The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-22
The purchasing committee have purchased


| boxes coffee.
The following articles donated has also been
forwarded
Portland Packing Company, % cases cooked meats
| ard soups.
Charles True, agent for Libby, Mcneil & Libby,
/ 10 cases cooked meats and soups.
Burnham & Morrill,, 10 cases cooked meats.
John Winslow Jones, 10 cases cooked meats
G; w. Limington, boxes coffee.
| Fletcher cases beef, box coffee, cheese bbls
| crackers and basket of food.
| Rice q Calderwood, 40 loaves bread.
Donor unknown barrel of clothing.
| Leathe d. Gore, 16 boxes soap.
| - box cooked meats.
H. L. Eyeleth, basket of food
| Howell & Morse, cooked hams.
| II. Kotschmar, 2 hams.
George W. True & Co., s bbls -four aad 20 bush of
| meal.
The above is valued at $4,000 and has been
forwarded The steamer City of Portland took
all that was ready at o'clock and the remain
der was sent by special train which left over
the Maine Central at $50 last evening Super
inuendent Tucker telegraphed to Superinten-
dent Cram of the European & North American
road, asking him to send the goods by special
train over his road and received the following
i answer:
We will send the goods by special and give
| them all possible despatch.
| F. W. CRAM, Sup't.
| BY this means the goods by this train will
reach st. John at an early hour to-day.
| Col. Osgood, of the Eastern Express Com
pany, made the very liberal offer to take all
goods offered free of express to st. John. Ac-
cordingly two car loads were taken by the
| special train, and several more on the regular
Pullman train. Eight car loads came from
l over the Grand Trunk, and two car loads from
| Boston.
Mayor Butler received the following telegram
| from the United States consul at St. John:
| To the Mayor of Portland:
Send by steamer this evening all the cooked
provisions you can, meat and bread. Fifteen
| thousand people are homeless, All the public
| buildings, most of the business property, and
fully one half of the residences are burned.
ID. Is. WARNER, Consul.
Similar dispatches were sent to Boston and
New York
A private despatch says that the wharf and
Office of the International Steamship Company
| are all right.
Mr. j. e. Sturgis has taken the place of
Capt. Pencil on the committee appointed to
solicit sui scriptons to the ST. John fund Mr.
Sturgis may be found at the junction of Con.
gress and Free streets.
W. d. Little & Co. say that the Western
Insurance Company of Toronto cannot suffer
much as it has only been in business since De-
cember.
Joseph p. Thompson, of the firm of George
S. Hunt & Co., has friends living in the midst
of the city. He went down on the steamer last
night to afford them aid.
Mr.. John Rogers, the proprietor of the Bos-
ton type foundry, was on the boat last evening
from Boston. He is of the opinion that the
printing Offices there will want some type.
In 1866 the st. John people contributed SILL
500 for the relief of Portland.
The finance committee, appointed in behalf
of the st. John sufferers, met at the Mayors
office last evening, to arrange for thorough
canvass of the city for contributions.
1t was voted to request the City Treasurer,
Henry w. Hersey. Esq, to take charge of the
funds collected.
Also that the following gentlemen be re-
quested to call upon our citizens for contrbu-
tions:
A. A. Strout and John o. Winship, Esqs.,
to call upon thu members of their profession.
Drs. Gordon and Small upon the physicians.
S. Dana to canvass Commercial street.
Messrs. Jerome B. Pickett, George W. Rich
and George C. Littlefeld Fore and York
streets.
Messrs. Charles NJ. Plummer, William H.
Pencil and John f. Rand, Union and Cross
streets.
Messrs Henry Fl. Burgess, James E. Sturgis
and George W. Woodman, Congress street and
west to Cumberland street.
Messrs VIM, G. Twombly and VIM. Senter,
Exchange street.
Messrs. Joseph E. Blabon, Albion Little and
James S. Marrett, Middle street.
Messrs. Henry Trckey, Caleb S. Lang and
Sumner Libby, Cumberland street and streets
lying west of Cumberland including Portland
street.
Hon. VIM. w. Thomas, Hon. A. w. FL. Clapp
and Mark +. Emery, Esq, to constitute COM
mittee to obtain contributions generally.
VIM. E. Gould, j. S. Kicker and Granville
M. Stevens, Deerug
Any of the above sub com mites to have
power to add to their number or make subst-
tutions.
Subscription papers may be found at the fol-
lowing places, for those who desire to contri-
butte and are not called upon, to wit: All the
banks and insurance offices; at Tyler & War
ren's, corner of Bracket and Pine streets; at
Small & Rcker's. 149 Danforth street; at Geo.
G. Fryes drug store, 800 Congress street; and
Samuel Rolfe, ESQ.,, Lunkhead Court, corner
of Gray and Bracket streets.