The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-05-13

| the school was taken and the audience were
dismissed with the ubenediction by Rev. DIR.
Carruthers.
| FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS MEETING.-An adj
journed meeting of the Fire Insurance Agents
Board was held Saturday afternoon at the office
| of Messrs. Rollins & Adams.
| Mr.. Rollins accepted the position of Presi-
dent, thanking the Board for the honor in some
brief and appropriate remarks.
Mr.. b. Barnes, Jr., the Secretary, resigned
that position, the company he represents not
joining the union. Mr.. Thomas L. O'Brion
was thereupon unanimously chosen Secretary
and Treasurer. lar ..srea
Mr.. Barnes read letter which he had re
ceived from B. S. Walcott, Esq, Secretary of
the National Board of Underwriters, (head-
| quarters at New York; acknowledging the re-
ceipt of the notification of the organization of
| the local Board here, and remarking upon the
| prospect of similar Boards being formed in all
parts of the country.
A committee of three, consisting of Messrs.
j. s. Palmer, Prentiss Ioring and j. w. Mum
ger, was appointed to prepare Constitution
and code of Bylaws.
The meeting then adjourned till Friday after
noon at o'clock, to meet at the same place.
The disposition seems to be to act consider
ately and carefully in the matter of rates.
THE GRAND JURY.-The rising of the Grand
Jury has not brought much relief to the anxiety
of the late liquor-sellers as it was expected it
would. Never, in the legal history of the State
has grand inquest had more laborous session
or reported so large number of bills. Contrary
to the general rule no one has been allowed to get
at these important papers yet, and nothing
regarding them has reached the public except
such meagre facts as the County Attorney has
voluntarily diyulged. 1t is said that as many
as three indictments have been found against
some of the presented parties. Who the VIC
Tins are, is, with few exceptions, q matter of
conjecture, and there is some trpedation felt
among those who have trespassed during the
past two years. 1t is impossible to try all the
cases at the present term and of course large
number will be held as terror over the heads
of the offenders. Apparently there has been
thorough sitting of things, and the friends of
temperance have no occasion to complain of the
laxity of executive officers.
FIRE.-ShortIy after noon on Saturday fire
broke out in the building at the foot of Preble
street, owned and occupied as factory by the
Maine Roofing Company. It was one story
building, of wood, filed with infamable stock
and the fire made such progress that the build
ing was destroyed in spite of the fremen. The
fire took from kettle of composition, which
was boiling under charge of a little boy. The
little fellow tried hard to extinguish the flames
without an alarm, but they were too powerful
for him, He raised an cutlery, and then with
admirable forethought, rushed for the, books
and papers, which he saved; and when he found
that the property would inevitably be lost,
burst into tears, and cried as if his heat would
break at the thought that carelessness would be
imputed to him.
The company was incorporated last year for
the manufacture of patent roofng,-Captain
G. w. Parker, general agent,--and to the credit
of the patent be it said, that the roof did not
give in to the flames till the sides of the build
ing were entirely destroyed The loss is about
$1,000, and is partially covered by $500 insur
ance on the building and $500 on the stock
Three members of Casco Engine Company had
their heads and faces bruised by the roof tim
bers falling upon them, but fortunately their
injuries are not seriOas. -......-...
Miss ANNIE LOUISE CARY is to spend some
weeks in this vicinity, and very likely may con-
sent to give a concert while here. The Adcer-
tiser- which, by the way, never will learn to
spell her name correctly, always introducing a
superfuous 'e"-offers good suggestion, that
the Directors of the Maine General Hospital
make some arrangement with her, if possible,
to sing for the benefit of that charity. We
have no doubt that those gentlemen are suffic-
iently awake to the interests entrusted to their
care not to neglect SO good an opportunity to
strengthen their debiitated treasury. The
brilliant success of the concert of last summer
warrants prompt action on their part. If
series of concerts, say at Portland, Bath Au-
gusta, Bangor and Lewiston, could be arranged
there can be no doubt but that large returns
could be secured with comparatively little effort
N & R. RAILRoAD.-The friends of the Port
land and Rochester Railroad Company will be
pleased to notice among our advertisements
notice for contractors to forward their bids for
doing the work on the Nashua and Rochester
railroad, on or before May 31st. 1t is under
stood that this road is to be let out in sections
of five miles, and that it is to be pushed to its
completion with great energy. The Portland
and Rochester railroad is doing q large bust
ness and its future prospects are very fatter-
ing.
MARRIAGE OF A PORTLAND LADY ABROAD
The correspondent of the New York Mail, resi-
dent in Florence, Italy, gives the following ac-
count of the wedding of Miss Henrietta Dyer
daughter of Afford Dyer of this city, to the
son of Powers, the celebrated American sculp-
tor:
The bright side Of our picture, however, has
been the marriage between Mr. Preston Powers
and Miss Henrietta W. Dyer. The bridegroom
| is son of the sculptor, and is the only one of
his children who has inherited enough OF his
fathers artistic nature to induce him to take up
the same profession. He is, in fact, working
| in the "Powers Studio" and has completed sew
eral works of much merit that give good prom
Use for the future. The brides parents gave
her very handsome wedding, thoroughly Amer
lean in all its arrangements: The church was
literally "Floral Hall" The ceremony was
performed by Rev. William Chauncey Landon.
The choir sang with much feeling, and the
friends assisted as usual both with smiles and
tears One would almost think that it was laid
down in the rubric for the bride to come in look
ing pale and 60 out blushing, for so it always is
On this occasion we must confess that the col
lected manner and hearty 81 will' of both par
ties, was delightfully."- refreshing. The recep
ton at the honse of Mrs. IbbotsOn, daughter o.
Mr.. Hiram Powers, was a feast of delicacie
served in floral bowers.
HARPER's BAzAR.-This beautiful week.,
publication is welcome visitor to the parlo
circle. The number for the ensuing week ha
been received by Fessenden Brothers, Lancas
ter Hall and d. Wentworth, 337 Congress, cor
ner of Oak street.
F. o. BAILEY & Co. will sell at Commercia
wharf to-day, at 10 o'clock, the schooner MAJ
tina Annah, and at 1O4 o'clock, at salesroon
will sell the entire stock of a country trader
consisting of groceries, fancy goods, &c.
Maine General Hospital.
MIR. EDToR:-This worthy institution dc