The Portland daily press., 1873-11-18
Brief Jottings.

The $50 a. M, delivery by carriers was dis
continued yesterday, The first delivery is now
made at 8 a. m. The first collection is made at
instead of 8. r,,4
The dying year has gone into the winding
sheet business pretty extensively.
Now is the winter of our discomfort made
glorious by the sight of woolens, with which
Davis & Co., have festooned their windo VS.
That old question: who shall shovel the snow
from the sidewalks?" is again intruding itself
upon public attention. @
Somehow sleigh bells don't sound half SO
merry in reality as they do in song. Indeed an
elderly gentleman, addicted to rumbling and
rheumatism, was observed to shudder yester-
day on hearing them.
A Saccarrappa correspondent says that Miss
Ella Bean, whose musical success in the West
was noticed yesterday, is not resident of
Portland but of Westbrook.
One of the brightest and best of our Port
la nd compositors was given in marriage yes
ter lay to the happiest man in Maine.
Blu xton has ten inches of snow, and the old
town t. kinks it something to be proud of.
Our m achants are mainly of the opinion that
money will be easy in thirty days. Their ex-
actness is su gs-estive of Seward and distrust.
The Orobay, Beach Camp Meeting Associa-
tion have diyid, I'd their purchase into lots of 20
nv 40 feet for ar, miles, and 40 by 60 feet for
general purposes. ase ...s
Some of our fan cy goods stores are commit
ting the mistake of keeping their stores open
evenings, and thereby overworking their EN-
ployes Public opinion frowns upon the extra
hours of labor, and resi- ecta BILE dealers will in
sist upon them.
The general Saturday morning exercise at
the High School building will be resumed next
Saturday.
E. H. Parker of White Rcclt, leads off with
big porkers, having slaughtered one less than
fifteen months OIL weighing 674 pounds.
The St. John steamer left Bos ton yesterday
morning and got as far as Marbhshead, but be-
ing apprehensive of foul weather put back.
Ladies holding tickets to the Y. M. R. A.
hops, will please consider them good for their
fourth sociable this evening at Congress
Hail.
A man astonished Marshal Parker Sunday
night by calling at the police station for little
gin for his sick wife, The man had been in
dulging in much gin.
That naughty but nice Black Crook is to visit
Portland some time in February.
Albert Dirwanger, the florist, has placed a
stand of flowers in LowelPs elegant new store,
where fresh rosebuds, bouquets &C., can be
procured by those who desire 1t adds much to
The beauty of the place.
At five O'Clock yesterday afternoon snow be-
gan to fall, and the war fever reached a high
pitch. Nearly everybody was anxious to enlist
and tigh those COMPOUNDED Cubans. The pros
p.>ct of . winter in Cuba is very attractive this
wea Their.
Bid'welrs troupe begins weeks engagement
at Mus &c Hal on the 9th prox.
The steps leading up to the City Building
have mt on their winter overcoats.
Thew $; " the Caseo, Canal and Merchants
Ranks On employ two night watchmen in
common he reafter, instead of one each, as has
been the custom
Lingard S ays he is co ming to see us some
time in Febr nary. ae gels
The second Assembly of the Light Infantry,
comes off at Lancaster Hall to-. morrow even
ing. -tsf1
Tramps In Deering excite sympathy b. 'ei'-
ing of disaster aud shipwreck while fisline Tor
salmon trout off Cape Cod, and sympathizin z
Deering pulls its pocket-book
People in the house of VIM. Huse, on Lin
coin street, were mnch alarmed yesterday to
find an evil looking man prowling about the
garret. The man was quite as much frighten-
ed, and left sooD as ever he could
Some of the valiant militia men were greatly
excited yesterday on hearing that Col Mattocks
was of the opinion that the President could call
them out to fight Spain any day. Several of
them egan to go lame. Col. Mattocks denies
that hs ever expressed such an opinion
Side walks were slippery last night, and sew
eral Il Ills resulted,
A nan named Grindley, damned his thumb
badly while getting ready a sleigh yesterday
So mu oh for the beautiful snow.
A lady named Smith, living on Danforth
street, tore her hand badly by catching it in
blind hook while shaking table cloth, yester
day. Moral:-Don't shake table cloths, ladies'
JON. n Foley was struck over the eye by al glass
tumble II while quarreling in saloon on Fore
street, Sunday. A bad cash resulted