The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-03

For beauty of illustrations Appleton's AL
manac for 1871 takes the lead and leaves little
to be desired. The designs are chaste and ele-
giant and the reading matter valuable.
There are 226 900 youths in Maine between
four and twenty one years of age. about one
half of whom are connected with no Sunday
School whatever.
The Atlantic cables of 1865 and 1866 are now
both silent and the French cable on'y works
westward with its usual facility.
Halves and Cragin have just published
very beautiful Christmas Carol words by Miss
M. E.iWaite of this city and music by Kotzsch
mar. Copies can be procured at their store No.
u Middle st.
The tickets to the Amateur Theatrical per-
formances, which takes place at Portland
Theatre on Monday and Tuesday evenings, are
going off rapidly at. Haws and Cragins and We
would advise all who contemplate attending to
be sure and secure their seats early. Remem.
Der that the money is well invested, for the re-
ceipts are to be devoted to one of our most wor-
thy charities aud also that the entertainments
will be far ahead of e.average.professiona eff
forts witnessed in this tcty.
The "Austrian,' Capt Wylie, sails for Liv-
erpool to-day.
The Portland Band give another of their de-
lightfu promenade concerts at Lancaster Hall
tonight.
We have had the pleasure of inspecting a
very finely executed pen drawing for memo
rial design by II. w. Shaylor of this city.
This design has been photographed, making it
a desirable memorial of departed friends.
The Eastern road receives $11 300 for the
mail services between Boston and Portsmouth
and the Boston s. Maine receives $11, 400 for
the service between Boston and South Ber-
wick and its Great Falls branch annually.
The we'll known cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank, Mr.. w. e. Gould, was greeted at
his new residence in Westbrook on Thursday
evening with surprise party of some one
hundred ard fifty of his friends. Col. Kicker
of the Horse Railroad placed several cars at
the disposition of the company to carry them
out and bring them home. The ey ening was
spent in conversation, song and dance and a
fine supper provided about II o'clock. 1t was
a delightful affair, as we learn from those pres
ent.
City Hall is engage for the evening of De-
cember IL for an entertainment to be given for
the benefit of the French.
The Richings English Opera Troupe will oc-
cupy Portland Theatre ON the evenings of
Dec. 26, q and 2Sth.
E lward Crockett was before Commissioner
Clifford yesterday for carrying on the business
of a manufacturer without license. On pay
ing costs and taking out the necessary papers
he was discharged.
The blue circle around the moon last night
attracted considerable attention.
Some scoundrel stole nice whip from the
phaeton of Mr. Henry Taylor, while the car
riage was standing in front of the Adams
House on Wednesday evening. The whip was
valued at five dollars.
Magnificent Indan-summer weather. Their.
mometer yesterday indicated 45o. Merriam,
the New Haven weather man, says such re-
markable weather has not been chronicled fo'
the past 10S years. The coasting fleet, which
put out yesterday for the westward, returned
last night, owing to the prevalence of head
winds.
Gold opened in New York yesterday at III
33aud closed at Ill. U. S. Bonds were quoted
in London at So 3 s, 81 8 and 90.
We are informed that few of the original
members of the old Second Advent Society
will still retain the hall used by the Society, in
Cushman's Block, No. 1853 Congress street, and
will shortly commence meetings there.