The Portland daily press., 1872-04-22

Consul Murray, of this city, read Dickens
Christmas Carol before the Nova Scotian So
ciety of Boston on Friday evening
At the annual meeting of the Rival Base
Ball Club, held Friday evening, the following
were elected as officers for the ensuing year.
President, F. J. Stubs; Secretary, c. Stevens
Treasurer, C. H. Kinsman; Directors, F. j.
Stubs and C.. H. Kinsman; Captain, G. A
Shurtleff
A wagon was wrecked at the corner of Mid
die and Exchange sareets on Saturday.
The Boston & Maine and Eastern roads will
run their 6 p. NJ. express trains between Port
land Boston, commencing on Monday.
MI. John B. Coyle, Jr., has taken charge Of
the general freight business of the Portland
Steam Packet Co. r.e
A man crossed sebago Lake Friday with ar
OK team. Last year the ice disappeared on the
9TH of April. This year it will be month
later. ..t
We hear that the 'sMother Goose Reception
will be repeated for the benefit Of the Frater.
nifty next Saturday evening
The Cadets cleared about $3.50 by their re.
cent exhibition drill and promenade concert.
Mr.. George w. Sweat, formerly the popular
clerk at the United States Hotel has, after an
absence, returned to his old place.
One of the European steamers last week took
as part of her cargo five tons of Portland cured
sides of pork.
1t is said that menageries are going to be
thick this summer; therefore newspaper read
ers should be on the watch for sensation stories
of keepers ''chewed up and otherwise i'm.
pressed upon.
The funeral of the late Ephraim Cannon
was attended frem his late residence on Ander-
son street Sunday afternoon, and was attended
by the Mechanic Blues Association. Mr. Gam.
mon was formerly lieutenant of the Blues.
Strawberries are offered in this market fol
$1.25 box
A committee of gentlemen selected at a re-
cent meeting of the Presumpscot Park Associa-
ton are examining site for driving park in
Deering, on the line of the horse cars, with a
view to establish it the present season.
1t is announced that Rev. j. f. Lowering, for.
merly pastor of the Park street Church, has re.
nounced Unitarianism and is to become an
Episcopalian. AL-s
Steamship Austrian, Capt. Brown, sailed for
Liverpool on Saturday with Is cabin and 10
Storage passengers. La=z+
The grass begins to show slight tinge of
verdure rIE 4isf f1fa sHF
There were two arrests for drunkenness, one
for fast driving and one for Sabbath breaking
yesterday by the police.
John Murray, the comedian, is sick of small
pox at Webster, Connecticut.
Steamer City of Richmond will commence
1, -, - Az,
o'clock or on the arrival of the steamboat ex
press from Boston. ..sa
There will be Washingtonian meeting this
evening at Allen Mission Chapel The Port
land Reform Club will be present. Arrange
ments will be made for the visit of the Club tt
Biddeford on Wednesday evening.
A horse attached to a milk wagon ran away
on Oak street Saturday and coming in collision
with the fence of the N. j. Miller mansion OF
Pleasant street, upset the cart throwing Ou
the driver and scattering the milk cans. The
lad who had charge of the team was quite bad
ly hurt.
At the State street Church yesterday, ffteer
persons, all from the Sunday School, were pro
pounded for admission to the church at the mex
Communion
ElgnUy-One uOllarS was cOntrlDuteu at Int
High street Church yesterday for the Ameri
can Missionary Society for the benefit of the
freedmen. A collection for the same object wa
taken at the State street Church in the evening
THE JUBILEE SINGERs.-On the first page
will be found some re marks, made by differen
gentlemen, at a concert given in New York city
by the Jubilee Singers, who are to give one
concert only, in this city tonight, at City Hall
These singers compose double quartette. They
sang yesterday afternoon at Hight sreet church
and at State street in the evening, the houses
being thronged, and every one being delighted
with the melody of the music as they sang
without the aid of any instrument whatever.
Such melody we have seldom heard in this city
and we advise every one who loves vocal music
to go and hear them tonight. The object of
the concert is to obtain funds to aid in building
school house in connection with the Fisk I'm
iversity at Nashville, Tenn. 1t will be long
time before our citizens will have an opportun-
ity of again hearing so much fine native melo-
dy. The programme embraces a variety OF
selections and no one can fail to be delighted.
They leave here tomorrow to perform in Con-
cord, N H.