The Portland daily press., 1871-04-06

Miss Annie Gary passed through the city
yesterday on visit to her parents in Gorham.
She returns to Boston to-day.
The concert by the Ancient Harmony Socie-
ty takes place this evening. 1t will be remem-
bered that the first one was such success that
a number of our leading citizens urged its rep.
-etiton
AT the Falmouth Hotel may be seen very
fine specimen of wv. NJ. Brackets skill as an
:artist in picture--of girlse, or young salmon.
fBrackett is the leading fish painter of tho
ecsantry and this specimen is valued at 5000.
This fish is lying on the grass seemingly gasp
ing FOR breath while close at hand is a speci-
men of the fly with which Bracket catches
his twenty-five pound salmon. We hope the
picture will find home in this city.
Don't forget the Newbury st. Church choir's
concert tonight at their church.
The High Street Fair will be continued to-
day.
We learn that on Sunday last the Plymouth
Church took up collection sufficient to pay
all the expenses for the year AMI put a bal
ance of $500 in the Treasury.
Ensign w. w. Kimball U. s. N of Maine
has been ordered to the "Shawmut"
Nine. LIE Prohon and daughter of this city
will have table at the French Fair to be held
in Boston next week in behalf of the sufferers,
and they will be happy to take charge of any
articles intended for the Fair, if left at the Of
flee of e. P. LeProhon, French Vice Consul,
No Cahoon Block, next to City Hall.
And now the girls have got hold of the
'"deviPs fiddle.''
Charles Smith attempted to lower himself
-lown the hatchway of the steamer Prussian
.ea Tuesday by rope but fell into the hold
braising his face and side.
The alarm from box 43 yesterday afternoon
waseaused by the roof of the P. s. & P. depot
catching fire from the sparks from locomo-
tive. 1t was probably intends ed as an illumina-
ton in honor of the Boston s. Maine Directors
who left in the P. M. train. Slight damage.
Liquors were seized yesterday at Patrick
Sullivan's, on Cotton street.
The Superior Court transacted no business
of public interest yesterday.
The annual meeting of the Portland Dis
pensary was postponed till Monday, quorum
not being present.
Tuesday we had April weather. Yesterday
we returned to March. The wind blew a
gentle gale. disturbing the equanimity If fair
damsels, playing mad pranks with stove-pipe
hats, and chilling to the bone Thermometer
80 at4P M.
A day or two since Mr.. William Griffin, of
Cape Elizabeth, fell from staging in barn
where he was at work and broke his leg in two
places.
James Noolan, q boy formerly employed in
the Merchants Exchange and more recently
as bill collector and Office boy for the Sunday
Star, died suddenly of consumption yesterday,
although able to be about the day previous.
His father being away, and the family in poor
circumstances, MI. Enoch Knight generously
took upon himself the expense of the last
offices for the deceased.
The Advertiser says:
A Portland gentleman recently in London
took great pains to secure the best English
curing il about his clothes was enabled to land
Mt on this side unknown by the Custom House
officers He was displaying it the other eve
ming to party of friends when one of them
was mean enough to point out to him the name
of ISLANDERS, New York." stamped upon the
handle.
The next Conservatory Concert will probably
have to be postponed again, owing to previous
engagement of Arbuckle, and slight misun-
derstanding on that account
If you want to get splendid singing bird
look in at Tolman's, % Market square, and see
what a magnificent collection of canaries,
chafnches and other birds he has just received
from New York.
We would call attention TO the advertise
ment OF Miss Bates as a teacher of music.
Miss Bates is native of this city, pupil Of
the New England Conservatory of Music and
special pupil of the well known pianist Prof.
Daum, of Boston She is said to be very su'
perior musician.
The devils fiddle has arrived in town and
"the first families" have been exposed to its
annoyances. The police will have to be called
in.
We are glad to learn that the proprietors Of
Portland Music Hall have given Mr.. ThaxteI
authority to procure first rate set Of scenery