The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-24
A Ashlar Lodge, Lewiston.

Ancient York LODGE LISBON rails.
Village Lodge, Bowdoinham
Seaside Lodge, Boothbay.
Sebasticook Lodge, Clinton.
Star in the West Lodge Unity.
Tuscan Lodge, Addison Point.
Central Lodge, China
Maine Lodge, Pennington.
Biddeford Institute Band
Saco Lodge, Saco.
Dunlap Lodge, Biddeford
Palestine Lodge, Biddeford.
Arion Lodge, Goodwins Mills.
York Lodge, Kennebunk
Arundel Lodge, Kennebunkport.
st. Johns Lodge, South Berwick.
Yorkshire Lodge, North Berwick.
FOURTH DIVISION.
CHIEF. ..................A N. BENSON
Cadet Band Boston.
Ancient Landmark Lodge, Portland
Salem Cadet Band.
st. Johns Lodge, Portsmouth, N. II.
Dover Cornet Band
STAFFORD Lodge Dover, n. II.
Humane Lodge, Rochester, N H.
Great Falls Cadet Band.
Libanus Lodge, Great Falls N H.
Passumpsic Lodge, st. Johnsbury vt.
FIFTH DIVISION.
Yarmouth Band.
Portland Lodge Portland
Grand Lodge of Maine.
All the divisions will form in columns of
fours, with the right resting on Congress street,
in the following order:
First Division on Pearl street with the left
extending towards Oxford.
Second Division ON Pearl with the left ex-
tending towards Middle.
Third Division on Market with the left ex-
tending towards Middle.
Fourth Division on Myrtle with the left ex-
tending towards Oxford.
Fifth Division on Exchange with the left ex-
tending towards Middle.
AZ 10 o'clock the headquarters of the Chief
Marshal will be at the junction of Congress
and Pearl streets, and the Chiefs of Divisions
at the junction of Congress and the streets des-
ignated for their divisions.
At 10l o'clock the column will move up Con-
gress and through the following streets
ROUTE OF PROCESSION.
Congress, High, Deering, State, counter
march on State and halt for fifteen minutes,
thence to Congress, Free, Middle, Exchange,
Congress, Pearl, Commercial to steamboat
Upon the head of column arriving at steam
ers each marshal will have his organization
formed in two lines facing inward so as to al
low the rear to pass through
After the Grand Lodge and invited guests
have passed each organization from the left
will march through, reversing its order by
bringing its left in front.
Upon the arrival back to the city the process
sion will be dismissed, each organization under
the charge of its own marshal.
Portland Lodge will escort the Grand Lodge
back to Masonic Hall on Exchange street.
GEORGE L. BEAL, Chief Marshal.
The following assistant aides have been APP
pointed: Thomas lyric, c. D. B. Fisk, A. NJ
Perley, R. NJ Blossom, E. S. Leighton, c. n
Perry, f. F. Hale, and E. G. Gardner.
The Masons will leave for Little Hog Island
at II o'clock in the steamers job Brooks,
Lewiston, Gazelle, Mary Libby and Express.
AT the island superb clambake will be served
by W. III. Broughton and D. X. Reed. No
speeches will be permitted. At p. IN. the
boats will return to the city.
Remember and throw out your bunting to-
day, and that no boats will be allowed to land
ON Little Hog.
Extra trains arriving this morning on the
Eastern, Maine Central and Portland & Og-
densburg roads, will deliver the brethren at
the foot of Exchange street,. The Portla nd &
Rochester at the foot of Preble street; the
Boston & Maine and Grand Trunk at their
own depots.
The procession will start at 1875 a. IN. sharp,
if only two lodges are in line.
Transient Masons in the city, not connected
with visiting lodges are cordially requested to
unite with any of the Portland lodges.
All Masons outside of the organized bodies
can find tickets at the Treasurers office at the
library room at Masonic Hall. Three bands,
in addition to those given in the printed lists,
will be in attendance.
Tho III 81 IN leav q
the end of Custom House wharf at o'clock,
to carry the brethren who can not get away be-
fore.
All the stores on Commercial street will be
closed between the hours of 10 a. m. and
p. m.
A grand concert will be given at the island
by the twenty-five bands, consolidated under
the direction of the leader of the Boston Cadet
Band.
AT City Hall, in the evening, Chambers
full mil itary band will give concert. The
following programme is announced
Decentralization in Algieri Rossini
Grand Selection-H. M. 5. Pinafore. Sullivan
Grand Selection-From La Vestale. Mercadante
Falry queen Galop.... Smith
Then will follow an order of ten dances,
with Chambers full orchestra.
T. L. Kimball will furnish refreshments in
Reception Hall.
The doors at the hall in the evening will be
opened at o'clock
MASONIC VISITORS.
Last evening delegations from the several
lodges in town met at Masonic Hall, and,
headed by Chambers Band, marched to the
Portland & Ogdensburg depot, where they re-
ceived delegation of brethren, numbering
about forty, from Passumpsic Lodge, No. 81
of Burlington, vt. After a fraternal greeting
of the strangers, the line was again formed and
remarched on Commercial to Park, Park to
Spring, to High, to Congress, to Market
Square, where the escort disbanded and the
visitors were quartered at the United States
Hotel
On entering the hotel the strangers were
welcomed to Portland in very fitting manner
by c. HI. Kimball, Esq. d. w. Bacon, Esq,
Master of Passumpsic Lodge, responded. The
following officers of the lodge are in the party:
D. w. Bacon, NJ; f. j. Carrick, S. W.; c. III.
Smith, j. W.; Danforth Wiley, Marshal
N. P. Bowman, P. G. NJ, of St. Johnsbury, is
also of the number.
OUR MERCHANTS CELEBRATE.
PORTLAND June %; 1879.
We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
close our stores Tuesday, June 24th, between
the hours of ten a'clock a. m. and one o'clock
p. M:
Chas. Mclaughlin Co., Fletcher g. Co.,
VIM. L. Alden, Twitchel Champlin &
Elias Thomas & Co., Co.
Smith, Gage & Co., Geo. A. Hunt Co..
W. & G. r .Millken, Curtis Davis,
Shaw, Hammond & Car Dana & Co.,
ney, Geo. w. True & Co..
King, Gilman & Co., Howes, Hilton & Co.. u.
Woodbury. & Latham, Stevens g. Co.,
ID. w. True & Co., Williams, Pusifer & Co.,
Harris & Co., A. w. Jordan,
E. M. Steadman & Co., John Dennis & Sons,
Churchill & Melcher Geo. Trefethen & Co..
Shaw, Son & Hawkes. L. G. Hersey Co. per III.
Emery & Kurdish, c. Hersey.
Conant & Rand, Sawyer, Foss & Dunning
Geo. S. Hunt & Co., Robert Chapman Co,
Ames, Chase & Bates.
Personal.
Governor Garcelon was in town yesterday.
Mr. Joseph Titcomb, the bank examiner, is
engaged in making the semi-annual examina-
ton of the banks of the state.
In the United States Court before Judge
Fox, on petition filed by the committee of
the Bar Association John o. Winship was