The Portland daily press., 1873-08-25
Brief JOttings.

We understand that the members of the A
A. A. S. have been invited to visit the North
school this afternoon by the School Committee
The Bangor Commercial is pleased to be face
tious oyer the trials of reporters during the ses
sons of the A. A. A. s. If its editors had to
wrestle with horrid Perissodactyle or the
Staurobite crystals of a Silurian age their jovi-
ality would receive a serious check.
It is considered very unscientific and
showing gross ignorance of paleontology, to
speak of scarcity of hens teeth, the evolution
lists having demonstrated the existence of dem
tails in birds.
Saturday J. G. Hill, while at work on the
Donnell building, ON Middle street, cut his
hand badly,
Saturday morning lady passing along Pearl
street near where the workmen were drilling
stone, was struck a hard blow in the abdomen
by sledge-hammer, thrown up carelessly by
one of the men.
A lad by the name of Crawford, on Saturday,
lest the sight of one of his eyes by carelessly
pouring moulten iron into a mould containing
water. The fluid flew back striking him in
the eye.
At the caucus Saturday afternoon, S, E.
spring. a. L O6IIlSll, u. L. INduudll anu OidIh
H. Barker were elected delegates at large to the
Republican County Convention.
The music at the First Parish Church yester-
day morning consisted of Kotzschmar's An
them, 'Rejoce; Rejoice in the Lord and the
Chant, 'Deus Miseriatur,' by ''Tallis."
Upon the arrival of the eastern companies in
Bangor salute of thirteen guns was fired and
Mayor Bass had an elegant collation. prepared
for them, which the men partook of with great
relish after their four days of army rations.
Gov. Perham and Adjutant General B. B.
Murray, Jr., made trip to the mountains Sat-
urday over the Portland & Ogdensburg Road.
AT most of the churches yesterday, alluson
was made to the present meeting of the A. A.
A. s., now being held in this city.
At the police sta ton last night there were
five DRINKS and two cases of disturbances.
Saturday Deputy Bridges recovered valu-
able gun which last May was stolen from Mr..
Perry of this city. The thief is in jail.
THE RAILROAD WAR. = The Boston and
Maine gave notice to the Eastern road Satur
day that at o'clock a. m. Sunday they should
put down a cross frog at the head of Smiths
wharf, recently purchased by them. The frog
was CaTrleu 10 the STOuuu anu ldlu dfOu5 sue
the Commercial street track late Saturday
evening About midnight Saturday, w. S.
Eaton, general freight agent on the Eastern
and Maine Central roads, took charge of a
freight train of twenty cars, to which was at
tached two engines, and ordered it moved out
of the Eastern depot down Commercial street
to the point where the Boston and Maine pro-
posed to cross their track. Here the cars were
stopped and there they will remain until nine
o'clock this morning. Quite large force of
brakemen and engineers accompanied the train
to break up probably. No demonstration
was made by the Boston & Maine. The East
ern road usually occupies Commercial street
from a. m. till II M. when the track belongs
to the Grand Trunk, but yesterday, by agree
ment, the Eastern road occupied the track all
day. and the Grand Trunk has it morning and
afternoon to-day. What will come of this
move remains to be seen.