The Portland daily press., 1867-09-30

PORTLAND PUSHING AHEAD. The Boston
journal takes notice of the existence and con.
tlnued activity of our little city, in the follow
ing terms:
The merchants and business men of Portland
are gentlemen of great activity and enterprise.
and our own citizens must not ignore their ey
lsten3e, unless they desire to wake IN some
morning and find that they have been fanked
by their eastern men of business The bic fire
has mas not by any means cramped the growth of
the place, and they are now pushing forward
new enterprises which will contribute to the
material prosperity of the place. The Port
ianders nave become tired of their roundabout
connection with the great West via the Grand
trunk railroad. They now propose to have a
road which shall connect Portland with st.
Johnsbury, aud thence via Montpelier m Ike a
Juueaios~wItn the Vermont Central. thus Sc .
curing an opening for the crops to find their
way from OSdensburg to Portland and thence
by steamers to Europe. 1t will not be agreea-
Ole to mad American lines of steamers ru ming
from Portland to Liverpool and TO the CONT
ne mt, While Boston only controls two steamers.
II we want to nave the Western trade we must
nave an outlet and we cannot tap the Western
2ranaries until we can show what we will do
with the grain after it reaches Boston,
ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY. - Mr..
Lewis Toppan, as he was passing down Con
gress street 10 his clothing store, little past
IL o'clock on Friday night saw three men a
short distance apart on the sidewalk at the
head OF Green street. As he passed the lamp
post one OF the men sprang from behind it and
struck Mr.. T. violent blow on the eye and
face, knocking him down. The fellow then
ielt IN the breast coat pocket of Mr. T., but
found no money. Before he had time to go
through the other pockets assistance was ap-
preaching, the affair having been seen at the
City Hotel. and the robber hastily Quit his
victim, and ran down Free street, followed nv
his two companions. Mr.. Toppan was taken
into the hotel, when he soon recovered. and
gave information to the police, and described
one of the robbers ss&
CENTRAL CHURcH.-Rev Mr. Frink. pastor |
of the Central Church, preached his first SER
mon since his call, yesterday forenoon, from
that exclamation of st. Paul which he uttered
when viewing the great responsibility that
rested upon him: Who is Sufficient for these |
Mtt9sf The sermon was well written and |
earnestly delivered. At the close of it he ac- |
copied the call of the Church and Society, and |
made some excellent remarks clearly pointing |
out the duties and responsibilities of the Min
lister and those of his parshioners. The house
Was quite full of earnest and attentive listen
ers. large and beautiful bouquet, surmoun-
Ted by cross, stood ON a table near the pulpit.
that told the love the members of this Church
ana society have for him whom they have re-
Gently elected as their pastor.
POLICE Enthusiastically night nine per-
sons were committed TIC the lookup for drunk
ness, and four for vagrancv.
sunday during the day. four men were tax
en- to the lookup for drunkenness
"A night took place at the foot of Centre street
on Sunday between couple of Irishmen. The
police arrested both Of the combatants and
locked them up.
Last year during the month of September
the police arrested 70 persons for drunkenness
The present month, thus far, they have arrested
125 persons for the same offence.
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CoNcERTs-On Friday evening, at the First
Parish Church, the Organ Concert of Mr. John
K. Paine will come off. He will be assisted by I
the accomplished soprano vocalist. Miss j. E.
Houston.
On Monday evening next, at Deering Hall,
the Mendelsshon Quintette Club. of Boston.
Will give one OF their splendid concerts, in
"hieh MISS Addle ). Ryan, the distinguished
vocalist, will sing three songs. This concert,
as well as that of Mr.. Paine, will be of the
first order. rq
PEARs.-From brief visit to Byron Green
oughs garden we should judge the pear trees
IN this city are well loaded with fruit. He has
small space, but that is well filed with pear
trees, grape vines &c. The grapes have been
much injured by mildew this season. Our cit
lzens generally have no ground unoccupied.
1t is either filled with flowers, fruit trees, vines
or vegetables. We venture the opinion that
no city OF its size produces more flowers than
ours.
BRooMs AND BRUSHES - Attention is in
vited to the advertisement OF Messrs Redlon
and Simms, Broom and Brush Manufacturers.
This firm is composed OF reliable and enter
prisng young men, who manufacture an ex-
ceileit quality Of goods in their line, and are
receiving the patronage of some of our best
wholesale houses. We commend them to the
trade.
ARRESTED. = DANES Pote was arrested by
Deputy Marshal Irish on Thursday on a charge
OF being connected with the breaking. entering
ana ropoing the dwelling house of Mrs. Merrill
at Kennebunk few months ago.
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GEN GRANT has been blamed in some quar-
ters for not allowing Wilkes Booths trunk to
be gwen up to his relatives A New Hamp-
shire correspondent informs us that it is be-
lieved III washington that the contents of the
trunk dld ho6 belong exclusively to Booth, but
may yet be useful in tracing the ramifications