The Portland daily press., 1882-03-18
Brief lettings.

Br19I JOJIlu8os
Fine day yesterday. Mercury 2l0 at sunrise
SO at noon, $50 at sunset; wind northeast.
| VIM. H. Looney, Esq, lectured on the Land
League question at Brunswick, last evening.
| %Remember the usual ladies temperance meet
| ing tonight at 7.30. All are invited.
d. w. Clarke & Co. are cutting some very
fine ice at Sebago lake, clear and thick. They
have already filled nine houses.
Capt Frank Davis is to remove from St.
George to this city, where he will go into the
fishing business the coming season.
The original workr by Thaxter the artist, or
rather some of them, have arrived from Eu-
rope, and are at the Custom House
There will be a young ladies' complimentary
party at the Roller Skating Rink this afternoon
The young ladies will be admitted free.
The eighth annual reunion of the class of IA
P. Fl. S., will be held at Rossini Hall next
Wednesday evening at o'clock.
The Rev. S. F. Pearson has been presented
by his parshioners of Christ's Faith church,
with an elegant reclining chair and foot rest.
George T. Holmes lectured before the Law
Students Club last evening on the law of writ
ten contracts.
The Littlefeld men hold rally at Lincoln
Hall this evening, to be addressed by Gen.
Dow aud others.
There will be a literary and musical enter
tainment at Chestnut street vestry Monday
evening, and an oyster supper provided. Mrs.
Minnie Gordon Gould will read
The Deering schools will begin Monday,
April 3d. Mr.. f. e. G. Robbins and Miss An
IL he fao ohorv iy,f 1o
High school.
Rev. G. A. Hayden will address the people
at City Hall on Temperance, Sunday evening,
at o'clock. Seats free; all are invited Music
by quartette.
The Young Ladies' Shakespear Club of the
class of 81, P. FL. s., had reception and oys-
ter supper at Miss Jost's Thursday evening.
There were music, toasts reading, and it prov
ed an enjoyable occasion.
The public will remember that the contin
.ued sale of reserved seats to the Cadets ball
will begin at L. J. Perkins confectioneryIstore,
489 Congress street, at a. m. to-day. Each
purchaser will be limited to twelve seats.
An old man, who keeps shop in this city,
became angry with his wife and made COM
plant to the police that she sold liquor The
wife was taken to the station and then the old
man repented, and at last accounts was trying
to secure bondsmen to effect her deliyerance.
AT the meeting of the Irish Land League,
next Monday evening, a delegate to the Wash
ington convention will be chosen and resolu-
lions in regard to the confinement of Ameri-
can citizens in British dungeons will be adopt
ed and copy sent to Congressman Reed.
,1or s In Fiob
Protective Association was held Thursday
evening at its headquarters, COS Washington
street Boston. With the exception of voting
to invite Captain Fred G. Barker OF Maine to
deliver an address at the next meeting no bust
ness of importance was transacted
East Portland Improvement Society.
On Thursday evening the regular meeting
of the above society held at Island Hall, Peaks
Island, was we'll attended and the exercises
were unusually varied and interesting. Several
musical numbers were given by the ever
popular quartette. Mr.. George Batty of Port
land kindly favored the audience with songs,
recitations, harmonica and whistling solos,
exhibiting his protean abilities with marked
success. Miss George Latham, a contralto
destined to become worthy successor of Miss
Cary, happened to be spending few days at
her old home, and was prevailed upon to de-
light her friends and former companions with
couple of selections most charmingly render
ed Miss Latham has rich voice of mar
velous compass and volume, and is thought
very highly fin Boston where she is pursuing
her studies. She has received numbers of
very flatteripg offers from operate and con-
cert managers, and rumor has it that she has
her debut in his company. 1t is quite safe to
predict brilliant future for our fair Island
girl
The business of the evening was in
measure secondary to the literary part There
were the usual reports from committees and a
valuable paper by the Rev. t. A. Adams on
social, moral and religious improvement; the
Corresponding Secretary, Mr.. j. B. Jones, was
instructed to Sc cure tenders for the furnishing
of 300 additional shade and ornamental trees,
and petitions were presented and circulated
for signatures praying the city government
construct sidewalk along Island Avenue and
to grade Sterling street.
Attention was called to the fact that there
were present representatives from no less
than thres families that had moved into the
place since the institution OF the society in
January last,an it was accepted as an omen of
success More are on the road, the advance
guard has arrived and looked the field over,
and now that the main body is approaching
we may exp. ct that East Portland will shortly
attain to municipal proportions.