The Portland daily press., 1876-10-16
Brief L0ffiu2s.

Please don't speak of the beautiful snow.
There are about 20 prisoners in the Jail.
There is change of time On the Grand
Trunk road this morning.
A large number went to the mountains Sat-
urday on the cheap excursion. 1t wasn't a real
good mountain day.
The Pioneers have engaged City Hall for
grand ball Friday evening. A good time may
be expected.
The first messages between Portland and
the West were sent and received by the Allan
tic & Pacific Telegraph Co. Saturday.
Officer Newcomb, who was married recently,
treated his brother officers to an oyster supper
at the police station Saturday evening.
Bosworth Relief Corps will give leap year
sociable at Grand Army Hall tomorrow even
ing.
The school committee have completed their
arrangements for opening a school for deaf
children on the 31st inst at No. 4 Free street.
The Republican organizations of Cape Eliz-
abeth had parade at at Knightville Saturday
eyenipg,sand despite the unpleasant weather
they had glorious time.
A freight train of Is cars, drawa By three
engines, passed through Commercial street
Saturday, aud still people are talking about
hard times
The ministers of the city aud vicinity are re-
quested to meet at the Y. NJ .. A. rooms at Ii
o'clock this morning, to organize the Monday
meetings for the season.
The sherffs made four seizures on Centre
street yesterday afternoon. At Pat Sullivan's
they found the proprietor behind the bar doing
fiourishng business.
There will be a union gospel ten perance
meeting at the Allen Mission, Locust street,
this evening. The public are cordially invited
to attend.
The commission appointed by the Mayor to
investigate the affairs of the Rochester and
Ogdensburg railroads met Saturday but did
not transact any business.
Mr. Maynard showed Miss Ulmer's picture
among the other views at Music Hall Saturday
night, and at sight of it the audience broke
into hearty applause.
The Sheppard Jubilee Singers appear at the
Museum next Sunday evening in select pro-
gramme, consisting mainly of genuine sonth-
ern plantation songs and negro camp meeting
hymns.
Mr.. Sawyer, the agent of the anti-cruelty
society, found an old horse in the cellar of j.
FL. Perkins residence on Gould street, Friday
afternoon. The poor old animal was in sad
condition, and Mr.. Sawyer ordered him killed
The mountain excursions are to be continued
to-day and Tomorrow. The foliage along the
line of the road was never more beautiful
Tickets and accom- modations limited to four
hundred.
We are Informed that the train from Bostor
arrived in Portland recently with young lamt
on the COW catcher alive and well. No one
knew how or at what time it got in that pecu'
liar piace-Bangor Commercial.
Among the reasons assigned for the post
ponement of the Democratic rejoicing Satur
day was that most of the party had to atten'
the meeting of the Redemptorist Fathers tina
evening" The remainder of the party stan'
sadly in need of redemption.
The steamer Charles Houghton was take
from the bar below Ellsworth, where she ha
been aground for few days. Saturday after
noon, aud towed to beach near by, where thu
slight injury will be repaired, and it is expect
ed that in few days she will be on her rout
again.