The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-17

wednesday, e lasseA oraz lbs P1rtland
- Esnoebeo Easlroad for sac sifss ti.le T. Maine
Cenfr8l Passenger e;.I- E4ja eal was liftea from
the bad sarge trucks to TIE narrow gauge
trucks.
Mr.. Fuller, the curator of the Natural His
tory Society has been presented with pecu-
liar fish that resembles our squid. 1t has the
long feeers about the head that belong to the
cutie fish. 1t jumped out of the water on
board vessel this side Of ST. Domingo That
big alligators head has been skeIetonized and
can be seen at Whittier's. Under newspaper
pressure" the weight has been reduced from
135 to % pounds.
Three men riding in a top buggy which they
had hired from Sawyer & Folsom, Yesterday
afternoon, while walking the horse across the
railroad track on Congress street suddenly
found themselves let down unceremonously.
Both hind wheels were off, the hub of one be-
ing taken out as clean as a whistle.
The Superior Court was in session Yesterday,
but no business of public interest was transact
cd.
The yacht Alarm, Capt. Preble, put into
New London Tuesday ON account of a heavy
fog on the Sound, and Capt. Preble expected
to start for Portland as soon as the fog lifted.
On the way from New York she passed every
thing she met with ease, some couple hundred
sail of vessels leaving New York at the same
time with the Alarm. Capt. Preble says he is
perfectly satisfied with the boat so far.
We hear that some of the stockholders of the
Maine Central railroad are circulating petit
tion for the purpose of undoing what was done
at the last meeting
The painters are at work repainting Casco 5
so that she will look pretty on Fourth of July.
The workmen at Sebago got hole broke
through the opposite faces of the tunnel big
enough to pass the body of man through at
eleven o'clock on Wednesday night. What
remains to be done now is to make that portion
of the tunnel of an equal size with the rest, and
carry the conduit out about ten feet further
into the lake.
A girl complains at the police station that
her trunk was removed from house over by
the Fort, without her knowledge or consent.
and that shehas as yet been unable to find it.
Hale exhibits in his window very pretty
marine sketch entitled taking a Pilot" by
w. E. Norton, a fog piece by Harry Brown,
and some fine water colors of Swiss costumes
Charles p. Kimball will put on exhibition in
front of the Preble House to-day a splendid C
spring Clarence coupe, the first manufactured
10 this State, elegantly finished and lined with
brown brocatel, and built for Mr.. Coburn of
Boston, partner of Gov. Claflin at cost of
$1,000.
Washington Hook and Ladder Company No
lett per p. m. train last evening for Boston,
taking their truck with them, and will partici-
20 IN, ,ho
returning to the city on Saturday. They were
accompanied by Chief Engineer Pencil and
other invited guests.
In the Municipal Court yesterday Mr.. j. P.
Smith was fined So and costs for giving a GUS
toner shave on Sunday, although BARRIERS in
hotels are allowed to do so. Mr.. Smith ap-
peals and will contend that barber shops come
within the exceptions mentioned in the statute
forbidding the opening of shops on the Sab
bath.
The flags on the shipping were at half mast
yesterday out of respect to the memory of the
late Capt. Woodbury..
Fire crackers have appeared in the stores and
torpedoes on the streets--harbingers of the ap-
preaching Fourth.
F. o. Bailey & Co. sold at auction yesterday
VIC Stioo niih anu lllilI pIlNltSo dG DAT Mills
belonging to the Fech estate, for $2275, to I.
Fl. Berry.
The tepid weather of last night brought out
the mosquitoes.
Russell W. Worcester (not Geo. Worcester) is
building the block OF two wooden houses locat-
ed on the corner of Clark and Danforth streets.
They are to be of modern style and supplied
with gas and Sebago water. He has also lust
completed two first class wooden houses on the
corner of Pine and Emery streets, which are
for sale.
Sixteen thousand acres of the Agricultural
College land scrip, issued to Maine, have been
sold to G. Z. Lewis of Cleveland, Ohio, for
$1,000.
Mr. Coleman, the Superintendent at the lake,
informed us last night that the rock had all
been removed from the tunnel at poon yester-
day and that all that was left to be done was
to make one or two short connections in the
conduit and that be expected on Saturday to
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