The Portland daily press., 1870-11-30

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public appearance this evening at the NJ. L. A.
concert.
a very fiue crayou photograph of Mayor
Kingsbury is on exhibition at Hale's.
We were visited by quite sharp hailstorm
early yesterday morning.
The subscribers to that statuette NAV have
private view Of it at the office of the Portland
Sugar Co., 219 Commercial street, to-day.
We learn that there is probability of a Sc
res of three sociables to take place at the Fal.
mouth Hotel the coming winter.
The annual convention of the County Medi-
cal Society it will be remembered takes place
at No. 122 Federal street, to-day.
The committee having in charge the play of
the Rebels Doom or the Spy of the Shenan-
doah, better known as the Drummer boy of
Gettysburg, are hard at work getting up an
entertainment worthy Of the patronage OF our
citizens.
That Masquerade and Fancy Dress Ball at
Fuent's Hall to night promises to be a fgrand
afflir. EThe tickets were selling rapidly yes-
terday, and tn $50 who attend may expect to
see not ouly some fine costumes but have a
frst-rate time.
The N. Y. Tribune speaking Of Miss Annie
Cary's appearance in oratorio in that city last
week saws that "she sang the alto solos with
tss staple and natural STYLE the intelligence,
tpe ti1e culture and the sweetness of voice
wti;h have made her such favorite.'
Gold opened 10 New York Yesterday at Ill
IA. fell to Ill, closed at 11118 US. Bonds
were quoted in London yesterday at SO 1 4 and
S71-2
Rainy day yesterday. Thermometer 81 deg.
ct noon.
The sale of house-lots advertised by F., o.
Bailey q Co. for yesterday afternoon were
postponed owing to the storm.
Harry Brown has painted homestead pic
ture for Mark P. Emery, Esq, being repre-.
sentation OF his birth place in the town of Bux-
ton. Harry is now at work on a large paint
ing of Cape Split. Nova Scotia, ordered By G.
E. Stetson, Esq of Cincinnati
The editor of the Transcript says that on
Monday he saw bed Of panses in full bloom
~inthe garden of J. W. Munger, Esq, at Wood
ford's Corner.
Miss LAURA E. Hovey assumed on Monday
the position of First Assistant of the Portland
High School,
The steamers for Eastpori and st. John are
to leave Portland at o'clock instead of 6 P.
M on and after Dec. 9Th.
Mr.. j. A. Lidblck, the machinist on Union
street, had both of his thumbs cut off while at
while at work in his shop Monday. DR.. Cor
don dressed his wounds
Holders of reserved seats to the NJ L. A.
entertainments are reminded that the door at
the foot of the stairs at the rear of the hall is
kept open and it will accommodate them to
seek their seats by that door.
Edward T. Miller Of Westbrook was before
Commissioner Clifford yesterday for making
bricks without license. On paying costs and
taking out the necessary papers he was dis
charged.
A large lot of liquors were seized yesterday
afternoon at the shop of Francis Kane on India
street.
The Universalist, Unitarian and Swedenbor-
Rian churches of this city held a meeting in
the vestry of Park street church Monday eve
ming, to take into consideration the question Of
establishing FREQ evening school. A COM
mittee was appointed, composed OF members of
each of the churches to make arrangements for
carrying out the project.
The Aduertiser says lawyer who sued q
man out of the city, had the summons sen.
back with the statement on the back, that az
he, the defendant, lived some six miles from
this city, and had no horse and it was too mud
dy and too far to walk, be should not appear at
court in obedience to the summons. He fur
ther stated that as he had no money and never
expected to have any, it would make little diff.
ference whether the plaintiff obtained judg-
meut or not.
Secure your tickets to the NJ L. A., concert
tn ha
nave limifed the number Of evening tickets.
Turkeys and liver brought the same price in
the Boston market yesterday.
THE LADIES TRAIN.-The trains of cara
which leave the Eastern and Boston & Maine
Railroad stations in Boston daily, at II O'Clock
m. are the most pleasant and convenient of
any upon their roads for passengers coming to
this city or going further east. And these
trains, by the convenient hour at which they
leave, and the early hour at which they arrive
here-5 o'clock p. m.-make it particularly
agreeable for ladies and children travelling
alone; and for this reason it is called by the
travelling public "the ladies' train" We are
INFORMED by Superintendents Prescott and
Merritt that TINS aud ether trains now running
Will without doubt be continued tbrouob the
winter, and at substantially the same honrs "a
they are now run upon. This will be crat;fv.
ing news to the regular travelling public
ARRIVAL OF THE PRUssIAN.-rhe Montreo,
Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Prus-
sian, Capt. Dutton, from Liverpool 18th, ar
rived at this port yesterday afternoon, bring
ing q cabin and 1873 Storage passengers and a
full cargo, mostly for Canada. She will leave
on her return trip Saturday, Dec. 10TH We
are indebted to the purser of the steamer 10,