The Portland daily press., 1886-06-30
THE CENTENNIAL.
Items of Interest Regarding the
Celebration.

The formation of the procession for July
9Th, announced in yesterdays PRESS, was
premature and unofficial. The full detailed
programme will be published in the PRESS
later in the week.
The Union Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Maine, with their usual generosity
have rendered the members of the press
from out of town the use of their store on
Exchange street, next to the corner of Con-
gress street, during the centennial celebra-
ton.
Among the arrivals for the centennial is
that of Rev. DR.. Chickering, who has been
in Portland every summer, either as visitor
or resident for ffty-two years, including
thirty years pastorate of High street
church, whose fifty-fourth Sabbath school
anniversary he attended. He is guest OF
Mr. Brown Thurston, Carleton street.
Will all the original members of the Girls
High School, who met in the old Bracket
street schoolhouse at the foundation of the
school in 1850, attend the reunion on Tues
day evening at Reception Hall?
Let all our citizens who can conveniently
| patronize the sale of refreshments by the
| w. C. T. U. at the Second Parish vestry and
| the Friendly Inn; by so doing, influencing
''the stranger within our gates" and helping
| the association in such way that its work
| may be strengthened and widened. The
.Y's" will be happy to serve all who call.
| Charles R. Milliken will have in the GEN.
tennial procession 70 horses and 10 Concord
| coaches and mountain teams from the Glen
| House stables. They will arrive over the
| Portland & Ogdensburg Sunday next, and
| will be placed in Marshal Tolman's division.
These teams run during the season from the
| Glen to the Summit House. Mt. Washington,
Glen Station on the Ogdensburg, and Alpine
House at Gorham on the Grand Trunk. The
| horses will average 1000 pounds weight, and
the coaches 1000 pounds
| Forty gentlemen, former residents of
Maine, and most of them originally resident
| in Portland, gathered in the parlors of the
! American House, Boston, Monday evening
| and discussed arrangements for the attend
| ance of delegation of former residents of
| this State upon the centennial celebration of
| Portland. The meeting was called to order
| by Col. Charles F. King and an organization
| was effected by the choice of Major Charles
| w. Stevens as chairman and Mr.. Leander
Stevens as secretary. Committees were ap-
| pointed as follows: Transportation, W. S.
Philbrook, B. B. Miller and Leander Stevens;
| finance, w. S. Philbrook and Leander
Stevens; music, T. J. Long, B. B. Miller and
E. NJ. Stafford. The sentiment expressed
| was that the delegation would consist of at
least 200 persons and that the main body,
with the band, would leave Boston by boat
on Sunday night or by special train early on
Monday morning, such persons as desired
leaving on Saturday, and the tickets for the
return journey being available for any day
until Wednesday or Thursday. The pro-
posal is that those who reach Portland in
advance of the main body shall meet that
body on the wharf or at the depot, as the
case may be, and that the delegation, headed
by band shall form a part of the pro-
cession. Col King was appointed chief
marshal and he was also appointed a com
mittee to wait upon the officers of the Sons
of Maine with an invitation to join the dele
CATION in the trip. Mr.. Philbrook announced
that hall would be provided as headquar-
ters for the delegation during its visit. An
other meeting will be held at the American
House this evening, when the report of the
transportation committee, which was given
full powers, win be received.
The executive committee on trades pro-
cession will meet this evening at the Alder
mems room at s o'clock prompt. 1t is par
ticularly requested that every one will be
present, as this is the last meeting to be held
before the procession takes place. 1t will be
necessary to know by Thursday morning the
name of every firm intending to put in a
representation, also the number of teams
each one will have and the nature of their
representations. The numbered lists go to
press Friday, and will have to be prepared
before that time. Over two hundred teams
are already booked and very interesting
display is assured. We regret to say that
the book, hardware and fish concerns have
taken no interest in the matter so far We
have many large and fourishing concerns in
these branches of trade, which ought to be
represented If there is any one who feels
interested to take hold and work up either OF
them, the committee would be very glad tc
have them report this evening.
Letters regretting their inability to attend
the centennial celebration have been re-
ceived from Rev. G. M. Bartof, r. Randolph
Parry, Edward Jack and Rev. Joseph M
Day.
All of the old members of Atlantic Tut
No. are requested to meet this evening at
the house of Eagle, No, 2, on Market
street, at 8 o'clock, to make arrangements to
take part in the great procession July 9Th
The old tub will be here and in the line Of
march. The old captain, Henry Dyer, al
though 70 years of age, will be in line with
the rest of the boys.