The Portland daily press., 1871-06-09

yesterday. and when she comes out the Car
lotta will be floated in.
j. b. Brown is refitting the Union House for
hotel, and it will be open very soon by Mrs.
Baker, who has lately occupied the Stafford
house on High street, as boarding house.
A match game of base ball was played on
Wednesday afternoon between the Mountain
eers and Rather base ball clubs, which result
ed in favor of the former by score of 20 to 10.
Wednesday Mrs. Cummings, who resides
on Marion street. while washing the outside of
the attic windows, lost her balance and fell to
the ground, breaking her arm and otherwise
injuring her very seriously it is feared.
Mrs. Mabel Bates Burnham of this city, now
in Italy studying music, has concluded to re.
main abroad another year. She will stay in
Florence several months longer and then go to
England.
DIR. S. Fitch of this city, was registered at
London on the 9th of May.
Rev. DR.. Burgess and wife of Sprinfeld,
Mass. arrived in this city last evening and
took rooms at the Falmouth Hotel.
A new banner, painted by Schumacher, for
Ligonia Lodge No. s, l. o. of o. f., will be on
exhibition TO the public at Schumacher Bros.
store to day.
The Portland Company has just completed
an engine for the European & North Ameri
can railroad.
A little steamer is building at Russell's ship
yard in Westbrook, designed to run between
this city aud Chebeague.
The Sunday School connected with the Firsr
Baptist Church will celebrate its anniversary
next Sunday afternoon in the church. In the
forenoon the Rev. DIR. Smaller will preach
discourse especially for the members of the
Sabbath School.
Arcana Lodge of Good Templars will cele-
brate its 18th anniversary, which is also the
anniversary Of the introduction of the Order
into this State as we'll as into New England,
on Monday evening next, by social entertain
ment and supper at its place of meeting (hall
of Y. M. G. Az. Only members of the Order
will be admitted. Invitations have been given
to the other lodges IN the city and vicinity to
be present and take part in the exercises.
By an advertisement it will be seen that the
water is to be shut off from the city next Sun
day to allow the company to set large gate
on Vaughan street, as better security for a
full supply OF water to our city. They were
disappointed two or three weeks ago in not re-
ceiving the gate as promised.
At the monthly business meeting Of the
Board of Managers of the Y. M. G. A. last
evening, it was voted to substitute a Bible
Glass for the Wednesday evening prayer meet
ing, beginning next week. The Mission Com
mittee were instructed to begin open air SER
vices in the city as soon as practicable.
The Catholic Sunday School Union will give
concert and dramatic entertainment at Mu-
clio uo1Ipavf Mon1av cvanino for he hauefif
of the Sunday School fund.
On Wednesday as a teamster doing work
for Commercial street firm, was hauling
load of grain in bags up Cross street, one of
them partly slipped from the cart, and in at
tempting to recover it started his horses to
quick pace and the driver was thrown against
the curb-stone and severely injured.
EXCELLENT SECURITIEs.-It seems to be
the Universal opinion of all who have given
the subject consideration, that no more thor
oughyl safe and in every way desirable securi-
ties can be bought than the Bonds of the Eu-
ropean and North American Railway.
Besides the mortgage on this great Trunk
Line of Railway, which alone is ample to
cure the Bonds, -all of its immense and very
valuable grants of lands, $780, 900 acres along
tne 6J. JOnn anu IenoDscOt TlNcTSl moIt-
gagged alsO,-to secure these Bonds.
These amount to four hundred acres to each
$1,000 Bond.
These lands are heavily timbered with pine,
spruce hemlock, &c., which is readily trans
ferable to the great lumber markets of StJohn
and Bangor. In the Aroostook Valley and
elsewhere, the lands will bring good prices for
farms, after having realized from tho timber
now thereon, as the ksoil is fertile and well
adapted to cultivation. Every dollar received
from sale lands or TIMBER and the amount which
the Company is bound to pay annually for 20
years, goes into the Sinking Fund in charge of
the Trustees.
With this the Trustees must purchase these
Bonds, if they can be procured at par or less
otherwise must invest in other sound securities,
and thus provide largely towards the redemp-
ton of all these Bonds. Indeed with such
ample resources, the Sinking Fund will prob
ably amount to enough to redeem all the
Bonds long before they become due. Being
the only Railway, this road will absolutely
monopolize all the land travel between the
Provinces and the United States as far as Ban
gor, and the travel to and from Europe yia
Halifax.
Atready,-from local business alone, he road
pays per cent interest on its entire cost as
far as completed, and when finished lin Sep
TENDER )this>income will be largely aud steadily
increased. Savings Banks and individuals
throughout this and other States are taking
large amounts of these Bonds, deeming them
in every way the most advisable investment to
be had at their present price. See advertise
ment in another column.
A BAsELEss REPoRT.--Somebody, it has not
been discovered who, nor with what motive,
has circulated reports through the country