The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-04-03
Brief JOttings.

April wept necessarily yesterday. Poor thing!
She is fated to die young.
A complimentary dinner was rendered to Mr.
j. w. Kennedy at the Preble House, yesterday,
by his personal friends The affair was an in
formal one, no speeches being made; but the
hope was expressed that Mr.. Kennedy would
take up his residence with us.
Among the gifts to the Maine General Hos
pital Fair is an elegant rest chair from Walter
Corey & Co a Japanese sword stiletto, and
silk sash, all of fine workmanship, from Mr.
Augustus Gilman, u. s. n, and valuable
sporting gun and apparatus, valued at $3.50.
There will be Union Young Peoples Pray
er Meeting at Plymouth church vestry this
evening at u o'clock. All are invited
We are glad to see Mr.. H. W. Richardson,
editor of the Advertiser, in town, after an abb
De ce of two months.
Rose buds are selling at five cents apiece.
A silver coin POO years old is in town. 1t
looks as though it had some metal in it yet.
The fire commissioners report on the Cliff
Outage matter to-day.
Three other of the men WHO assailed the
mate of the Montreal were arrested yesterday
as they were passing the court room, taken be-
before Judge Morris and together with Geary,
bound over to the May term of the Superior
Court.
Benton Libby, who was arrested for the lar
ceny of stone from the Maine Central, was dis
charged yesterday. There appears to have been
no charge against him that could be substanti-
ated. 1t was rather a matter of disputed title.
We ante. dated the performance of the Hay
makers at Bddeford. 1t takes place this even
ing However, our praise is as good for this
evening as for last. 9s',
Messrs Dion and Be;nett gave an exhibition
of their skill at the Preble House last evening,
which was witnessed by large number of in
terested spectators
Gen Chamberlain was in town yesterday
We learn that Messrs. George w. True &
Co. ground at their mill in Harpswell yester-
day, ten hundred and forty-two bushels of
meal in seven hours with two run of stones. If
there is any mill in the State that can beat this
we should like to see it,
The Bible Society of Maine hold their an
nual meeting at o'clock D. m. to-day, at the
rooms of the Y NJ c. A All members are
invited to be present.
81. B. Brown exhibits at Hale's character
ID ic picture of an ocean steamer homeward
bound The peculiar green color of water, for
which this artist is becoming noted, is very ap-
parent.
Seven dwelling houses are to be erected in the
village of North Conway the coming season
The second opening of the Kearsarre House
will take place the first week in Nav A LARGO
party from Boston will be present
Excursion tickets for the Haymakerslat Rid.
deford this evening are for sale at Stockbridoe,s
and at Halves & Cragin's.
When the liquor barrels were removed from
the police station about half busbel of dead
flies was found behind them, which goes to
show the evils of lntemperance.
City Marshal Parker made an admirable 3D..
dress to the police last evening, in which he
took occasion to mark out very exn,ic;tlv tho
duties of the force.
A Washington street woman having reason
to doubt the fidelity of her husband, broke into
the room where he was closeted with a girl last
night, and found her worst suspicious realized.
Thereupon she attempted to break open the
fair and frail ones head with an iron pot. The
husband interfered and beat his wife severely.
lie is husband by brevet only.