The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-04-15
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That folio of photographs from Williams
charcoal sketches will be found at Hale's.
Ex-Gov. Chamberlain has been invited to
deliver the Grafton on Memorial Day by Post
Bosworth, No. 2.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher declines with re-
gret the invitation to deliver lecture before
the St. Andrews Society of this city on Sir
Walter SCOTS birthday.
Lieut. Barstow of the revenue cutter Vigi-
liant, has been ordered to the Nansemond, and
it is rumored that the Mosswood will take the
place of the Vigilant at Eastport.
We saw velocipede that had evidently been
resusc' tated from some garnet, out for an air
ing on Fast Day.
The weather was glorious on Thursday. The
thermometer indicated 68o at noon.
The new song kiss at the Door" which was
Sc acceptable to the audience at the concert on
Thursday night, can be procured at HAYES &
Cragin's, the publishers.
Our readers must not forget that the Adel-
phians open at Portland Music Hall on Mon
day, for one night
Steamer Prussian, Capt Dutton, sails for
Liverpool to-day. Mails close at the Post Of.
fee at p. M.
There is to be farmers supper. gotten up
in antiquarian style, given by the ladies and
gentlemen connected with the First Parish,
(CopgregationaD as the Gorham Hotel, on
Wednesday evening at seven o'clock.
Stephen L. Stephenson, lately civil engineer
on the Portland s. Ogdensburg r. r.. has re-
ceived the appointment of engineer on the ex-
tension of the Great Falls & Conway road,
through Ossipee to Conway. 1t is understood
that the road will be located to Conway, and
completed at an early day.
Toby Candor" is in town.
The New York Circus is coming to Portland
and will be here May 10th. This is Col. Lent's
establishment, and the best circus in the I'm
ion.
An unoccupied house belonging to Clinton
d. M. Shaw, of Gorham, was burned Tuesday
during the thunder storm. 1t was doubtless
struck and set on fire by lightning. Loss $500.
Insured for $3.50.
Rev. Mr.. Bailey of the First Parish church
breaches in Pennington on Sunday.
A union prayer meeting of the churches il
the eastern part of the city was held in thu
Lecture room of the Second Parish churcl
Thursday afternoon. Remarks were made b.
Rev. Drs Carruthers and Smaller and Rev
Messrs. Robinson, Palmer, Luce and Wright.
The bonds of the Maine Central R. r. Co
issued prior to 1882 and held by Hon. Johl
Ware, of Athens, to the amount of $175,0O(
have been paid in currency, at par, the premi
um to be determined by the decision OF the U
E s. Supreme Court.
We are told that by the consolidated arrange
ment between the Maine Central, Portland
kennebec and Androscoggin r. Rs, that ha
been in operation about year, 100000 person
have been brought to this city by an arrange
zment which enables passenger to go from
and return to Portland for a distance within
radius of sixty miles for one fare. Add to TN;
number the 10000 brought into the citv owe
the 2. s. & 2. road, and we do not vonde
that the Horse Railroad Co. are seriously con
sidering plan to run their cars to the demo,
of the p. & X. r. R. and P. s. & p R.R
We notice that the canvas tents are bein
removed from the fountains about the city.
Dennis Conley was brought before U. s