The Portland daily press., 1869-05-22

enG III uOys. "A cat passed some ufcblnS IN the
street the other day, when one spoke up with
feeling of injury, ''it's always the way; you
never can tind stone when you see a cat -
In 1858 Mrs. Thomas Mcclellan, living on Plum
street, lost gold ring in the garden of pecu-
liar make. The great fire of 1866 swept over
the grounds and destroyed the house. Last
Monday Mr.. O'Leary, who lived in the bouse
at the time the ring was lost, found it unhurt
and shining brightly.-More or less rain eyery
day for the past eight days.-The blind man
has resumed his seat on the corner of Elm and
Congress streets.-The Portland Yacht Club
now numbers seventy members.-Two men, a
boy and a loaded team were seen on CONNER
cial street at IL o'clock yesterday noon.-An
eating keeper on the corner of Union
and Fore streets has painted on sign "Wosh-
ing and Irron done here.-At the baptismai
ceremonies at the Chapel of the Immaculate
Conception, ON Thursday night. the wells Of
several girls took fire from the lighted tapers
carried by the children, and quite sensation
occurred in the crowded church for a few mo-
ments. No injury was inflicted.-The fair at
Union Hall, Ferry Village, gotten up by the
Evergreen Society, was great success A
large number of useful and fancy articles were
offered for sale, and large audience was pres
ent. Copenhagen, blind-man' 's-buff, and other
games were INDUCED in with great enjoyment
to the participants, and handsome sum must
have been realized for the eemetery-The roof
ofa house on Canton street caught fire around
the chimney yesterday morning, but was
| speedily extinguished without general alarm
being given.-John L. Stewards great trot OF
twenty miles within an hour, will take place at
Forest City Park next Thursday, May 27th.-
Fine looking strawberries made their appear
ance yesterday in Pennell Bros. window at
fifty cents per box, and in Perkins window at
sixty cents per box.-Rogers' new statuette
Challenging the vote,' in Lowell g. Senter's
window, on Congress street, attracts great at
| tention.-Hale's window drew crowds of peo-
| pie yesterday, to see the new chrome of the
Yosemite Valley and the fine engravngs OF
Beethoven, Mozart, Weber and Meyerbeer, be-
| sides fine fruit piece.-Considerabl interest
has been awakened by our mention of q Bill
lard Tournamept and there is little doubt that
the affair will come off in duo me.-Preble
Street Chapel has neat new fence around it,
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The little plot of land in the rear of the po-
lice office, on Myrtle street, is being graded
and made into pretty little lot.-A good story
| is told of one of the unterrifed" who went
the other day to the City Marshal, and COM
planned that neighbors cat had killed one Of
his chickens. The Marshal, it seems, thought
| it was small matter, and refused to meddle
with it. The injured man then went to the
Mayor, and met with the same result, upon
which he declared that it was the last time 81
jist vote the Dimercratick ticket; dye mind
that, now!'-A visit to the government yard
ON Market street yesterday afternoon, gave vi
much pleasure. Mr.. Grimshaw, the Assistant
Superintendent for the government, took us
round and shew us tlse elegant work in granite
and marble. The government is only doing
the granite work for the two towers that are te
surmount the Custom House, the stone for the
second and third stories being done by Bostor
contractors. The marble is furnished and cu
under sub-contract, and there has been con
siderable delay owing to the difficulty of get
ting it out of the quarries. 1t is expected thai
the Custom House will be ready for the towers
in about ten days. About 1870 men are at pres
ent employed in the yard. The Cornthian
columns and pilasters for the Post Office dis
play some of the most artistic work we ever
saw. Itseems almost too fine to be battered
by the elements.-The Eagle Refinery are con.
verting from eighty to re hundred hogsheads
of molasses into refined sugars every day, and
there Is steady market for them-Some O
the boat clubs are taking regular exercise in
the harbor every evening. heavens were
telling" in the shape of a glorious day yester-
day.-The express train from Portland to Mon
treal will be pat on the middle of june The
company are repairing the track with new iror
as fast as it can be procured from the rolling
mills.-The Haydn Association will rehearse
st. Paul. January the freights on boz
shocks over the Portland & Rochester Railroad
amounted to $4,000. In February they dwin
died down to $500. Notwithstanding this fall
ing off the aggregate receipts for transporta-
tion of freight were forty per cent. greater il
February, 1869, than in same month, 1868
RIs0 Ro}x shocks are selling in Cuba for twelve