The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-03-28

The corporatOrs OF the Merchants Ware
house Company met at the Office of Howard
Cleaves on Saturday afternoon and accepted
the charter and appointed committee TO pre-
pare a code of by laws.
The Star Match Company have about com.
pleted their building on West Commercial St.
and will commence operations in the course OF
two or three weeks.
Messrs. F. o. Bailey & Co. sold at auction
on Saturday the two storied house, with
French roof, containing ten finished rooms,
with store on the first floor, and situated on
Newbury street, to Mr.. j. A. Longfellow, for
$40O. Also the so called Soap Factory lot on
the west side OF Vaughan street, containing
5000 square feet of land, with large brick
building and small house with stable thereon
for $4,000, TO Mr.. Granville NJ Chase.
John g. SAKE, the poet, passed through the
city Saturday from Brunswick, where he de-
livertd lecture Friday evening. At the 2
8. & P. depot be engaged in quite an animated
discussion with strong minded female on the
subject of women's rights.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Willard Libby returned from
the South on Saturday last. Among the Port
landers they met in Florida were Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace M. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Dana, Mr.. Walter Hatch, Mr.. !. M. Cutler,
Capt. Vail, and Mr.. G. w. Whittier.
The members of the G. A. R. have received
their new bronze medals, manufactured from
the rebel cannon captured during the war.
We were shown at Mr.. Lucey's on SATURDAY
last . triumph of the confectoner's art, in the
shape of the bridal loaves intended for the wed
dinu m. rnorrou Tho froct;rr ma, lo,:I.l1.
artistic, the little vines and shells in sugar be-
ing executed with as much care as if composed
of less perishable material.
Satu, day was bright day, with raw March
wind. but Sunday was intensely disagreeable
cloudy, with high raw east wind, and every
prospect of rain.
We understand that ne yotiations are in pro-
greSs for the purchase of the houseCknown
for long time as the boarding house of Mrs.
Baker, and more recently as that of Mrs. Dow
ON the corner of Free and Cotton streets, for
the Home for Aged and INDECENT Women"
Steamer New Brunswick made her first trI
of the season on Friday.
Messrs. Gee & Harnden are to have free
social assembly for their pupils ar Congress
Hall, Thursday evening, March 81.
RUNAwAYs-On Saturday noon as gentle
man was engaged in feeding his horse with ar
apple, on the corner of Fore and Exchange
streets--the horse meanwhile being attached
to the lanp post by strong halter-a mar
orened the cover to the letter box to drop il
an episte and then let the cover fall with
slam. An exciting scene occurred. The gen
tleman skedaddling out of the way while the
animal "swung round the crle,"a la Andy
johnson, until he had completely wound him
self up to the post Results, the top of.th
buggy smashed off, thili broken and the har
nees badly damaged.
Saturday noon as two men were riding uI
Federal street a horse which they were l-adns
behind suddenly jumped, dragging one man
out of the carriage. The horse in the carriage
then dashed I'D Federal street, and the othel
man jumped out The horse continued on hi.
course at full speed, but when opposite Libby
& BOWS stable gallant custom house Office
made spring for him. Th was too much TO
the fiery untamed steed. Ordinary methods
to check his career he scorned, but when hi
was confronted by the revenue it was too mucl
for him Like fash of lightning all his spir
It fed and he surrendered himself with droop
inc head