The Portland daily press., 1874-06-02

CtOUUy una cool tO6UtIeF WLtN RUN.
Persons attending the Maine Wesleyan Sem
mary commencement to-day will be furnished
with free return tickets over the Maiue Central.
The Allan mail steamship Scandinavian
passed Farther Point Sunday night at 11.4O,
with IS cabin and 100 steerage passengers.
There was a meeting of physicians at Rossini
Hall yesterday afternoon to make arrange
ments for entertaining the Maine Medical
Association during their annual session here
next week.
The members of Co. q, 9th Artillery, who
participated on the occasion of decorating the
soldiers and sailors graves on Memorial day,
tender their sincere thanks to the members of
the G. A. r. for Inequalities received.
The Deering people were afraid their town
meeting held Saturday was illegal, and so
transacted no business.
Punch and Judy have arrived
Arrangements are completed by which the
noon train from Boston over the b. & M. will
bring mail from that city.
Swindlsrs are practising upon the credulty
of Cape Elizabeth women, and selling them
cosmetics said to possess wonderful virtues.
The following are the chief Eastern and
Maine Central train changes: The train leav-
ing Portland at a. m. for Lewiston, Bath,
Rockland and Augusta, now runs through to
Waterville and Skowhegan. The Pullman
sleeping cars leave Boston at $40 p. m. and
Portland at 2 a. m.
Mr.. Alfred Purington has been appointed
second assistant light-keeper at Half Way
Rock, in place of P G. Drinkwater resigned.
A meeting of the Board of Trade will be
held at 11.3O this morning to consult on the
reciprocity question.
The Pythian Relief Association holds its
regular monthly meeting this evening.
One of the Ncwtou, Mass, fire companies
will visit Portland in September.
The contract for repairing the Lowell street
school house has been aw arded to Henry
knights for $4,000.
City Hall begins to look Industrial Exhibi-
tionish.
The tug Hunter, which was launched Satur-
day, is lying at Burnham's wharf partly filled
with water. She was strained IN launching.
A new conductor on the Eastern road ran his
train nearly through the side of the depot in
Boston last week. He took the place of a
Portland boy who knew his business.
will commence this morning, at which Judge
Clifford will preside.
The apple stands are out on the sidewalks
again. Where are the enforcers of the law?
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS EXCURSION
The committee to whom was referred the an
nual excursion of the Maine Editors and Pub
fishers, met at the Falmouth Hotel yesterday
and blocked out the following programme:
Monday, July 18th. Leave Portland at LIS
p. M, by Grand Trunk roilway for Gorham,
N H., thence to the Glen House and stay there
Monday night
Tuesday, July 14th Go up to Mt. Washing
ton and return to Glen House and stay over
night.
Thence by Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad to
the Crawford House, Through the Notch), and
stay there Wednesday night.
Thursday, July 10th. Go to the Profile House
and stay till Friday noon.
Friday, July 18th. Go to Weirs via Little
ton, N. H., passing through the Pemiegewas-
set Valley and down Lake Winuepiseogee to
Wolfboro and stay at tue Pavilion Hotel over
night.
Saturday, July 18th Leave Wofboro fol
Alton Bay by steamer, enjoying sail on this
beautiful and picturesque sheet OF water; and
at Alton Bay take the cars for Dover, thence to
Portland, arriving at Portland, Saturday noon
WEsTBRooK SEMINARY.-Last evening al
the closing lyceum exercises, the Principal, in
behalf of the teachers and Students presented
the Steward, G. M. Fillebrown With beauti
full silver ice pitcher and goblet, in token OF
their esteem and appreciation of his faithful
service.
To-day examinations take place as follows:-
In the forenoon, science of government, ply
iology, English literature, Greek. French, alge
bra, spelling by the whole school as usua
through the term arithmetic. In the after
noon reading, botany, English analysis, French
German, bookkeeping, rhetoric, higher mathe
MATES.
The examination will be continued unit