The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-28
Brief .JOttings.

Reverencing the powers that be mo paper will
be issued from this Office tomorrow morning
Seven men were seen yesterday who wefe
not carrying turkeys. They were strangers
The Portland Company will begin the de-
livery of thirty new box-cars to the Portland
and & Rochester Railroad Company the first
of next month.
The High School Glass of 70 have their re-
union tonight
The celebration of st. Andrews day takes
place at the Falmouth tomorrow evening.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the Sons of
Temperance occurs tomorrow.
The spoliation feared so long by England and
France is about to take place. To-day We are
informed by our special foreign correspondent
the partition Of Turkey will be accomplished.
The Portland Shooting Club will expend some
gun-powder to-day.
f. e. Allen has been selling Cuba cargdes on
order from London, England, and they are
shipped by the Moravian. This is the first of
new trade between Portland and London.
The Portland Machine Works are making
thirty retorts for the Portland Sugar Refinery,
using some AZ, 900 pounds of cast-iron.
The funeral of the late Mr.. Joseph johnson
took place yesterday afternoon. Rev. E. Y.
Hincks officiated.
The winter term of Gorham Seminary will
commence Dec. Sd, and continue ten, instead of
two weeks, as appeared in an advertisement
The PRESS counting-room will be kept open
for the transaction of business until 10 A. NJ.
to-day.
The PRESS is indebted to Mr.. James Free
man, Union Wharf, for choice lot of very fine
oysters with which to celebrate Thanksgiving
The musical seance given by the Public Lii
brary Association of Deering, ON Tuesday
evening" was very successful socially and fnan-
cially, and handsome sum was realized for
the benefit of the libary.
The sermon by Rev. Mr.. Hincks this morning
will be on the subject of " Civil Service Re-
form"
There was twenty-eight pound turkey at
Lime Street market yesterday
Some sailors belonging to the steamer Lew
iston'' got up Thanksgiving appetite ycster-
day by INDUCING in free fight.
Nearly every man you met on the streets last
evening had four packages under each arm, >
good things being carried home for Thanks
giving.
The ladies were out in full force yesterday
apparently making shopping tours.
The public offices will be only open to-day
during the usual holiday hours
The city editor of the PRESS laments that on
account of his being single man he was not
able to avail himself of the chance to secure one
of those fat turkeys which were presented by
the proprietors to each of the married en-
ployees of the paper. These family men do
have ayc1ua iva nriviIaoac Won kpow
The coroner's verdict in the case of Mrs.
Quirk was that she came to her death by her
own carelessness.
The Portland Company delivered another of
the narrow-guage engines for the Grand Trunk
Railroad yesterday.
Two cargoes more of splendid oysters have
been received by Timmons & Halves.
"ENocH ARDEN."-It ought to be entirely
unnecessary to call the attention of our readers
to the impersonation of ENooH ARDEN at
Music Hall tomorrow evening by Mr.. Edwin
Adams. An actor of so well established a rep
utaton cannot fail to draw large and appre-
ciative house. The Chicago Inter- Ocean, a
paper of reliable critical taste says:
Mr.. Adams gives the character of Enoch
Arden in that simple, trrle-hsarted style, that
pressed in the words of an honest sailor. His
prophetic forebodings, bordering on supersti-
tion, are pictured 50 naturally as to be deeply
affecting. In his farewell scene with Annie
Lee, and during the fourth and fifth acts he
shows fully the power of bis genius, and car
res his audience away with him.
THE EXCELSIOR TRoUPE.-Those persons
land happily they are many who enjoy real
genuine fun, and are not afraid to laugh hearth
Iy for fear of offending the propreties, should
not fail to attend the entertainment given by
Buckley & Sharpley at City Hall this evening.
The music, vocal and instrumental, is spoken
of as excellent, the jokes are fresh and not in
delicate, and the programme is full and varied
The reputation of the company is guaranty
that they will give all they promise. Mr. q MIS-
Fred. McAvoy have been added to the troupe
both of whom are famous comedians and vo-
calists