The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-03-13

Brief Jottings.
The Conservatory Concerts promise to be a
great success. The sae of reserved seats
commenced at Halves & Cragin's on Saturd "
morning, and the board displayed a goodly ar
ray OF PEGS before night. party of about
one hume re | are coming from Biddeford, be-
side those from Gorham and Westbrook. We
learn that the additional talent of Mrs. II. M.
Smith, the fAvori'e soprano singer with
Arbuckle, the celebrated corpet player, and
Packard, whose tenor voice was SO much adj
mired at the Cary concert, have been engaged
Arbuckie will play the corLet obligato to LET
the bright Seraphim' which Mrs Smith will
sing among other attractions
A new st-ameris being built by j. w. Dyer
to run on Lake Sebago the coming season.
She will be side-wheel, 81 it. long and % wide
She will have ladies saloon aft, and a saloon
deck runniug the entire length. She will have
high pressure engine with an1S inch cylin-
der, built by J. B. johnson. new wharf Is
being built tor her at Bridgton, and new
draw for the bridge at Naples.
We were very much panied to hear that Mr..
James Fl. Sterling, brother OF Deputy Marshal
Sterling, who was so terribly injured at Fort
Scanned on the 4'h inst, died from the effects
of his injuries on Saturday morning last
There will no doubt be a crowded house at
the Peoples Concert" tonight at CITY Hall
Mrs. Sherwood is said to possess very Fl lie So
phrano voice, Mrs. Stevenson is now we'll
known to our citizens, and Shaw's Club al
ways please Mr. Pingree will no doubt prove
great card for the management.
The weather Saturday morning was delight
full; with an air like that of May, thermome-
ter almost up to summer heat, the mercury
indicating 4So at 10 A. NJ, while the snow
drops, crocuses and hyacinthes in Gen. Thom's
garden added to the illusion that Summer
was upon US. In the afternoon heavy showers
and cloudy skies.
The reservoir on Rramhell is full to overflow
ing, the pressure in the Water Company's Of
flee on Plum st. being 81 IL pounds to the
square inch. There is abundance of water all
over the city. Excavations in laying pipes in
thu several streets have shown that the frost
is fast coming out of the ground, there being
none in many places in the city, and the aver
age amoun not exceeding two feet A month
ago the ground was frozen to the depth of four
feet.
The draw of Portland bridge will be repair
ed next week, suspendipg travel over it for
some time.
The County Commissioners have refeped
the matter of removal of the Probate Court
rooms to the County Attorney.
We were pleased to see workman engaged
in re gaining the roof of Portland Music Hall
on Saturday morning.
Two men, the ore named COe and the other
Bell got into a quarrel at their home in tie
Al.
day, while intoxicated when Bell kicked Coe
in the side with such folce that there was a
large spot made on the body just above the liv-
er, which shows th at the liver was injured, and
may result in serious Inflammation of that
organ.
A man named Fellows, employed in the
Grand Trunk yard, in some way had weight
weighing $50 pounds fall on his foot on FRIDAY
last crushing the big itoe. He is doing as
we'll as can be expected. The weight fell in
some way on the sole OF the boot, so that only
portion of its "helt" struck the foot
In The case before U. S. Commiss oner W.
Ii. Clifford, Saturday, adjourned over from
Friday, it proved TO be the first and second
mates of a British brig who were hau ed up for
an assault GU German boy named Emil Mum
necki. For want of jurisdiction on the part Of
the Court they were discharged.
The new city government will be inaugural.
this morning at 10 o'clock.
-Four boys were arrested Saturday for steal
ing candy out OF a shop window and one for
throwing potatoes at a countryman.
we have received a letter from Mr.. Butler
tue pianist OF the Castillo concert who says we
would not have wondered that there was such
look of sympathy among the performers if we
had known that when the others saw the thin
house they declared they had no money and be
must pay all the bills. According to his ac-
count they all came on equal shares of profit
or loss. but when they saw it was a loss they
left the poor pianist to bear the brunt.
The Republican caucus of both branches of
the city government met on Saturday after
noon and adjourned over till evening, taking
supper at Webster's Restaurant, inviting the
Democratic members of the new government
JON with them IN their frugal repast. They
forgot, however, the city editors OF the Republic
eau ana Democratic journals as usual.
Gen. Frank Fessenden and wife and Miss
Nh"'.'e fessenden were 10 Naples, Italy, when
Ias' neard from, AMI Afford Dyer and family at
Florence on Feb 18Th.
AL special meeting of the Mayor and Board
OF Aldermen held SATURDAY. afternooo William
b. Farmer and j. I. Libby wer. drawn 90 ;rrors
for the present term OF the Superior Conrt
The Kennebec afternoon train going east Got.
urday, ran Oft the track near the Auons,o
bridge, delaying it an hour Or so, but doing no
serious damage.
The evening school begun early in the winter
by The young ladies OF the Women's Christian
Association and which began with less than
half a dozen scholars, has now more than &
hundred regular attendants.
We hear that the Portland Commandery are
agratipg the subject of making an excursion
to Rochester N. Y. early in the season.
Mir. and Mrs. j. Winslow Jones have left or
trip to California. A new and elegant man
sion is about to be erected in the place of the
one recently DESTROYED by fire in Westbrook.
Sunday morning Was rainy and cloudy with
CLEANS of sunshine at noon and rain again al
night.
we hear that the author of the article in the
icn number Of Harper's Monthly entitled
w tombstone" was written by Mrs. Saw
yer, nee Florence Brown of this city.
MIS- snow, OF the Micronesian Islands' Mis-.
siop' will address the ladies' of Portland at the
Sestry oil plymouth church. at half mast tvo
o'clock this afternoon. '''' WV