The Portland daily press., 1872-04-17
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The adjourned annual meeting of the First
Baptist Society will be held this evening at "A
o'clock
There will be temperance meeting in Casco
street church, Fast-day evening at u o'clock.
The public are cordially invited
No freight trains will be run on the Maine
Central railroad tomorrow EAST Day..
A lad named Joseph Smith fell from shed
on Atlantic wharf yesterday and was consider
ably injured.
Sheriff Perry seized small quantities of lia-
uors yesterday from Charles Mullen on Fore
street and James Passalean, at No. 81 Com
mercial street
A new and beautiful Fairy Pantomime, writ
ten by lady of this city, will be brought out
on tina 18th of this month"; by the d. S. s., a
juvenile dramatic club
There are now $50 names on tho Washing
tonian pledge in this city, A meeting will be
held at the rooms of the Young Mems Christian
Association this evening for the purpose of Or
ganizing Reform Club
The First Parish bell, which has been "out Of
tune" for several days, will be rung again on
Thursday evening
The sparrows have come.
The streets are quite dusty
Tomorrow will be Fast Day; and Judging
from the past but few people will be clothed in
sackcloth and ashes
The Bowdoin Athletes will give another ex-
hibition in Portland about the middle of MAY.
The Portland table at the homeopathic Fair
in Boston is much praised by the newspapers
There are sixty-four bonded warehouses in
Portland.
The next Fraternity entertainment will be
the last OF the season previous to the great clos
ing entertainment at City Hall about the mid
die of May.
A young lady of this city has added to her
other accomplishments the art of engraving on
wood, and some specimens of her skill wonld
be creditable to a professional engraver.
1t is said that Rev. DR.. James Pratt and
wife will spend part of the summer in Port
land
1t is thought, the New York Herald says, that
both the New York and Eastern Yacht Clubs
will rendezvous in Portland harbor the coming
summer.
1t is said that the offerings at the Emanuel
church, Boston, Easter Sunday, amounted to
$11 ,233, of which the sum of $1,000 was for
Bishop Neelys mission work in Maine.
RossINI CLUB CoNcERT.-We take pleasure
in announcing that the Rossni Club will give
another of their charming concerts, and proba-
bly, the last for some months, at the Reception
Hall this evening. Cards of admission may be
obtained at the music stores and at the door,
We give the programme:
Chorus-The Reapers. ..Rossini Club.
Piano Duet ...................L LIE Reveil du Lion.
Mrs: Thompson and Miss Libby.
Solo-Sweet, ahi Sweet. Observation-Disclosures.
Miss Chandler
flauo oOlo-N alSe Chopin.
Miss Hemenway.
Soo-Hunter's Song. ................. Mendelssohn.
Miss Cary.
Mrs. bennett, Misses Farley and Munger.
Piano Duett-Polonaise. Chopin.
Mrs. Allen and Miss Millett.
ooio-La ITinaSera. ......'..''..........
Mrs j. Pierce.
Song-Fly my Sktf ............... Kucken.
Chorus-Good Night. acknowledgements ossini.
Rossini Club.
THE DRUMMER BoY.-An elegant new set of
scenery, never before used here, has been put
up in City Hall for the representation of this
piece. Mr. Heath, who is well known to our
citizens, takes the leading character, and is
trongly supported especially by Mr. TONNES,
who assumes the role of Col. De Lorm. Give
the G. A r. a full house to-nioht