The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-04-28
Brief JottIngs.


notice that on and after Monday April 2Sth,
the western mails will close at the Portland
postoflce at $50 a. M, and at 2 and 9p. inland
will be due at a. m. and at 1880 and Sp m,
Superintendent Lincoln has issued an order
that no freight will be received at any station
on the Maine Central to go cast of Fairfield OF
west of Clinton until further orders
The managers of the Hospital Fair inform
us that no auction sales of articles will take
place on the last or any other day of the Fair.
Articles can readily be sold without the loss
which an auction entails
Shad have put in an appearance at the mar
kets.
The Leavtt property on State street has been
bought by Mr. G. r. Davis on private terms.
The battle of the books still continues. Mr..
Colby says the books bought by him were only
twelve in nuinber-a statement which We don't
understand Mr.. Deering to deny,
Schumacher Brothers are building new art
gallery 24x56 in size. 1t is situated directly
over the old gallery, and will be admirably
lighted.
Miss Nellie Barker, Mrs, Cummings and Mr..
Will Stockbridgs expect to sail from Quebec in
the ''Sarmatian" on the oath proximo. Miss
Barker and Mr.. Stockbridge will study in Lon
don.
The spring arrangement far the running of
goes into effect to-day.
A pastors handbook, containing selections
of scripture for funeral and other services, was
lost near the postofflee Saturday morning.
Whoever find it will confer favor by leaving
it at this office. The work is of use to no one
except its owner, to whom its loss will entail
the preparation of another.
Hon. Benjamin Kingsbury. Jr., delivered his
lecture on the History, Purpose and Working
of Odd Fellowship for "a years in this country
at Bath Friday evening and at Readfeld Sat-
urday evening, to large audiences in both
places.
Superintendent Leach informs lis that his
horses are all WELL except five, and those are
doing well.
The brunette type of beauty prevails in the
'73 class of the High School
Among the passengers who sailed for Europe
in the Polynesian Saturday was HI. q. M. Con.
sui H. j. Murray. Mr.. Murray has leave of
absence for some months.
Ex-Clty Marshal John S. Head enters upo n
his duties as county deputy to-day.
Rev. Mr.. Hncks, of State street church, de-
livered strong sermon on iufdelity, yesterday,
from Gall. LIP.
AT the Rockland lottery drawing Saturday,
ticket 4,594 drew the span of horses, 1924
the black colt, 22,6S1 the trotting colt, and a.,
$50 the gray colt
Rev. Mr.. Bixby of WATERFOWL, Mass, occu-
pied the pulpit of the First Parish yesterday.
In the morning he showed that the highest
joys of religion could only be attained through
self-forgetfulness; in the evening he refuted
the idea that the Unitarian belief was mega
tive creed.
One of the horse railroad drivers has habit
of ''driving like the DEVIL" as he expresses it,
as he comes round the corner of Portland stree
into Preble.' He says he generally throws
somebody off the platform every time he comes
round. Saturday morning he tried a little ex
ira speed, and the car shot off the track ani
struck the curbstone. The passengers were
obliged to alight. This sort of driving ma.
prove expensive to the company one of these
days.
The music which was by Chambers Band
was mainly orchestral and of unusual excel
lence. and the audience testified their appre
citation and pleasure by frequent hearty rounds
of applause. We have no doubt that the quie
house was measurably due to the fact that TIKI
band gave the people less noise and more mu
sic than usual Let musical people take note
-[Wdteruile Mail.
The steamer "City of Portland was taker
down to the Portland Company's docks Friday
to receive her boiler from the popular boile
works OF Quinn & Co. The Portland Machin
Works have completed the engine. putting thu
walking beam in Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Gibbs preached ve,y interesting
sermon yesterday morning, the subject being
the one that is just now drawing the attention
of the people of this city-Chrstianity and In.
fidelity.
A b'hoy insulted several others Of that ilk o
Congress street near the Preble House las
night. whereupon the insulted party invites
the other to take look at the dump wit
him. The aggressor and aggrieyed. aceompan
led by about thirty friends, adjourned to tia
new made locality, where the man who insult
ed received sound thrashing.
A large crowd collected at the foot of Bracl
EFT street. on Commercial, yesterday, to wi
ness the moving Of double building AS tn
building covered the track for number
hours it could not be moved on week da
without danger from accidents by delaying I'll
trains.
Rev. G. c. Mason preached an able sermon
large audience at the new Mission chap
last evening, from the text "What is that
thee, follow thou me-
We are glad to announce that John I
Owens will return to this city and give benz
fit for the Maine General Hospital. This is a
entertainment which we can heartily endors
aud which will reflect no discredit upon IL
Hospital Fair enterprise.
Deputy Williams arrested q man yesterda,
on suspicion of stealing some harnesses frol
Dr. Tewksbury stable il Deering last Thurs
day.
The deputy marshals are exulting over thei
Pleasantly fitted up quarters.
The police and county deputies made tou
OF the city last night, visiting some of til
most noted places in town, in hopes to seize
few drops of the forbidden fluid. Their scare
was fruitless