The Portland daily press., 1873-12-02

The lecture before the M. c. Mechanic Asso-
citation for this evening is unavoidably post
poped
The last assembly of the season by the Port
land Cadets comes off at Grand Army Hall to-
night.
In default of the Pictou, the N. E. & N. S.
Steamship Company, think of purchasing the
ALEXANDRA of the same line, an iron vessel of
1000 tons burden, carrying 5000 barrels and val
ued at 100000
Fryeburg will have it that the mercnry was
26 degrees below zero at that place yesterday
morning.
On Thanksgiving Day the choir of the First
Perish church sang an anthem composed by
Kotzschmar over twentyIyears ago, and never
before sung in public.
The ladies of Congress Square Union hold
fair in the vestry of that church on Monday
and Tuesday of next week.
The Grand Trunk have now eight hundred
car loads of freight for shipment by the steam
ers from Portland, and are transhipping on an
average at Montreal one hundred and forty car
loads daily, and one hundred car loads freight
is arriving daily at Portland.
The were 65 interments in the city during the
month of November,
A man from Westbrook left his horse stand
ing in front of Wilson's store on Federal street
yesterday afternoon. The horse became fright
ened, dashed down Exchange street to Fore,
came in collision with the corner of a building
and wrecked the Sleigh
The new steam fire engine, recently pur-
chased by the city, is expected to arrive from
Manchester to-day.
The mercury indicated four degrees :below
zero at seven o'clock yesterday morning.
''Has Maine any future?' Indignantly quer-
led citizen the other day, on finding that he
could not get his mail at the postofice after
office hours 'Look at the Swedish colony and
then ask" was the proud reply.
If you wish you cen now with the greatest
propriety talk about 1.-THE drear wind of this
December day." But you have got only thirty
days to do it in.
The friends of Mrs Waite state that no
thought of a compromise has ever been enter
tanned by them. They are as anxious as the
government for a true solution of the ques-
tion.
The Board of Engineers recommend the
adoption of Mulford's fire escape for our no.
tells.
The mercury stood at 40 below in Rochester,
N. H., yesterday morning.
The Army & Navy Union present very fine
programme for tomorrow evenings concert i'll
our entertainment column this morning. 1t
will repay perusal.
There wero 70 arrivals at the Prehle House
yesterday
A stated meeting of the NJ. G. NJ A., will be
held at their rooms Thursday evening"
The second term of Raymonds Dancing
Academy begins Friday evening.
The 18th Maine Regiment Association hold
meeting at No. Ii, Cahoon Block, this evening.
PERsoNAL.-The Rev. w. P. Cutler, formerly
pastor of Park street church, is at the Fall
mouth. He is yet suffering from the effects of a
fracture of the hip bone, sustained last Spring.
Mr.. j, Z. Mcdowell and family left for New
York yesterday. They sail for Cuba Thursday,
there to pass the winter.
d. H. Ingraham win deliver his lecture on
"Works of architecture and their association"
at the Universalist church, South Windham ,on
Thursday evening.
FIX Gov. Washburn will lecture at Brown
field Thursday evening. Subject: IAN Even
ing with tne Ballad and Song Writers of Scot
land"
James Woodbury., we'll known for many years
as a temperance lecturer, and almost universal
ly called tbs 'Thrashing Machine, died last
week at his residence in Winterport. more
than 200 hundred lodges of Good Templars
nave been instituted by him in Maine. AT the
time OF his death he was employed by the
Grand Lodge, and instituted Greenwood Lodge
NO. Sl7, at Belfast, only five days prior to his
decease
Gov. Perham was in town yesterday.
Judge Appleton is at the Falmouth.
rev. e. {. Bolles is visiting friends in this
city.