The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-06-27
Brief J0ttings.

The Maine Central railroad operates 357
miles of line, all in Maine. The Portland &
Rochester SO miles in Maine, the Portland &
Ogdensbarg 81 miles, and the Grand Trunk
SO miles. The Maine mileage of the Maine
Central exceeds that of all the others together,
"a per cent, or 173 miles.
We are in the very agony of the heated term
The mercury touched 9S9 yesterday.
Miss Alicia Marks, principal of Primary
School No. 8, Bracket street, was presented
with beautiful bouquet of wax flowers by one
of her pupils yesterday morning.
Alta special meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen, held yesterday afternoon, two
commitments were made to the Insane Hospi-
tai
The Mcclellan Cadets hold meeting at their
armoTy this evening. See advertisement,
A drunken man took possession of Capt.
Ross team, which was standing ON CONNER
cial street, yesterday afternoon, and would
have driven off, but forgot to take up the
weight SO the horse refused to start At that
moment Capt. Ross stepped up and claimed his
team.
Messrs. j. Wescott & Son, are cutting gran
lite in their yard on Back Bay, which is to be
sent to Indianapolis to be used in the con-
struction of the Indiana State House,
There was dead stop in the progress of a
truck team on Chestnut street yesterday caused
by neglect to grease the wheels.
The Eastern railroad are converting all their
old locomotives from wood to coal burners as
fast as practicable. Seventy have already been
changed.
Several large sticks of timber, averaging over
100 feet in length, from the Michigan forests,
were brought to this city over the Grand Trunk
yesterday.
Our people were chiefly occupied in perspir-
ing yesterday.
There is another Richmond in the field
Every Sunday morning about two o'clock a
man walks into the police station and asks, SIS
there any murders or anything?" and then
walks out again. 1t is surmised that he is a
reporter.
Some of the Sir Knights tell awful stories
about their st. John trip.
Yesterday was ''all healing day." and crowds
betook themselves to the salt sea waves be-
cause of it.
The carpenters in this city are ON strike
nail heads being the objects struck.
The primary schools were examined yes tel
day.
Rev. Mr.. Marsells, recent graduate of Penn
sylvania college, has been stationed over the
Mountfort street A. M. E. church in this city,
He is highly spoken of.
Bottles of "ink'' were some of the refresh
ments INDUCED in by the Knights Templar ON
their recent excursion.
A H.,
such river in Scarboro', by Portland parties, to
run to the once famous point called the clay
pits, or Rings tavern.
The marriage of Mr.. -, "both of Sac
carappa," has been handed to us for publica-
tion. He may be both of Saccarappa, but we
should like to know who the lady is and where
she is of.
The intense heat of yesterday caused the
rails upon the P. &. o. railroad at Stroudwater
to expand sufficiently to throw them six inches
out of line.
'All last night the northern streamers shot
across the sky"
Speaking of Wagner's escape one of the ad-
vocates of capital punishment remarked yesser-
day that coffin was the only secure place for
murderers.
A row took place at Pixies, Leighton's old
place, last night, and one man was severely
beaten. Deputy Williams arrested one of the
participants, while another escaped out Of a
back window.
Charles Fobes, esq, of this city, was taken
suddenly i'll in Bangor Tuesday, and at one
time it was feared he would not recover He
is much better now. His wife has been made
quite ill by her exertions in taking care of
him.
Officer CorllSs took man to the station yes
terday, who was in a state of senseless in
toxication. The man was accompanying the
corpse of his daughter, which was being taken
to Michigan. He had $13 and a silver fork in
his pocket
Officer Stevens arrested young man last
night, who was passing along Washington
street, for kicking horse in the mouth. The
horse bled freely. 1t is to be regretted that the
young man can't be hung.
Sheriff Pennell returned from Saccarappa
about ten o'clock last night The investigation
is notyet finished Nothing new was devel-
oped yesterday.