The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-24
brief joTTiNos.

Yesterday was fine June day. The
mercury, however, is rather below nor.
NAL.
The devotional meeting of the W. G.
T. q. will occur this afternoon at sc
Oak street.
Prof. Arthur p. Morrill, will speak at
the graduation exercises, Portland
Training School today.
The 9lst anniversary of the Mechanic
Blues will be celebrated tonight. The
company and guests will lsaye for Peaks
Island at $50 p. M.
At the Armory this evening Ladies
Aid, Shepley Camp, Sons of Veterans,
will enterta in the Connecticut Volun.
teers.
Tomorrow the Women's Literary Union
celebrate their field day and go to Cape
Cottage at 10 a. m.
The elegant steam yacht Jathniel was
in the harpor yesterday.
The old story is revived that t he Ar
mours will erect a large refrigerator plant
on Merrills wharf.
6 AT Peaks Island Tuesday night two
men named Bickford and Woodbury. were
capsized while sailing in a small punt.
Both were rescued, Bickford having a
very narrow escape from drowning.
:, The Portland Railroad Company has a
gang of men hard at work putting in the
curves to connect the Congress street and
the Washington street tracks
The Harpswell line steamer Sebascode-
gan, which has been performing patrol
duty off the harbor for several weeks past
has been leased for the summer to Boston
parties and will run between Boston and
Nantasket. Her place on the patrol route
will be taken by the tug c. a. Dickey
and before going away the Sebasccdegan
will be reprinted and put in first class
condition in every way.
AS many people have expressed desire
to decorate with British flags the COM
mittee have made arrangements for secur-
ing number of Union Jacks, and those
desiring to obtain thenls should inform
Councilman Elmer G. Gerrish.
The Offices Of the Union Mutual Life
Insurance company in this city will be
closed all day today when the directors,
officers and employees, with their families,
will go on the customary annual picnic
Special Officer Sawyer Of Deering park
has been relieved from duty and has be-
come attached to committee on celebra-
ton of the Fourth. He is to have charge
of the float OF the school children in the
procession.
Regular meeting of Portland Assemb-
ly, No. 144, R. S. of G. f., will be held
this evening.
johnson & Lambert are busy throwing
out bargains in groceries to the public,
and in this issue of the PRESS they tell
the public all about it. See ad. for par
ticulars.
The Democratic county committee will
meet Saturday, July 2, at 10 a. ~. in
the rooms Of the Jefferson club, in this
city.
There was aEperfect jam of people in the
Common Council room last evening,
when the names AID addresses were taken
of those who will appear in the antiques
and horrible parade on July 4th.
Woodbine Rebekah lodge will go on
their animal picnic Saturday, June 25
Special cars leave Elm street at O'Clock,
rain or shine.
The Democrats Of the second district.
yesterday, nominated John Scott of Bath
as representative to Congress.
Thirty two persons took the examine
lions before the Mamie dental examiners
in this city, yesterday.
A Boston & blaine wrecking crew was
sent out to Saco, yesterday, to replace a
deraiIed freight car.
Miss Susie ?. Clement and Miss Char
lotte N. Morton, teachers OF the Portland
Fraternity school. willatalse tbs scholars to
Long Island on an outing Saturday.
Manager Cooling of the Casco Bay line
will furnish free transportation.
The First Parish Sunday school picnic,
announced for Saturday, has been post.
poned one week.