The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-11

NO. L, 1, Il. and A. NJ, "Wednesday evening
the following officers were chosen: w. M.
B. f. Andrews; S. W., Emmons Chapman;
Treasurer, VIM. o. Fox; Secretary, C.
Leach.
The spacious store under Daerinr Hall for
merly used as restaurant is being altered and
renovated and will, we understand be occupied
! in about ten days by George Anderson for a
wholesale and retail hosiery, glove and corset
store.
Hale exhibits in his window two fine photo
graphs, from cryon drawings of the late Messrs.
Nathaniel AMI Lutber Dana of this city the
founders of the trm OF Y. and L. Dana & Co.,
now so extensively srown as w. S. Dana &
Co. The frames vera made by Hale aud are
very neat an? hands6r,,, Hale also exhibits
two fine crayons bv L. b. Brown from Long
fellow poem Of Lha Wreck of the Hesperus"
A horse, at ,ched TO Il wagon loaded with
potatoes add aonles. ran away on Fore street
yesterday morning and when near the corner
of Fore and Uoio, ran into the wall of house
breaking the fraa. axle off short close by both
wheels. The apples md potatoes were scat
tered literally around to the intense delight of
score Or more of street urchins
Liquors were seized yesterday at Dennis
Capt. John Edwards, Jr. of this city has
been honoraby discharged from the United
States army.
The trio caapo.ed Of Messrs. Shaw, Thurs.
ton mad MaAro, will sing at the temperance
meeting at City Hall next Monday evening
and arrangements are 10 progress for good
speaking.
The Echo SAYS i curse of Temperance Lee
lures BY Miss Jaiia Gilman of BROOKLYN New
York, is about 10 commence in this State. and
it is expected that she will speak in this city
perhaps during the present month.
The Aubarn military company have invited
the Blues to visit the II on thanksgiving day.
james F.. leh. Jr., charged with carrying
on the business of 4 convey tncer and insur-
auce agent without license was yesterday
discharge bS Commissioner Clifford, on pay
ing the costs and taking out the necessary
papers. Davis g. Drummond appeared in his
behalf.
The history of the 9Th Maine Regiment is
nearly completed. 1t will be printed on beau
tifully tinted paper, and illustrated with Wig
nette of the late Chaplain, Rev. John r. Ad-
ans, aud eugravings of the gallant charge of
the regiment at Rappanhannock Station, and
Tue lUtu VI MAY III Tue w lluerneSS. LII Will be
bound in green AID gold Hall L. Davis is the
publisher, aud b rhurston & Co., do the print
ing. The edition is imited to 300 copies. Four
companies OF tlis regiment were raised in this
city.
The A. acsl n U. committee have sold
enough tickets 10 their course to pay for all
their entertainments and put thousand dol
lars in their treasury That shows enterprise
There were about 9. 200 people at the concert
last night including large number from Gor-
ham, Biddeford and Saco
very elegant silver plate 10 the form of
shield can be seen at +. r. Harris hat store
on which is inscribed, presented to William
Ross Jr., by the Masonic Fraternity of Port
land, Oct 81, $780," This plate is intended for
the piano that was presented to Mr. Ross on
that occasion and the engraving was executed
by Mr.. James r. Hall (who is with J. Am
brose Merrill, the well-known jewellery with
great taste
The two and a half story wooden house, No.
"a Pleasant street, was sold at auction yester-
day by f. o. Bailey & Co. to a Mrs Fogg for
$1S25.
Gold opened in New York yesterday at ITO
8 s, closed at ITO 3 4. No bond quotations re-
ceived
The weather was decidedly Novemberish
yesterday. The thermometer stood at AZ degs.
at II A. Nj. and at 40 dogs. at 5 P. M. 1t was
very squally, with threatening clouds during
the greater part of the day.
The fall examination at Gorham Seminary
takes place to-dsy, and the Mason Gold Medal
awarded, which is very handsome affair, got
up by j. Ambrose Merrill. 1t is about the size
of a ten dollar gold piece, inscribed on the 1e-
versa side, "Gorham Seminary. First prize in
Elocution," and on the diverse side, award
ed to - 1870" Mr.. Mason who presents
the medal, is member of the well known firm
of George G. Robinson & Co.
ARMY AND NAVY UNIoN-The committee
of the Army AMI Navy Union Course had good
reason to feel proud of their efforts as they
gazed at the immense audience gathered in
City Hall last evening, which not only filled
every settee, but required the introduction of
many chairs in the aisles to accommodate
them. 1t was grand opening to their secord
course of concerts and lectures. The concert
itself was very agreeable one, as it could rot
fail to be, when Gilmores orchestra furnished
the music, assisted by so sweet contralto
voice as that of Mrs. Barry's.
We have not the space to speak of all the Sc
lections in detail, and it is sufficient. to men,
ton those that were particularly striking. In the
first part OF the programme the Heroic Caprice
entitled the "A~akenug of the Lion" abound
ed in odd and pleasing effects that were ex-
cellently interpreted by the orchestra. Theo-
doe Thomas concerts have had a marked ef-
feet on the Boston musicians, notwithstanding
NJ L.
reputation, and this was especially noticeable
in their rendering of Lumbye'e DIVISIONS of
Dream" in the second part, which for delca-
cy of execution it its lights ard shades, could
hardly have been better rendered. The Ro-
mana for cello and flute by those we'll known
soloists, Heindl and Zohler, was soft and sweet
as the music of an Eolion harp played upon by
Zephyr. The solos for the bsscona and bar
itone were calculated to display the proficien-
cy OF Messrs. Becher and Rigg, while Messrs.
Gilmore and Pa;z rendered the trumpet duo
with great brliancy of execution. Mrs. Bar
ry fully maintained the reputation she had al
ready won, and % respose to an encore of the
ballad of"CaliersHerrin," sang delicious lit
tie Lullaby entitled "Sleep Baby, Sleep"
The committee will not take it ill., we trust,
if we have one fault to find, and that is in keep
ing the door locked at the foot of the stairs in
the rear of the hail. Suppose there should be
a pauic. OR person taken suddenly sick, it
would ba very difficult to get an audience or
individual out in hurry, and in the former
case much injury might ensue. The little
Lecture Room G'zette is qnite an attraction.
we would suggest to the audience that it is as
easy TO get to the hall at 745 o'clock as $50,
and it seems pity that people will insist in
strinaing into concert for a full half bour af
ter it has commenced.
ST.. ANDREWS SoCIErY.-At the animal
meeting of the st. Andrew Society, held last
evening, the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Alexander Tay-
lor; Vice President Robert M. Gould; Treas
urer, Thomas McEwen; Secretary, John Por-
focus; Assistant Secretary, John Mein; Ply
stefan. II. T. Cummings; Charitable Commit
tee, William Sharp, William Taylor, Alfred