The Portland daily press., 1879-07-04
FOURTH OF JULY.
How 1t Will Be Celebrated in This
Vicinity.

On this, the 103d anniversary of the Ma
tional Independence, Portland will celebrate
very mildly. The banks, Custom House, Post
Office, and Public Buildings will be closed,
but the morning papers will issue an edition
Saturday, so that the journalistic fraternity
Will not indulge in holiday. 1t is hoped that
our citizens will display the National colors to
as great an extent as possible.
AL sunrise and sunset the bells will ring out
festive peal for fifteen minutes-which is,
Tor all lntents and purposes, as good as fifteen
hours-and national salute will be fred. Al
l p. m. Chambers Band will play in front
of City Hall, and again at 7 p. M The Port.
land Band will give band concert in Con-
gress Square from to 10 p. m.
A fine game of base ball may be expected at
the Presumpscot Park grounds between the
Bowdoins and Resolutes at 10 a. m. Ladies
Will be admitted free, and others will be
charged small admittance fee of % cents.
To-day will be, essentially, a day of excur-
slons. AT $50 O'Clock the splendid steamer
Forest City will leave Franklin Wharf, pro-
coed down the harbor, and past the beautiful
islands that adorn Casco Bay, past Harpswell
Kennebec, past historic Popham, to Bath.
The steamer will arrive home at $50 p. m.
There will be music for promenade and dane
ing by the full Portland Band, and excellent
refreshments will be provided on board.
The excursion to Lake Sebago under the
auspices OF the Portland and Auburn Light
Infantry companies, will test the rolling stock
OF the Ogdensburg road The Auburn COM
pany will parade through our streets accom-
panied by Miller's Cornet Band of Lewiston
and escorted by the Portland company to the
station. A train will leave the foot of Ex-
change st. at $50 a. m. to accommodate the
down town people. There will be boat races,
foot races, drill, parades target-shooting band
concerts, dancing; in fact everything attrac-
tive to the public.
The Patriotic Sons of America are to have
their first grand excursion to Long Island.
The steamer Florence has been engaged for
the occasion and will leave Portland Pier at
10 a. m. and 2 p. M. The Yarmouth Band will
probably be a large attendance. The excur-
sion will prove delightful.
The steamer Lewiston will make beau
tiful excursion for three hours among the
islands of this harbor,- returning in season for
trains She will keep in smooth water and
will leave Railroad wharf at p m.
The camera obscuras on Peaks Island should
be visited by all who land on that Island to-
morrow. The views will prove novel and
beautiful.
The India ST. Sunday School will go to Long
Island at and 1870 a. m. and 2 p. m. in the
steamer Florence. Chowder, coffee, and ice
cream will be for sale.
There will be couple of excellent races at
Presumpscot Park, one three minute race,
the other free to all and commencing at $50
p. m.
The Maine Rifle Club will have a GRAND
shoot at the range in Baldwin.
There will be two performances at City Hall.
one at p. M. the other p m. of the charm
ing opera of Pinafore.
At Music Hall Harry Bloodgood's vaude-
vile company will give two admirable enter
tainments at go p m. and p. m.
An opportunity will be afforded all who
would like a sail in the harbor to take the Hen
rietta, Minnehaha or Tourist,
There will be quite celebration at Saccarap-
pa. The Fourth Of July celebration at Sacca-
Kappa will consist of bell-ringing, salutes fan
TASTES, a procession consisting of Chandler's
and Westbrook Bands, knights of Pythias.
Sunday school children, Odd Fellows, military
and engine companies with Capt. Quimby as
marshal At the grove an Grafton by A. H.
Pencil, reading of the Declaration of indie
pendence, and collation.. Afternoon, band
music, base ball, sack and tub races, climbing
the pole and walking match and fireworks.