The Portland daily press., 1870-03-16
Brief Joteinxs.

never want friends.
Lieut.. Farragut, who is stationed with his
company Of the 9TH Regiment u S. Artillery
at Fort Preble, and who is on furlough visit
ling his father, has had his furlough extended
on account of the illness of the Admiral. The
Animals health is very poor.
"He comes, he comes sanctum BORE
To tell what some one said,
He brings us news we've heard before,
But never brings red.
He reads our manuscript, and tries
To tip knowing squint,
He takes great pains to criticse,
But never takes a hint.
Exchanges are our m entail bread,
Our hearts blood to the core;
He opens all with glutton greed,
But opens not the door,
Was ever human 80 beset
By such on sea or shore?
Job was a human. but we'll bet
He never had a bore"
Adjutant johnson has been ordered from
Fort Preble to join the light battery of his reg
iment stationed in Washington.
Quite number of the male emigrants by
the Austrian have been employed to work on
the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad.
Hale exhibits some very pretty India ink
sketches in his window by FL. B. Brown, and
also very pretty cattle piece by the same art
list, entitled Taking Drink"
A large masquerade party made a raid on
DR.. w. c. Robinson, at his residence $50 Con-
gress street, on Monday evening. The Doctor
was taken by surprise, but was extremely hap
py to see them and a very pleasant time was
enjoyed by the participants.
Lieut.. Commander Edward E. Preble, of this
city, has been detached from the Nyack and
ordered home.
Yesterday was another lovely spring day.
Thermometer was 200 at a. m.
The Argus claims to have seen ga rare old
coin issued abont nine hundred years before
Christ-one of the earliest Roman coins, rep
resenting R0mulus and Remus, the founders of
Rome, sucking the wolf" Why, man, Romu-
lus himself wasn't issued so early; no coins
were made so long before Transcript.
Tomorrow is st. Patrick's day. The Catho-
lies propose to celebrate by grand concert by
the pupils of their Sunday Schools and lee
ture by Col. A. w. Bradbury in the evening
at City Hall.
The distinguished abolitionist, S. S. Foster,
Esq, of Worcester, is in town.
The ladies of the social circle connected with
,'ie Second Univcrsalist Church will give
iseae and promenade concert this evening at
Congress Iall Music by Gee & Harnden's
~ +i.tA,'
gent of the famous Rogers Cutlery
,orks ~ sheffield, Eng, has been visiting our
city he past week and some Of our mere hants
have given MIN orders Mr.. Morrison, corner
of Centre and Congress streets, will import
fine lot of pallet knives, which will be deliver
ed here at prices much lower than customary.
A very brilliant and fashionable wedding
will take place in this city within a fortnight.
There are five candidates for the Office of City
Clerk, Messrs j. r. Milliken, Fred A. Quinby,
]. NJ Heath, and w. T. Curtis.
A man by the name of John ALearn, por-
ter in the store of George S. Hunt, fell over
board at one of the docks yesterday. He was
rescued with no more serious I'M ury than a
very wet jacket.
The Street Commissioners men are busy at
work clearing the cutters, and those of the
Horse Railroad Company clearing the track SO
that the cars may run on wheels over the full
length of their respective routes.
The Comrades of Post Bosworth, G.. A. r.,
and their ladies, have sociable at their hall
tomorrow evening. No dancing.
The steamer Lewiston will be ready to re-
ceive freight tomorrow Thursday for Ma
chias and intermediate landings; also for ports
on the Penobscot as far as Winterport.
The wal! of the building in which the West
brook Britannia Company is located, on Union
street, has started somewhat, and there being
some fears of its falling, lights, at night, have
been placed about it to warn travellers from
going too near till it is fixed
No business before the Municipal Court yes
terday morning.
Not an arrest up to o'clock last evening.
Congress street was crowded with pedes-
TRANS last night, attracted out by the mild
weather and the moonlight.
The brig Aurora has gone into dry dock for
repairs and will be followed by the steamer
City of Richmond the end of the week.
There was a rumor on the street yesterday
that Partridge, who was supposed to have es-
capped uninjured from the accident on the p.
s. & P road, near Saco, on Saturday last, died
yesterday in Saco, but Superintendent Chase
last evening had received no information to
that effect. The jury on the inquest have not
yet returned their verdict.