The Portland daily press., 1898-05-02
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its regular meeting, Tuesday evening.
The ladies' auxiliary to the Y. NJ. c.
A., will hold silver social, Wednesday,
May 4th in the new building. corner Con-
gress and High streets.
At a meeting of the board of manage
ment of the Maine Commercial Travel
lers' association. it was voted to hold the
usual summer outing and committee
was appointed to arrange fol. a good time.
Iona Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, will give box party this eve
ming. A full attendance is requested and
ladies ars expected to bring boxes.
Beacon LODGE No. 67, I. o. o. f., will
have social meeting Tuesday evening,
May 8.
A. S. Macreadie sang at the Presby-
terrain church on Park street, last eve
aping.
Tho 1st-10th-29th Auxiliary will meet
at Mystic hall, Tuesday afternoon at 4
O'Clock.
Owing to an accident to one of her
pumps, the Island Belle did not run any
trips to the islands yesterday as was in
tended
At the Kelley Institute, 151 Congress
St. drunkenness and morphinism is cured.
At recent meeting of the Sheridan
Rifles, Co. L., First Regiment. appropri-
ate resolutions were adopted on the
death OF the late William q. Somers, who
was an honorary member of the company.
Z The BARRIERS of this city will close their
places of business this afternoon
from 10 to 8 O'Clock.
At special meeting Saturday night,
Thatcher Post. No. III, it was voted to
turn out in body to do escort duty Mon
day, May I'd.
Employees of the Portland & Yarmouth
electric road have commenced work at
the lower end of the turnout of the Cape
road, Strengthening it out and continu-
ing it on to the corner of Oxford street,
where the curve is to be put in.
The annual meeting of the First Parish
Unity will be held in the Parish house,
Tuesday at O'Clock.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Women's Indian association will be held
in the vestry of Congress Square church
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The cutter Woodbury., has been refitted
at Norfolk, Va, as despatch boat, coy.
cred with heavy armor and supplied with
heavy guns. and was to leave Newport
News yesterday for Cuba, where she
viii do patrol duty along the coast of the
island.
The government boat Lilac has been
at work the last few days removing the
buoys and other helps to navigation from
Simonton's Cove at the Cape
US. Deputy Marshal Bernes o. Norton
arrived in Portland Saturday with Will
liam j. Porter of Mont icello in custody
for smuggling. His case will come up
for trial at the first of the week.
1t is reported that a number of tele
graph wires are to be strung direct from
the City hall to Fort Preble and Port
land head.
Adjutant Charles e. Davis of the First
Regiment left for Augusta Saturday.
Frederick S. Vail has rented the Moody
cottage on Great Diamond island to ex-
Mayor Fairbanks of Quincy, Mass.
The election of officers of the W. G. T.
o., has been postponed to Friday, May
18th.
The Ministerial Association will meet
at Gospel Mission hall today, at 10 a. m.
and discuss 1.-The War with Spain
The Thomas Laughl1n company have
a large contract from the war depart
ment, which must be completed before
June 10. and they are now working day
and night, employing the largest num-
Der of men since the company was orga.
nized.
8 Mr. E. W. Frisbie, lay missionary to
the deaf, gave the deaf of this city dis
course in the sign language at ST. ssLuke's
chapel. yesterday morning.
The Casco Bay Steamboat began Satur-
day to put all their wharves and wait
ing rooms in frst-class order for the sum-
mer. as~~@
The lighthouse engineer have put the
middle lenses of the Portland head light
on hinges so that if the big guns are
fired the conclusion will not affect the
lenses.
The former members of the Montgomery
Guards are requested to meet on Middle
street between Silver and Market, at
1870 Monday, May 2. to act as escort fer
the battalion to the Union Station.