The Portland daily press., 1873-06-09


TbaIades of the General Committee of st.
Iuke,s Parish, appointed by the Executive
Committee and also all the young ladies intend
ing to assist at the refreshment table are re-
orested to meet at the house of Mrs. E. X.
Cross No. 81 High Street on Monday at p
NJ promptly, to make their final arrangements.
Is the Tonic temperance paper? Those bot
ties look suspicious.
Whatever cold Probabilities" may say, this
will be fair week
NIB Joke.
Mckinney has been taking portraits of the
members of the police department at his gal
lery. Tho pictures will be on exhibition at the
Fair.
The base ball match between the Resolutes
and the Dirigos cid not come off Saturday on
account of the rain. 1t viii be played next
Saturday.
Some of the young fellows are disposed to
make a fetch of that buster about which the
Tonic so POLITICALLY sings.
One by one the good old customs are falling
= into desuetude. The police records show that
people instead of getting drunk Saturday nights
as they did in the golden age of the Republic,
now get drunk in the middle of the week
Nearly every one INDUCED in Tonics Satur-
day. To obtain the full beneficial effects of
such a remedy weeks use is absolutely neces-
sary.
The Earth got her face thoroughly washed
Saturday. Yesterday she tried sun bath, and
now looks neat as pin.
All is Fair this week, not only in love and
war, but in every occupation
rs it really true that Exchange street is to be
repaved?
Y M C. Association, Congress street, corner
Casce-prayer meeting every day from to .
o'clock a. m. Strangers are especially invited.
Mr. Edward Farnsworth has keen engaged as
organlst at st. Stephens.
DR.. Maxwell was kicked in the face by horse
at Cape Elizabeth Friday, and was badly bruis-
ed.
The work of extending the harbor lines above
Vaughan's bridge has begun, under the direc-
ton of Prof. Mitchell of the Coast Survey.
Prof. Mitchell has the reputation of being the
.'best posted man on tides and harbor lines in
the country. He has made them life study.
Tine Portland Commandery of knights Temp
lar have in contemplation. an excursion to ST.
John, N B., on the 21st
During the continuance of the Hospital Fair
the classes of the Portland Fraternity will be
discontinued, as the teachers are to be actively
engaged at the Fair.
The a. m. train on the Ogdensburg will be
for the present mail train.
The Executive Committee of the Fair has
provided an elegant case of surgeons instru-
ments, which is to be presented to the doctor
who receives the most votes during the fair.
On Saturday the last of the general e1er-
cises'' for the present term took place at the
High School.
Rev. DR.. Talcott late Of Williams College
oficiated yesterday at State street church.
Edward Payson, ESQ.,, returned from Englan
ON Saturday.
The deacons of the Congregational church at
Prospect Bill Deering, were formally inductet
into Office last evening after an ancient form o.
the early church.
Prof. Stearns will continue to give his enter
tainments during the fair. lie gives his frs
lesson to his class tomorrow evening.
DR.. Small preached one of the most cuttn
discourses that has been delivered for som
time, at his church yesterday, from Ephesian
vi: II.
Three steam tugs were to be seen in Bacl
Bay yesterday, something never seen before.
About 200 persons assembled on Danfortl
street at eight o'clock last evening to witness
fight between two Infatuated fools. At the ap
pearance of the police the crowd quickly dis
persed.
The alarm of fire from box g. between eigh
and nine o'clock last evening, was caused by til
partial burning of tar shed on Deake's whart
near the foot of Park street, owned by Reuben
Freethy. The fire was extinguished by bucket
of water and the damage was but trifing.
Some miscreant at Saco threw stone at til
morning train from this city over the Easter
Railroad Friday. 1t smashed the window 0
the Pullman parlor car, and came near hittin;
gentleman on the head.
There was a report prevailing about town las
night of the death of Mr.. G. G.. Waterhouse, G
the Island Pond House.
Franklin street, where II crosses Congress,
temporarily DISTRACTED by the process of laying
new pavement.
There were eleven DRINKS at the station las
night.
Officer Sterling arrested a boy on the wharve
yesterday for repeatedly firing pistol. Tn
boy was a somnambulist probably, and wa
dreaming il was the Fourth Of July.
Officers Garland and Rounds arrested a ma
on York street last night for making an intol
cradle disturbance.
The Park was unusually well patronized yes
teriay.