The Portland daily press., 1898-10-27
SOUTH PORTLAND.
Contract for New Barracks Awarded
BY Post Qnartermaste1.


Connecticut volunteers-society Notes
Personal Items, Etc.
Although the bids for building the new
barracks, mess hall and officers quarters
at Fort Preble and the Head ware opened
some days since, final action was no6
taken by the military authorities until
Monday night. At that time the Fos5
Quartermaster, Lieut.. Edward K. Gayle,
I'd Artillery. announced the decision Oh
the Chief Quartermaster of the Depart
ment. The contract for building the bar
racks and mess hall at the : ort and Head
was awarded j. W. Burrowes of Port.
land, while the building Of she officers
quarters at the Head went to A. j.
Doughty of South Portland. No time
will be lost in beginning work.
JOLLY SIX DANCE.
The second dance in the series
given by the Jolly Six will take place at
this Union Opera House tonight It bids
fair to be very successful one, for the
villagers will be joined by delegation
from the city.
MUSTER OUT OF FIRST CONNEC-
TICUT.
Next to our own soldiers the boys of the
First Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers.
who were stationed in our midst last
summer, occupy good space in the
hearts of many South Portlanders, male
and female. These troops are now being
physically examined in Hartford, and on
completion Of these examinations they
will be mustered out of the service.
UNIvERSALIST SUPPER AND EN-
TERTAINMENT.
The first Thursday in November is the
day fixed for the supper and entertain
ment to be given by the ladies of the
Universalist society. The affair Is in the
hands of very competent committee
made up of Mrs. Getchell, chairman,
Miss Mary E. Thompson, Mrs. Eva Per-
kins, Mrs. Moulton, Mrs. John Willard,
Mrs. George Dyer. Miss Smith and Mrs.
Brown. "A delightful entertainment which
will be interspersed with tableaux, etc.,
has been arranged and embraces the fol-
lowing numbers:
Piano Solo, Miss Estelle Spear
Vocal Solo, Harold Getchell
Misses Cummings and Elliott, Mr..
Mooney.
Solo, Miss Mary e. Thompson
Reading, Miss Charlotte Bolton
Violin Solo, Miss Daisy Spear
Mandolin Selections,
Misses Willard, Pierce and the Misses
Reading, Miss Hattie Braokett
Vocal Solo, Frank Smith
Autoharp Selections, John Barbour
Selections by Quartette,
Messrs. Gilmore, Hamilton, Getchell and
Harrington.
Vocal Solo, Miss Jessie Getchell
ON THE MOVE.
The Ferry building, that old landmark
with sign on it in letters so big that he
"who runs may read," was started yes
terday on a move to it's new resti ng place
on Dyer street.
The Universalist society propose to Or
ganize double quartette to lead the
singing Of the congregation.
Superintendent Fickett inspected yes
terday the new schoolroom In the Hose
Company house and found 1t a model of
its kind. 1t is so admirably adapted to
it's purpose that 10 will likely relieve the
taxpayers from the burden Of expense of
putting up new building in this vicin-
ity for two years at least.
Gri6dn's yard is filling up with yachts
for the winter. The I. f. r. and the
Sarah r. were placed there Tuesday and
Mr.. Cummings's steam yacht will be
hauled out today.
The steam launch Ellis, owned by Mr.
William Kennedy, which has been under
going repairs and Improvements at
Griffin's yard. will be launched today and
taken to the railway for repairs On her
house.
Bayard Lodge No. A will work the I'd
degree this evening, and full attend
ance of members is requested.
The business meeting of the Junior
League will be held at the Browns Hill
NJ. E. parlors at 40 Friday afternoon.
The fair given. by the Ladies' Circle con-
nected with the Baptist church of Sout
Portland Heights proved to be very
successful one. The attendance last night
and the night before was good, and the
sale of articles was quite up to expecta-
tions. The refreshment tables were well
patronized and the COMMITTEES in charge
certainly deserved success, for they did
their work we'll.
There was quite scare at Portland
Head Tuesday afterno oon. An over.heated
stove set fire to a building but the blaze
was extinguished before much damage
was done.
Mrs. Hiram Dyer, who has been sick at
her home on Stanford street, is improv-
ing.
tits reported that surveyors have been
at work establishing a new divisional
line between Willard aud South Portland,
which is to run down and include the
water tank near the residence of Captain