The Portland daily press., 1870-02-11

Capt. CommereIl has extended an invitation
to Gov. Chamberlain and the State officers, to
attend the matinee on board the Monarch TO-
day.
Stephen Sargent at Westbrook, is building
a brig of about 300 tons, to be launched in the
spring. George Russell is building two briggs
for j. S. Winslow & Co., of Portland and 9TH
ers, one of $50 tons, to be commanded by Capt
Welch, formerly OF brig Paragon, and one 800
tons, to be commanded by Capt. York, former
y of brig j. c. York.
David Torrey, of Westbrook, Assistant As
SCISSOR of Internal Revenue, has resigned that
office, and it is understood that Joseph w.
Parker, of Gorham, will be appointed to fill
the vacancy.
The Monarch will sail for Annapolis on Sun
day at 10 o'clock in the morning During the
sixteen days that she has been lying in this
port she has been visited by over twenty-five
thousand people The greatest number who
visited her in one day was on Friday, the 18th
of January, the day before the removal of Mr.
Peabodys remains, when $500 went aboard.
A forcible entry of store on one of the
wharves of this city, took place the other night
but nothing of value was taken. The facts in
the case are that vessel poked her jib-boom
through the doors, bursting them in and badly
breaking the sill.
A party of ladies and gentlemen visited the
Miantonomoh yesterday morning and lunched
with the officers.
The officers of the Monarch took ''tifiu"
with the officers of the Terror yesterday noon
A snow-slide from the roof of Mr.. j. B.
Fickett's store. ON Fore street. yesterday after
noon demolished the hat of lady who was
passing at the time,an completely filled Mr.. F's
sleigh with snow, while tie horse attached to
the sleigh didn't bulge an inch.
We understand that an inspection of the by
drants was made yesterday and it was ascer.
tanned that while the johnson hydrants were
perfectly free, the Lowry bydrants were frozen
up solid.
A gentleman named Perkins was hit on the
head with big icicle while passing down
Pleasant street yesterday afternoon, which in
fic'ed bad cash.
The United States steamer Leyden has been
ordered to return TO Portland from Boston and
| act as convoy to the monitors on their passage
| to Boston.
A gentleman was driving horse attached to
| a sleigh across the track on Commercial street
yesterday afternoon and as the animal was
going pretty fast he held the reins pretty "taut.
| The consequence was the horse began to back.
| The gentleman held the reips still Fighter
| The horse then backed and reared, falling over
| backward and breaking the shafts of the sleigh
| No other damage was done.
The screens to protect an audience from the
h. -
| City Hall is opened, are being put up. They
are placed just at the head of the gra nd stair
case, and will be quite useful as well as orna.
mental.
A colored man about year ago came home
from sea and married wife. Now it happen
| ed that the woman he took to wife had been
previously married, and her first husband was
supposed by her to be dead, she not having
heard from him for long time. But the 9th
er day this colored Enoch Arden returned from
foreign lands and went for his dusky spouse
Not like the original Enoch did he pine away
while Annie and Philip were happy, but he
put in his claim at the police Office, but, as or
| Investigation it was found that all was mis-
| take, and that Annie was glad to see hel
| Enoch, the parties lett rejoicing How Philil
| feels about it we can't say.
| By reference to our advertisement column i
| will be seen that the Mechanic Blues are t
give grand military and civic ball at Cit
Hall on the 10th inst.
In the case of the men reported the othe
day as having had their sleigh tipped over b.
its being caught in the hole made by Lowr
hydrapt, we are requested to state that III
| sleigh timed over nv careless DRIVING in furn
ing the corner and not by its being caught il
any hole.
The weather was superb yesterday and tn,
seighs were flying merrily. Thermometer 38
Frank Leslie's Illustrated for this week ha
several very good pictures of the Peabody Gel
emonies in this city.
Senior Oviedo, of diamond wedding notority
| is dead