The Portland daily press., 1872-04-09

In the case of Silvan VS.. Maine Central Railroad
which was to this afternoon the counsel fol
plaintiffs amended their declaration in regard to the
amount and severity of the injuries received, which
the defendants counsel said was surprise to him
and he moved for postponement. The case was
therefore postponed until next Monday afternoon.
Howard & Cleayes. j. H. Drummond
Municipal Court.
JUDGE MORRIS PRESIDING.
MoNDAy.-John @. Twitchell s. al. vs. Edward
Mansfield Action of forcible entry and detaner.-
De5enceplea of general issue and brief statement
title in another. Plea sustained. Case carried to
Supreme Court.
Gveen. Carleton
Entries, 9; defaults, II; continued, 8.
City Affairs.
A special meeting of the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen was held last evening in conjunction
with the stated meeting of the Common Coun-
Gil.
In BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
The report of the Joint Special Committee
ON new Market House, which was brought
over from last years proceedings, was taken
from the files and laid ON the table,
The Mayor made the following appointments
= as special policemen without pay, and they
were confirmed by the Board JohnlE. Tobin
William Peaks and Lafayette Wyman, at the
Boston steamers; William Foster, at the Post
Office
A communication was received from the
Maine State Agricultural Society, asking for
proposals from the city for the selection of
Portland as the place for holding the next an
nual fair
The declination of Nathan Cleaves member
elect of the School Committee, was received
The report of the Committee on Salaries of
subordinate city officers was received and re-
committed, in order to give the police an oppor-
tunity to be heard on their petition for increase
of salary.
The Mayor nominated the following as police
men, and they were confirmed: John T. Libby,
John Porter, vice Edwin Morrill,; Joseph B.
Parsons, vice John III. Kimball Thomas P.
Place, vice Edwin Dow; Uriah Senter, vice
Franklin Berry.
Presented and reterred.-Memorial of T. C.
Hersey, asking that the dock at the mouth of
Emery street sewer may be cleaned of deposit;
of Martha l. Lovejoy for abatement of side
walk assessment; of s. Rounds and ais, that
the deposit from the sewer in Franklin street,
may be removed from Franklin wharf dock; of
Mrs. Naomi Fernald for compensation for in
of William Parker for compensation for DANA
ges done to his horse, sleigh and harness by
defect in Middle street; claim of L. Kidder,
Recorder of the Municipal Court, for extra
services; OF G. 2 Nash and ais, for lamp post
on the corner of Pine and Clark, or Pine and
West streets; of residents on Spring street, for
a sewer on Spring street, from Center west to
connect with the sewer from High to Oak
streets; of members of police force for increase
of salary; of j. III. Drummond for sewer ON
Green street; of Charles e. Thomas, for COM
pensation for damage to property by change of
the grade on Lafayette street; of Charles H.
Westbrook and ais for a sewer on St. John
street.
Orders Passed Establishing and confirming
the assessments for sidewalks laid in 1871; d.
Tecting the City Auditor to submit his estimates
of receipts and expenditures for the year end
ing March 81, 1873, before the next stated meet
ing of this Board.
IN CONVENTION.
Aurin L. Dresser was chosen member of the
School Committee for three years, vice Nathan
Cleaves, declined.
Edward T. Porter and Frank M. Clement
were elected Surveyors of Lumber; George w.
Burnham was chosen Surveyor of Wood and
Bark brought by water; and Adam w. Bar
bour and John B. Smith, City Constables.
In COMMON COUNCIL.
Ordered.-That the salary of the Mayor for
the current municipal year be fixed at $780,
Passed and sent up. l
Petitions presented and referred of Twitchell,
Champlin Co., for a lamp post on the corner
of Commercial and Cross streets; of George
Gilman and ais. for a lamp post on the corner
of Clark and Cushman streets; of Increase
Pote and ais for a REMEMBERING of lots on
Newbury street.
Brief Jottinss.
Fifty signatures were obtained to the pledge
at the Y. NJ. C. A. meeting Sunday night.
There will be a temperance meeting held at
City Hall next Sunday evening.
Mr. John Bradford, the spar-maker, is build
ing fine little sloop yacht of eight tons bur-
den.
A parlor exhibition of the articles contribut-
ed to the Portland table of the Boston HomGo-
pathic Fair at the house of Dr. c. II. Burr, 800
Congress street, on the afternoons and even
ings of Wednesday and Thursday next. An
admittance fee of ten cents will be charged for
the benefit of the fund.
Consul Murray read at Brackets Hall, Bos
ton, last week for the benefit of the Homeo-
pathic Fair and will read next week for the
benefit of the Nova Scotian Association of that
city.
The April term of the Supreme Court will be-
gin this morning, Judge Barrows presiding.
A beautiful picture of still-life by Miss
Skeele, is on exhibition in Hales window. A
former citizen of Portland, now resident in
Minnesota, has given Miss Skeele commiss-
ion for a new picture.
Bark Alice c., arrived on Sunday from Bar
row, Eng, with 1928 steel rails for the Grand
Trunk Railway Co.
At the annual meeting of the Quarterly Con-
ference of the Methodist churches in this city
on Friday Messrs j. NJ. Heath of the Chest
nut street, b. M. Eastman of the Pine street
and G. H. Walden of the Congress street
churches were chosen lay delegates to the Maine
Conference at Gardiner on Friday; which con-
ference will elect two lay delegates to the Cen
eral Conference, to be held at Brooklyn in
May. 1851
The Christian Mirror of this week has an &C.
count of the funeral services, at New York and
Brunswick, of Prof 7. C. Upham. DR.. Pack
ards address is given in full
A horse belonging to Sturgess & Woodman of
Saccarappa, which was being driven in mod
crate manner through India street, yesterday
fell down and died instantly; supposed from
heart disease.
Members of the Mercantile Library Associa
ton are reminded of the annual meeting this
evening.
For sale at the police Office, as there is nc
owner for it-a nice double slate, ruled in
parallel lines, and just the thing for a small
boy to practice his rudimentary lessons in pen
manship on.
On Monday next the steamers of the Port
land and Boston line will leave Boston at seven
o'clock p. M, instead of five.
That bunch of May flowers, done in wax by
Mrs. Cyrus Davis, and now adjoining Schu-
macher's window, is as complete a counterfeit
of nature as one often sees. The partridge leaves
and berries that encircle the nosegay adds tc
the beautiful deceit.
FmE.-About half-past o'clock last evening
fire was discovered in one of the brick stores OIL
Elm street, owned by A. W. HI. Clapp and oc
cupied by Sarah F. True, milliner. The flames
were quickly extinguished by one of the steam
ers. The stock was removed in hurry, ant
considerable loss will result from the remova
asswell as by the fire. There was an insurance
of $500 en- it in the office of w. ID. Little &
Co. The building was damaged to the extent
of about $500, and was fully insured. The lire
evidently took from the stove in the work room
in the absence of the occunant and her aSSiS