The Portland daily press., 1872-07-23

HOTEL ARRIvALs.-Wm. Merritt, Jr., Bos-
ton, Jas. NJ. Stone Kennebunk, Foster Wilson
Jr., Lowell, Mass, Moses Sweetser, Washing
ton, ID. c., are at the ST. Julian.
Mrs. Hanson, Boston, j. Lord, Worcester, E.
Bates, Cambridge, H. NJ. Donald, Boston, John
Hosston, New York, Chas. A. Brown and w.
A. Cole, and G. NJ. Wing of Boston, A. S.
Bracket, New York, are stopping at the City
Hotel
Thos Labatt, Montreal, A. Wimpfhemer,
New York, b. Fl. Clark and wife, Chicago Ze-
mas Bangs and wife, Boston, B. w. Cochran
and wife, Halifax, Calvin Carr, Cleveland, Ohio,
E. Smith, Jr., and family, Warren, George P.
Rowell and s. H. Briggs, and wife, New York,
G. F. Merritt, Boston, Chas. Daley and wife
and A. G.aPaine, New York, G. " Morrill, and
wife, Nebraska City, are stopping at the Fail
mouth
Joseph Baker and wife, Augusta, S. G. Bart
lett, Peoria, ILL.,, Joseph H. Ladd, Calcutta E.
w. Whipple, Brooklyn, Howard Noyes, George
town, Mass. B. c. Noyes, Dayton, Ohio, HI. e.
Mundy and wife, Boston. C. F. Wise, New
York, Chas. d. Seas and j. Y Clayton, Boston,
Mr. and Mrs. H. w. Carey, London, Walter w.
Pike and J. H. Penden, Boston, w, R. Marsh
and wife, Northampton, A. Lilienthal, New
York, are at the Preble.
SCHOOL CoMMrrTEE.-The regular monthly
meeting of the School Committee was held last
evening. The committee appointed to investi-
gate the accommodations of the Primary school
reported several plans, and after protracted dis
cussion it was voted to establish a primary
school in the school house in Centre street.
Miss Julia E. Crosby asked a situation as
teacher. .. .
Bills amounting to $72S AZ were approved
Miss Ella f. Strout, was elected assistant in
the Primary school.
Miss Harriet E. Fox was transferred from the
North school to Primary No. 8, and Miss Stack
pole was designated for the North school.
Miss Florence c. Curtis was chosen as tenn
porary supply in Primary No. 8.
An order was passed to establish a training
class and employ suitable teacher.
A resolution was adopted that hereafter no
medals shall be awarded except to scholars who
have been in school the full term of four years.
An order passed instructing committee
chosen for that purpose to prepare pro-
gramme of school exercises for the Primary
schools. y
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Resolved That in the opinion of this Board
the construction of School buildings in this city,
which shall include room for general purposes
will be inexpedient and detrimental to the best
interests of of our school system.
THE COntinentals were out for street drill
last night, in full uniform, with their drum
corps, and made a fine appearance. The Argus
calls them "potato bugs" The boys are ready
to accept the name, and mean to carry out its
significance by cutting off Uncle Horace's crop
of votes before it has time to ripen.
Miss ISABELLA G.. PRINCE, formerly Princi-
pal of the Home Institute, of this city, but now
of San Francisco Cal, would be happy to receive
all her old pupils and friends at the parlors of
the st. Julian Hotel, Wednesday evening, July
oath, at eight o'clock.
FRED WOODBURY., will deliver his farewell
Temperance address on Thursday evening at
the Allen Mission at 6 o'clnck We tuSt there