The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-25
MUSIC AND TIE DRAMA.
MAGGIE MITCHELL.


Last evening Maggie Mitchell appeared at
Portland Theatre in Fanchon before an audi
ence that filled every seat down stairs and
took up a large portion of the balcony and gal
lery. 1t is difficult to perceive that Miss
Mitchell looks any older in the character than
she did ten years ago, or that she is in personal
appearance and manner any older now than
when she first essayed the part. She is just as
graceful as a Kitten and her shadow dance is
as weird as anything in the history of the
drama. Furthermore her pathos is just as eff
fective, if not more so, than ever before. and
last night at times many of her audience were
in tears. She was enthusiastically called be-
fore the curtain, and was frequently heartily
applauded throughout the play.
LoTTA
Next Friday and Saturday are Lottas dates
for Portland Theatre. All theatre-goers will
wish to see her May Wildrose in Heartsease,
its first presentation in Portland, and her Mus
cite is always immensely popular. Get your
seats at Stockbridge's while there is yet time.
NOTES.
Sadie Martinez plays Eleanor Vaughan to
Frank Mayo's Davy Crockett at the Boston
Muse UNI.
Barnum's circus will be here the 18th of
June.
Old Orchard Railroad.
Work has commenced in earnest on the new
railroad for Old Orchard Sunday forenoon
the horses and dump carts arrived on the
ground and the boarding tent was well nigh
up. On Monday the trees on the southeast
side of the Ross road had been taken away for
quite distance Tuesday morning work was
commenced on the northwest side Of the Ross
road. 1t is the evident intention to do the
grading between tho Ross road and Eastern
railroad first. The place where the tents are
pitched is close by the Ross road on the north
west side and short distance this side of
Banks brook Mr.. Robbins, the president of
the road, is looking right after the building of
the road The contract for building the road
has been let to Thomas r. Nancy OF Boston
who not only does the grading and ballasting,
but lays the rails and has everything ready for
running the trains. Daniel d. johnson, of
Saco, Tor many years master bridge builder on
the Grand Trunk, is to have charge of build
ing the treste work, of which there is consid-
cradle southeast OF the Old Orchard road. The
trestle work commences at a point about 156
feet below the Old Orchard road, and extends
from that point to the terminus. Work on
this is to be commenced as soon as the timber
arrives. The road is comparatively easy one
to build There is no ledge work on the line
and no hard cuts, being mostly through the
sand. There is one cut about eighteen feet
deep, but estimated to contain only little
over eight thousand cubic feet. 1t will be nee
essary to construct but three culverts, only
ono of which will be stone. AT the point
where the railroad is to cross the Ross road it
will only be necessary to raise tho Ross road
about two feet. Men say they will have the
road completed by the first of July, and to that
end about all the men will be crowded on that
can work to advantage.
John S. Morris of this city and Henry w.
Staples of Old Orchard have gone on to New
York to purchase rolling stock
Large numbers have ridden down near where
the work is commenced to watch the progress
of affairs.