The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-19
Brief .sofiings.

The Adams House is closed.
| Efforts are making for a match between NJ.
| +. Davis of this city and Hosmer of Boston.
The three Methodist churches of Portland
| will unite in love feast at Congress street
M. E. church next Sunday morning at 10 IL
o'clock
| Schooner Stella, the vessel which recently
came through the lakes to this port, will take
| a cargo of potatoes and cabbages for Isaac
Berry to New Orleans
Deputy Crowell arrested William Stevenson
| yesterday for stealing keg of tobacco belong
| ing to Mr.. Rogers of North Windham, from
his wagon, while standing on Plum street.
Mr.. William Calder, the popular comedian,
will bring out "Trip Van Winkle' at Fanny
Marsh's Theatre next Wednesday. Seats can
| be secured at Stockbrdge's.
The Universalist fair closed last night with a
promenade concert. There were about one
hundred couples on the floor. Chandler furn-
| lshed the music.
Frank Decesta and John Murphy two boys
who recently served term in Jail for stealing
| teams while standing in the street, were caught
yesterday breaking into the yacht Viva. Dep
| uty Crowell locked them up.
Arthur Fogg of Scatboro has two sheep that
dropped one lamb each February 18th, 1877,
and the first of July these lambs were sold to
to the butcher. August 3Oth and September
18th, they dropped on lamb each again.
Edward T. Patten, late of Portland, recently
connected with the Brewster carriage business
in New York, died suddenly at New Haven
yesterday morning He was attending the Coz
vention of carriage builders there.
Messrs. G. FL. Cloyes and Amos Millett start
ed for Gray yesterday noon and returned at
about IL o'clock last night, having bagged
nineteen woodcock and considerable other
game.
Deputy Black returned from Fall River yes
terday, bringing Stowell, the ex-clerk at the
Mansion House, who defrauded Mr.. Best of
1926. Stowell confesses his guilt, but says he
was drunk at the time. He had only SO on his
person when arrested.
Yesterday afternoon a horse belonging to
Howard freeman started from in front Of
Woodbury. & Latham's store on Commercial
street, and while running up Moulton street
was tripped up by rope used for hosting at
Shaw, Hammond & Clrney's, and had his
shoulder broken. He was shot.
The Coburn Cadets will visit Gorham on their
return from Alfred, and give an exhibition of
military drill, after which they will receive,
through the hospitality of the citizens of the
town, collation. at Grange Hall, in season fer
the train which leaves for the east at half-past
twelve o'clocs.
The Portland Fraternity is in need of a1ith.
metics for it's evening school. If any of our
readers have any books of this kind which they
no longer need, they may put them to an ex-
cellent use By giving them to this Institution
Books left at the Fratarnity Rooms, and
Free street block, will be very gratefully re-
ceved.
The steamer Lewiston arrived at eleven
o'clock last night after an unusually agreeable
passage. The air was warm. the moon bright
and the water as smooth as glass. not even the
customary swell of ocean disturbing its sur
face. Capt Deering, whose long and success.
full command of the Lewiston has made him
about as familiar with the waters on the Maine
coast as anybody can be, says that he has sean
but very few such nights in all his experience