The Portland daily press., 1899-04-26

The Misses Titcomb, who sold their
large Ia story house on the corner OF
Brsckett and Spruce streets, Portland,
have purchased house on Pickett street,
where they have lately moved. r.
N. K. Gordon, the diver, Left Monday
for Passport where he has charge OF the
construction OF a stone foundation for n
largsNwharf for the International Steam
ship Company.
evening with Miss Estelle Spear: Front
street.
Mr.. Fred Harrington is having his
residence at the corner of Free and West
High streets painted and repaired on the
interior, preparatory to moving into the
same
FORT PREBLE BASEBALL CLUB.
The Fort Prsble Baseball club has been
organized with the following officers:
Manager, Private HAITI; captain, Sergea Mt
Raynor. The following is the makeup
of the team: Catcher, Quinn; pitcher,
Burnes; first base. keynor; second base,
Burlett; third base. Barrett; short stop.
Carr; right field, Hurst; centre field,
Kaiser; left field, Cooper. The men are
working together finely, and the tearu
will be one of the strongest In this vii
lage. IL is expected that the season will
open Fast day with q game on the Fort
Prebie grounds.
SPECIAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MEETING.
A special meeting Of the school COM
mIttee OF South Portland was held last
evening at which salaries of certain
teachers were raised, the committee on
estimates reporting, and other important
business matters were discussed. All the
members were present and Mayor Rsy-
nolds presided.
DIR. Brown moved that the salaries of
Miss Bessie Broughton, Miss Lou knight
The motion was seconded by MIR. Tilton
who expressed the belief that the teachers
named were worthy of the increase and
thought the field might be looked over
and all,teachers doing liks service should
receive like increase Of pay. The prop
osition met with favor and after some dis
cussion 1t was voted that besides the
three mentioned the salaries of Miss Jor-
dan, Miss FIagg and Miss Rand be In
creased IS a month, the increase to take
effect beginning May next
superintendent kaler then brought up
the matter of a truant officer, and laid
before the board his difficulties in en-
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sections OF the city because of the fact
that the only duly appointed truant
officer was MIR. Littlejohn, who was work
ing during the day at Diamond island.
The city solicitor had decided that Mr..
Ksler could not appoint a truant officer
because the city council had appointed
one only, Mr.. Littlejohn, and there was
not that vacancy contemplated by the
law. MIR. kaler's embarrassment was APP
preciated by the board, but no remedy
was at hand until the next meeting OF
the city council when no doubt the neces.
sary action will be taken.
1t was then voted to recommend the
city government that q dozen or more
feet be cut off from the apex Of the yard
of the Knightville school and the same
be turned into highway and be paved.
Repairs were authorized to be made to
put the water closets at the Pleasantdale
schools in presentable condition and
the superintendent was authorized to
grade any of the schools in his discre-
ton.
The committee on estimates, through
its chairman, reported as follows: Com
mon schools, $1,000; High schools, $500;
text books, $1,000; repairs. $500; insurance.
apparatus, etc., $500; salary oil super1n-
tendent, s400. The committee recon-
mended that additional 'appropri
ations be made to cover all deficiencies
existing up to March l, 1899. Some mi
nor matters were attended to, Iafter which
the board adjourned.
UNIVERSALIST PARISH MEETING.
There was largely attended meeting
of the members of the Universalist par
ish last evening at the residence of w.
X. Johnson, East High street, ano 1t was
unanimously voted to build a chapel
on the lots decided by Cyrus Cole, cor
ner of Pleasant andtSawyer streets. Also
to sell the lots on Pine street, donated ~
Robert Trickey and to devote the pro-
ceeds of theIsale to the defray all of tn, ex
penses of the new chapel. The building
committee which was enlarged and now
consists of ID. o. Moulton, A. A. Cole,
W. E. johnson, J. h. Paige, b. r. Thomp-
son, N. L. Gordon, Joshua Ross and Ii.
W. Dyer, were instructed to prepare plans,
devise ways and means, etc, and report
when convenient TO q meeting OF the par
ish to be called for some future day.
Chas. Griffin, the barber, will close his
barber shop at II o'clock Saturday eve
ming, instead of IL as has been his GUS
tom.
James Harris Moulton and Pauline
Caroline Falker, both of Newfield, We're
at the North Congregational
parsonage, Willard April Goth.
PLEAsANTDALE,
Misses Ada and Matte Eickett and lit
tie Miss Henrietta Pickett of Portland,
spent Sunday with MIR. and Mrs. Charles
W. Latham on Elm street.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Strout of High street.