The Portland daily press., 1878-02-25
Brief J0ttiugs.

The steamer Elphnstone sailed for Liverpool
yesterday with grain and flour.
The appropriation for streets is evidently ex-
pended.
The wild cat recently killed III Camden has
been brought to this city to be stuffed.
A curiosity in the shape of four-masted
iron sailing vessel is loading at this port With
deals fer England.
Two teams collided on Federal street Satur-
day and both sleghs were smashed and gen.
tleman named Mcdonald slightly bruised.
The Young Mems Social Club give grand
ball at Lancaster Hall, March 4th. The man
ayers have selected an order of "a dances
The Lake Chanplaip, Capt. BernsoD, OF the
Beaver line, sailed for Liverpool Saturday aft
ernoon with full cargo
The closing ball in connection with Webb &
Richardson's successful dancing school comes
off this evening at Lancaster Hall.
A London despatch says the steamer Lake
Megantic, which sailed from Liverpool Feb.
18th Tor this port, had returned with loss of
two blades of her propeller
Mr.. Spencer Rogers has been awarded the
contract for the buiiding of the house of Israel
Waterhouse, corner OF Congress aud Mellen
streets.
Mr.. Harry Benner jumped into the dock
Saturday and rescued lady who had fallen
from the planking leading from the schooner
Carrie E. Jones to the wharf
The Allan steamer Hibernian who broke her
shaft on the passage from Liverpool arrived
in tow safely and all well at Queenstown Sat-
urday.
Mr.. Robert Green, who keeps grocery on
the corner of Portland and Alder street, was
recently quite badly burned by going into his
cellar where the gas was escaping with light.
A snow slide from the building on the corner
of Washington and Cumberland streets Satur-
day afternoon, completely buried four persons
who were passing. One of them q mau named
Carter was seriously injured.
The concert given by Chandler's band with
Mrs Hawes, vocalist, Saturday evening, was
very pleasant entertainment, and had the
weather been more favorable much larger
house would doubtless have been in after d.
nnce.
A grand sacred jubilee is to be celebrated at
some future date By the Roman Catholic
churches 10 this city in honor of the election of
the new Pope, Leo XIII. The services will be
of high order, with fine music aud grand
illumination.
The Rumford Falls & Buckfeld Railroad
Go. have contracted with the Portland Compa-
ny for two first class locomotives, one to be de-
livered in April and the other in May. They
are also in negotiation with different compa-
mics for passenger and freight cars.
Mr. Jantz, the organist of the Catholic Ca
tkedral, is to give his first concert in this city
at Kavanaugh hall, March 5th He will give
portions of the Stabat Mater in the first part of
the programme The second part will con-
sist of choruses, solos, duets, concerted pieces,
etc.
A young man who visited the Howard
Athepaum the other evening sends the 70 low
ing
Sweet Sappho fairest of thy sex
Please do not more my mind perplex
If you love me as love you
Oh, hoopety toopety toOdle ri too!
A coroners inquest was deemed unnecessary.
Boston Post.
Saturday w. R. Jordan ard W. 81. Cham
bers were brought before Trial Justice Perry,
at Cape Elizabeth, on complaint of G. S. Jor-
dan, for stealing coal from the wreck of the
schooner L. /. johnson, as it was washed
ashore They were convicted and sent to Jail
for thirty DAYS