double value from their connection will
Barnby's beautiful composition, found in tn
Jubilee Collection. All the pieces, though diff
ferent in character, are charming, and we com
mend them to our musical readers
The other pieces are Strauss Morgenblatte
Waltzes, for four hands; Beautiful Bird of tn,
Springtime waltz by Knight; NJ. w. Whit
neys favorte song, Solitude, by Tours; Fair,
Bride Waltz, by j. w. Turner, a companion t.
the favorite Fairy Wedding Waltz; Apple o
my Eye (rolka) by ]. S. Knight; and a song b.
Reyloff, entitled ''My Love and 1 will meet,
sung by Camille Dubois, of the Lydia Thompson
T"oupe. These pieces are among the newes
publications of G. D. Russell & Co. of Boston
ENLARGEMENT OF Observation-Disclosures. j. S
Bailey & Co. the well-known auctioneers on Elk
change street, are contemplating an enlarge
ment of their business and the establishment 0
regular trade sales of all varieties of merchan
disc, receiving consignments from importer
and agents in Boston and New York, whicl
they will offer by auction at stated times to tn
trade of the State. On the second floor the
have fitted up pleasant invoice room, wher
foreign consignments will be prepared for pub
lie sales. This will be in charge of specia