The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
CHANDELIERS BAND.

CHANDELIERS BAND.
The last concert in the course was given by
Chambers Band at City Hall last night. There
was splendid audience present. Glover S
Band played splendidly and the cornet duet
was enthusiastically encored- Chandler's
Band, of course, gave the highest satisfaction
and the combined bands in the William
Tell" selection were grand. After the con-
cert an order of ten dances was enjoyed,
Chandlers band furnishing the dance and
Glover's band the promenade music. Every
body will rejoice at the success of the course
of entertainments. Mr.. N. M. Perkins con-
Quoted Glover's Band.
WANTED, A CARPENTER,
Such is the title of Gus Williams new play
which he will produce in Portland next Satur-
day night. Mr.. Williams is great favorite
here and there is no doubt that he will by a
large audience.
OUR GoBLINs.
Next Monday night Mitohell's Pleasure
Party will present "Our Goblins" at Portland
Theatre, The New York Sun says:
"Their hodge-podge of music, farce and
dancing, "Our Goblins, or Fun on the Rhine
has q II of the old fun, and some that is new, in
the form of comical burlesque society comedy
The piece is crowded with mirth- provoking
extravaganza, and is bound to satisfy audiences
that have not already had enough of that sort
of entertainment"
Recent musical events of importance in
Europe can be summarized as follows:
Gounod's opera, "Philimon ct Baucis'' was
revived at the Opera Comique in Paris on
February 11th; Palestrina's "Missa Pap2 Mar
celli'' was produced after long study, under
the direction of Otto Goldschmidt on the 10th
inst, at st. James Hall, London, by the Bach
Choir; Mr.. Farnie's English version of "Le
Jour ct la Mutt" has been brought out at the
Strand, in London, under the same title as
here "Manola.'
will be given next Friday evening at Steinway
Hall, sNew York, by Wilhelm Muller, the
violoncello player. Two new compositions
for cello by Carl Muller-Berghaus the concert
giver's brother called respectively "Fantasie
Hongroise'' and Souvenir des Montaignes,"
will be performed for the IF first time In the
United States by Mr.. Muller, and there will be
given, besides, a Serenade for five violoncellos,
double bass and kettle-drums.
Ristori has agreed to appear in London at
Drury Lane during next July, and give a
series of performances, which will include
Lady Macbeth, in English.
Personal.
Capt Samuel Holmes, aged So years, died in
Dixfelds February 25th. Capt. Holmes, in
the early part of his life lived in Monmouth,
and removed from there to Peru in 1888, where
he resided for some thirty years. From there
he removed to Dixfeld village, about fourteen
years ago, and continued to live there to the
time of his death. He was a soldier in the
war of 1872, and for that service received
pension from the United States. He was
Free Mason, and had been for long time
member of Oriental Star Lodge, at Liver
more.
Gov. Plaisted has nominated Samuel T. Glib
son of Bethel to be clerk of courts in Oxford
county. The nomination for municipal judge
of the Augusta municipal police court will
probably be made this week. The next session
of the Executive Council convenes next Tues
day.
Mr.. G. S. Fernald, who has for some time
been in the office of c. P. Mattocks, Esq, left
for Minnesota yesterday where he will make
his future residence and engage in the practice
of the law.
the U. S. Court.
The following telegram from Prof. Long
fellow in response to the telegram forwarded
to him by the Historical Society was received
and accidentally omitted from our published
report of Monday evenings proceedings;
CAMBRIDGE, Feb. 27.
II. W. Bryant, Maine Historical Society, Port
land:
Your telegram received and return cordial
thanks to the members of the society and am
grateful for the signal mark of their remem-
brance and regard.
HENRY W. LoNGFELLow.
Mr.. Harry T. Walker has taken the manage
ment of the Tucker Printing House in place
of A. M. Kimball, deceased. For the past
year, owing to the continued illness of Mr..
Kimball, Mr.. Walker has been practically
manager. He has been connected with the
Tucker Printing House for the last ten years,
and is thoroughly qualified for tho duties of
his present position.