The Portland daily press., 1895-06-06
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There will be strawberry festival
Thursday evening, June 6, at First Free
Baptist church opposite Public Library.
The regular relief meeting of the Vet
eran Firemen will be held tonight.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Society
will have supper and dance at Gilbert S
tonight.
The annual convention of the Maine
diocese of the Episcopal church will be
held in Portland, June 12 and the dele
gates from St. Marks church. Augusta,
will be Gen. W. S. Choate, Hon. S. W.
Lane, E. W. Hamlin, Mr. Harrison and
Mr.. Bridge, and the alternatcs, Orville
Lambard, Dr. North, DR. William
McDavid, Mr.. Gould and Dr.. Harris.
Last evening Mrs. farley appeared at
the Opera House, Fairfield. This enter
tainment was managed by the Univer-
salists, and good time and first class
entertainment were enjoyed. Miss Mary
McCobb was the Mrs. farley
The 18th annual convention of the
Maine Hotel Proprietors' Association
will be held a Bangor June7 A ban
quet will be served at the. Windsor hotel
in the evening and fine programme will
be carried out.
The Railroad Commissioners will hold
hearing Saturday at Portland on the
petition Of the Cape Elizabeth & Port
land Street Railway regarding the cross
ing of spur track of the Boston &
Maine Railroad on Commercial street.
The employees of the Portland Roches-
ter railroad, including conductors, brake
men and baggage masters on the trains
and station agents, appeared yesterday
with the new regulation caps, which are
quite an improvement on the old style.
The old Cumberland Club house in
Congress Square was a deserted mansion
yesterday the clubs furnishings
having been removed to the new club
house on High street.
The Young Ladies Mission Band will
hold a reception and social at the Second
Parish church this evening at O'Clock
All members and friends are cordially
invited to be present.
The report that strike took place
Tuesday among the laborers employed in
setting the trolley poles for the Cape
Elizabth electric road was incorrect The
difficulty, which was slight, took place
among the track laying gang.
There were 1000 live Holsters brought in
by the schooner Morning Light and 5000
by the schooner CONTINUE, yesterday.
An auction was held in the Custom
House warerooms yesterday morning
for the disposal of old hawsers and iron,
copper and lead. There was good at
tendance of bidders and the sale realized
about S170
The Folio for June has been received
by WE. Chandler. Among the musical
numbers are the Columbian march"
and "Ben Bolt
The Masonic Journal for May has been
received
Hon. Payson Tucker has engaged
Chambers band to go to Biddeford on
Merchants Day which will be Saturday.
News has been received here of the
death of Mrs. Isabella, widow of Capt.
John johnson of Munkwearth, England,
at the age of about go years A daughter
of hers, Mrs Theodore johnson, is a resi-
dent of this city
Joyce Bros. & Co., of 70 Middle street,
have displayed in their windows, very
unique wringer, which was used in Eng
land in the year of 1903. 1t is an odd
affair and worth while looking at.
The selectmen Of Scarboro have held
an investigation into the burning of
Thompson hotel at Higgins's Beach.
The result has not been made public
There were showers last evening.
The Anodyne, of Bristol, Me-, the
new steam launch of the johnson An
odyne Linament Company, is attracting
great deal of attention in the harbor.
She is Of the same type of steamer as the
Shark Of Boothbay and it was at first
thought when she entered the harbor
that it was this vessel.