The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-12
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Tickets for How's Circus and Menagarie can
be obtained at Halves & Cragin's, Middle st.
1t is to be hoped that to-day will be cool; for
the benefit of people who will go to the circus
if for no other reason.
The New York papers say Portland is prepar-
ing big reception and a sailing regatta for the
city on their annual cruise.
Another pair of twins has been added to the
population of Portland.
horse attached to one of the horse cars fell
into an excavation ON Congress near Oak street
yesterday, but was extricated. He received
some bruises.
Steamer Falmouth brought sixty passengers
from Halifax, Wednesday night.
Mr.. Edward Hamblen, formerly of Portland
is here on visit
Mr.. Fred A. Poor has sold his house on Pleas
ant street to George +. Hitchings for $4,000.
A sailor from the U. S. steamer Powhatan
got ON his muscle at Stafford block last night,
stove in a door, and got rocking chair, with
which he smashed in two windows. Officers
Crowell and Black clapped stopper on him
and towed him to the station.
The proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons, for Maine, at the annual meeting in this
city in May, have been published in thick
pamphlet by Stephen Berry of Portland. We
are indebted to him for copy
The Eastern yacht squadron sailed for Mount
Desert at noon yesterday. The Restless of the
New York club, returned to New York
The Ethel, Com. Churchill's yacht, was gaily
decked with flags yesterday and fired salute
in, rnf tl,o
ton of Greeley and Brown.
Thermometer at Senter's, on Exchange street
at noon yesterday, $50.
CLASS DNNER.-The class of 1874, Bowdon
College, partook of their annual dinner at the
Falmouth House yesterday afternoon. The
spread was unexceptionable, got up in the best
style of the proprietor. Gen. Anderson pre-
sided, while on either side of the table were ar
ranged DR.. A. X. p Bradbury of Hollis, Hem
ry X. Bradbury, Esq, S. p. Dinsmore, editor of
the New York Stakeholder, S. T. Gibson, ESQ.,,
of Bethel, Hon. C. W. Goddard of Portland,
Hon. III. G. Herrick of Lawrence, Mass, and
sheriff of Essex county, G. w. Larrabee, ESQ.,.
of Bath, j. s. Palmer, Esq, of Portland, Gen.
w. w. Virgin of Portland, and DIR. c. E. Swan
of Calais, of the Board of Trustees of Bowdoin
College. Two hours were spent at the table,
There was no formal speeches, but with such
wits as gathered around the board it is easily
imagined that the time was not dull or unnter-
esting, but on the contrary there was sparkle
of joke, repartee and pun that would have re-
freshed the weary soul of an outsider could he
have been permitted to be present. The party
afterwards took a cruise down the harbor in
that venerable and stad yacht, the laurel
THE CASH OF LEAH RoBERTs-The inquest
on the body of the infant child, smothered by
its mother, Leah Roberts, was concluded yester-
day. and the jury returned verdict that the
child was born alive, with every indication that
it was healthy child, likely to live, with prop
err care; and that it came to its death by being
smothered by its mother. Drs. Getchell and
Weeks, who examined the body after death,
made a certificate that the child was born in
full term; was well developed and apparently
healthy in every respect at time of birth; that
respiration had been fully established and sus-
tanned for several minutes at least; and we
know OF no reason why the child, if properly
d for, would not have been as other chill
born at full term. The unnatural mother
brought before Judge Morris, in the NUM-
Court, yesterday morning, County Attor.
ney Mattocks appearing for government and
Symonds & Libby for defence. Defendant
waived examination Sufficient evidence was
brought out to develop the governments side of
the case, and the defendant was committed to
Jail to await the action of the grand jury in
September.