The Portland daily press., 1872-12-09
Brief JOttiugs.
The sky laakal badly last NIGHT

AHC SAY lcdetu uduiy last night
Real estate in this city is said to be falling in
price. We trust the effect will be to bring peo-
pie to Portland. We shall buy house our
selves when the price gets ''way down.
We were shown magnificent specimen of
quartz crystals yesterday, which Mr.. John
Boyd brought from Passaqua, N. Y.
Colesworthy has some beautiful birds, life
Size, done in bronze, in his window
The Polynesian carried out 81 cabin passen
gers and 80 storage. Among the cabin pas
sepgers was the Archbishop of Quebec.
The last connecting rail ON the Boston and
Maine extension has been laid
A boy near the Boston depot had his foot run
over by dump cart, Saturday, injuring it Sc
verely.
A liquor seizure was made at Cornelius Con-
ley's, corner of Park and Commercial streets,
Saturday.
"Well, guess this means sleighing' said
people yesterday morning they looked up to
the sky. The same remark has been made at
every Spit of snow this season.
1t seems as though people ought to know
enough to get their horses winter-shod. Anoth-
er smooth-shod horse slipped on Congress street
and came down on the pavement Saturday.
A subscriber to one of our contemporaries,
who has been "dunned' repeatedly for little
bill, sent word Saturday that he would pay it if
the collector would step rou nd to his house as
he was sick with the small pox and forbidden
to go out. The collector thinks there need be
no haste about calling
There came near being a serious accident in
a fruit store on Exchange street, Saturday.
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trap-door, just grazing the shoulder of man
who stood beneath.
About $500 were realized at the State Street
Fair last week.
Mr. James Il. Mcdowell of this city, sailed
for Cuba last week, where he purposes passing
the winter.
There is fine chrome in Hale's window en-
titled Accident" Also the Triumph of
Christ from the frsscoes of the Vatican.
Rev. Mr.. Bicknell, of India street church, de =
livered an able discourse last evening on the
lessons to be drawn from the life of Horace
Greeley.
See advertisement of the Eureka Dollar store
in another column.
Rev. Mr.. Hincks, of State street church,
preached sermon yesterday, having reference
to the formation of new church at Williston
chapel The committee appointed to take the
matter into consideration have, we understand,
reported in favor of the measure.
A gentleman of this city, who came from Bid
deford Saturday, reports 81 cases of small pox
In that thriving place.
VALUABLE SERVICES OF THE McCULLocH.-
The United States Revenue steamer McCulloch
has rendered assistance to the following vessels
in distress: Nov. 28th, she found schooner Mary
Louisa of Portland, Simpson MASTER from Gar
diner for New York, with lumber, ashore on
Goat Island, in Kennebec river, while working
down river. The schooner was hauled off and
tewed to safe anchorage. Nov. 29th during
the heavy gales of that date, the schooner
Frank and Emily eff Camden, McCobb master
Charleston, s. c., for Bath. with yellow pine
lumber, while working up the river misstayed
She let go both her anchors but dragged among
the lodges off Cox's Head. She was rescued
from her dangerous position by the McCulloch
anchors hove up and cleared and towed to SAT.
anchorage. Dec. 9Th, British schooner julia
Clinch of st. Andrew, N. b., Maloney master
from st. George, N. B., for Boston, with lum-
Der, was dismasted off western entrance of Deel
Island thoroughfare in one of the heavy squalls
the goth ult., but the wind shifting the schoon-
er was driven back into the thoroughfare where
she rode out the gales in safety, having pre-
yiously lost an anchor and chain to prevent 60
ing on to the rocks. She was lowed to Rock
land by the steamer for repairs, &c. Dec. 9th,
Schooner Telegraph of Bucksport, Peterson
MASTER from Bangor for Boston, with a cargo
of potatoes and deck load of shingles, struck
on Old Clley Ledge during the snow storm Of
the 9Th inst, filled and capsized. The captain
and crow took to the rigging and were rescued
from their perious situation by fishing schoon
er on the morning of the 9th, and this steamer
while cruising to the westward fell in with the
Xxx, hauled it off the ledge and towed it int
ing Gut on the afternoon of the same day