The Portland daily press., 1872-06-29

Liquors were selZed yesterday at the Ad-
ans House and in barn in rear of No. 4S6
Congress street, said to be occupied by James
Bradley jr. rvr
U The Portland Shooting Climb had a field day
at North Conway ON Thursday. The party
numbered about 80, and the competition be-
tween the opposing sides was rather sharp.
The tally-book showed some of the best shoot
ing in the history of the club. The occasion
was much enjoyed by the party.
Harvard College has conferred the degree of
M. A. out of course on L. Clifford Wade, and
the degree of M. A in course on George E.
Bird, of Portland. The graduates this year
from Portland are Cecil Barnes, Arthur Smith,
Bird, James Page Richardson and Henry ST.
John Smith
j. 5. Bailey & Co. sold at auction yesterday
the two story brick house corner of Oxford and
Elm streets to George E. B. jackson for $4,000.
DR.. Jabez Burns, of London, England, lee
lures in City Hall ON Temperance Sunday eve
ming
The firstclass of the Bracket street Gram
mar School for Girls went to the islands il
body yesterday. and the North School propose
an excursion to-day. * -
We are glad to hear that Charles E. Bdwell
is recovering from his late illness and will ap-
pear with the Bidwell & Wilkinson troupe at
Music Hall on the Fourth
The police inform us that since the Sheriff
act has relieved them of much of the trouble
growing out of the rum traffic, there has been
an increase of minor complaints, especially
neighborhood and family quarrels. Yesterday
two women rushed into the Deputys room to
make complaints against each other. They got
so warmed up by their mutual examinations and
denominations that they came near renewing
the fight, in spite of all the officer could do
To settle the matter he cleared them out, put
ting one out of one door and one out of the
other.
The friends of that noble institution, the
Home for INDECENT Women, are invited to at
tend an exhibition of the Stereopticon at the
State street Church on Monday and Tuesday
evenings. See the advertisement.
The Blues will hold special meeting on
Monday evening to make arrangements for the
/ Fourth of July, and every member is requested
to be present RESI- I'll
The Advertiser suggests that the members of
the Haydn Association get together after the
Fourth and talk about the Jubilee. We don't
think the subject would be entertaining to them
THE NORTH ScHooL.-The examination of
the North School yesterday was attended by an
unusually large number of parents and friends
of the school. The school has fully sustained
its past reputation-in truth it appeared to have
made an advancement during the past year, the
Rotations being unusually prompt the pupils
appearing to have thoroughly mastered the
branches in which they were examined This
was specially apparent iiu 1.-THE Grammar De-
partment, where in several instances the pupils
were required to solve practical problems not
laid down in the text books. Proficiency in
drawing is a strong feature in this school, The
Primary Department showed copies of dia-
grams transferred from the, book to the black
board with great accurae eye and steadiness
of hand. In the Grarl mar Department the
more complex figures, as well as the fancy
sketches and maps showed a remarkable degree
of progress in the art. These exhibitions-not
only in this school but all others-ought to 81
lence all opposition to the introduction of draw
ing as branch of public educ alton, if any still
exists and are proof that he who first proposed
it understood fully the importance of the study.
The first class is a live body; the average atten-
dance for the term being 1914 The method OF
recitation has served to keep the scholars awake
as they have been liable to be called on without
warning to take from the mouth of scholar,
as it were, an unfinished rule or explanation
and complete it. The exercises yesterday were
interspersed with music, select reading and dec.
lamations in which the pupils acquitted them.
selves admirably. An original class song closed
the pleasant afternoon The school statistics
are as follows: E
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Whole No Of pupils enrolled during the term 1O7(
Average number belonging ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 91s
Average attendance. ............ ....... 831
percentage OF attendance ....................9 0s
Number prepared for Grammar School,. ..... 70,
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
Whole No. of pupils enrolled during the term . 81
Average number belonging. .................... 81
1oiaso ateci,uance'; ~
percentage OF attendance ................ -. 81
Number prepared for High School,. ............ 4;
Sons OF TEMPERANCE.-Portland Division
No. 50, Sons of Temperance, at their meeting
last evening" elected the following officers fo