The Portland daily press., 1867-04-18

The City Council of Bangor has ordered
its Committee to inquire and report in rela-
ton to matchmaking the streets of that city
The Bangor Wing complains of scarcity
of tenements in that city. ~ r..,
The Bangor Times says that "notwith-
standing the vigilance displayed by our city
officials, there is good reason to believe there is
as much liquor drank to-day as at any recent
period. The effect of the effort to more rigid
ly enforce the law is to cause dealers and con-
sumers to use more circumspection, resort to
unusual expedients, and to change generally
their modus operandi.'' t1 5se-aaJ. ll.77 1aiSs
The Normal School at Pennington has
now lao students under the instruction OF
Prof. G. NJ Gage as Principal, with four lady
assistants-Misses Coffin, Earle, Sears aud
Wight. a ot 5Hoda as4 ..l.m ss Tllso i Isl
The house of John 8. Gilman, Esq, of
Ashland, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday
last, says the Sunrise Loss about 81 500. No
insurance. Furniture mostly saved aEa3a5 f..
The Wing says the gentlemanly conductor,
Thomas III. Howard, on the p & X. Road has
been presented with a splendid meerschaum
pipe by those under his charge, connected with
his train. Mr.. Howard has won the good will
and esteem of all who knew him; and this to-
ken is but small expression of the high es-
TEEN in which he is held. .1 Aas d 'fnfnao Z
The Bangor Times speaks of little girl of
that city, named Florence Story, little over
three years of age, who sings and plays the
melodeon with great skill. The Fire Depart
ment propose to give concert and levee and
engage her to appear as one of the musical per-
formers lsgu5sel l.s t52f'l. EitI La Re
A fire broke out ON Main street, Bruins
wick, Tuesday night, in CampbelPs stable,
which, with the horses, carriages and harness
ses were destroyed. The stable and wood shed
of Mrs. M. G. Merriam was burned, and the
stable of j. Lufkin and house of Mrs. Merriam
considerably damaged. Loss, 5000; mostly
covered by insurance. f4 5t.l"s1tl
On Monday last Alphonso Hathorn of
Cushing (Me.) went from the Newport boat to
the.Exchange Hotel, N. Y with man who said
he was expecting goods, to 60 by the boat
At the hotel they met man named Frank who
said the goods were delivered at the wharf, and
presented a bill for payment The accomplice
offered Frank check which he said he could
not cash, and he then asked Hathorn to loan
MIN $l2O till they could return to the boat,
which he did, when they put of. Suspecting
somethng wrong, Hathorn followed, sliced
the accomplice and recovered $115 of his mon
ey. Frank was committed to the Tombs for
trial d.. -..- ...,.. l..-.. .......
4 The Waterville Nail says the contract for
the walls of the new Memorial Hall at Colbv
University has been given to Mr. Thomas A.
Galen of Cambridge, Mass, and work upon it
will commence the first of next month The
finishing stone is to be furnished by Messrs
Bodwell & Wilson, from the Hussey Ledge in
Augusta. l 5r9 ID l'oo, fJ $3.50.
The Augusta Farmer says since the trans
ter of property to the A. & w. Sprague Manu-
featuring Company on the Both of March last,
additional land and buildings to the amount of
seventy or eighty thousand dollars have been
purchased by the Company, and city bonds
d. par taken in payment The whole amount
VI property thus far conveyed to the new COM
pany Is nearly $45O,OOO. ...., - 3
MI w mtney Cummings of Buckfield has
ano"h ,he fdrmer quantity of plumbapo
taken from his farm in Sumner. Pieces of y
are Oh excellent quality. 1t has not been s,ea
ciehtiy explored to ascertain the extept oe a.,
mineral. VI 'ne
! line Gardiner Journal saws that t;ckats
for 800 miles, at 2 IL cents per mile, are now
sold on the Portland and Kennehec rood "
These are good at any time for any distance
on the road, and only cost about one-half the
regular fare. Thus, if one has one of these
tickets and wishes to 60 to Richmond, from
Gardiner, the conductor cuts out ten miles
and it costs the passenger twenty-five cents
They are very handy for those who travel
| much.