The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-21
The News at WatervlIle.
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WATERvILLE, June 20.-COmmencemen
at Coburn Classical Institute begins Friday
evening, June 26th. with an exhibition In
the Baptist church by the middle classes.
Saturday forenoon those graduating In the
college preparatory course deliver their arti-
cles, and in the afternoon the ladies COM
pleting the ladies' collegiate course will
speak. The music for these exercises and
for the concert Saturday evening, June 27th,
will be furnished by the Ariel Ladies Quar-
tette Of Boston. About 20 graduates are In the
college preparatory course, and nearly AL OF
these VIII enter Colby University in the fall.
The High sehanol commencement occurs
Tuesday and Wednesday OF next week, In
the Baptist church, Green : enestra Oh
Lewiston will furnish music. -
Messrs. Lincoln and Hodgdon Of this city
lost about 1000 tons of ice by the burning OF
their Ice house, which was situated near Au-
gusta, this week. It was insured for $500.
They will get 5000.
WarervIIle Merchants at Dinner.
WATERvII.LE. June 20-The first banquet
OF the Waterville Board Of Trade was given
at the Elmwood Hotel tonight, $50 sitting
down to the table NJ. @. Foster, president
Of the board, presided, and In his address
SPOKE in praise Of the new city's boundless
resources. In conclusion he introduced
Judge Hall as tOastmaster. Judge Hall read
letters Of regret from Payson Tucker, Presl-
dent Allen of the Augusta board, and Presi-
dent Martin Of the Belfast board. Re-
sponses to toasts were made by r. W. Dunn,
Col. l. s. Bangs, Hon. O. l. Barker, presI-
dent of the Lewiston board. Hon. A. j. Full
Ter OF Bath, Rev. IL. Fl. Hallock, Rev. j. l..
Seward, Col. Nicely Of Lewiston, l.. l.. Carl
ton of Winthrop, hon. S. s. Brown and
others.
Northern New England Sunday
Schools.
FRYEBURG, June 20.--The programme for
the Northern New England Sunday School
Assembly and the Maine Chautauqua Union
at Fryeburg has been arranged. The meetings
begin July IS, and last until August 0. The
conductors are Rev. George ID. Lindsay, Ban
gor; Rev. A. T. Dunn, ID. d., Portland;
Prof. w. w. Stetson, Phi. D., Auburn. The
superintendents Of instruction are: Biblical
translation, Prof. Charles j. Ropes. Bangor;
biblical department. Rev. K. NJ. Couens,
Cumberland Mills; normal department. Rev.
j. +. .Clymer, Portland primary department.
Mrs. j. S. Ostrander. brooklyn, N. Y. (; mu.
steal department. Prof. w. 5. Morse, Kent's
Hill.
Free Fight on a Schooner.
BmDEFoRD. June 20.-Saco officers were
called on last night to quell a disturbance
aboard the schooner Charles b. Hall, which
arrived from Baltimore with cargo Of coal
yesterday. Several members Of the crew
got drunk and refused to obey the captains
orders. George Brimblecomb. a sailor. was
arrested. In court this morning he paid q
fine. Several Of the crew were discharged
by the captain.
Hard Drive for Valuable Horse.
BANGOR, June 20.-A team OF DIR. Sumner
Laughton disappeared from In front Of his
house Thursday night. Tonight City Mar
shall Whitney received a telegram from
Houlton saying it had been recovered there
and the thief arrested. The horse was a
very valuable one and had evidently been
given a hard drive. as Houlton Is over 100
miles from Bangor.
Suicide In His Fathers Barn.
BANGOR, 2O.-Ray Storer. aged IA. son Of
John Storer of North Carmel. committed
suicide yesterday, by hanging himself to a
beam in his fathers barn. No cause Is as
signed for the rash act.