The Portland daily press., 1882-02-27
Brief Jottings.

Pleasant day yesterday. Wind south; mer-
curry 400 at noon.
Fifteen deaths were recorded during the
last week. -
Twenty-eight arrests were reported last
week.
Exports last week foot up $479,2354o; in
GLIDING 500, 706 feet lumber.
Mrs. L. W. Cleveland, 10 Avon street,
drew the cabinet organ, and Mrs. John W.
Dyer, II Gray street, the $75 oil painting at
Coverings book sale, Saturday evening.
Mr. R. Graham received two handsome
Clydesdale stations by the Brooklyn, Mr.. II.
Love IA Southdown sheep, and T. Bennett z.
Chester swine. Six stations died on the pas
says.
The Toronto and the Austrian are due from
Liverpool and Glasgow.
The City OF Portland will go on her route
again March 18th.
Two gentlemen have agreed to donate, the
one $500 and the other $1,000, to the Home for
Aged Men when a building las been decided
upon.
The regular sessions of the public schools
viii commence today.
The Boston steamer Saturday night took as
part OF her freight 5000 bushels of potatoes
from the Waldensian's cargo.
Mrs. Diaz's paper on "Womens Work for
the Millennium drew goodly sized audience
of ladies to Reception Hall, Saturday after
noon, who were much pleased and interested.
There were Is admissions and % applications
tcx admission last week to the Citizens Re-
lief.
Falmouth Encampment, l. o. o. f., will
celebrate its anniversary Monday evening,
March 18th, with literary and musical en-
tertsfnment followed by supper in the BAN
quet hall
II is rumored that the old buildings on the
Odd Fellows lot, Maine street, Saccarappa,
are to be sold Immediately and new block
built in place of them.
Mr.. Frank Woodbury. recently lost valua
hle horse, caused by the shaft of passin
team striking and penetrating its side.
A horse in one of our livery stables day or
two ago VOTED to Saco in just one hour.
Messrs. Cobb & Willard are about to lay the
keel of vessel, to be engaged in the fishing
business. She is to be built at Simonton's
Cove. and commanded by Capt. Daniel Cobb
of Point Village. She is to be about % tons
carpenters measure, of superb model, with
capacity for about 10000 lbs. fish, and will be
Launched the coming spring.
The Globe says: 'It is amusing to see the
tsu,perance men working for the election of
the alleged citizens Mayoralty candidate; a
man who proposed to censure policemen for
seizing liquor"
The Sentinel understands the mill at the
end of the bridge owned by the Rev. W. F.
Eaton and Capt. sSoule, has shut down. Mr.
Bert Soule, who has had in part the control OF
it, intends going to sea with his father.
The Circassian arrived at Halifax Saturday
<ron Portland, and reports Friday spoke bark
D;rector of st. John, N. B., ia lat, 23o 49,,
Icing. 65o s., from London for Philadelphia,
short of provisions and some OF her crew frost
aitten. The Circassian supplied her with pro-
visions
The schooner yacht Ray belonging to the
preble estate, has been sold to Mr.. A. Perry
Bliyen of Bliven Bros. K Clark's yachting
avencv. She will be taken to New York city
in Nav. and at the yard of Mr.. Bliven, al
Nvock on the Hudson, will receive new spars
sails and rigging. The cabin will be rebuilt
and enlarged, as well as fitted with modern
improvements. The Ray was at one time
owned in New York, was sloop rugged and verl
fast. She will be enrolled in the Atlantic
Yacht Club.