The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-25
Brief .yOffin us.

Bidwells Dramatic Company will open the
Portland theatre for short season of one week.
on Monday evening next.
A sailor coming up Exchange street yester-
dav morning spied the fire annihilator in front
of Taylors auction room and thinking it was a
blowing machine put his mouth to the nozzle
and commenced to blow. Happening to lift
his eyes and reading the inscription on the ma
chine he dropped the tube in double quick time
and retreatel in confusion up the street. y
In removing the spiles from Browns wharf
to Merchants wharf great quantity of sponge
was found adhering to the wood of an appar-
emily fine quality. The growth of sponge in
this Latitude is very rare the coarsest kinds
generally not being found north of the BAHIA
mas. number of people have visited Mer-
chants wharf to see for themselves and we un-
derstand that specimens will be presented to
the Natural History Society
At the annual Harvard Fall boat races on
Saturday last the race for six cared boats was
won by the following crew: F. o. Lyman
(strokHN. 6. l.. Huntress, W. c. Lorng, T.
: NassI, - q. Lyman and st. John Smith
t0e~ m smith is son of st. John Smith,
itE.is e. Us eity.
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y z enbgiB q the several lodges and the
aienloer-si fhe Aged Brotherhood are called
70 the notices in the Special Notice column in
reference to the funeral of Capt. Thomas B.
Parsons
As Mr.. Eben Howe was leading horse be-
hind wagon, to blacksmith's shop yester-
day afternoon, the animal reared and fell upon
one OF the hind wheels of the wagon over
turning it and throwing out Mr.. Howe. The
horse in the wagon started but was soon stop
ped. One of Mr.. Howe's legs was quite badly
injured.
u. s. bonds were quoted in London yester-
day at 80 IA, 8s SIS, 9O1.4. Gold opened in
New York at 112 8, fell to Ill 10, and closed
at liz.
A special despatch to the Merchants Ex-
change yesterday reported the briggs "F. E. Al
len" at Havana and IN. A. Chase" at Matan-
zas, the former having lost masts and sails and
A. - .er dismasted. The "Gipsy Queen from
tea.,cola for Philadelphia put into Havana,
A7fa lost deckload. She proceeded on her
iglsa on the 18Th. All these vessels belong
loss port.
understand THAT single scull race for
the championship of the State and silver cup
will take place on the I'd of November next.
The recent shock of an earthquake was felt
very severely at the Jail and the wall of the
Eastern wing of the jailor's residence was
cracked from the first story window to the
caves.
The signs OF an approaching storm brought
quite fleet of coasters into the harbor last
evening.
1t is thought the break on the Portland and
Ogdensburg railroad will be repaired so that
trains will pass over il to-day. Yesterday af
ternoon the inward train brought 73 passen-
gers.
The ladies Of Bosworth Relief Corps, G.. A.
r., will give an entertainment az the hall of
Bosworth Post No, 2, G. A. r.. next Thursday
and Friday evenings. 1t is for the benefit of the
Relief fund.
Our qunndam townsman, G. X. Babb, has
located himself at Ogden, Boon County Iowa.
We hope that he will nd his new residence
pleasant.
Three hundred and twenty seven Catholics
were confirmed in Keene, N. Fl. q, on the 9th,
by Bishop Bacon.
Saccarappa is to loose Dr. Gushing, the viii
lage dentist, who leaves in three weeks for
Cherryfield. He has just returned from Mt.
Desert and neigbborng localities where
he has summered with Mr.. Dupee, the photo
grapher who has taken about 100 negatives
some of them very choice.
Architecture is called frozen music Manu-
script sermons too often are frozen g,spel.
Harper's Weekly, in an admirable review of
Thomas Hughes, well says that he makes us
realize that there are two Engands, one of ar
istocratc tradition and another of cosmopoli.
tan sympathy, as there are two Americas one
of caste and hatred of race and another of lib
erty and equal rights.
Morrison has in his window and iniad table
made of II, 900 pieces of wood by soldier from
Fort Georges; also some rare specimens of wa,
flowers, materials for which he makes speci
atty Of
The Portland Band was out serenading las
night. Among those who received the compli
ment was L. d Shepley, Esq,
We understand that Payson Tucker, Esq
the genial Assistant Superintendent of the
s. & p. r r., has taken vacati ID for tn
purpose of recruiting his health, he having sui
fered from a throat trouble for some time past
His many friends will miss his jovial counter
ance from the trains but are glad TO know tina
his absence will be merely temporary affair
A horse, attached TO wagonssbelongi t
Mr.. William Ruby, took fright on Federal 81