The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-06-13
Brief JOttings.

Charles L. ingalls,, of this city has bough
the s!oop yacht Dreadnaught, from Biddeford
parties. 1t is keel boat, 23ft long, SIT beam.
Manager Furber of the Boston & Maine road
tested the merits of the Westinghaus and
Smith vacuum brakes Wednesday, in the pres
ence of large number of railroad men. Each
had its superior points over the other
DIR. A. Parsons, dentist, has removed to No.
II Market Square.
Maine Lodge l. o. o. F. have meeting at
1890 to-day regarding the funeral services of
the late j. p. Skillngs, which takes place at
one o'clock.
DR.. James W. Sturt has taken the place Of
Dr. Gray at Saccarappa.
The managers of the Home for Aged Women
announce the anniversary of the opening of the
new building tomorrow. The public are in.
vited to make an inspection.
Thieves, gamblers, confidence men aud Other
rascals are beginning to abound in this city,
The beats we always have with us.
We have received from c. X. Halves his pref
ty song, "Molle, Dear, now must leave you. "
Thirty dollars were realized for the Hospital
at the chidren's fair on Spring street.
Four hundred dollars have been received for
the fair from the operatives at Cumberland
Mills, Westbrook,
1t was agreed to fund the last April and COM
ing October coupons of the Portland Water
Company at meeting held in Boston We'd
nesday
j. S. B liley & Co. sold at auction yesterday
the property No. SO Cove street, to Felix
ORouke for $625. Also lot corner Cove street
to same party, for $780, Also land on Green
street belonging to estate of John Carney, to
John Dumphy, for S152O
Inc grass has been cnt on the Park and is
nearly ready to be hauled off The bovs were
playing circus on it last evening.
A slight accident occurred at the Grand rrrnl
depot yesterday afternoon, occasioned bv a
kicking horse. He upset the carriage and
threw out lady, but did no one any serious in
jury.
Hon. j. H. Burleigh and Hon j. w. Brad
bury are at the Falmouth.
Capt. Nichols, of the brig Mechanic, which
arrived at this port yesterday, reports that be
picked up four of the crew of an English brig
in lou. 70, lat. 81. They had left their vessel in
a boat and could not afterwards discover it fol
the fog.
Officer York found a sum of money yesterday
which the owner eau have by proving property,
on application to the Marshal.
A case of ladies' boots on the Methodist ia
BILE at the Fair, from the factory of Messrs.
Waldron & Shaw, are as fine specimens OF that
kind of work as can be found in the country.
SOLDIERS MoNUMENT-The various organi-
cations of this city, of soldiers of the late war,
have already begun to organize committees for
the purpose of erecting suitable monument to
commemorate those belonging in this city
who fell in that struggle. The Army and Navy
Union at recent meeting appointed the fol-
lowing committee: DIR. s. G. Gordon, Col. A.
w. Bradbury, A. j. Hodgdon, John o. Rice,
w. f. Dennison and George E. Brown Major
John NJ. Gould of the Association of the list,
10th and 29th Regiments has been selected to
represent that organization aud 1t. f. G. Pat
terson. that of the 9th Regiment The Grand
Army wi join to these committees, one to rep
resent that organization. A Fair is contem-
p'a'eo the ensuing winter to secure funds to
carry out In part the desirable object of these
organizations