The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-01-11

ABOUT 25, 000 volumes have been added to the
Public Library, within the past ten months.
For the next seasons course of entertain
ments the Army and Navy Union have en-
gagged the Thomas Orchestra and Miss Starbird,
who is now pursuing her musical studies in
Italy with SO much success.
A witness in the Superior Court the other day,
in describing location said the road ran $780,, %
and this was paralyze to it.
The newest conundrum is whether or not the
city of Portland was affected by an earthquake
Tuesday night. A small one would be good
thing for some parts of the city.
Mr.. Stone, principal of the High School was
recently presented with beautiful work of art
by the young ladies of Che first class in school
There was perfect trotting carnival on Port
land street yesterday fairly rivalling the scenes
in Central Park on a fine day.
The trial of Simon Lovett for the manslaught-
er of Leonard F. SWEET, in the Superior Court,
lis formally assigned for Friday the 10Th inst,
but it may be begun as early as Monday, pro-
viding certain business in the Supreme Conrt
will allow the counsel to engage in it at that
time.
Preaching and practice.-The minister who
preached at the Allen Mission Chapel last Sab
BATH eyening-on Monday sent to the poor of
the Mission ten dollars.
At the annual meeting of the Eagle Sugar
Refinery on Tuesday, John Sparrow, John
Lynch and Geo. S. Hunt, were elected direc-
tors; John Sparrow, machinist, president and
managing director; S. P. Thompson, treasurer
and clerk, and Geo. H. Hunt, agent.
The funeral services of the late Mr.. Frank
Fl. White will take place at his fathers resi-
dence 440 Congress street, this morning, at 10
1-2 o'clock.
Placards have been posted throughout the
city by some well-meaning individual, drawing
attention to what purports to be a passage of
Scripture, but what really is a common mis-
quotation, "Come unto me all We that are aoeary."
The Oxford Normal Institute, at South Paris,
has engaged Rev. E. P. Thwing to give his full
course of Evolutionary instruction to the stu
dents there the coming term, which begins in
February
The Board of Directors of the Portland, Ban.
cor and Machlas Steamboat Company, was or
ganized Immediately after the close of the an
nual meeting on Tuesday last, by the election
of Weston F. Milliken, as President, William
Ross, Treasurer and Clerk, and Ross & Sturdi.
yant, Agents.
The topics of prayer for to-day and to-mor
TOW, are as follows:-
Thursday, January 11.-PRAYER:-for ma
tions, especially those recently visited with ca
lamities; for kings and all in authority; for the
prevalence of peace in the counsels of states
men; for righteousness, harmony and goodwill
among all classes; for the spread of SOUND
knowledge, and for Gods blessing upon specia
efforts to resist the progress of infidelity, SUI
perstition, intemperance and other kinds of i'm
morality.
Friday January 12.-PRAYER-fort the Chris
tan Church and Ministry; for transalators o
the Holy Scriptures into various tongues; fo
Societies, Committees and Authors engaged il
Christian work.
Remember the debate before the M. c. M. A.
at the Mechanics Library Room, this evening
Miss Flora Myers will appear in the popula
and exciting Irish drama, of "Peep O'Day," a
Music Hall, tomorrow evening. She will b
supported by a fine company.
Grove and Mellen streets are the favorit
coasting grounds of the boys, and they ar
alive with coasters, both afternoon and evening
Two nice bits of White Mountain scenery b
Sountag are on exhibition in Hale's window
which admirers of that artist will delight in.
Representatives of many of the largest pow
der manufacturing companies in the Unite
States were in town yesterday, en- route for tn
sale of the Oriental Powder Co.'S property
South Windham to-day The train will sleay
the Portland and Ogdensburg depot at 9 o'cloc
this NOR .ning and leave after the sale is col
cluded
A Young man named Floyd was arrested /
the police Yesterday, for the larceny of a barr
of pork from the Grand Trunk depot.