The Portland daily press., 1881-12-26
Brief Jottiugs.

TODAY BEING a LERAL hVAAAAA NJ kANha
WILL Az ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE TOMORROW.
PUBLIC OFFICES, COURTS OF LAW, MARKETS
| AND BUSINESS HOUSES ALL OVER THE LAND
WILL BE CLOSED, AND THE DAY WILL BE aES-
kRALLY GIVEN UP TO FEsTIvITY.
There will be Christmas tree at the Reform
School on some evening Of this week. Persons
wishing to send gifts can leave them for Mr..
Donahue at Morgan, Butler s. Co.'s, on Middle
street.
Gold and clear Saturday morning. Mercury
15o at sunrise, 1So at a. M, 240 at noon, 2S'
sunset; wind north Bright and clear yester-
day. Mercury 800 OF 9 a. m, 81 at noon;
wind southwest.
Munjoy Lodge K p, will elect officers to-
night.
The next lecture before the Law Students
Club will be delivered by s. G. Andrews, ESQ.,,
upon Railways"
Mr.. j. f. Libby, the proprietor of the Preble
House livery stable, presented each of his en-
ployees with pair Of chickens Saturday, as a
Christmas gift.
Mr.. George II. knight will soon erect large
building on the dump, opposite the Portland
and Rochester depot, for the manufacture OF
bungs, his present building being inadequate
to his largely increasing business.
Recorder George F. Gould treated the night
police force with an excellent oyster stew Sat-
urday night, prepared by Rooney
George c. Shaw & Co. sold over two tons Of
candies Saturday.
The pacing horse Chief, which Rufus Rand
purchased Of N. R. McAllister and took to
New York was sold for $500. The animal was
harnessed only once or twice there before he
was taken sick and died.
The music box at Owen, Moore & Co.'s, for
which chances have been sold for the benefit
of the Orphan Asylum, was drawn Saturday
by Mr.. Pillsbury, of George G. Shaw & Go.
J. A. Lidback is building the engine for the
new steamer now building at Millbridge. for
Messrs. Wolff & Reesing. The boat will be
used in their sardine canning business at East
port.
There were 10 deaths recorded in the city the
past week. sa K.
Foreign exports foot up $279,551. and in
eluded 1.066 ,216 feet of lumber.
A joint meeting Of the Directors and Trus-
tees of the M L. A. will be held in the Board
Of Trade rooms tomorrow AFTERNOON, to take
action upon the disposition of its fund.
A new iron bridge is soon to take the place
Of the old red bridge at Yarmouth. The old
wooden one has been removed, and prepare
tons are being made for the iron one, as soon
as it arrives.
1t seems to be settled that Messrs Burnham
& Morrill, are intending to erect another corn
shop next season, and that they have been
asked to build it at Harrison. II good build
ing spot can be obtained, and the farmers will
accede to the demands Of the company, the
shop will probably be built
Fishermen arriving from the north of the
Island Of Arran, report that the shock Of an
earthquake was felt Tuesday. Thousands of
coast.
Portland has quite fleet fishing on the La
Have bank, and with good success. The
catch last week was "a 900 pounds.
A meeting of the officers of the Public Lii
brary was held Saturday afternoon, but no bus
mess of public interest was transacted
There was good skating at the Oaks Satur-
day.
The class of III Portland High school, will
celebrate its fifth anniversary Thursday even
ing.
Alphonso Cash complained at the station
Saturday that George W. Murch OF the Inter-
national Hotel, assaulted him with q cane and
inflicted . severe wound. The trouble grew
ont Of quarrel over bill which Cash tried to
collect Of Murch.
Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Bond, and Mr.. Lorenzo
Chapman were nearly suffocated by coal gas
at the Chapman mansion, Stroudwater, Fri
day. DIR. Webster had hard work to revive
the ladies
The Mechanics Course of lectures will begin
Wednesday night. Mr.. W. A. Goodwin will
lecture on 'Southward in 1862"
At the Preble, yesterday, Mr.. Gibson set be-
fore his guests most daintily printed menu
with beautiful designs on the cover, and a
pretty Christmas carol, by Mr.. w. Ripley.
The Post-ofice officials and the employees Of
the American Express Co. had their hands full
the past few days. They were loaded with
letters, Christmas cards and bundles.
The Allan line steamer Sandman has arriv-
ed at Queenstown.