The Portland daily press., 1875-04-29
Rrief JOttings.

The Rev. G. w. Bicknell will deliver tenn
perance address at Morgans Hall, Morrills
Corner, this evening
The first lecture in the /. A. r. A. course
will be delivered Nov 23d. 1t is expected that
Wendell Phillips will deliver the firs9 lecture.
The spire of the Second Parish church begins
to assume form and comeliness.
The street sprinklers are out.
Mr. HI. w. Ellis and his daughter 'Sappho'
are to have a benefit at Music Hall, next
Thursday.
The young people of Pine street M. e. church
Melted $75 at their concert Monday evening
19th inst. They have spell Thursday even.
ing in the vestry Of the old church.
The first car load of freight for this city via
the Hoosac Tunnel, arrived yesterday over the
Rochester road. 1t was cargo ofmOwing ma
chimes for A. L. Dennison.
Another water pipe burst yesterday, this
time on Federal street.
For the accommodation of May parties, the
Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad will sell ex-
cursion tickets to Sebago Lake on Saturday,
May 1st, for one fare for the round trip. Trains
leave Portland at "a a. m. and arrive back at
4.5O p. m.
The steamer Hibernian arrived out yesterday.
Mr.. Nathaniel Whitney is to erect block of
two houses, 25x20 at the foot of Paris street for
Knight & Redlon.
Bishop elect Healy was present at the inves-
titure of Cardinal McCloskey.
Bishop-elect Healy will be presented with an
address by the clergy of the Diocese of Massa-
chusetts on Monday, May Sd.
Mr.. Patrick Gormly will erect a two story
brick house on India street, with a Mansard
roof, soon.
The exercises of the Fourth Grammar School
yesterday, were very interesting. The scene
from William Tell and the farce "Old
Gooseberry' were both done nicely.
Pedestrians on Federal street were much ex-
cited about midday yesterday by frantic shrieks
of "murder" issuing from No. 80. The pro-
prietor of that establishment had been chastis-
ing the wife of his bosom, and in moment of
agony she had given loose reins of her vocal
powers. When the police arrived the woman's
better instincts prevailed and she demanded
their business in the forclble dialect of No. 80
and protested her right to be whipped and to
shrek murder as often as she pleased.
The green grass is beginning to appear in
Lincoln Park.
The Patriotic Sons of America have just
put $500 worth of furniture in their hall on
Plum street.
Bishop Healy is awaiting q dispatch from
Rome, TO determine the day of his consecra-
ton.
The fare on the Boston boat will be 81 on and
after Monday next.
A number of gentlemen from Biddeford
were in town yesterday, getting bunting to
decorate with.
Some towns report a dry spell. The spell in
this City is anything but dry.
'That fellow is nuisance and ought to be
abated'' said citizen of that fellow who is sell
ing those INTERNAL squawking, ear-piercing
inventions to boys. So say we all. There is
consolation in the thought that but few boys
can operate them.
The MasOns will be here next week in full
force. We always like.to see them and they
apparently like to come.
The Bowdoins have had a spelling match to
select % of the best spoilers for the contest at
City Hall.
The st. Pau.'s folks are looking up hard
words for the match Saturday night.
Doubtless it was before the present spell,
that the vender painted upon building just
out of town: "Try Jackson's Pop Bier
A late spring, no doubt; but the most of the
farmers in this vicinity are ploughing and
getting ready, and few are sowing grain.
VIM. Gould, esq, of Portland, delivered his
lecture upon the Huguenots, before Oxford
Normal Institute last Sunday evening. There
was large audience in attendance, and the
lecture was listened to with the most earnest
attention. Democrat.