The Portland daily press., 1890-06-09
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o. g. T., occurs this evening.
The Aquarium ON Peaks island will be
five feet deep, and 40x10o feet In size.
See advertisement Of steamer Isis for
change Of time and additional trip.
The Portland Photographers Club will go
to the Kearsarge house for their outing.
The Diet Mission has been very successful
the past season. Supplies are given to about
80
Today the horse cars will run over the
new route in front of the United States
hotel.
The Long Island coal pocket collapsed and
let thirty tons of coal into the water, but it
was all saved.
The carpenters will at once build a new
shed in the place of the Grand Trunk shed
just pulled down.
Pass Chancellors A. B. Brown and George
W. Tenant of Trinity Lodge have been
presented with jewels.
That fine crayon portrait inITurner Bros. ,
window is by Charles Akers and is the
picture OF Miss Mary W. Noyes.
A Musicale will be given at No. 1888 Emery
street. Monday evening June 9th, at o'clock
by the Sheldon Mission Band.
Saturday was pleasant in the afternoon
with shower in the evening. Yesterday
was bright with brisk west wind.
Mr.. F. Gallagher, who broke three ribs by
falling into the hold of steamer Portland, is
doing as well as could be expected.
Oxford Lodge, of Norway, will bring the
Norway band to the parade st. Johns Day.
Every lodge will make good turn out.
The Essex has received its orders to join
the North Atlantic squadron, and the Dol
phin will be painted at Brooklyn navy yard
ACommercial street train struck a horse
and dump cart Saturday. The driver was a
deaf old man. The team was pitched quite a
distance but no one was hurt.
On the occasion of the convention of the
Ancient Order Of Hibernians June 10th and
18th. there will be clam-bake at Long Island
on the 18th, and various sports.
Masconoma Tribe, Knightyille, will give a
public adoption and promenade concert at
the town hall on tomorrow evening. Fair
fields barges will leave the horse car
station at 7.3o p. III. sharp.
The contract for building the new steam
ship for the Maine Steamship Company to
be sister boat, with slight increase in
size, TO the Cottage City, was closed with the
Bath Iron Works Saturday.
There is talk CT offering prize for the
boats crews of the men-of-war to pull for
July 4th. Mr.. Ponce will feed the military
at Long Island. being guaranteed, 800 at &
cents. They will have ''bang up" shore
dinner.
The Portland Company will deliver the
Mogul engine, for the mountain division OF
the Maine Central, this week. 1t is one Of
the four to be built. Its cylinders are I9x26
and driving wheels 5 feet 5 inches In
diameter.
At the regular meeting of Bosworth Post
the invitation to participate In the parade on
the Foruth of July was accepted. Resolutions
were also adopted in favor of transferring
the Revenue Marine service to the Navy De
partment.
The Portland Fire Department has order
ed several Pompier life saving ladders. anG
Diamond gun for throwing life-lines. The
room at the Central fire station will be fur
nished. The new horse for Casco's host
carriage, weighs 1900 POUNDS, is dark gray
and named Leo.
The Lamson Studio will present tn
champion drill squad of the Montgomer,
Guards handsome photograph of the "a
framed in heavy polished oak with th,
American and Irish flags in either corners.
The Montgomery Guards veterans ant
honoraries held meeting yesterday to per
feet arrangements for the reception of the
Boston company. The Argonauts have ex
tended the use Of their club-room to tn,
visitors.
The monthly meeting of the Portland
Typographical Union was held Saturday
evening, and routine business transacted
A committee consisting of Messrs. W. Il
Greene, f. S. Jordan and F. A. Nutter pre-
sented appropriate resolutions in memory o.
the late James E. n. Owen, which wer,
adopted by the union and ordered spread
upon the records,