The Portland daily press., 1874-04-02
Brief JOttiugs

BrIef JOtt1mgs.
The annual meeting of the Bible Society of
Maine occurs at the Y. NJ. c. A. room to-day at
Al o'clock p. m.
Grand Army sociabe to night
''Sir can you tell me where Maria Terrace
is?" inquired lady of gentleman ON Con-
gress, near Locust street. "No marin, / don't
know no such a woman and he hurried on so
fast that she could not tell him that it was a
street and not lady she wanted.
A policeman sstrutted around the Grand
Trunk depot yesterday with a long string of
paper attached to his coat
Congress Square church is Dakng quite
elaborate preparations for Easter Sunday The
music and decorations will be very fine.
There was mistake in the weather yester-
day, or else fraud somewhere. Perhaps Old
Probabilities thought he had as good a right to
play an April fool as any other man.
Portland Pier is being repaired and generally
fixed up for business.
The dust was as thick as in midsummer on
Commercial street yesterday.
The prospect now is that there will be a larg
er amount OF building in this city this season
than for many years.
There were the usual number of suspicious
looking packages on the sidewalks yesterday.
A large lot of fine cabbages went to Boston
on the boat last night.
Yesterday was pay day with the city, and
the City Treasurer got rid of about $4,000.
The Western Union took down number of
their old wires yesterday and put up new ones.
Yesterday was All Fools day.
A brick, neatly done up in paper on the side.
walk in front of Wilson's tea store, yesterday
was the occasion of some sore toes and many
cuss-words.
Scarlet fever is raging in the city.
The hens have already begun to lay Easter
eggs in anticipation of an unusually large de-
n and.
The gymnastic exhibition to be given by the
students of Bowdoin College tomorrow, has
every promise of being an unusually fine af-
fair.
There were twenty-seven intentions of mar
riage recorded at the City Clerks Office during
the month of March.
A man from the rural districts took an otter
skin into the store of fur dealer and offered
it for sale yesterday, but the proprietor think
ing it an April fool refused to look at it. He
afterw ards sold it for SIG.
Yesterday was cold enough for December.
Some one is going to receive substantial
present this evening.
Mystic Lodge give an envelope party at their
hall this evening. A pleasant entertainment
may be expected.
The grand festival of the Knights of Pythias
Genes off on the 9Th of August, during the SEES
sion of the Grand Lodge in this city, and not
on the 9Th of June as has been reported.
Some barbarans amused themselves on Con-
gress street yesterday, in front of Mechanic
Block, by soaking rat in kerosene oil and set
ting it on fire.
The annual show and fair of the Cumber
land Agricultural Society, win be held at NORTH
Windham on the 29th and Both Of September
and the first of October.
The school teachers and the police were paid
off yesterday.
Mr.. William Peasee of Cape Elizabeth, was
thrown from his wagon yesterday and was Sc .
verely injured.
The new tug boat "Wm. Clapp," 81 to 36
tons, old measurement, will be launched from
Lincoln street to-day at IL o'clock.
The masquerade ball given by Raymond, at
Lancaster Hall last evening" was we'll attended
and all present appeared to enjoy themselves
There were fifty five deaths in this city dur
ing the month of March.
The frescong on the Office of the Falmouth
Hotel has just been completed. 1t is nice
job