The Portland daily press., 1872-05-29


Apner stevens is under arrest in this CITY on
suspicion of stealing harness and carriage
blanket in Boston. ...
Mr. Proctor will appear at Music Hall again
on Saturday evening in his great character Jack
Cade, aud on Monday evening the play will be
Ambition
John ID. Packard of Winthrop, sold to a
Portland man, on Saturday last, the Kittridge
colt for between five and six hundred dollors
The AdUertiser tells of careful grocer in this
city who instructs his errand boy when he car
mes out purchases to bring back the paper bags
and Irvine that the packages are done up with.
Sheriff Perry seized ten gallons of whiskey in
the old Printers Exchange on Fore street Sat-
urday night. ei-
The U. ). Commissioners are after the rum
sellers for doing business without government
license. One has already been fined 500 and
COSTS
The chief engineer of the Boston and Maine
extension says the whole road between South
Berwick junction and Portland will be graded
by August LIST. Ephraim Morrill, has been an
pointed assistant road-master.
by the burning of Shaw's Block in Bidde-
ford yesterday Mr.. Joseph Proctor was pre-
vented from fulfilling his engagements in that
city, soss.I, $50 - III = :, " 7ljs7 'l37 4
There is a street rumor that Mr.. Gosse of the
argus has purchased an interest in the Sunday
Star, and that it will appear as an evening pa
paper in the Greeley interest sn- lE 20 z >
There are some indications that a conference
OF Greeley Republicans was held in this city
yesterday, at which discontents from the cas-
tern part of the State were present. 'i'-l 80
On account of the storm yesterday the auc-
ton sale at the White House was adjourned to
Saturday, June LIST. .......,,s. az t,.. 81
BALEY's CIRCUS AND MENAeER1E. This es-
tablishment yesterday stamped itself as one of
the best institutions of the kind ever organized
in this country. 1t fully keeps up the reputa-
ton given to it by the press and the public
everywhere, and the proprietors make good all
the statements in their public announcements
Everything about the concern is unexceptiona-
BILE; the costumes and all the paraphernalia of
the ring is fresh and bright, the stud of horses
is excellent, the cages of the animals are clean
and neat, and each performer isa finished ac-
tor. Signor Sebastian is unquestionably the best
bareback rider that ever made his appearance
in this city, and has great act in which his lit
tie boy participates, is dashing and beautiful
performance, which justly excites admiration.
Lucille Watson, Sonora Sebastian and Md'Ie
Sophia, are charming, while the groups of ath-
letes, and contortionists are the equals of any.
The outer tent is devoted to the geological de-
partment, worthy feature, which commends
itself especially to parents, for it has some of
the finest specimens to be found anywhere
The audiences yesterday were quite large, al
though the weather was not very fayorabIe-
To-day the tents should be crowded. We have
no hesitation in saying that those who go will
be pleased with what is presented.
'THE thrilling Paris revolutionof February,
1S48, as witnessed by the lecturer is the SUBJ
ject of Prof Trips opening lecture this eve
ming at Fluent Hall. The memorable event
burst upon the world like lightning out of
summer sky, and proved the prelude to a sue
cession of astounding events that have shaken
to its centre the political frame work of Eu
rope. Mr.. Trip, under rare advantages for
original information, has given his ripe years to
the mastery and reproduction in condensed
form of this eventful period, so rich in dramat-
ic episode and SO full of instruction to the
American student; and has succeeded in pro-
ducing series of picturesque studies that have
been greatly extolled for fidelity of portraiture
and vivid delineation. 1t should be remember
ed that full course of six lectures is to be de-
livered in Portland, and that but one dollar is
charged for the course, the sum paid for sin
gle lecture in Boston and New Yonk We ex-
pect to see the hall handsomely filed with the
intelligence and refinement of the city. l4nlr
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MEMORIAL DAY.-The squads of Post Bos-