The Portland daily press., 1873-11-08

MONUMENTAL AssoCIATIoN.-This evening
the Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monumental
Association will hold grand public meeting
at City Hall. From Z until 8 O'Clock the Port
land band have generously volunteered to en-
terrain the audience with some of their choicest
selections. The following distinguished gen.
tlemen have been invited to speak upon the &C.
cason: General Chamberlain, Speaker Blaine
Gov. Perham, ex-Mayor Putnam, Hon. John
Lynch, Collector Washburn, Hon. j. H. Drum
mond, Judge Symonds. Rev. Mr.. Gibbs, Gen.
j. M. Brown Col. A. w. Bradbury, aud c. P.
Kimball. Addresses will be made by some of
these gentlemen,
The object of the meeting is to present clear
ly before the public the purposes of the Assoc
citation, which is 'to erect and maintain mon
ument in memory of those brave men of Port
land, soldiers of the Army and sailors of the
Navy, who died in the defence of their country
in the year 1861-1S65." At the close of the
meeting the Association will be organized I'M
der a constitution and bylaws and any citizen
may, upon the payment of one dollcr, become
member.
The plan of the Association is to erect
monument to cost about $4,000 and a commit
tee will be appointed after the organization to
perfect the necessary arrangements.
The object is one in which every citizen is
interested and that it will succeed there can
be no doubt
ACCIDENTS. Yesterday sailor named Chas.
Richardson belonging to he schooner Wood
side got into drunken row ON Fore street and
had his arm broken.
Yesterday Prussian named Fritz Meart,
met with singular accident at his boarding
house on Cumberland street. He was playful
ly swinging heavy, sharp edged piece of met
al by string around his head, when by mis-
calculation it struck his throat inflicting Sc
rious wound, which bled profuseiy.
Yesterday John Knollys an Englshman,
while pulling open door at his house on Port
land street, slipped and in endeavoring to
catch himself, in some way twisted the left leg
with sufficient strength to break the bone in
two places. The muscles were also badly
torn.
A countryman was thrown from his wagon
yesterday, but fortunately escaped with slight
bruises.
ANOTHER CLAMANT.-Ye Yesterday the genial
and usually self-poised City Clerk was startled
out of his equanimity, by lady, evidently on
the shady side of fifty, who came into his office
and stated that she was a co-proprietor with
the city of the city bnilding, and demanded her
share of the rents accruing from the rental of
City Hall. She stated that she was the widow
of Elias Jacobs, and went at some length into
her genealogy After the first flush of excite
ment caused by her strange request, the Clerk
settled back into his customary urbanity and
patiently heard her out, after which he cour-
teously bowed her out
INDIA STREET CoURTE OF LEcTUREs-On
Monday evening this new course of lectures
| will open with lecture on "An evening with
the Scotch song writers" by Hon. Israel Wash
burn, Jr. The array of talent already engaged
| for this course will of itself present to the
| public good idea of what the course is to be.
| And it is quite satisfactory to those who have
| originated it to know by the large sale of tick
cts that the public appreciate their endeavors
| 1t is well understood that the profits arising
| from the lectures will go towards the compile
ton of the church edifce owned by the India
Street Universalist Society.