The Portland daily press., 1875-05-17
Brief JOttings

There were eighteen arrests for drunkenness
Saturday night.
The Plckwiek Club did not 60 over the Og-
densburg Saturday, owing to the storm.
The Park never looked better than 1t does
now.
All the stores in ''Huckster's Row" will be
closed from two to four o'clock this afternoon
in respect to the late j. r. DALEY.
Bosworth Post, G. A. R. have adopted a new
uniform hat. 1t is soft black felt, the right
brim being turned up and fastened with the
corps badge The front of thehat will bear the
letters g. AIR. encircled by wreath, while
the band is to be an officer s black and gilt
cord, terminated by acorns.
Messrs. Young & Bucknam have leased the
old carriage factory of G. P. Kimball, on the
corner of Cumberlsnd and Preble streets, and
introduced improved machinery for the manu-
facturn of the wood work for furniture, car
riages, &c.
Steamer Falmouth No. has returned to her
old quarters on Spring street, now that the re-
pairs on the house are completed.
The City Building is to have new coat Of
paint throughout.
The Portland Rolling Mills have just pur-
chased ten inch tram, to be used in rolling all
the ordinary size iron used throughout the
state. The machinery will be in operation in
short time.
At special meeting of the Portland Typo
graphical Union held Saturday evening Mr.. @.
O. Douglass was elected delegate to the an
nual session of the International Topographic
cal Union, to be holden 10 Boston in june
O. K. Gerrish of this city proposes to erect
house on the corner of Atlantic and Washing
ton avenues at Old Orchard.
Mr.. O. F. Harskins, agent for Barnum, and
posse of nine bill posters arrived at the City
Hotel Saturday night. This morning they will
commence billing the city. They have con-
tracted for nearly mile of bill boards to be
put up ia different parts of the city.
A man was robbed at Stafford's block Satur-
day night. Several persons were searched but
the money could not be found.
A very valuable charm was taken from a
mans watch chain yesterday, while he was en-
gagged in conversation with some of his
friends"
Officer Miles carried ten persons into the
police station Saturday night A good nights
work.
The ground was broken Saturday for the new
Jail workshop.
A certain saloon keeper is to be brought up
for open shop on the Lords day. tomorrow
morning But he doesn't know who made the
complaint against him.
Officers Rich and Gribben arrested some
boys yesterday for stealing boat in the har-
Dor.
Some rich specimens have been taken from
the mines at Old Orchard of late.
There are about eleven hundred signatures on
the Allen Mission total abstinence pledge. The
meetings are intensely interesting. The pub
lie are invited to be present this evening.
The lovers retained the seats on Lincoln
Park last evening with great deal of forth
tude. The moonlight wasn't very warm.
A minister yesterday, in the pulpit incident
ally referred to the spring house cleaning as a
''terrble thing" The ladies Of the audience
smiled malicously.
1t was the bark A. O. Bean which astouuded
the brokers at Buenos Ayres by sailing from
Portland to Montevideo in thirty seven days,
which the paper there says beats the steamer.
Bosworth Post was presented with the battle
flag of the old First Maine Regiment on Friday
evening by Comrade Stafford, who was color
sergeant
MI. Barbour of Saccarappa left his horse in
the shed of the Forest City Sugar Refinery last
Friday morning, and since that time he has not
been seen.
A serious row took place between some of
the young bloods at Gorham's Corner last night
at 6 o'clock. One young man was SO badly
beaten that it was thought he could not recov-
err. The police were unable to obtain the names
of any CT the parties.
-Four of our vigiant policemen arrested and
took to the station wagon which they found
on Federal street last night.
President Woodbridge and Manager Hatch
of the Eastern Railroad, arrived from Boston
at o'clock last night by special train.