The Portland daily press., 1871-02-28
Brief Joflings.


music beautiful Easter Carol, written by
lady connected with the First Parish Church,
which will be published by Halves & Craigin.
The tickets for the foe concert to be given
at Flnent Hall on Thursday night by Prof
Castelli, assisted by Miss Bepsley and Messrs
Butler and Ford, may now be procured at
HAYES & Cralsin's, q Middle street.
A little boy named Smith. living on Con
gress street, aged Z 2years swallowed piece
of acorn the other day in paroxysm Of cough
ing which stuck 10 the windp;pe SO firmly that
it could not be dislodsed and as The boy was
choking the DOLLY way to save him was tt open
the wndpipe as last expedient. After the
operation, which was skilfully performed.
the boy seemed to be getting along all right
but change took place and he died in con
vuIsion on Sunday.
The Austrian took out u cabin and IS steer
age passengers.
Yesterday was an April day. Thermometer
SGo at A. M with frequent showers during
the morning. and the vanes running around
the church steepes like kittens in pursuit OF
their tails. The afternoon was pretty clear,
with BEAUTIFUL sunset, owing to the gorgeous
coloring OF The clouds.
A peculiar addition has been made to the
Lewis Block, corner of Temple and Middle
streets, 10 the shape Of an additional story that
looks like oue-story wooden house sur
mounting pile of bricks.
The revenue cutter "McCulloch" is in port.
To-day The last day of the winter months
although spring does lot properly begin IN
this climate before the 20 b OF March. A most
remarkable winter it has been from the fac
That we have had only one or TWO snow-storms
where enough fell to make seishing, and in
every instance after tall of snow the weather
softened and a rain-storm carried away most
Of the snow. There is hardly speck flee in
the streets but the ground is frozen some two
and q half feet.
Mr.. A. G. Morton, who was chief ergneeI
Of the Portland & Montreal railroad and 10
Gated the line through from the Atlantic to tbs
,Ss. Lawrence died in New York Feb. 18th.
Mr.. Morton has been i'll long WHILE
We notice the death of Mr.. Elisha Vinton il
Bottom Highlands, on Saturday at the age Of
nearly II years. Mr.. Vinton formerly resided
in this city, and for many years carried on the
dry goods business in Exchange street, on the
spo. now occupied by Bailey g. Noyes, and az
forwards in Boyd's Book on Middle street
He removed to BoJton about the year 1929.
We hear that the fAvorite drink is Rose
dale" What it may be we do lot know In
have heard person may drink any quantil!
Of it at night and wake up clear-headed in III
morning.
The third Peoples Concert occurs a weel
sruAu next Monday. Mrs. Stevenson and Mrs
Juste lie Barbour Sherwood take part.
Hon. Lot M. Morrill, passed through thi
city yesterday on his way to Washington. Hi
health is improving.
A lot Of boys entered a house on OxfOr'
street Saturday, just after the family ha'
moved out aud before they bad moved all thei
property, tracked -four all over the house an.
stole about dozen bars of soap, besides dcip,
other mischief. Deputy Sterling arrested
them yesterday morning
Some rascals cut hole some two fee
square through the side of warehouse pelonp
ling to Geo, s. Hunt ON Central Wharf Sunda,
might and stole barrel of sugar. They ala
broke number of panes of clas, in tho s,1,
store of Dana & Co.
Rev. Mr.. Fairbanks, the pastor of the Natl
odisg Church at Cape Elizabeth, yesterday 70
ported to his congregation that he had recei,
ed over $500 to pay of the church debt I'll
amount necessary to wipe out the debt is abo,
81 600.
In the stock company that supports NJ
Owens on the occasion of his performances
this city will be found the Dames of Miss
Cameron, Mahon and Flood. and Messrs. Co
ainys and Holmes. The Bridgeport Evenir
Farmer says the support is very good and th
tAs Opera House was crowded toits utmo
capacity.
We understand that Capt Eben D. Choat
awell-known citizen, is suffering from a pa
alytic shock.
The S~edenborgaps propose to dispo
With their church choir and adopt congreg
tional singing.
tue'e wele several Internal Revenue cas-
ietdsy COMMISSIONER habd ye
une Portland Company have lust turned n,
roe aeines for the Grand Trunk Compan
nj ssrrow gauge aud the other broad
Ane Stoeoses are 10 bloom in the vard
dro. oeorge Thorn ON Congress- street III,
appeared on the 23d OF this month or FIJI; H.
weeks earlier than last year. '1N 'n'