The Portland daily press., 1873-09-16
Motley.


Brief Sottings.
A beautiful and rare Swiss rose crystal ear
drop consisting of ball and pendant, was lost on
Deering or Cumberland street on Friday even
ing last. Finder will please leave it this office
The Lake Sebago steamers have ceased their
trips for the season.
The hotel on Mt. Pleasant is closed for the
season
Richard Collins is putting up new three
story frame building on the corner of Pearl and
Fore streets, the upper part to be occupied for
dwelling and the lower part for store.
See notice of a physicians buildings and prac-
tice for sale.
The Allan mail steamship Sarmatian from
Liverpool for Quebec, passed Father Poiut
Sunday at 2 p. m.
Constable Pickett of Cape Elizabeth, seized
a barrel of ale at z. S. Dodge's establishment on
Portland bridge, last Saturday night. Dodge
was taken before Trial Justice e. H. Watson,
Monday morning, and fined fifty dollars and
costs, from which he appealed
1t is reported that the flagship Worcester is
coming here.
A cargo of French laundry soap landed yes
tenlay at Widgery's wharf, consigned to one of
our merchants 1t came from Providence, R. I.
Overcoats were in demand last night.
John A. Parker, who recently died in New
YORK, was formerly merchant in this city.
Deer are found along the line of the Ogdens-
burg Railroad.
Large numbers of orr people are availing
themselves of cheap excursion tickets to Chi
cago and return, over the Grand Trunk road.
Col. George H. Pierce, who died in Dover,
Saturday, was one of the firm of Yorston & Co.
the contractors who built the Boston and Maine
extension in tbs eli ty.
Thrty-fve of the Montgomery Guards will
go to Biddeford, Wednesday,
The steamer Lewiston will touch at Bar Har-
Dor for the last time this season going east this
evening.
Sixty-fve one-hundredths of an inch of rain
fell in this city Sunday.
The mercury stood at 45o above yesterday
morning.
The steamer City of Richmond will take pas.
sengers to the State Fair at Bangor, and re-
turn at So. 80, being onehalf the usual price.
The genial City Clerk. wrnkled all over with
smiles last evening" ON the occasion of his unit
ing in the bonds of matrimony at hi Office,
John Beaton of this city to Miss Elizabeth
Hart of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Yesterday man named Arnold, living on
Adams street, fell and dislocated his shoulder
A boy named Russell, yesterday narrowly es-
capped being run over on Washington street. As
it was, he received bad cut on the head.
David Young is putting up blacksmith shop
on Union street
no1aO WI brolra hpr 1ar last Sunday
evening on North street, proposes to sue the
city for damages.
A man recently deserted from the fort AMI
enlisted on board the Revenue Cutter McCul-
loch. The question now is which can claim
him the army or the navy. The navy refuse to
give him up The Secretary of War has been
written to for his decision.
At the police station last night there were
seven DRINKS.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Portland and Rochester Railroad will oc-
cur on October 1st
James freeman Clark and Samuel Bowles
are III town as guests of Hon. George 7. Davis,
who entertained at dinner last night several
gentlemen of this city to meet his distinguished
guests. essrs. Clark and Bowles go eastward
to-day in pursuit of fish,
AN ARTISTIC WoRK-Schumacher of this
city has just completed the frescong of st. Jo-
seph's church, Lewiston, and the Lewiston
Journal pays the artist the following compli-
ment:
The frcscoing of the interior of ST. Josephs
church in this city, is now completed, aud our
citizens will be amply repaid by visiting the
audience room, which is surpassed in beauty by
few, if any, in New England. In addition to
the rich and tasteful decorations of the walls,
the altar, and the chapels Mr., Schumacher has
executed several scriptural scenes with marked
success Over the altar is fine COPY from one
of the masters of ''the Crucfixion." The fig
ares are finely drawn and artistically painted
On the side arches within the sanctuary are
figures of Saint Peter and Saint John, and OPP
posite the figures of st. Paul and st Matthew
In the arch on either side The Crucifxion"
are beautiful Angelic groups. "Glora in Elk
celsis'' and Safely in the Cross The chap
els of st. Mary aud of st. Joseph with statues
of more than ordinary merit we have already
spoken Of The interior of ST. Joseph's church
is place to which every stranger should be
shown-for it is a credit to the city. The fres
co painting has cost about S2700