The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-09-28

vanced to lib "a at which price it closed.
The whaling schooner Carrie Jones from
Boston for Newfoundland, put in here yester-
day and lies at Central wharf taking in salt
before proceeding on her whaling voyage.
Pymomth church at meeting on Monday
evening, unanimously voted to extend call
to Rev. Moseley Fl. Williams of PHILADELPHIA.
to become their pastor. The Parish act upou
the matter next week, but there is no doubt
of their concarring with the church.
Messrs. O'Brion, Pierce & Co. shipped the
first car load of grain over the Portland and
O1densburg railroad yesterday. 1t was for
dealer in Standish.
DR.. Morong, Superintendent of the Nichol-
son Pavement Co., commenced yesterday to
pave between the horse railroad tracks on Con-
gress street-a contract having been made by
the Railroad Co. with the Pavement Co. to
pave between their tracks on that street. This
will be good test of the Nicholson pavement
and will afford an opportunity to compare it
with the Robbins wood pavement
One day last week young man from Mas
sachusetts while making some smlll purchas-
es in the shop of Mrs. Began, 90 Danforth
street, dropped wallet containing $147, and
left the shop without being aware of his loss
Mrs. B. despatched a messenger in pursuit of
him, who overlook aud restored the wallet to
the grateful owner, who in all probability
would never have known where he lost it.
Mrs. James WEIGH, a lady who has been re-
siding in New York, but on account of some
trouble left there for Augusta where her rela-
ton reside, arrived here in the boat yesterday
morning and found that her pocket had been
picked and her money amounting to $50 stolen.
She had no acquaintancss here, but one of the
police officers interested himself in her behalf
aud procured her money to carry her to Au.
gusta. :
A lecture will be delivered this evening at
the Congress st. M. E. church By Rev. II. w.
Warren of Boston for the benefit of the church.
His subject will be, "Forces in Sunbeam"
SIXTY Four YEARS AGo.-We have before
US copy of the Portland Gazette of July z,
1906. 1t dimnutive sheet, and the paper
bat little finer than the brown paper of the
present day.
Curtis, 40 days from Liverpool, is chronicled.
The foreign news received by this arrival is
given at much length, on the 5Oth day.
The leading editorial is a long account of the
celebration OF the 4th of July, three days be-
fore. The party which the Gazette represented
was then called "Federal Republican" The
procession was escorted to Mr.. Kellogg's meet
ing house, I'D parish,) by the Artillery Compa-
ny, Capt. J. D. Hopkins "The grafton was
delivered by Mr.. Edward Paysou, and was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause" This was
when the Doctor was Principal of the Acade-
my. At the dinner at Union Hall, Woodbury.
Storer presided as President and Eben. Mayo
as Vice President. Politics ran high. When
the toast to Governor Strong was read thir-
teen guns were fred and three times three
cheers We're given. When the toast to the
President of the United States Thomas Jeffer-
SOM was read, one gun was fired! This toast
succeeded: "As the Angel of the Lord met
BALKAN of old, SO may the ghost of Washing
tou rise up and appal the furious characters
who hold the reins of State.'
On the same day the Democrats celebrated
by an Grafton Gin DIR. Deanes meeting hous e."
escorted by the Light Infantry, Capt. Bradish.
Ebenezer French was the orator; after which
dinner, but no account of the toasts. No doubt
they were as bitter as those on the other side.
There is an advertisement of the Assessors
Peter Warren, James Neal and Daniel Cobb
calling upon ''all persons who think they are
overrated, to call at thu Office of James Neal,
Fish St.
There are advertisements of Barrett Potter,
Joshua Richardson, Edward Capen, Salmon
Chase, Henry Dupee, Thomas Hovey, Edward
Howe, Isaac Gage, Quincy & DIX, Isaac Ad-
ans, 1.-THE publisber) Nathl Gordon, Joshua
Fernald, Charles & John Fox, and many 9th
''7es ssAt nos = 7- mentioned in that sheet,
2. go az Az NC SaeE a the land of the living,
Diit edward toR xty-four years time has
swept thtfa agsty aue INTO the grave.
faeEs d q s.otioe Of N GRAFTON before the Ma
sons AZ Sew e4orcsster by Simon Greenleaf
and copies q it offered for sale.
Raesc Old papers are full of interest," as show
inB Toe pass Seaesai0n, their advancement in
she sf's aad tbsiT seq timents on topics, many
of et.eh e row 56solete.