The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-04-29
Brief JOttinRs.

Hon. Sidney Perham of Paris was in town
yesterday, having just arrived from Washing.
ton. He will spend few days in this city.
1t is rumored that Gen. c. P. Mattocks Of
this city will deliver the address at the re.
union of the third army corps in Boston next
Thursday.
Mr.. j. w. Adams of the police force has been
appointed Inspector in the Custom House.
The Haydn Association at the irrehearsal on
Monday evening voted to assist the G. A. r. in
the ceremonies of Decoration Day. We also
understand that among the music that will be
given at the concert on the 18th of May will be
several solos and choruses from the "Mes-
siah."
The mud that is scraped from the streets by
the Street Commissioner men is used to fill
up lots on new Centre street. One would be
aston'shed to see how much dirt is collected in
street scrapings after rain.
cargo OF hides and another of wool arriy-
ed at this port yesterday from Buenos Ayres
consigned to A. & S. E. Spring. We under.
stand that Mr.. Spring is expected home in
about a month.
owing to Misrepresentation the name oil
Miss Farley was printed Hrs. Farley in yester.
days impression.
Ohcer Adams attempted to arrest Mrs
Moran yesterday but she showed considerable
fight, tore the officers coat and cut her scalp
somewhat in her vain attempt to get away.
Z. j. Bridges, Esq, Superintendent of the
Y. L. road, Mr.. Eaton, the Master Mechanic
AMI several other off Gals visited the Portland
Co.'S works yesterday and inspected tho pro.
cess OF manufacturing locomotiv es, six of which
the Portland Co. is manufacturing for that
road.
Col Henry Inman is stationed at Fort Shaw
Montana territory.
+. y. Bailey & Co. sold at auction Yesterday
the Hersey Farm in Gorham. The homestead
containing 20 acres of tillage and pasturage
and an orchard of 300 fruit trees sold to DR..
King of Gorham for $1,000 The wood lot was
bought by Mr.. Taylor for $500, and the pastur-
age lot for $500 by the same. In all the farm
contained about 14O acres.
Mr.. w. II. Beckett of this city, lately sang
as bass solOist in Mendelssohn's "Eliiah" with
the New York Harmonic Society at Steinway
Hall in that city, and his performance is highly
praised by the Tribune.
since Sunday nineteen cargoes of molasses
melado, and sugar, mostly molasses, has been
received at this port amounting to 64s5 hhds
726 ties. and 165 bbls. molasses, 3S9 hhds. mela-
do, 1927 hhds. and 1884 boxes of sugar.
Yesterday was very disagreeable day, the
wind filling the streets with clouds of DUST
The thermometer stood at 66o. The wind
was from the southwest, and about 5 o'clock
P. M. we were visited by the first thunder
shower of the season accompanied with light
ming.
A colored individual we'll known in this city
as "ne'er do wei" being DESTROYS to 20 to
st. John, applied to Marshal Clark. who glad
to relieve the city of an lincumbrance, gave
him pass directed to the Captain of the St.
John boat The darlkey lost the pass, where
upon kind individual en- Commercial street
volunteered to write him another which was
taken by him to the captain. Imagine that Of
fccr's amusement at reading, "Please pass this
darkey to the poor house, Sambo felt very
much disconnected when he found that that
ticket wasn't good for passage on that boat.