The Portland daily press., 1876-07-24

Roland Hill. VS. Jacob Il. Moulton. The plaintiff
| exceptions overruled by consent.
Tapley for plaintiff.
Burbank 81 Derby for defendant.
Elisha G. Ferguson VS.. Augustus w. Brooks ct ux
Action for alleged trespass of wife in illegally takin
and impoundng plaintiffs cattle. The verdict wa
for plaintiff The defendant excepted to rulings an
| moved to set aside.
Burbank contended that married woman coul
not be trespasser by prior subsequent consent
and that the verdict as to the defendant should hav
been joint as well the declaration and the plea.
Yeaton, contra.
Andrew Rollins ct al. VS.. Inhabitants of Schoo
District No. Is in Berwick to money pain OIL
tax voted at meeting illegally called. Verdict TO
defendants.
Copeland argued plaintiffs exceptions.
Yeaton per contra.
Noon court adjourned to Monday a. m.
Municipal Court.
BEFORE JUDGE KNIGHT.
SATURDAY.-A. L. Tarr. Assault and battery
Fined S. with costs.
Brief Jottings.
Two lovers of the national game suffered
while playing last week. One named Gray
was struck by bat and his nose was fattened
and one named Hinkey had large cash cut il
his forehead.
People living at Cape Elizabeth state that the
fire on Union wharf caught from stroke u
lightning, and that they saw bolt when il
~ a. I,-.il H.
But if this is true how did it happen that il
took the fire so long to break out?
Ex-Commodore Smith is building summer
cottage on Little Hog Island.
pickpocket stole 800 from young man al
the fire Thursday night.
There were Is deaths in this city the past two
weeks from the following diseases: Group 2;
paralysis 2; old age 2; consumption A: dyp-
liberia 1; cancer 1; commissions 1; dropsy 1;
cholera infantum 3; drowning 1.
The sailor who fell from the ship N. Y. Hill
at Bucksport last week is at the Maine Gener-
al Hospital, and it is thought he will recover,
although his injuries are very severe.
Harry Sawyer, son of j. d. Sawyer, jumped
from the second story of a house building on
Quincy street, Saturday, distance of about
thirty feet, and strange to say was but little
injured
Saturday afternoon a car loaded with lumber
went off the track on Commercial street at the
foot of India street and was dragged some dis
lance, scattering the lumber along the street.
The damage was not heavy.
Messrs. Trefethen & Clark have acted on
the suggestion made in this paper and have put
on coach to run from Jones' Landing to
Evergreen. AS might be expected it is doing a
good business.
Would Mt it be fine if the horse car company
would extend their track down Pearl street and
to the end of Custom House wharf? Then on
the arrival of the steamers from the Islands at
night passengers could step from the steam ers
to the cars of the Congress street or Spring
street line.
The Kellogg concert which was to come off
in August is to be postponed until cooler wealth
er.
The fall term of the Abbott School at Farm.
ington begins Sept 9Th instead of the 18th as
previously announced.
The letter carriers connected with the Port
land postotflce have had their salaries reduced
$25 each. The reduction takes effect July 25
The storm of Saturday night and yesterday
morning disturbed campers-out generally.
Messrs Waite, Maher, knight and Sum-
mers, four young men who are camping out on
Cushing's Island, have camped on the same
spot for - years.
Those who were wicked enough to go to the
Islands yesterday were punished by getting wet
coming home.
There was large audience at Allen Mission
last evening to listen to a powerful sermon
from Rev. John Lemley of Illinois Mr. Lem
ley will be at the union temperance meeting
this evening and the public are invited.
Mr.. John w. Whitmore writes a note stating
that lowing to the efforts of kind friends all of
his property endangered by the Union wharf
fire was saved"
The sail boat White Cloud was stolen from
her moorings Saturday morning and her owner
offers reward of ten dollars for her recovery
The GRAND REUNION. to call
signed by resident members of several of the
Maine organizations which served in the late
war, meeting was held on Saturday evening
at e. A. r. Hall, Boston, to consider the ex-
pediency of attending in body the grand re-
union of all Maine regiments in this city, on
the 9th, 10th and 18th of August next. About
100 members, representing some 20 different
organizations, responded. The meeting was
called to order by Col. E. f. King, and Col. G..
NJ Atwood was chosen chairman and Lieut.. S.
G. Small secretary. Remarks were made by
Coils. Lakeman, King and J. H. Roberts, Capts
Ball, Gould and others, after which it was
unanimously voted to attend the reunion in a
body, and the following committee to consider
the above was appointed, with instructions to
report at the next meeting: Lieut. j. A. Lancy,
First Heavy Artillery: f, III. Butler, First In
fantry; A. B. Erskine, Second; Col. Lakeman,
Third; Col. Walker. Fourth; f. Morrill,,
Seventh; Lieut.. j. G. Littlefeld, Eighth !;
Capt. Ed. Fowler. Tenth; Lieut.. J.. T. Gould,
Eleventh; A. E. Divine, Twelfth; Col. T. W.
Porter, Fourteenth; r. M. Mckenzie, Fiji
teenth; Col. West, Seventeenth; D. C. Lom-
bard, Nineteenth; j. FL. Terry, Twentieth; E,
P. Simpson, Twenty-frst; Col. Luce, Twenty
third Col. Atwood, Twenty-fourth; Col. King
Twenty-ninth; P. Chamberlain, Thirty.first;
Col. Little, First Cavalry; Col. J. FL. Roberts,
Second; Capt Dow, Sixth Battery; f. Smith,
Seventh, and Capt. Ball of the Navy. The
meeting was very enthusiastic and harmonious,
aud adjourned to next Saturday evening.
CITY AFFAIRS.