The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-23

Falmouth Hotel at 8 o'clock this morning to
march in the procession, by command of G.
ID. Long, Department Commander
There will be a reception rendered to Com
mander-in-Chief H. W. Arnold, Sons of Vet
Grams, at the corner of Congress and Temple
streets, in the afternoon, and camp fire at
headquarters s. of ", corner of Milk and
Exchange streets at 8 p. m.
Notes.
William Burrowes has given $40.
There are 724 delegates to the National
Encampment.
Business will be generally suspended in
the city to-day The Merchants Exchange
and all the leading wholesale stores will not
open for the day.
The matters will close their stores from II
to O'Clock to-day.
To-day the freight house of the Portland
& Ogdensburg railroad will not be open for
the reception or delivery of freight
The hardware houses, by agreement, will
be closed all day.
Capt. Horace Merrill of Exeter, N H., who
was in the Mexican war as well as in the
late war of the rebellion, will be a guest of
Frank flanagan, No. Is Howard street.
Gen. Lucius Fairchild and daughter, of
Wisconsin, reached Portland yesterday and
re the guests of Col. Merrill. Gen. Fair
child lost an arm in the service, and later
became the soldier Governor of Wisconsin
He was one of the most popular executives
Wisconsin ever had, filling the governorship
for six years. He was then appointed Min
lister to Spain, and his name was mentioned
one year ago among others as one of the
most available candidates of the Republican
party for the Presidency.
Burnham & Swan of Norway are here to
photograph the camps, decorations, the pro-
ceSsion, etc.
week will be twenty-five cents, June % to
%, inclusive
Col. Eustis, Prohibition candidate for Gov
ernor, is the guesl of N. NJ Perkins, No, IS
State street.
Gen. W. s. Rosecrans has telegraphed to
| Col Bradbury that he will be unable to come
| to the encampment
| City Marshal Harmon of Biddeford has
| rendered all the officers Biddeford can spare.
| There will be 26 bands in the procession.
Gen. Martin of Boston will be the guest Of
| Adjutant c. A. Roberts.
The Public Library will be closed to-day.
The colonies of the 18th Maine Regiment
| were Caldwell, Plaisted and J. A. Hill. w.
NJ. Shaw was Major.
Among the Washington comrades is Capt.
| ]. b. Burke, Senior Vice Commander of the
Grand Army. Major Burke is Democratic
| Union soldier, who devotes nearly all his
| time to efforts to retain Union soldiers in
office, irrespective of their politics.
The Boston Globe says "Comrade A. NJ.
| Sawyer was chosen Secretary of the ExecJl-
tive Committee. The choice of Comrade
| Sawyer was fortunate one. He had been
| for years tax collector of the city, and knew
nearly every one in its limits, and his ardent
labors In the good work and executive ability
| as well as careful system enabled the general
committee to move along smoothly and sue
cessfully."
| The fremont yesterday morning brought
| individual members from the following posts
Louis Bell Post, No. 8, Manchester, N. Ill
| G. G. Parker Post, No. 1913, Winchendon,
Mass. Thomas Post, No. II, indianapolis,
Ind; George FL. Ward Post, No. 10, Worces-
| ter, Mass. William H. Smart Post, No. 30,
Cambridge, Mass. Gen. Garfield Post, No.
120, Lowell, Mass.r j. W. Lawton Post, No.
=, Boston; Frederick Cole Post, No. 49,
Turner'S Falls, Mass; Marcus L. Ward
| Post, No. SO, Newark, N. j.
Dr.. D. W. Bliss, and wife, of Garfield sick
ness fame, are at the Falmouth.
Gen. Burdette, of Washington, ID. c., who
| is a candidate for next Grand Commander
is stopping at the Falmouth.
| The Maine Division will have on parade
| to-day from 500 to 1000 more men than pre-
| yiously reported.
The shower was blessing in disguise.
| Hon. L. p. Rynder, chairman of the Green
back party of Pennsylvania, who is here
| attending the g. A. r. Encampment, is stop
| ping at the Falmouth, and would like to
meet any of the Maine or other Greenback-
| ers who may be in the city.
|
berlain arrived yesterday, and are the guests
| of Rev. Mr. Dalton
| Gen. Barnum of New York is the guest OF
| Col. A. W. Bradbury.
Gov Anthony of Kansas and Lieut. Gov
| Ames of Massachusetts arrived yesterday
| afternoon.
Mr.. Lancey, formerly city editor of the
! Bangor Mercury, later managing editor OF
the Southern Cultiyator, and at present
editor OF the Southern World at Atlanta
81 IFplt IAAl
| Lancey yesterday, calling on their many
| friends
The 10th Maine will meet at a. M
! Wednesday, at the band stand opposite the
headquarters of the Department Of Maine
Farnham, and Major Small will be present
The Fabyan House telegraphed at D. IN
| yesterday they had just fed 1909 people anC
800 more were waiting, bound to the eneamp
| ment.
Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, President Nation
| al Woman Relief, arrived past midnight
and took up her quarters at the Falmouth
Hotel
VIM. II. Smart Post of Massachusetts i
| quartered at the MontgomeryS' armory. Tn,
| Guards Will hold a reception at their arm0r,
this evening from $ until - o'clock. Thu
| honorary and active members of the com
pany invite all their visiting friends to b,
| present
On their arrival in this city yesterday, Pos
NO. OF South Boston presented Mr.. j. f
Liscomb of the Portland Steam Packet Com
pany with an elegant umbrella appropriated,
engraved.
Gen. H. a. Barnum, one of the prominen
candidates for the Office of COMMANDMENT
chief, said to q reporter yesterday that
Gen. Reynolds developed great strength ii
the convention he should withdraw TIL
General expressed himself as opposed to tn
new pension plan.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, the ex-Yice Presi
dent, Who has now passed the mark of three
quarters Of century, proposes to walk il
to-day'S procession. His son, Gen. Charlie
Hamlin, Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and his nephew, Col A. c. Ham
lin, will support him on either side.
AT about O'Clock Others began to arrive
Of which Col. E. E. Cross Post, No. Is, o
LANCASTER, n. H., numbers is men, comman
der p. j. Noyes.
Carlos Fletcher Post, No. 81. of Colebrook
Is men, commander James S. LOOMS.
John h. Willis Post No. 49, of Gorham
mander.
John G. Foster Post, No. I, of Nashua, N
H., 100 men, commander I. Lonergan.
The Upton Post No. 49, of Derry, N H.
bears the handsome silk flag, presented it b,
the ladies' on Decorated Day, and number
Is men.
The Harvey Holt Post, No. Is, is name,
from the first man from New Hampshire
killed in the civil war. 1t is represented b,
six men; commander, Sam Buck
From Vermont came yesterday afternoon
Erastus Buck Post No. 4S, Island Pond witt
30 men; commander, A. W. Hail.
q. Vanhouten Post of Jersey City, N. j.
Commander Ramsay, so comrades, arrived a
They were accompanied by Vanhouten banc