The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-06-12


the baggage master at the Portland and Ken
nebec depot in this city has been appolnte
conductor on the Belfast branch of the Main
Central roads, and assumed his new dutie
last Monday.
Our st. john correspondent informs us tina
T. B. Cragin, late steward on the Information
al steamship line, is to be landlord of the ele
giant Victoria hotel at st. John, N. B.. 1t is
magnificent building and was erected at al
expense Of 100000 1t is five stories high an,
contains 200 rooms.
The Rossini Club concert netted abou
$3.50.
"Don Caesar de Bazan" will be brought on
by the Amateures, Tuesday evening, the 2Otl
inst.
DR.. F. e. Hitchcock, a graduate of Bowdoil
College and the Bowdoin Medical S, hoo ha,
gone into practice in this city.
The Commercial street merchants have
commenced to close their stores at O. clock in
the afternoon.
Messrs. William Fl. Pencil & Co., of this
city have been awarded the contract for fur
nishing the steam heating apparatus for the
State House at Augusta.
Messrs f. o. Bailey & Co., sold at auction
the two story wooden dwelling No. A Oxford
street for $2025. We did not learn the name
of the purchaser.
The regular monthly meeting of the Young
Mems Christian Associ alton, for business will
be held at fheir rooms in Mechanics Hall, this
evening at quarter before eight
The proprietors of State street church are
reminded that the parish meeting stands ad-
journed to this evening at half past seven
o'clock. A general attendance is requested. p
Five persons were taken to the lookup for
drunkenness on Saturday night; and up to II
o'clock last night, two. ssS
The funeral of Miss Rowland, which took
place Saturday afternoon, was largely attend
ed by members of Mystic Lodge of Good Tenn
pIrrs and Portland Division Of Sons of Tenn
perance, Of which organization sha was very
active member.
Rev. e. Y. Hincks, who preached powerful
discourse few weeks since on the Observance
of the Sabbath, followed it up yesterday with
another effective sermon founded on the text
"The Sabbath was made for man and not man
for the Sabbath" 8ttfek Sc
Rev. DIR. Burgess of Springfield Mass :,
preached two very fine extempore sermons at
st. Paul's church yesterday. Many Of lis old
parishioners were present, happy in listening
to the eloquence of the former pastor. He was
annouced to preach at st. Lucke's in the even
evening.
The concert given at Stevens Plains on Fri
day night by Shaw's tQuintette Club, and the
friends who assisted them, yielded $3.50 for the
funds of the General Hospital, and everybody
who was there said they got full return for
their money.
About the LIST of July, as soon as the Port
land and Rochester railroad is open to Roches.
ter, the Mercantile Library Association pro-.
pose an excursion to that town and on to AL
ton Bay, with a sail on Lake Winnepisseogee
or picnic. A committee of pioneers went on
last week to arrange things.
Enoch says the weather last week had stick
in it and the atmosphere around the beer
shops was very muggy. And he said it with q
solemnity that is frightful to contemplated
Messrs. John j. Brown & Co., the financial
agents of the company, have sent us a fine
map of the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad
line and its connections.
Steamer Forest city is to be laid aside for re-
pairs but is to be kept in readiness for instant
service nevertheless.
The Portland Steam Packet Co., have a
large joiner's shop in operation in Bradbury's
Court, where all the joiner's work required for
their boats md buildingss is done, and furni-
ture made and repaired. There is an uphols-
tering department for the manufacture of mat.
tresses, curtains, and bed-linen, and it is pro-
posed TO add a laundry for the use of the com
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