The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-24

Clouds, sunshine and raw wind yesterday.
Men are engaged In decorating City Hall
for the Masonic entertainment this evening.
Vaughan street church will tender their
pastor reception Wednesday evening, June
18th.
N. u. Fessenden has received Harper's
Magazine for July, and now has 1t for sale
on his counter.
Members of the Wolfe Tone Association
are requested to meet Ia l. A. r. A. hall at s
o'clock this evening.
The Portland Company has sold large
locomotive, just finished by them, to the
Portland & Rochester.
Members of the Historical Society are
hereby reminded of the annual meeting at
Brunswick today. Take the $50 train.
Miss Harriet Shaw, the harper, is having
new harp made at Erard's. Paris, which
she expects to receive some time in July.
As one of Ray's.teams was hauling hea-
Wy load Of timber on Commercial street yes
terday, an axle was snapped by the great
weight.
A meeting of the standing committee of
the Womsn's Literary Union will be held
this afternoon at o'clock, at 1914 Pearl
street.
General Manager Payson Tucker gave
party of his friends a sail on the steamer
Lille Sunday. On their return dinner was
given them at Little Chebeague.
A wheel came off carriage on Congress
street yesterday, and the occupants, lady
and her SOD, thrown out. The lady was
badly bruised. The team belonged to w. A.
Briggs.
The young people connected with the
Methodist churches of Portland and vicinity
are arranging for grand steamboat excur.
sion some evening In the near future.
1t should have been Joseph G. Sterling.
not Joseph G. Stiles, appointed special DO
pceman at Peaks Island, and Burke instead
OF Bisbee, the name of the little girl run
over by an ice cart.
Damon Assembly, Pythian Sisterh God, are
TO hold special meeting Wednesday after
noon, at 80 o'clock. All members are re-
quested to be present, as there is to be i'm
portant business to come before the meeting.
William j. Dyer, late of the firm of Nor
ton. Chapman & Co.. lost very valuable
horse at his place at South Portland yester-
N"J nI%AAihBs 1Ho HUioC uicu Vi COLO, ana
was valued at $1,000.
The alarm Of fire from box 26 last evening
was caused by smoke from chimney. An
excitable individual thought the smoke came
from the windows of house on Newbury
street, and pulled the alarm.
A despatch was received in this city stat
ing that the United States Court at Denver.
Colorado, Saturday. had rendered judgment
to the amount of $1S,50o against the Port
land Mining Company of Leadville, in favor
of j. K. Carleton and S. l.. Carleton of this
city.
The Hartford Decorating Company have
contracted to decorate, besides Grand Army
Hall, the Falmouth and United States hotels
Mechanics Hall and Lancaster building, for
the Army Of the Potomac reunion, and
probably will have great many more or
ders.
car containing an improved combined
smelter and retort. left Portland yesterday
for Victoria, Mexico, within 80 miles of the
Tamaulipas mines, via Boston & Maine
road, and will be on the irons all the way
The shelters construction was superintend-
ed by Professor Bartlett, the smelter built
by Quinn 81 Co., the retort by J. j. Gerrish.
and power by the Portland Company.