The Portland daily press., 1873-04-01

Mr. Cobb, of the firm of Cobb & Ray, was
thrown from his buggy yesterday morning al
the foot of Green street. The horse took fright
at horse car, and ran against post cutting
himself and smashing the buggy.
As will be seen by an advertisement in an
other column gardener is wanted at the Asy-
lu Ii in Path.
A gentlemen who was practising with revolt
yer from the windows of house on Congress
street yesterday, forgot to take out the ramrod
which pinned three cats to the earth wher the
revolver was discharged.
Saturday nights rain storm caused quite an
excavation at the corner Of Neal and Bracket
streets, from which steam, in huge volumss,
has been pouring out. 1t is surmised that a
hot spring exists there.
Mr.. William Burnham has been re-appointed
janitor of the City Building. The appointments
will give universal satisfaction, for Mr.. Burn
ham is deservedly great favorite with all
who have occasion to frequent the building
1t appears that NJ Donald, the Bank of En-
gland forger, was in the Portland Jail in 1868,
on a charge of swndling several dry goods and
iewelry firms. He then called himself George
W. Bradford.
The horse car people are digging out the
tracks on Congress and Middle streets. What
you would call a harbinger, we suppose.
The 4Sth snow storm happened along yester-
day, making about as much buster as its old
er brothers but leaving fewer traces of les visit
In consequence of bad weather there was no
steamer from here yesterday for New York.
The Drigo will leave this afternoon.
eiKotzschmar has just composed "A Song for
yesterday" which has been published by Halves
Cragin. 1t is a very pleasing production,
aud there will be rapid demand for it,
It's said that Mr.. John s. Heald may accent
the vacant deputy sheriff position.
The April term of the Superior Court opens
this morning
A despatch to the Merchants Exchange saws
that Capt Daniel Corbett of the brig Lena
Thurlow," died at sea March 9th. Vessel a.
Nassau, where the captain was buried and will
proceed to Eatanzas where she was bounn from
Portland.
The match game of bill ards at the Preb!e
House rooms this evening between Mr.. Shiel OF
this city and Mr.. Anstruther of Boston, $50
points up and $50 stakes, will draw n large
crowd.
A man at the police station yesterday morn
i'm had several very alarming fits attributable
to muit up tn,
The wind last night blew over several chin
neys and the top of the dome on the City
Building. The shipping must have suffered
severely.
The well-known and well-worp defamation,
''Spartacus to the Gladiators was written by
Elijah Kellogg for the late Henry P. Deane,
and was first delivered BY him.
Several good byes were babe at the police sta
ton last night by retiring members of the
Force.
One of our wealthiest and hitherto most re-
spectacle citizens was taken to his residence
"dead-drunk' by the police last night.
Where is the society with the long name? A
dog fight between a Deering cur and noted
bull dog about town is advertised to come off
at Gorham's Corner at ten o'clock this morning
Inc hackers of the dogs threaten resistance ii
'he police interfere, so fun may be expected.
man named niece or Townshead for he
lays eiaim to both cognamens, was arrested al