The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-01-26
Brief .yOlrangs.

The annual meeting of the Cumberland Bar
was held Tuesday afternoon. Judge Howard
was reelected President; Nathan Webb, Vice
President; Thomas Given, Secretary and
Treasurer; Bion Bradbury, S. G. Strout j.
II. Drummond and Phin-has Barnes, General
Committee. The Greenleaf Law Library re-
elected the old board of officers.
A Mr.. Larrabee, of Scarboro, while riding
home the other night, was attacked by a high
wayman, who made grab at his horses bri
die, but was knocked down in the attempt BY
the animal. He then fred pistol at Mr.. Lar
rabee, but that gentleman got off scot free.
splendid day yesterday. Thermometer in
dictated 10 above zero at 9 A. NJ, showing
that the cold snap was passing of. There was
only about two inches of snow fell the day pre-
vious.
elearn that Beckett's new Directory will
be published some day between the LIST and
10Th of February.
w. w. Thomas, Jr.. has received the sum of
$50 from George Baty Blake. Esq, of Boston,
towards the formation of library for the colo
ny of Swedes in New Sweden.
We are pleased to learn that the Rossini
Club cleared about $500 by their concert on
Monday evening. -Four more such concerts
will give them handsome grand piano.
Shaw's Quintette Club of this city gave a
concert at Brunswick last evening, when Lee
mont Hall was opened under the auspices of
the Young Nous Christian Association.
The frst of the !" Peoples Concerts" will be
given on Monday evening, the 18th of Februa-
~, by Mrs. Wetherbee and Messrs Monroe,
Thurston, Haskell and Shaw. A course ticket,
including reserved seat, will be dollar, while
course admission ticket will be eighty cents.
Single admission, twenty cents.
Quite a number of ladies and gentlemen Of
this city propose attending the grand masquer-
ads party at Bath o-night.
The Army s. Navy Union circulated 2100
copies OF the Journal every entertainment of
their course, with an additional 500 copies last
evening.
Gold in New York yesterday remained the
same at every quotation throughout the day, a
thing unprecedented. At the Merchants Ex-
change in this city each one Of the nine quota
tious was Ito 5-8.
Mercury indicated 70 above at P. NJ. yes
terdsy, and the northwest wind was very
singing.
Ex. Gov. Coburn was in town yesterday,
stopping at the Falmouth Hotel.
MIR. Barnes grand exhibition ball comes off
at the City Hall on the evening of the I'd of
February.
The collection at the First Baptism Church
Sunday for the bensft of the Widows Wood
Society amounted to about $40.
The stockholders of the International Steam
ship Conpauy held their annual meeting yes
terday afternoon, and elected T. G. Jersey
President, 81. J. Libby, Clerk and Treasurer,
and J. B. Coyle, s. E. Spring, H. B. Hart of
Portland and A. Mel Seeley Of St. John, D.
rectors.
We would inform the Advertiser that it is
understood if Beecher is not present at the
ordination at Bridgton to-day, 'Idrbox" prooa-
bly, will be.
We learn that Maggie Mitchdll will not play
in Portland until about the first of April.
Our citizens will have rich and interesting
treat next Monday evening at the City Hall,
in Scott lecture on "Street Scenes and Prison
Life in the metropolis of Boston, as seen by
sunlight and gaslight."