The Portland daily press., 1878-11-15
Brief JottIngs.
What excellent weather.


What excellent weather.
The streets are being scraped.
The Pine street school house is bsing rooted
Granulated sugar was reduced an eighth of {
cent yesterday.
Sheriff Chick of Strafford County, N. a.
was in the city yesterday.
Dawson McGhnchy has got out again. HI
has not settled with the sold Colony" yet.
The Methodist union meetings at Chestnut
street vestry are progressing finely.
Mr. Charles 81. Kimball, architect, ha
designed the Gardeners Cottage in Tennyson's
"Dora." for Congress Square Society.
The friends of the Union four are con.
tsmplating giving them b-neft for new foul
cared shell sbnnt the 21st Of next month.
Miss Sarah o. Jewett, the author of Deep
haveD," is to contribute to the Carnival
Reporter.
The Methodist Society on Munjoy Hill arr
intending to have a course of lee lures some
time during the winter.
Perham Juvenile Temple ASST ted by thu
Hughes Brothers will give a Temperance
concert at City Hall Sunday evening.
futile who was struck by the stone thrown
at him by Lally Monday is doing WELL Lally
will be brought before the Municipal courl
this morning.
A boy named Sullivan while at play on q
house that was being moved on Mountfori
street Wednesday, fell under one of the shoes
and had his leg broken.
Mr.. Joseph r. Harris, engineer at the
Maine Steamship Compapy's shed on Frank.
lin wharf, got his thumb jammed off in the
machinery of patent pump Wednesday.
Wednesday evening Michael Haley, a boy
of eleven years Of age, had his foot run over
by horse car on Middle street, quite badly
itjuring it.
The horse car drivers aud conductors want
to see you tonight at their grand ball at City
Hall. Chandler will furnish the music Don't
fail to go.
The Maine Rifle Clubs much postponed
prize shooting match at East Baldwin will
surely come off to-day and tomorrow. This
will probably be their last shoot for the season.
The third grand ball by the Young Mems
Social Club will be given next Thursday even
log. 1t is expected that it will be fully up to
the past ones in attendance and enjoyment.
Mr.. Chandler is arranging fine programme
OF appropriate music to accompany the
tableaux at the Carnival.
The House of Seven Gables, which, there was
reason to hope, might be arranged by lady
OF this city, having been withdrawn, Mr..
Whittier's Snowbound Cottage will occupy the
proposed site of the Pyncheon residence.
The illustration by. the Swedenborgian
Society of de la Motto Fouque's delicate
romance Undine will be continued at each per-
Torrance, thus giving the entire story in q
succession of scenes.
Mr.. Witham who fell on Milk street Monday
morning was not suffering so much pain
yesterday, but bis legs appeared to be con-
siderably more benumbed. 1t is feared that
that his whole spine has become affected from
the fall
The Gospel Temperance Mission workers are
to have another baptism in the course of two
or three weeks. 1t will take place at the
FIRST Baptist Church, and quite number of
converts will bs immersed. The revival meet
ings continue with undated interest,"
The committee appointed by the bondholders
Of the Portland s. Ogdensburg Railroad, Yer
mont Division, last srring, have successfully
completed their labors, and majority of all
classes of bondholders have consented to the
proposed scheme of reorganization.
As Edward T. Maxwell, clerk for Orlando
Leighton & Co.. pork dealers, was passing
down Central wharf Tuesday, having his mind
intently engaged at the time, he walked
straight overheard. He simply swan to the
first pile and climbed up on to the wharf
wetter but brighter boy.
In the Superior court in Boston Wednesday
the case of John j. Alger against the Boston
& Maine Railroad to recover damages for
alleged negligence by the defendant company
in transporting two horses from Waterville to
Boston, was taken from the jury and con-
tinued-a question arising whether the Boston
& Maine or the Maine Central road was the
road liable, an amendment being made by the
p1a;pfiff