The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-26

Regular monthly meeting of the school Com
mttee this evening.
We were favored with very hot day and a
hail storm Saturday. Hail stones as big as
pigeons eggs didn't fall in this vicinity.
Little and Beams Kennebec and Boston Ex-
press will carry all goods to the Maine General
its line, free from charge.
Messrs. w. w. Thomas, JT., John p Thorn
as and John A. Emery, have purchased the
yacht Sparkle from John Lynch, Jr.
Rev. DR.. Hill has leased the residence of Hon
John Lynch, ON State street.
10th anniversary of the P. L. !. will be OBJ
served on the 9th of June
A steamer route between this city and Au-
gusta is contemplated
A gentleman in this city has had an umbrella
returned to him!
Strawberries and cream are the luxuries now
most in demand.
The prophets of hot summer are in costa
sizes
Rev. DR.. Paddock, Bishop elect of Massa-
chusetts, is relative of Mr.. Thomas Paddock
of this city.
The bell of the India street church is to be
hoisted to its place in the newly built tower,
during this week.
The City Committee on Cemeteries will make
Improvements in the Eastern Cemetery. Soc
advertisement.
Arrangements are nearly perfected for the
floral concert in aid of the Hospital fund, to be
given in City Hall the 31st inst.
The Dirigo Base Ball Club of Deering has
challenged the Resolute Club Of this city to
play mach game for the championship of the
State.
We understand that Mr. Neal who was re-
Gently burnt out at Knghtsville, is to erect a
block of tenement houses on the burnt district
Mrs. Neal has made presents to those of her
neghbors at Knightsville who assisted in saw
ing her effects at the late fire.
1t makes one sort of shudder to see fy-paper
advertised in the shop windows-so suggestive
of the torments af fy-time, you know.
Tickets for the Lingard entertainment ara
selling excellently.
The flag of the many crosses was flung to the
breeze Saturday from the British Consulate in
honor of Queen Victoria's birthday.
Boston coopers say that the Portland Coop
ers' Union is increasing in prosperity and
growing in numbers daily. ''Slugs'' of money
will be sent to Boston. =
Tue gas in the Advertiser Office was left turn
ed on Friday night, and next morning the
building was full of escaped gas. Fortunately
no harm to any person resulted.
Yesterday was foretaste of the leafy month
of June, though there was about 1t suspicion
of August heat.
Bradbury of Hollis, has painted beautiful
bouquet of wild flowers for the First Parish
table of the Hospital Fair.
w. w. Thomas, Jr., says the Swedish emf
grants are doing first-rate They have cleared
this spring three hundred acres of land and
will put over one thousand acres into a crop.
The colony is in good condition and prosper
GUS. Ahree additional families have arrived
this spring.
The police were out Saturday measuring the
height of awnings above the sidewalks. They
found about thirty below the established height,
viz: below eight feet.
Needed Improvements are being made in the
sidewalks on New High street
We trust the Allen Mission chapel will be
filled this evening. Temperance addresses will
be delivered by Mr.. Q. D. Wetmore of St. John,
n B., and Rev. G. B. Pitblado, both earnest
and eloquent speakers.
Joseph w. Dyer, Esq, has purchased one of
the fine houses on the upper part of Pine street
erected by the Building Assoc alton, and has
taken up his residence therein.
People went sparkling freely last evening in
the Lincoln reservation
free fight between several infants took
place on the Eastern Promenade Saturday af-
ternoon, in which one boy got very roughly
handled.
The employees of the Portland Water Com
pary were engaged in lifting gates in the pipes
on Congress street yesterday. A general over
hauling is contemplated.
The livery stable keepers reaped a harvest yes
terday, there being great demand for teams
A guest at one of our hotels last week was
h, Yard to complain that his room was too large
They tried to induce him to stay until Barnum
came.
Very many people visited Evergreen Gene
terry yesterday. The erection of rustci bridges
and the effecting of other Improvements has
made it a more beautiful spot even than before
Flags have already been put up in anticipation
of Memorial Day.
A dedication of Lewiston physicians, consist
ing of Drs. Donovan, Wedgewood, Hill and
Horr, were registered at the Preble House yes
terday. They were in town for the purpose OF
assisting Dr.. Greene in performing a surgical
operation on lady residing on Free street
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