The Portland daily press., 1871-06-08

On Tuesday, while the Light Infantry were
at Fryeburg, conductor Stevens filled his long
train of cars with the country people who as
sembled, and gave them a free ride to Brown
field and back.
The one-story house ON Spring street, be-
tween Park and State, which is being remod.
that stretched down Park (then Ann) street
forming the termination of Spring street. which
was opened through to State street in 1911.
The baptismal font brought from England
by Rev. Robert Jordan, the first Episcopal
minister in Maine, is now the property of Seth
Storer, Esq, of Scarboro, descendant of Mr..
Jordan. 1t is made of metal resembling
brass, and the interior Bhandsomely orna-
mented with shields, leaves, roses and flowers.
Mr.. Jordan settled Cd Richmond's Island in
1910. 4as,,s4 eA as aesw seyf
Lewiston is to have summer concerts on the
Park. Is Portland? Aht e
Mr.. VIM. M. Marks, PRESS Office, has issued
general time table of the summer arrange-
ments on all the railroad, steamboat and stage
lines running out Of Portlsnd. 1t has been
corrected with great care.
This is Corpus Christi day.
A number of the directors of the Poatland &
Ogdensburg railroad went by carriage from
Fryeburg to North Conway to acdpaint them
selves with the progress Of the work between
those points. Nearly all the grading is done,
and as soon as cargo of iron, now on the way
arrives, che work OF track laying win begin.
The rails on the Portland & Rochester road
are laid to within three miles of Rochester.
F. o. Bailey s. Co. sold at auction yesterday
the tive. story and half wooden block on Elm
street, for "a ,45O. to Micah Sampson.
The Norway Light Infantry has voted to in
vite the Blues, Infantry and Post Bosworth of
this city, to take part in the celebration of the
Fourth of July at Norway.
Mr.. Charles E. Stewart, q Portland boy, is a
master mechanic on the Panama railroad. He
graduated from the Portland Company's works
about eleven years ago, and has recently ap-
ment in throttle valves.
Shaw's Quintette Club gave a concert at
Limerick on Tuesday night, and will give an
other at Waterville in connection with the
Portland Band, on the 14th Of July, the day
of Commencement at Waterville Classical In
stitute. i ir a
Rev. Thomas Hill, ex-President of Harvard
College, is stopping at the Falmouth.
G. P. Kimball shippsd three $500 carriages
for California yesterday.
The Street Commissioner is putting Plum
street, now one of our most travelled and use
full thoroughfares, into very good condition.
Nothing has been done to it since the great
fire, but the Committee on streets are acting
very judiciously in every respect, on this as on
many other streets. ssaef ,szas-fi owe
The steamer Montreal, of the Portland Steam
Packet Company's unrivalled line, has been
put into first class condition and is looking
finely, and will resume her position on the
route between this city and Boston next Sat
urday night. The steamer Forest City will
next take her annual turn of replenishing.-
The usual trial trip of the Montr. al will be
made down the bay on Saturday. -i 81. ~
The sale of the State Arsenal property will
take place this afternoon. -aa-,5 .tt
The graduating class of the Portland High
School has assigned the parts for the exercises
of graduation day by vote of the members, and
now all are busly preparing tho various litera-
ry disquisitions for the occasion.
Mr.. Henry Bacon, engineer of the Boston &
Maine railroad, with his corps of engineers,
reached this city yesterday at a point little
north of the p. 8. & p. R. r. bridge. At least
half dozen lines have been surveyed between
Biddeford and Portland. The location Of the
new road will not be decided upon for several
weeks. - ss,.q s7..i-
1t is said that Thornton X. Lothrop of Bos-
ton, is to be President of the Portland, SAGE &
Portsmouth railroad, vice Iehabod Goodwin,
who declines reelection.
Deputy marshal Decelle yesterday arrested
Capt. Amaziah B. Gray, Of Bucksport, master
of schooner Pickering, for assault and battery
on one of his seamsn, a Portuguese boy named
Antonio Gracier. An examination will be had
this morning in the Municipal Court.
Mrs. James M. Kimbali had her port-monae
stolen yesterday. 1t contained $40. s
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