The Portland daily press., 1870-06-08

Ahe heI proceeds OF the dramatic entertain
ments given by the members of the Bible Glass
connected with the FIRST Universalist Church
amounted to about $50.
The Street Commissioner has put I'D the
bars at the head of Exchange street, and is re-
paving Congress street in front of the new
City Hall.
Bishop Nicely has gone on fishing excur-
sion to the Lakes with a party of other gentle
men.
The Portland Sugar House ceased boiling
for the present yesterday, their stock having
been turned into sugar.
The residence Of Prof. Niles, provided he ac-
cepts the Bishopric of the Diocese of New
Hampshire, will be at Concord.
The Allan mail steamer Austrian, with 80
cabin and 747 steerage passengers, arrived at
Quebec Monday.
We regret to learn that Mr.. VIM. Monlton,
formerly resident of this city, highly es-
teemed as gentleman and we'll known az
successful merchant, lies very i'll at the resi-
dence of DR.. Pudor on Free street. Also that
Mr.. II. 81. McDufie, the we'll known ieweler,
is dangerously i'll with typhoid fever
Capt. Freeman, the new commander of the
U. s. r. G. Mahoning, has arrived in town.
A prize fight between two Englishmen,
named Passmore and Peters took place in
Standish on Saturday. Passmore whipped in
fifteen rounds. The disgraceful affair involved
the sum of ten dollars.
Mr.. Torrant Putnam, of New York, uncle
OF ex-Mayor Putnam of this city, died in New
York suddenly Tuesday. He was we'll known
to many of our citizens.
MIR. e. M. Cannon has painted some very
fine signs for the we'll known insurance firm of
Dow, Coffin & Libby. They are semi-circula1
in form and the letters are painted in gilt and
black ground
Gregg, the we'll known Boston marine and
landscape painter, was in town yesterday, and
left for Mt Desert last night with party of
artists and editors who arrived in the train
from the Hub. Among the editors are Mr..
Clark of the Berkshire (Mass.) Eagle and Mr..
Harding of the Westhampton (Mass) Gazette
Monday evening son of Mr.. James Smi b.
while jumping post in Market square, broke
his arm near the wrist.
Hon. j. II. Drummond will represent Maine
at the Grand Council of Masons of the Scot
fish Rite to be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, on
the 18th inst.
Stone & Murray's Circus is coming
Miss Kate Larrabee has resigned her posi-
ton as assistant teacher in the High School,
(which she has filed for number of years
with great credit to herself and benefit to the
schooD for the purpose of accepting position
in the Packard Institute at Brooklyn, N. Y.
A horse, belonging to George B. Gordon
livery stable keeper on Silver street, ran away
with n nioo IN, h,,o
day and smashed it up pretty well.
A row took place in house occupied by
Mrs. Beal on Green street, yesterday morning.
between man named Ramsay and daughter
OF the aforesaid Mrs. Beal. Officer Burnham
arrested the parties and took them to the sta
ton house.
That cider on Commercial street still sweats
little. The great question now is "who stole
the razor?"
Yesterday was foggy and rainy. The farmers
will be glad to see the rain, for they need it
had enough.
Hon. John B. Brown has commenced work
on a new avenue on the plateau at the base of
Bramhalps Hill, to run around the west end of
the city from Congress to West Commercial
street, aud ultimately to connect, through st.
Oohh SehCoe WIN Cuo HcW maTSlUdt way along
Back Cove and around MunIoy Hill, thus en-
crcling the city under the hills, and greatly
facilitating the transportation of heavy goods
from one extreme to the other.
Why is man paying his note at a bank like
father going home to his children? Because
hs meets his responsibilities.
Epicurean Youth lat the Sunday morning
breakfast table)-"P Please give me some butter,
father?"
PaterJanailias -"What! Butter on beans!
Butter on the richest of food! No, my son."
1t is said that mustard seed of faith is suf
ficient to remove mountains. A dose of Hen
bricks Bitters was sufficient to move the pile
of stones on the corner of Exchange and Fed
eral streets.
The Lighthouse tender Iris picked up, the
other day, some ten miles from Cape Eliza
beth, two sailors belonging to the fishing
schooner Flora Temple, owned in Cape Eliza
beth. While fshi6s in boat belonging to
the schooner they had got lost in the fog.