The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-15

Krtat .JoItnss.
The Masquerade Ball of the Elk As at Lam
caster Hall to night will be grand affair and
many handsome costumes may be expected.
There will be rush for tickets. Chandler
furnishes the music.
Don't forget the Festival and Fair at the
First Baptist Church to-day, afternoon aud
evening" gotten up by the Burman Circle
The India street (Universalis) church will
give neck-tie festival a. Putnam Hall to-mor-
row night and will produce "The House that
Jack Built
The flag on City Building was at half-mast
yesterday for respect to the memory of the late
III. d. Hart. Mr.. Hart diei of confession of the
lungs and will be a great loss to the city
The Emerald Boat Club Assembly at Fluent
Hall tomorrow night will draw a large COM
pany. Raymond's full quadrile Band will fur
nsh the music.
Yesterday opened cloudy, thermometer indi-
eating 40. In the afternoon driving n e.
snow-storm set in.
Capt Nath'l Blanchard, an old shipmaster,
and formerly prominent merchant of this
city, died yesterday in Boston.
The G. A. r. Sociable will take place to-mor-
row evening as usual.
Both the Supreme and Superior Courts were
in session yesterday but no business of public
interest was transacted.
The wholesale boot and shoe dealers W tn
their families numbering some seventy per
sons, made their annual sleighing excursion to
Gorbam yesterday afternoon stopping at the
White House on their return for supper
Hale exhibits IN his window splendid mar
inc by. H. Brown representing Schooner and
Great Head" Mt. Desert, with the steamer
Lewiston coming in, also Snedecors new chro-
mo THE First Cgar." Hale will soon have
several wster-coors by Mrs. Murray to exhb-
it, including one painted to order and valued
at $500-that is going to England.
The new town of Deering makes the fifth
town into which the territory of ancient Fall
mouth has been divided. For more than one
hundred and thirty years from the time of its
settlement in 1852 its limits comprised the
present territory of Falmouth, Cape Elizabe
Portland and Westbrook. Cape Elizabeth was
set off and Incorporated in 1865, Portland in
1885, WestbrooIs in 1918, and now Deering in
1871. The aggregate population of these NUM-
cipalities is now 81, 203, and their aggregate
valuation $50 1874, 2Ss
Tonight the Public Library Association OF
Deering gives an operetta at the school-house
for its benefit.
We were slightly in error in stating yester-
day that the next of the Peoples Concerts is to
Monday evening.
The Lighthouse steamer Girls Capt
johnson, has returned to this port and viii
take the place Of the Cactus"
A young and rising poet of this city has
written very good epilogue to be spoken at
the close of tbs drama of the Drummer Boy
next week.
Morrison has the new chrome of Henry Ward
Bceeher, which is one of Praug's best works.
An irate clergyman who, according to Bos-
ton paper, has had an oTercoat and umbrella
etolen from his hall, says that he fears the thief
is bound for world whera ne ther overcoat
nor umbrella will be needed for comfort
e5We are told that the selectmen of Westbrook
decline to release from their contract on any
condition the parties who have attempted to
put an iron bridge across the Presumpscot. 1t
IS hoped that travel will be opened sometime
during the present year.
4 careless printer made dancing master.
card TO read, Il uuer my reSpect1ul ShankS II
all who have hopored pe with their patron
age.
L. NJ. Ray, Esq, Representative from West
brook, has our thanks for Legislative reports.
There is to be beautiful exhibition this eve
ming at Sons of Temperance, Hall by the Bant
of Purity tile juvenile temperance organization
recently started in this city. The play of Gin
drilla is TO be performed, and there will be
other attractions. Refreshments will be fol
sale.
The ne xt sociable of the Grand Army of the
Republic viii be held al their hall on Federal
street on Thursday evening.