The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
Brief JOttings,

Rutus L. King OF Indiana, will hold a
meeting at Friends Meeting House on Oak
street this evening, at 4 O'clock.
Saturday was day of snow furries. That
sort of weather prevailed which is popularity
supposed to be indicative of matrimonial diff
calties between his satanic majesty and spouse.
The Blues masquerade takes place on the 21st
inst.
The net receipts of the Pickwck reception
are said to amount to $500.
. A Saccarappa woman gave birth to three
daughters Friday morning, and it isn't good
year for children in that hourshing village
either.
The Cumberland Bar supper comes off at the
Falmouth Hotel this evening.
Sixty thousand gallons of gin, consigned to
parties in Montreal, made up part of the Poly
nesian's cargo on her last trip from Liverpool.
The stock and goodwill with the stand occu-
pied by George w. Whittier, deceased, as an
apothecary shop, was sold at auction by f. o.
Bailey & Co., Saturday morning, to j. E. Stur-
GEES of Lewiston, for $1352O The stock brought
$1,000, and the bonus was $4,000. Mr.. Stur-
GEES was at one time clerk for the late NJ. S.
Whittier for period of four years
The name of Charles Holden, ESQ.,, is men
toned in connection with the mayorship.
Stroudwater people complain that Dallas Fol-
som, the man who lately recovered from an at
tack of varioloid, and WAC has child now sick
at his house with small pox, persists in going
about the streets and spreading the infection.
The fifth lecture of the Association course at
Ferry Village, comes off tonight, having been
postponed to this date.
The contribution to the Widows Wood Socie-
ty was taken up at State street church, yester-
day. Those who were not present are request
to leave their contributions at Hayes & Doug
lass store
The mercury stood 40 below zero yesterday
morning. The day was an uncomfortable one,
and after shutdown it became intensely cold.
The steamer Midway is due at this port early
IN the week.
The pew holders in some OF our churches save
In honest penny by sab-letting their pews, re-
aiming seat for themselves, at the same price
or which they are taxed.
Yesterday was candlemas, and was observed
With the customary ceremonies at the Catholic
Cathedral.
Rev. Dr. Hill delivered a very able discourse
It the First Parish church, yesterday morning
Loring has very curiously formed vegetable
reduction on exhibition at his drug store,
Vhich is most grotesque semblance of man.
Ihe latest mode of taking up contributions in
ur churches is to leave an envelope with each
ew-holder. On the following Sabbath the en-
elopes are collected.
MIR A. w. Jackson brought into the PRESS
hunting room last week a colony of barnacles
hich came from Kettlebail Point They be-
nged to the Brobdignagian species of their
nd.
There were twenty-one inmates at the police
alton Saturday night N. B.-Tnmate is
urteous term for drunkard.
MIR. Chute of Naples who is one of the Supe-
r Court jurymen, was taken to the Greedy
pspital last night, i'll of the small pox He
ntracted the disease at his boarding place on
'rtland street.
There were eleven dodgers at the station
use last night,
People who were out last night say it was the
ldest night of the season. "Bitter cold" was
expression most of them used
man was arrested yesterday by officers
irgm and Cammett for keeping an open shop
nday, ON Washington street, from which he
pensed beer to the thirsty multitude
officer York arrested two men last evening
loud noise on the streets.
saturday night hickman left his horses
nding outside the depot while he went with
Tor passengers. When he came out the
tses were missing. Yesterday morning at
lock they were found in cut on the Boston
Maine extension.
here were five arrests by the police yester-
.By-Stander" is getting mad When he
rms how to spell we will talk with him.
awhile let him read his Bible, and when he
Is Luke 2-56 make note of it. 1t is not
King James version We have no taste for
emics, still we should like to refer this man
oae text to Matt. 10, "a, and ask him 10 de-
nstrate from that text that Jesus came to
e mems lires.
The Black Crook troupe closed very profita-
engagement in this city, Saturday night. Tt
IN Biddeford this evening.
- wallace Sisters troupe passed Sunday in
this city. 1t is going east, and will return Fri
DAY IN season to play an engagement of two
nights.
The 31st ult. was the warmest dav for ten
days, the mercury at go p. m, standing 800
above. The Both was the coolest, the mercury
standing 100 below at 7.2O a. IN. Last evening
at $50 it stood 40 above. At midnight. we
should say, speaking within bonnds, that it
stood about four hundred degrees below.