The Portland daily press., 1879-01-07
h ATH LOCALS.
MONDAY, jan. 6.

MONDAY, Jan. 6.
~ below zero this morning,
Excellent sleighing and Charley, Park,
Mitchell. Harris and the rest are happy.
There is some talk of converting the custom
house pro tenn. into a hospital. During the
past week all the officials have been sick with
the influenza and the collector and deputy are
both at present confined to the house.
The old eagle placed in 1910 on tie old U. S.
Bank and custom house buildng has been re-
paired and regilded and was this afternoon
put in position upon the north side of the new
bank block. The bird attracted considerable
attention from the street and makes more at
traotive the appearance of the corner.
The diphtheria cases at the north end are
improving. The chicken pox is not reported as
Increasing.
The beautiful decorations in Grace church
show deal of taste and work.
Rev. Costello Weston, the popular pastor of
the Universalist church of this city, has ten
dered his resignation.
The week of prayer is obieIved in this city by
meetings at the various churches, afternoons
and evenings. The two congregational
churches will hold union meetings at the Wiz
ter street chapel each afternoon at 30. At
the Elm street at 2.3O and Pop. m.
Two baptisms and eleven admissions to the
Elm street church yesterday morning.
At the meeting of the reform club last even
ing at their club rooms, one brother in bis earn
estuess placed his arm about visitors neck
beseeching him to sign the pledge. This gen.
tleman not seeing the need of such operation
in the temperance city of Bath, refused and re-
quested the brother to withdraw his arm. The
brother continued to "gush" and the strangers
position becoming disagreeable he became EN-
phatic and an attempt to put him out was
made by the members OF the club. The strapg-
er soon found himself on thu street. A police
man came to the rescue and soon the exercises
of the meeting went on at usual, the visitor re-
naming seated undisturbed.
DR.. Bbberl has packages of coup house
tickets, similar to horse car tickets ten in each
package. They will be sold for ST. per package
to citizens When a man calls to beg, a ticket
can be given good for a soup dinner at the
headquarters. This will stop indiscriminate
giving of money to beggars who beg to invest in
rum.
A peculiar sight in the river this morning
was bar of ice 30 feet wide, extending in
straight line from the Woolwi,h to the city
shore.
hard times is the lack of untenanted stores in
her business streets.
The Patten socable comes OFT this week.
Col. Lonely had three recuits at headquarters
Saturday night None last night. The tramps
complain that the menu of the hotel is not
adapted to their appetites.
farmer came down from BOwdoinham on
wheels this morning. Sleghing on tho Bruns--
wick road is bad. On the Bay Bridge road it
is better.
CITY Marshal Ballou, we regret to learn, is
confined to his house with pneumonia.
The "boys and girls" are returning to their
studies
At the Supreme Court this morning, on mo-
ton of Washington Gilbert, Esq, Joseph M.
Trott was admitted to the practice of law in the
courts of this state.
At the Municipal Court it is unusually quiet
Monday mornings
A request from B3wdoinham for the city to
pay funeral expenses of the Davis child, came
in today.
Twenty gallons of soup were distributed to.
day. Seventy-six people are now receiving ra-
tions.
At today's session Of the Supreme Court,
which is the last, the case of John P. Cobb in
equity vs James Patten ct ais, was sent up to
the law court. A motion by plaintiff in the
Hawks-Reed case has identified to set aside the
verdict. Law on report. At a little before 1
p m. the court rose to sit a. the spring term
the first Tuesday 10 April. This term has been
Judge Peters first in the city. As an official
ana gentleman he has won the utmost respect
of our lawyers and citizens. Genial, courteous
and an able business man, he is spoken of in
the highest terms By those with whom he has
been associated.