The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-07-08

MessrS. f. barnes, Dr., u. w. Hammond
and Josiah Pierce, of Portland, were register
ed at Bowles Bros, Paris, for the week ending
June 24th Rev. e. G. Cummings and wife,
Gen. Francis Fessenden and wifs and Miss
Matte Fessenden, of Portland, and Fred E.
sturgess of Augusta, were in London the
same week.
An owner is wanted for yellow canary,
which was captured by Sheriff Perry at his
residence yesterday.
The late Mrs. Relief c. Horton, recently de.
ceased, has made High street church her resid-
uary legatee. The society will realize few
thousand dolars.
A large limb was blown from an elm tree on
Chestnut street yesterday afternoon by the
wind.
Wyman's mill at Saccarappa, with four turn
ers, is turning out 1900 tubs month
The district school at South Windham in
charge of Miss Laura Pennel is, we believe,
in highly prosperous condition. The progress
made in reading is marked.
The Island excursions, though somewhat
thrown in the shade by others of more preten-
sions, are among the most enjoyable attractions
OF summer in Portland. So short as not to
weary and SO varied in attractiveness, a trip
to the Islands ought to be the first item of a
visitors itinerary.
Liquors were seized yesterday at N Leigh
toms, opposite the Stafford block on Fore
street.
The deputies made a raid on family Of
Stoops, who keep house of doubtful reputa-
tion on Banks street, yesterday, and sent the
whole of them, father, mother and five chill
dren, to the Aims House.
Officer j. r. Grbben arrested yesterday a
boy about twelve years old, by the name OF
Jones, for entering the store of W. G. Barrows
with false keys and stealing 81 from the mon
ey drawer.
The 18th Regiment Association have decided
not to unite with the LIST, 10th and 10Th in Gel
ebrating their coming anniversary. A COM
mittee was appointed to make arrangements
for the celebration
In the Probate Court yesterday, Judge Wa
man admitted to Probate the will of John Kir-
by, deceased, which was contested by Mrs.
Hamilton, his daughter, on the ground that he
was not of sound mind when the will was ex-
ecuted. The will was presented for probate
by the widow of the deceased. Messrs. How
ard & Cleaves appeared in support of the will.
and A. A. Strout and Holmes for the contest
ant
The Cary concert will be given at City Hall
on Friday, July 21st The list of singers is
not decided on.
The Sunday School of the First Baptist So
ciety and their frirnds to the number of 400,
went on an excursion to Sebago Lake yester-
day and passed pleasant day at he Pavilion.
The steamer Oriental makes three trips day
among the isands,and two good sail boats have
bsen put on the Lake.
The newly elected officers of Ligonia Lodge,
No. 5, I. o. of o. F., were installed last even
ing.
Kinds, under the Preble House, has twenty
varieties of syrup at his soda fountain.
The Eastern Yacht Club feet, which laid in
this harbor Thursday night, sailed at II. 15 yes
terday forenoon, for Mount Desert. They pre-
sented fine spectacle as they ran out to sea
with strong, free wind, and and all the sail
on that they could carry. The Ethel, Ray and
Sparkle. of the Portland Yacht Club, accom-
panied them, with parties of Portland gentle-
men on board.
Stowaways on steamers are a shrewd race.
One was hauled up before Higgins, clerk of
the John Brooks, little within ago, and that
officer began to "go through him" in search of
money. The fellow lst took out of his pock-
cts well-filed pipe, which he held carefully,
SO as not to spill the contents. Higgins went
for it and found it loaded with a dollar bill,
nicely covered with tobacco and ashes. The
fellow found che match for his pipe in an old
steamboat clerk.
While our friends of the Portland & Ogdens-
6ufgn ra t az are receiving SO many commen,
excursions they are affording to the various
associations Of oar city, that are now SO fire..
tv of spending day by the waters Of beauti
full Sebago, we must not forget to give due
tendent of the Portland, Saco & Portsmout tn
railroad, Mr.. Francis Chase, for granting the
residents of the lower wards the privilege OF
taking the cars at the crossings OF Franklin
and Exchange streets, on Commercial, thereby
saving them the long travel to the Portland &
Kennebec depot, which except for such cOur-
tesy, they would be obliged to dO.-AdUertiser.
We heartily concur in the above.