The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-23
Brief JOttings

Increasing cloudiness Nth light to fresh ao,nds.
Deputy Williams heard screams from the
lodging room at the station last night, and CO.
ing in found that two of the dodgers had a
third man seventy four years DID, on the bed,
and were going through his pockets. They
were Immediately transferred to cells.
Bishop Bacon celebrated the nineteenth an
niversary of his ordination yesterday.
At the regular monthly meeting of the Port
land Catholic Union. resolutions of respect to
the memory of Richard Kennefrick, a member
who died last week, were passed.
Work has begun ON the foundations of the
Catholic Convent School, near the Episcopal
residence on Congress street.
The Fourth Grammer school had very
pleasant entertainment at thear school room
yesterday afternoon.
A great deal of complaint is made that the
lumber dealers on Commercial street pile their
lumber on the street.
Judge Fox overruled the exceptions and the
motion for new trial in the Hudson Head
case yesterday.
The ladies of Congress Square church had
very pleasant entertainment at their vestry
last evening Tonight it is to be repeated.
The q. S. Circuit Court comes in this morn
ing.
At Swasey's billiard hall yesterday, Cornelius
Mccain made the great run of ], 467 points.
Mr.. S. H. Conforth, telegraph operator at
Scarboro' for the Eastern Railroad, has been
appointed station agent at that place. He also
attends to the telegraph.
1t is rumored that a contract has been signed
by the Allan line agreeing to run two steamers
a week from this port next winter.
Two boys were capsized in Back Bay Tues
day afternoon and had narrow escape from
drowning.
A little girl about four years old, daughter of
q Mr.. Pendleton of Deering, overturned tea
kettle of boiling water yesterday morning, and
scalded herself severely,
AS Mr. George A. c. Randall was crossing
the railroad track on Commercial street yester-
day afternoon on his jgger, Grand Trunk
passenger train backed down upon him. break
ing his iigger and throwing him to the ground.
He was severely bruised.
Mr.. Steadworthy of this city, an English.
man living On Danforth street went out to Sa-
70 after a boat, about a week since. He OBJ
tanned it and started to bring it here. Since
then he has not been heard of, and it is
feared he is drowned.
Ephraim Mari has been appointed second as
sistant keeper of the light house at Seguin, in
place of Turner Jewett, resigned.
There is a strong suspicion current that Old
Probabilities is an infationst and is working
for an expansion of the winter
A party of painters INDUCED in fight on
Pearl street yesterday morning, at the conclu-
sion of which their faces looked as dirty as
their paint pots.
On the whole it is safe to commend yester-
dav. though there was snow squall about
noon.
Great relief was felt in business circles yes
terday at the intelligence that the President
had vetoed the imitation bill, and nearly every
one was ready to 'hurrah for Grant"
At the convention of the Encampments Of
Odd Fellows, held last evening, it was voted tc
visit Biddeford on Monday, the 9th, leaving
Odd Fellows Hall at 1 o'clock p. M, returning
at G D. m.