The Portland daily press., 1881-02-07
Brief JottingS.

Lieut.. Norton won the badge at the Infantry
shoot Saturday by score of IS.
A new lodge of Odd Fellows, with forty
charter members, was instituted at Cumber-
land Mills Saturday evening.
There is q scarcity of water at Knightville.
Mrs. Charles Dyer, of Portland, presented
the Methodist church of Knightville
with an elegant communion set of four pieces
There will be grand checker tournament in
this city soon.
Cumberland District Lodge of Good Temp
lars meets with Mission Lodge in this city next
Thursday.
A connecting rod broke on an Ogdensburg
engine last week and protruded through the
cab, narrowly missing the fireman.
Regular monthly meeting of the teachers
this evening.
Sidney Watson. of Cundy's Harbor, has pur-
chased the schooner Maud Muller of Marble
head, Mass, for $4,000.
There were ten deaths reported the past
week.
Rufus Rand sold four fast horses to New
York parties the past week.
Two horses dragged load of sixty barrels of
flour through Commercial street Saturday
A storekeeper on Congress street one day
last week found child six years old sitting on
the door step unconscious from cold.
Richard Nagle will row Fred Plaisted only
on the Kennebeccasis river.
Value of foreign exports last week was $751;
S5S.54. Long lumber exported 63,643 feet.
Mr.. Fred Gage caught runaway horse Oh
High street Saturday; a horse fell on Bram-
hall street and broke the shafts of sleigh,
and Hudson's candy cart was upset and the
candy spilled in the street
A little boy named Curley fell from a farm
er's sled on York street Saturday and was bad
ly hurt, as he was struck on the head by a
cross bar
The Saccarappa Canning Company is the
name of new corn packing establishment OF
Westbrook, manufacturing cans in the build
ing formerly known as the Wire Factory. The
company propose to pack the first year between
$4,000 and 100000 cans.
A little girl named MCGOWAN, returning
from Portland to the Orphan Asylum at Bath,
was CAM to Wiscasset, as the conductor for
got her destination. She was taken care of
bovever and Saturday returned to Bath
Three hundred medical preparations are
manufactured in Portland.
The quarterly session of the Reform Clubs
of Cumberland county will meet with the
North Gorham Reform Club next Saturday
and Sunday.
The Canton Steam Mill Company of this
city have recently concluded large purchase
of property. The property consists OF the mill
property, timber lands, farm and o..her proper
sty formerly owned by Jedediah G. Larry, at
Randolph, Coos county, N. HI.
When the donkey belonging to the Uncle
Toms Cabin company was being put into a
baggage car at the Eastern depot at Ports
mouth Friday morning, just as his fore feet
touched the car the train backed and he was
tumbled to the ground, the wheels of the car
passing within three inches of one of his hoofs.
The animal was not hurt. After the train had
started one of the theatrical bloodhounds
jumped from it and was caught on State street
by two gentlemen who took care of him.
The regular monthly meeting of the First
Patriarchial Association will occur this eve
ming when the new bylaws will come up for
final action.
Officers Gribben and Langmaid seized two
barrels of beer on Franklin street and one hall
barrel on Commercial street yesterday.