The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-28

Boston must be very p-oad Of the delicious
coatralto it has sent to New York, in the per-
son OF Mss Auaie louise Cacv. Her success
at the Nilsson CONCERTS las been really remark
able, and az enthusiastic as deserved She has,
at lean, tak-n a prominent positon.-NeW
York Musical Bullet 70.
So proud is Boston of claiming the lady as
Boston birth, that although the journals of thai
city know that she is a Gorham, Maine, girl.
only the Boston Post has the decency to &C.
knowledge it.
Portland, Oregon, supports more musical and
dramatic entertainments that Portland, Name.
Boston Folio.
ASK the actors, singers. circus managers,
ETC., what they think of that thing We mean
those whose shows possess merit, not played
out opera singers. theatrch supsrnumerarles,
and cattle tdrovers.
Parties looking tor house are called to the
advertisement Off. G. Proctor.
Tue little omnibus that runs from this city to
the Horse Far, carries one back to the primi-
tive times before, horse railroads were thought
of.
U. S. Bonds were quoted in London yester'
day at SO, 8S IA and 3d. Gold opened in New
York at liz and closed at Ill Z g.
Yesterday opened cold enough. Ice froze
half au inch thick on Wednesday night, and
yesterday the thermometer at seven O. clock in
the morning indicated 800 At noon it was
400, at 4 p. NJ 45 ,, and there was a sprink-
ling of rain abou five o'clock.
Stephen Grant was brought uD before Trial
Justice Moses G. Dow Wednesday. for keep
ing nuisance in the Cobb neigbborhood-
Fined 81 and COSTS and recognized in the sum
of one hundred dollars to abate the same with
in thirty days.
The new house No. q Bramhall street was
sold yesterday afternoon by Geo. X. Davis &
Co. to d gentleman from the West
At the grand opening concert of the A. &N.
U. course, Mrs Barry will have the accompa-
nimeut of the Gilmore orchestra
Slccarappa railroad station is being repaired,
plastered and refitted. The amount of freight
and travel centeriug there is very large, and
the patrons of the road deserve we'll of the cor.
poration.
Henry Fem, the artist has put to press the
results of his recent tour North and South
which will emoellish Appleton's Journal this
winter.
The elaborate work of Mr.. johnson on the
case Of the new organ exhibited by the Masons
last night is mnch admired. H. is du fat in
manipulating wood in the service of decorative
art.
1t commenced to rain and blow about eight
o'clock last evening.
The yacht Ethel is to have more changes and
improvements made in her before next season,
by Commodore Churchill.
The Adelaide Phillips Concert company has
started on long tour, beginning at Taunton,
last evening. The company, besides the Ia
nous contralto and manageress, consists Of
Signo7 j. Leoni. tenor who has never sung
in this country, but has an excellent repuia-
ton in Europe; f. Boscowitz, pianist, and
Lew, the cOrnet PLAYER. .Their ronte is through
the principal New England cities to Portland
back to Boston, then west and south. Mr..
John Jay Watson il the business manager,
and Mr.. e. Payson of Boston is the treasurer
= The company is strong enough to deserve the
success it will doub less attain.
Az Irishman went to the Post Office the
other day, and walking up to the general de-
livery sung out, Gan shure is there letthel
for M" whats your name?' says the po
lite clerk. "Begorra," says the Irishman with
a look of supreme contempt that the young
man should be so ignorant, yell be afthel
finding 1t on the back of the letther.'