The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-02-19
Brief .EOttings.

Joseph Wheelock will play a star engagement
at Fanny Marsh's theatre in March.
Miss Cary will sail in the Egypt 70; New
| York Feb. 2Sth.
The Odd Fellows in this city are soon to or
ganize new Encampment.
Miss Turner made very favorable impres
sion at State street church yesterday.
Building at Woodfords Corner promises to
be very lively the coming season.
The Orpheus Symphony Club, assisted by
Prof. o. A. Robinson will give concert at
Mechanic Falls Wednesday evening.
The Mechanic Blues are arranging for big
time at their masquerade Thursday evering OF
| this week.
Bishop Foster breaches at Chestnut street
church this eveaing before the Portland Meth
odist District Conference
Milk is lower now that the snow has began
| to melt and the dealers are selling it at cents
per quart.
The boatswain of the steamer Peruvian was
accidentally knocked overheard Saturday and
received serious injuries He was attended by
the steamers surgeon.
Capt. Sturdvant is to sue Matt Adams for
entering the Allen Mission by picking the
lock, and taking the organ for debt to the or.
ganist.
Mr.. George w. Drew of this city was
thrown from a sleigh by runaway horse
while riding on the ice at Gardiner last Thurs
day and received cut in the head.
A grand reunion of all the soldiers and sail
ors of Portland regiments will be held some
where in this vicinity the last of July or tn Q
first of August.
The closing entertainment iu the Gorham
course will be concert under the direction
of Mr.. Will II. Stockbridge, tomorrow even
ing.
The last entertainment of the M. L. A.
course will be lecture by Rev. H. M. Gala
her, Wednesday evening" subject, "The land
we live in"
A man named O. Bride was thrown from his
sleigh Saturday morning and badly bruised,
while attempting to turn out for boys who
were coasting in the streets.
There was large audience at Allen Mission
last evening to listen to the interesting address
by Hon. Neal Dow. This evening there will be
a union gospel temperance and revival meet
ing. The public is invited.
IuoIo SGcuS W NC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. III re-
gard to the leasing of this Libby house for a
restaurant. Mr.. Libby, one of the heirs, says
that it is not to be so used, as was stated, but
will be kept as private residence.
At a meeting of the Mercantile Library As
ISOLATION, held Saturday evening, the following
gentlemen were elected as members: Geo. W.
Tenant, Frank w. Stockman, D. P Perkins
and Nathan G. Fessenden.
A delegation of the leading citizens of Gray
are to be installed into one of the lodges of
Odd Fellows in this city, for the purpose of
forming new lodge OF that order in their own
town.
The Republicans are to hold their caucuses
to make municipal nominations next Monday
evening Election day is two weeks from to-
day. The Inauguration of President Hayes
will take place the same date.
The next entertainment in the East Deeripg
course will be given Thursday evening, when
Miss Webster, Mrs. Pratt, Misses Osgooi and
Hall, With Miss Cummings as pianist, will
give concert. Miss Ida Tarbox will sing sew
eral songs.
Mike Haggerty and Bill Doherty, two well
known roughs, went on tear on Grove street
Friday night, and assaulted man named
Moors and ex-Polieeman Barbour. They
were arrested Saturday morning by officers
Rce and Harmon
A committee of the Major Howe Post of
Haverhill, Mass. have presented Bosworth
Post with a beautiful silver water urn and
gold lined goblets. This is handsome &C.
acknowledgement of the courtesies which the
Haverhill Post received during their visit here
last fall.
The Boston Herald favors law requiring
the engineer who starts out with a train to take
it to his regular stopping place. Engineers
now striking under orders of the Brotherhood
all stop at the same time, so as to avoid coils
ions, bat they leave passengers in very awk-
word predicaments.