The Portland daily press., 1881-06-28
Brief lettings.

Ac~ No1Ou "a SdtLc Vi udc6 pdii al lIdh0 u1dldad-
<~lSk, July 9th.
The Franconia wrecked off the Farraleone
Island, was 1891 tons burden, owned by W.
V. Moses and others Of Bath, valued about
$4,000 and insured.
This evening the Junior exhibition will
come OFF at westbrook Seminary. At the
Commencement dinner on Wednesday. Rev.
z. c. Bolles, Phi. D., d. D., will be present.
Sixty-five years ago we had summer much
like this, If truth can be put in the following
lines written with chalk upon the inside wall
of Gibbs old grist-mill in Livermore, in 1916,
and to be seen thereon many years thereafter:
On the eighth of June snow storm fell,
And water hard did fleeze
1t killed the beans, it killed the corn,
And injured apple trees.
The reunion of the Cape Elizabeth Alumni
Association will be held at the Town Hall,
tomorrow evening Doors open at 7.30; COM
mence at O'Clock.
The subject of Mr.. Ayers lecture to-mor-
row evening will be "The uses of poetry in re-
filming and enriching the inner life''
Cold and foggy yesterday. Mercury 500 at
sunrise, 590 at noon, $50 at sunset; wind
southwest, southeast and south.
Yachts Foam and Melaine of the Eastern
Yacht Club were in the harbor yesterday.
Walker, arrested in Perry the other day ON
a charge of absconding with his creditors
2s1ey, was arraigned before justice of tho
peace and gave bonds in $4 400.
The Congress Square Sunday School will go
to Maranacook July 9th.
The Ideal Opera Company will appear at
City Hall, October Sd, and the great Humpty
nr.r,,fx, oo,, y; m ofio, Ocfohar 15th
The Lafayette tree in front of the City
Building is now very much decayed, and I'M
less soon braoed up it Will go down. 1t was
tried with an anger Saturday and the inspec-
ton was not favorable to the tree.
To-day Chandler's orchestra will play at
commencement exercises at Hallowell High
school. Tomorrow they will play at West
brook Seminary, and Thursday at Gardiner
High school.
The usual Tuesday evening temperance
meeting will be held at the Gospel Mission
this evening at 7.45 o'clock. Good speaking
and singing may be expected. All are invited
George Bowen of Bangor sold his horse to a
st. Louis gentleman for $500.
The Pine street Sabbath school and society
with friends will make an excursion to Old
OrCuatQ OA ouo EOuleh.
Commencing the 9th inst and continuing
during the summer season, parlor car will
be run directly through between Portland and
New London via Portland and Worcester line
on the train leaving Portland at lbs p. M,
thus avoiding any change Of cars between
Portland and Long Island Sound steamers.
Charles II. Hartford, who escaped from the
rsSorm School, two weeks ago, was captured
in Boston, Friday, by the police of that city
and brought home Saturday.
Flowers for decorating the hall on the occa-
sion of the graduating of the class of 81, Port
land High School, will be very acceptably re-
ceived by the committee having the matter in
charge at the City Hall, tomorrow afternoon,
the day preceding the graduation.
Collins Band furnish music for the High
school class next Wednesday. Also for the
High School Cadets next Saturday.
The Portland school for the deaf is open to
visitors every day this week. Citizens wishing
to see the modes of instruction in that school
are respectfully invited. Location, Fraternity
rooms, Free street.
The graduating exercises of the High school
occur at City Hall, Thursday afternoon at 2!
o'clock, June 30th.
The public visitation Of Primary and Gram
mar schools occurs next Friday, both forenoon
and afternoon, at their respective rooms.