The Portland daily press., 1882-02-14

BRIEF JOLJlnzS.
There were several narrow escapes from ice
slides yesterday. Many people cleared their
sidewalks of ice and many did not.
The Veteran association of Odd Fellows will
visit Unity Lodge No. 3 on Wednesday even
ing of this week.
The quarterly meeting of the visiting de-
partment of Women's Christian Association
will be held at No. rs Spring street, Wednes-
day, February 10, at 3 p. m.
1t is estimated that it cost ID. W. Clark &
Co. $500 to clear the snow from their ice fields
after tie last two storms.
The Grand Trunk officials have received or
deIs to make discount of 20 per cent upon
Canada silver coin.
Merrill Place, the we'll known meat man,
lost valuable horse Sunday from pinkeye.
st. Valentines Day
Cloudy and rainy yesterday Mercury 400
at sunrise, 45o at noon, 390 at sunset; wind
southwest
DR.. Spalding will repeat his lecture on
Hearing before the Young Mems Associa-
Of st. Luke's Cathedral Thursday evening.
1t appears that all the electric light compa-
MES haven't got in yet. Still another will
present their claims to Portland people shortly.
Yesterday afternoon man named john
Summers stole bundle from the drawer of the
baggage room at the Grand Trunk station
Officers Hanson and Field "gobbled" him.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Warren, the grocer,
took fright on Pearl street yesterday morning
and cleared himself from the pung. He was
caught without serious damage.
There was runaway on Congress street yes
terday morning, in which smashed sleigh was
the only damage.
The House committee on military affairs has
reported favorably Mr.. Reeds bill, authorizing
the secretary Of war to deliver to post Bos-
worth, G. A. R., Portland, four codemned can
non and sixteen cannon balls, to be used in the
construction of suitable monument to be
erected by said post in honor of deceased sol
diers of the late war.
The usual Tuesday evening temperance
meeting will be held this evening at the Cos
pei Mission at u O'Clock. Good speaking and
singing may be expected. All are invited.
DR. l. T. Dana delivers his lecture on "In.
sanity" in the Y. M. G. A. course on Friday
evening of this week instead of Thursday eve
ming as heretofore announced.
In6 Pullman Train from Tie west last nlgn
was an hour andthirty minutes behind time OF
account Of an engine on the Boston & Albany
road off the track at one of the functions.
The Loss Of the Schooner Stampede.
The Austrian barque Melchior Vidulich, ar
rived at the port of Boston yesterday from Sa
qua, with the crew of the schooner Stampede
of Hancock, Maine, before reported abandoned
on the voyage from Jacksonville to New York
The schooner encountered "a succession O
heavy gales during which she was thrown OIL
her beam ends and dismasted, and was aband
oned on the 4th of February, the crew taxing
refuge in the boats. The first officer, T. G
Benthlen, native of Denmark, wasI lost,and on
ofthe seaman was quite seriously injured o.
the next day, after the wreck was abandoned
the mariners were picked up by the Melchio
Vidulich when in lat. SO 16, Ion. rs II, and wer
kindly cared for until reaching Boston Th
lost schooner was 145 tons register, built i
1867. She was loaded with Southern pin
lumber