The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-25
Rrief JOtlings.

The fishermen are returning from the Banks
with full fares.
Lieut.. Burroughs, who has just graduated
with honors from West Point, is in town.
The examination of the public schools COM
mences on Monday and the School Committee
propose preparing for their labors by their ex-
cursion to the islands to-day.
Mr.. William Baldwin, contractor of this city,
under the superintendent o(Engineer Staples,
of Cape Elizabeth, has just finished one of the
finest pieces of grading on the Spurwink road
in Cape Elizabeth to be seen in the vicinity of
Portland. The Cape people are much pleased
with it.
We understand that great pollock weigh
ing 225 pounds can be seen at John Loveitt &
Sons fish market.
Smiths bathing rooms in Exchange stree,
will be open Sunday morning as we'll as this
evening.
Henry B. Watson of this city is in Washing
ton, with the model of screw propeller, which
those who have examined say is destined TO
bring about revolution in steam navigation.
He offers the use of the patent to Government
If he can have use of the propellers attached
to any man-of-war.
Mr.. W. M. Paine has lately frescoed the
rooms in Mr.. Rufus Stanleys house in an ex-
ceedingly artistic manner, and we would sug-
gest all who like anything of the kind dole to
give him call.
Among the passengers by steamer Columbia
at New York from Havana, on Wednesday,
were s. Trask and wife and b. w. Morrill, of
Portland.
The teachers and students of Gorham Sem
mary with few invited guests, joined in de-
lightful little social assembly in the parlors of
the Seminary building Thursday evening. The
floral ornaments of the rooms were extensive,
variegated and elegant, the young ladies charm
ing, the music fine, and the strolls on the piaz-
zas and about the grounds rendered complete
the enjoy ments of the exceedingly pleasant
affair.
We learn that both big and little Otter ponds
on the line of the Portland & Ogdensburg
railroad are now filled up and the teams pass
over with perfect safety. The Little Otter was
filled up some time ago, but on the Big Otter
both ends of the embankment were not brough,
together till Wednesday,
Sixteen car loads of -four arrived in this city
yesterday for Portland merchants.
invited and accepted the invitation to deliver
the Fourth of July Grafton to the citizens o
Limerick.
The Protestant Methodist Church at Che
beague is holding a grove meeting. This de
nomination on the island is composed Of seced
e-s from the Episcopal Methodists who tool
themselves off because they did not like the 10
cation of the Lew church which was built
They have built church of their own and cal
ry it on independent of the other.
Mrs. Cummings, the Regent of the Mt. Vel
non Fund Association, has invited all the ladie
who were appointed Vice Regents from III
other States, to make her a visit at Mt. We
non. Mrs L. d. M. Sweat, Vice Regent ft
Maine, has left in accordance with the invit;
ton.
Among the attendants upon the Universali
Convention lately held in Westbrook, we NJ
ticed the following gentlemen who have bee
aspirants for the gubernatOrial honors oil tn
State: Ex-Govs. Washburn and Morrill,, 20
ernor expectant Perham, and Messrs. D.
Hersey, E. f. Pillsbury and G. P. Kimball.