The Portland daily press., 1871-04-03

Among tho Portlanders registered abroad on
March 18th were P. Barnes, Jr., at 6 Delehay
street S. w. London, Eng, and j. M. Fox at
Maquay, Hooker 8, Co. s in Florence, Italy.
The weighors and guagers have removed
ON the old custom house rooms to the new
lstom house building.
The tickets to the Maggie Mitchell perfor-
al1ces are going off rapidly. A very few seats
e lett at HAYES & Cragins. BY an over
sight the price of seats were placed to low in
our advertisement. The charge for reserved
seats is one dollar in the orchestra and seventy
five cents in the parquette. Admission tickets
fifty cents.
j. D. Lord, Esq, of this city sails for Cuba
this week for short visit
About forty people collected on the side.
walks opposite the Falmouth Hotel Saturday
morning, and for a short distance up Temple
street, to see the steam man walk an one or
two impatient ones asked the porter at the
Falmouth where the man was. He told them
he was getting up steam. After lingering
about a half an hour they carlessly moved on.
Quite large number visited the Allan Steam
ship wharf to see the wild boar and other ami
mails, forgetting it was the first of April
Lieut.. Mullett OF the "McCulloch" has been
promoted from I'd to LIST Lieut.
The erection of the new iron bridge for the
P. & o. r. R., at Hiram begun Saturday.
The number of volumes loaned from the
Public Library during The month of March
was 3515. The number OF borrowers was 462
The first cargo of Porto Rico molasses i'm
ported into this port this season, arrived Sat-
urday, to Mr.. George s. Hunt.
The members of the Ancient Harmony So
ciety are requested to meet for rehearsal tomor
row (Tuesday) evening preparatory to the "Old
Folks Concert Thursday evening next. 1t is
hoped the full orchestra will be in attendance.
The weather Sunday was raw and cherries
with northeast wind. Thermometer $50 at
10 A. NJ. A few fakes of snow lowered in the
air.
Palm Sunday was appropriately celebrated
at the Romish churches and our Irish citizens
carried their branches of palms through the
streets at noon, to be hung up in their houses.
The mustard box nuisance, nick-named the
devils fiddle, has arrived. A rosined cord
drawn through a hole in the bottom of an
empty tin box producing sound like an I'M
furiated rooster. It beats fish horns out and
out. In New York the nuisance is so intolera-
BILE the police arrest every youngster that car
ries one.
One of our letter carriers was severely bitten
by dog Friday night. Deputy Decelle killed
the animal Saturday.
A San Francisco, CAL, paper thus speaks of
"a former Portland citizen:
A very pleasant party was given at the resi-
&ence of Edward NJ. Patten, Esq ZIG Leaven-
wecth street, last Tuesday evening. The
company, consisting mostly of the young folks,
assembled in honor of the eleventh birthday of
Lizzie L. Patten. "Dolly" received her rela-
lives and friends with happy heart. Music,
dancing, and the good old plays Of long ago,
were enjoyed by the young ones, whilst the
older members of the company wished they
were boys and girls again. The table was load
e,t with good things, decorated with excellent
tas.te.
The teams crossed the Portland bridge Sat.
urday, a>ccOrding to the statement in Fridays
PRESS, alt hcugh the draw is not quite COM
pleted. 1t was matter of rejoicing by the
Cape people, who had hard work getting round
to Vaughans br .idge through the spring mud.
One of the POI tland party on the excursion
trip to San Franc. eco writes the "Star" from
Chicago, that the 30. ,tsn friends arrived We'd
nesday and in twenty Hiuutes they should be
on their wayaThe wea timer was beautiful, the
party pleasant one and the car arrangements
perfect.
Schumacher Bros, exhibit at their gallery
Harry Brown Cape Blomidon." 1t is is Har-
RVS most pleasing vein, especially in the treat
ment of the rocks and the clouds.