The Portland daily press., 1871-05-24

Mr.. John L. Shaw's Quintette Club have
accepted an invitation to give concert at Linn
erick on the 9Th of june
The purchase of the heater piece by the city
in front Of the old City Hall, was contaminated
yesterday. The price paid is $1,000
After the delivery of Mr.. Murphy's temper
ance lecture at the North Congregational
church in Cape Elizabeth last Sunday evening,
twenty young men came forward and signed
the temperance pledge. ..
N. B. Hubbard, Esq. of Hiram, late County
Commissioner of Oxford county, has been ap-
pointed On inspector in the Portland Custom
House, and will enter upon his duties about
the 1st of june
Until further notice the New York steamers
will leave the East side of Atlantic wharf,
foot of India street, every Monday and Thurs
day, as heretofore. The Office of the company
will be in the building, corner of Commercial
street and Atlantic wharf.
In the Superior Court the other day, long
array of witnesses was ranged in front of the
clerks desk, and as the space was limited, they
stood very close together. One OF them raised
his left hand to take the oath. The quick eye
of the clerk detected the mistake. "The wrong
hand" said he, sententiously; "raise the 9TH
err" The witness stepped pace in front o.
his fellows and displayed an empty sleeve
The oath was administered with the left hand
raised, and there was NJ question in regard ia
solemnty of the obligation.
lderman King has taken very fine stere-
pic picture OF the State street church
pie as it was before being taken down. He
IL. a.
of the adjacent buildings as far down as Bish
op Neely's residence, and up to the residence
of Mr.. William Hammond. Hale has then
for sale.
An auctione.r in this city is the owner of {
dog that eats corn as eagerly as horse. HI
is emphatically, in breadth of back, a splendid
illustration of "corn-fed" animal.
Some soldiers friends at Saltwater have no.
titled Post Bosworth that a crate of cedar will
arrive here by boat this morning for use on
Memorial Day.
Coal declined So per ton at retail in the
Portland market yesterday.
Messrs. O'Brion, Pierce & Co., received yes
terday twenty carloads OF corn from Sarnia
Eight DRINKS, two Migrants and eight ledg
ers, was the record at the police office at L
O'CLOCK last nlgnt
The concert to be given by the Kreutze
Club in Brunswick, win take place on Frida
evening of this week. Arrangements hav
been made SO that parties wishing to atten
from this city can 60 and return for one fare.
The business OF Conveying passengers fror
from the Boston steamboat wharf has beeI
leased by the company to responsible parties
who agree to furnish the passengers with suit
able carriages and courteous drivers, and hav
established regulations which will remove tn
annoyances that are apt to prevail at
steamboat landings and railroad depots on az
count Of rude and impatient hackmen.
Portland Commandery, Knights Templa
have voted to invite the St. John Command
cry OF Bangor to visit this city this summer.
The recently organized "St. John Crew."
this city has purchased four Dared shell
bultby Elliot, of GreenIo Joint, Long Island
1t is made of cedar, is ~ feet in length. 10 1.
inches in width inches deep in the cock u
and weighs 108 pounds.
F.O. Bailey & Co., on Monday sold at su,
ton in Deering. on the extension OF Pleasa1
street, fourteen house LOTS at prices rangin
from two 20 six and quarter cents per sgua