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The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
LAMB AND LARRABEE FAMILY
REUNION,

The LaJub and Larrabse families held
an enjoyable reunion at Cape Cottage
Saturday afternoon, 60 members of the
two families being present. A picnic din
er WAS enjoyed. following which there
were toasts. The remainder Of the after
noon was spent in walks about the shore,
visiting the Casino and in attendance at
the theatre. Mr.. John Larrabee was se-
iected to arrange for next years reunion.
A. W. Currier, the photographer, was
present and photographed the company In
group. those present wers: William
Larrabee. Mr.. and Mrs. John Larrabse,
Stroudwater; Mrs. II. Eluent, f. d. Lar
rabee, Mrs. S. Chubbuck, Mrs. S. j. Gill
key. Mrs. L. Phillips and sons, Mrs jim.
Pennell, DIR. and Mrs II. Daniels, Mrs.
N. Il. Weber, Mrs. e. W. MaybIy. j. @.
knight and family, Westbrook; David
Larrabee, Mrs. l.. h. Small, windham;
II. g. Lamb and family, Saco; Henry
Tricky and family, Portland; MIR. and
Mrs. AN. Gardiner and daughter, Ports
mouth, N. H. Rev. and Mrs. g +. Cobb,
Mrs. Addie Andrews. and sons, Mr.. and
Mrs. 9. E Cobb, Walter Cobb, Gorham; ;
Mrs. e j.. Neal. MIR. and Mrs. o. W.
Neal, Miss L. W. Jones, R. II. Jones. j.
L. Jones, Deering; George W. Lama r.
E. Lamb, G. N. Lamb K. b. Lamb, with
families, Naples; 5. H. Cobb and family,
Lewiston; 9. II. Gardiner, Worcester.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
PERSONAL.

q. X. $ Lee of the Portland Athletic
club will 4 spend his vacation at West
Lubec, and vicinity. Mr.. aud Mrs. Lee
leave on the boat tonight for Lubec
Mrs.. $. i, Millett and granddaughter,
Miss DelIis, Harris of Brooklyn, NJ. r,
are visiting in the city, the guests of
Mrs. G. F. Moulton.
Prof. Edward Fl. Thompson OF Manohes.
tsr, N. H.. accompanied by Mr.. Frank
Thompson, their mother and sister, have
arrived at Long island for the sumner.
Rev. E. S. j. McAllister, pastor of Pine
street church, has gone tojPennsylvania
and Delaware ON brief visit to old
friends
Miss Frances III. Griffin, st. Lawrence
street., has been quite i'll since last Wed
nesday.
The many friends of Miss Adelaide B.
Welch, the talented young elocutionist
apd sinner ses gladly Welcome her home
.44aom ht chrs at the Maine Central In
stitute. Pittsheld. where she has met with
the most fiattering success. Besides at
tending to her classes at NJ. G. L Miss
Nelch had a number of classes In the sur.
rounding towns. Her success also as
reader Is already established.
The marriage of Miss Annie A. Bassett
to Erank B. Gregory took place at the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
at a. IN. on Wednesday. Aftsr the mar
riage breakfast was served at the home
of the bride, 81 Middle street, where a
large number of friends were present.
The presents were very numerous. At 3
p. m. MIR. and Mrs. Gregory departed on
their honeymoon TO visit relatives in5New
York. ~
Edward Petty. Owen G.. Murray /, and
George H., Kane. letter carrssrs, arc en-
ioying their annual two wesks. vacation,
which began Saturday.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
a QUEER ooNsIGNMENr.

Mrs. Mcdonald of Boothbay Harbor,
left this city Saturday night on the New
York boat with II seals which she had
caught and was taking to various sum
mer resorts about New York for their
aquariums. This woman has been catoh-
ing seals for these summer resorts for IL
years and makes a regular business of it,
getting large prices in the New York
markets for her consignments. A large
crowd gatherded about the freight sheds
Saturday to see Mrs. Mcdonald 8 pets led
on mackereL
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
HARBOR NEWS.
Items of Interest Picked Up Along the
Water Front.

Capt. William johnson has taken COM
mand Of the steamer frank S. Willard,
which will be used in the sword fishing
business during the summsr season.
She has recently been put in first class
condition.
1t Is reported that an order has been
placed with Clydebapk builders for the
construction OF steamship to take the
place of the wrecked American line
steamship Paris, and that another vessel
of similar dimensions has been ordered
by the company from Cramps yard.
The Dominion liner New England,
broke tho transatlantic record between
Queenstown and Boston. She made the
trip in days 10 hours and 10 minutes.
G. V. Minot of rhippsburg, has sold
a frame for four-masted schooner of 1900
tons to Capt William Rogers of Bath,
who will build the vessel.
Schooner Harry Messer of Boston, Capt.
Sears, bound from Ksnnebec to Phila-
delphia, which ran aground in the Della
ware, river, near the mouth of the Schyl.
kill, last Tuesday, was fioated Saturday
after ightering $50 tons OF her cargo of
ice. The vessel sustained but little in
jury.
Barge Eagle Hill, loaded with coal,
was towed yesterday by the Demarest
to Randall Il McAllister's piers.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
THE FOURTH Ar sCARBoRo.

The programme for the celebration of
the Fourth is completsd and will attract
a large attendance from the surrounding
towns and cities.
The picnic grounds where the afternoon
and evening sports will take place, Is
located in Libby grove, on the Saco road,
on Beech Ridge, about mile from the
North Scarboro post Office, ana are ad-
mirably situated and adapted for the pur.
pose. us the ball game will take place
within full view of the grounds, in fact,
being a part Of the grounds.
The dauoe floor has been enlarged and
placed under spreading clump of young
beaches, that when lighted up in II Q
evening will present rare pioture Of
rural charm and beauty. Prof. Sher-
mans full orchestra will furnish the mu.
sic fer the dancing that will begin at 8
O'Clock, and conclude the, sports of the
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
POST OFFICE HOLIDAY HOURS.

Tomorrow BEING the Fourth CT July. a
legal holiday, the post Office will observe
the usual holiday hours.
The cashiers office for the s.le of
stamps only, will be open from to s
a. M, and to 2 p. m, and the general
delivery and the carriers windows at the
same hours.
There will be one general carriers de-
livery in the morning at a. M, ana col
leetions from the street boxes at q. m.
and D. M .
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
BRIEF JOTTINes.

, Diver Robert Il. Chase of Portland, who
has been using dynamite to blow touId
ers cut of the Penobscot in Bangor, has
besh providing fresh iish for many fam
lies The explosions OF dynamite kill OF
stun The greater number Of the fish In tbs
vicinity and they rise and float upon tile
water.
There VIII be a meeting Of the Fresh
Air Society today at 3 p. m. at Room
.. City building.
Any persons owning tents, cot beds, OF
other camping equipments which they
would like to sell or to donate for VEGA.
tion uses, will kindly drop postal card
to the Fraternity rooms. No. 70 Spring
street.
There will lie communion service at the
Abyssinian church this evening. Special
music will be furnished by male quar-
tette under the leadership of Prof. Oscar
Matthews All are invited.
The-boys are kindly requested not to set
of fire works near the corner Of Cumber-
land and Melien streets, ON the Fourth,
as o lady is seriously Ill In the eighhor.
hood. ,cr
A horse belonging to Capt. Elbridge
Matthews ran away Saturday noon. He
started on Preble street and was caught
on Congress. No great damage was done.
Petitioners of the past week were Sat.
urdsy hyJudse Webb adjudged bank
rupts. -
Saturday Judge Strout gave hearing
on the petition of several members of the
Richmond branch, No. 1887, Order of the
Iron Hall, for an order compelling q. d.
Negwell ct ais of Richmond to pay to a
receiver funds aggregating $500. now In
the hands of the defendants and alleged
TO have been contributed by members OF
the Richmond branch. Barrett Potter
of Brunswick for the petitioners; O. W.
Larrabee for the defense.
Monday morning Judge Bonney viii
give hearing ON the petition of Napoleon
Fortier, now serving 30 days sentence
for drunkenness In Alfred jail for writ
Of habeas corpus to procure his release.
United States Deputy Marshal b. o..
Norton has recently been up to Aroostook
w ouPtaAc WV sAaoBkAcAes NhaIico OhuIt1
and William Rider. The smugglers wsre
sentenced tcis days each in the Kenne.
bee county jail, and were BARRED to Au-
gusta by Marshal Norton.
MIR. Burnhain Jordan, who fell from
the electric light pole at woodfords, has
recovered consciousness and IL able to
talk little As yet he hns not explained
the cause of the fall.
-Four OF the biggest strawberries ever
eaten in Portland were brought into the
TIMES office Saturday. They were about
as big and as rosy as apples and as sweet
as bananas. They came from the Gran
vile Glover farm in Naples.
The ladies of the 1-10-29th auxiliary
will meet with Mrs. W. A. Gilman. 900
Cumberland street, Wednesday afternoon,
July 9th at 3 O'Clock.
There will be q meeting of the city gov
eminent tonight.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
REV. MR.. HoUsToN'S FAREWELL
SERMONS. ~.

0&AAh4nOGNO.
Rev. W. l. Houston, who has been pas-
tor of the Church of Christ in this city
and at Pleasantdale, for the past four
years, preached his farewell sermon to
both congregations yesterday. He spoke
to his Pleasantdale parishioners in the
afternoon and in the evening to the socie.
ty of the Church of Christ.
His text was taken from Acts, 20:32.
Now brethren, / commend you to God
and to the word OF His grace which Ii
able to build you up and to give you an
inheritance among all them which are
sanctitied.'
His central thoughts were the necessity
OF having divine guidance and that His
word is able to prepare us for every good
work and forlthe life beyond. he urged his
Pensioners to faithfuiness, steadfast
ness, and to run with patience the race
set before them.
Mr.. K. Keffer will temporarily supply
the pulpits at the Church OF Christ, and
in Pleasantdale, until Rev. Mr.. Black
assumes the permanent charge which
Will be about October 1st The ordinance
of baptism was administered to several
persons at the evening service.
Rev. Mr.. Houston win leave Thursday
for his home in Western Pennsylvania,
and will enter Hiram college in Ohio,
about the middle of September.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
MARGARET'S CHUCRH, OH
ORCHARD.

Rev. L. P. Linehan OBLIGATED at st.
Margaret's church, Old Orchard Beach,
yesterday morning, it being the first mass
OF the season. Hereafter and until the
close OF the travelling season. two masses
will be celebrated every Sunday. which
will prove very convenient TO people stay
ing at the Beach.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03

Bears the signature of cHAs II. FLErcHEn.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind Yon Have .4lsVGys Fought.
cAsToRIA
Bears the signature of cHAs. H. FLErcHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
zzs Kind You Have Alpe,s Bought.
cASToRIA
Bears the signature of cHAs. H. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind You Nave 44lsgcys Bought
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
Patrons Of the PRESS VINO are go.

Patrons Of the PRESS who are go
ing out Of town for the season are re-
minded that they may have the ad-
dress of the paper changed as often as
desired, if they are regular subscribers.
To those not regular subscribers the
paper viii be mailed at the rate of
fifty cents a month.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
OF VALUABLE HORSES.

The Horatio Hall brought yesterday
not only big load of passengers, but also
about 20 family horses, among them be-
ing string of II blue.blooded animals,
the property of Mrs. John G. Moore, who
has summer residence at Winter Har-
Dor. These handsome steeds were in
charge of James Riley and were stabbed
at Sawyers, where they attracted much
astention.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
DAY BOAT FOR BOSTON.

Commencing Tuesday the steamers of
the International Steamship Co. will
leave Portland for Boston every Tuesday
and Saturday. not earlier than "a. m.
for Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03

Diphtheris relieved in twenty minutes.
Almost IN MIRACULOUS. DR.. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil. At any drug store.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-03
THE PRESS.


Owen. Moore & Co.
). n LIBBY CO.
oren HtDpcr's sons
kasfmaii Bfo<. s Bancroft
Proposals Tor Bulldog.
Human ic"Shoes.
FINANCIAL
\. W. Harris S Co.
ADJUSTMENTS
Fem Theatre
Rlyert0p Park.
McCullnfn's Theatre.
6ranlte p ing Theatre.
New Wants, To Let FOR SALE Lost, Found
md similar Advertisements will be found under
lheir appropriate heads on page &
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-01
BURIAL OF YEE FIVE.
Singular Burial Services at Chinese
Funeral.

The placid atmosphere around Plum
alley was rent yesterday afternoon by
walls OF Chinese grief. which found ex-
preston in the pounding Of tin pans
20 say that the din soon attracted a
large crowd Of people, who for some
time could not make IL clear whether Il
was a Thanksgiving celebration or q
funeral; but II developed into the lat,
ter.
Yee Five the oldest Chinaman In Salt
Lake, who had succumbed to an attack
Of pneumonia, aggravated by injuries
received In fall down a stairway Yee
Five was about 60 years old. and had
lived in America FOR 40 years. being one
OF the first Of his countrymen TO en-
brace Christianity, and went TO his ma
tive land once as a missionary.
The only thing wanting 20 make the
obsequieS complete from the Mongoli-
ans standpoint, was a band. but the
void, Occasloned by the absence Of such
an aggregation, was filed with divers
noises Nearly every son and daughter
Of the ilowery kingdom IN salt Lake
was out 70 show respect FOR the depart
ed countryman. The funeral cortege
was a long one. On the grave In the
city cemetery was placed a liberal
amount Of roast pork. rice and other
kinds OF diet, TO stay the ravages Of
hunger from the soul Of the deceased"
But alas for the irreyerent youth Of
Salt Lake: they awaited the departure
Of the mouners and then stole the coll
latlOnl According to the Chinese no.
ton the soul Of the poor man must now
starVe.
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PRIZES
FOR THE
CHRISTMAS NEWS"

The Deseret News offers the following
cash prizes for contributions to Its
Christmas edition to be Issued satur-
day, December %. 1899:
First, $50. for the best Christmas
story, not to exceed $500 words, about
seven columns Of the News type)
Second. s25 for the best Christmas
poem, not to exceed loo words.
Third. s25 for the best article
on "UTAHs UNDEvELoPED RE
SOURCES not to exceed 5000 words
about four columns OF the News type)
Al contributions to be In the News
Office by December 10th, 1899. Nothing
received later than that date will be
considered. Contestants are requested
to sign their articles with an initial or
nom de plume to conceal their iden-
tity and to forward In a separate en-
velope, securely sealed, their real names
and the initial or nom de plume APP
pended to their articles. All members
Of the News staff win be excluded from
the contest. The awards will be made
by three competent judges, to be an
nounced later. and their decision will
be final.
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tend 20 the California line. they VIII
meet us, thus giving direct telephone
connection between salt Lake city and
Los Angeles. There is great field yet
to be opened In the southern country
and the chances are that when the
main lines get into use, they will be
found such o convenience that little
branches will be sought for In all d.
rections. and they can all be made TO
pay " managed rightly Yes, there Is
a wonderful opportunity for telephone
enterprise In this country We will pay
nearly $50. 900 In dividends this year.
and our earnings are a little in excess
Of our dividends. so we are doing fairly
well. The present value OF our prop
erty Is Sl.25O.O0o but the stock issued Is
only about a million. We could raise
the money required for our future work
by bonding our property, but this we DO
not like to do, and win find other
means But We must spend money and
keep our plants 10 TO the latest notch
In efficiency 90 keep abreast Of the
times, and this we think we will be able
10 do"
zone Of the most extraordinary things
that ! noticed In the East was the bit.
ter antagonlsm between telephone
companies. Il Is actually ridiculous
In 81. Louis there are two competing
companies, and every business man has
to have two phones In his Office, which
occasions no end Of trouble ne well as a
loss OF time, When a man desires 10
ring up a party he goes TO one OF the
directories and finds that his man Is
on the other line, so you see what an
lntolerable inconvenience It Is, and the
people are not going to stand Il much
longer. one Of the companies will
have TO retire, and don't think II will
be the Bell company, because they
reach over 50 much territory"
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FOR sALe-MIscELLANEous.


FRESH MILK COWS AND 100 sOWs AND
young pigs Robtt Amos, 9th n l2th West,
A ROCK CIR IT MILL LOCATED on
the best creek 10 Davis county aud eight
acres "a land. AS0 forty acres OF good pas
tura and twenty acres o. meadow Fred
COombs Pennington. Utah.
ALI THE FRESH RANCH AND CREAM
cry butter you want at the Utah uutter
House, cheapest grocery house Ia town.
STOVES BOTH HEATING AND COOkiNGi
also Ranges for cash or instalments 90 Cd
Second Hand store, 2gt26 state,
FOLDING BEDS AT YOUR PRICES.
cash or instruments. Coop second Hand
Store 2ai-2j ; State ST.
CREAM OF KENTUCKY BOURBON,
full quart bottle 7 years old sl.00 Sadler
Mercantile Go. 2e5S Main,
A VARIED ASSORTMENT OF SECOND
hand job. display ana bodytype. Apply TO
The Deseret News. salt Lake CITY.
BARROW BROs-srArloNEliY, NEWS
Monograph, Typewriter Supplies % West
Second South
SCllLlrL BOTTLED BIER 2sj PER
doz. quarts 81 50 per dol. pints The Ken.
lucky Liquor Co Agents
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Industrious. peaceable, temperate. fru-
gal and hospitable body OF people than
the Mormons.
Their patriotism has been tested sew
eral times. and they have proved them
selves true blue Americans. When they
were driven from their homes In Illinois
they were asked for a battalion OF 500
men, which they cheerfully furnished
Captain Philip ST. George Cook said.
History can be searched In vain for an
equal march Of infantry" They walked
from Iowa 10 the Pacific.
The yalor Of the Utah batteries in the
late war with the Philippines Is proven
bal. Their blood was mingled with
their fellow soldiers We are today, and
ever have been, ready TO make honor
able the laws Of our country We re-
we're the Constitution as a Heaven-in-
spired document. From Infancy the
children are taught to love the flag Of
liberty more than their own lives.
Strangers find US hospltable. our pull
pits are oren to clergymen Of other de-
nominations. and are very often used by
them. We willingly compare the fruits
OF Mormonism with the fruits Of any
other denomination. and allow reason
and the Bible 20 judge which is the true
and which the false.
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Oct. 18th, 1899.

Oct. 18th, 1899.
The Deseret News Co. city:
Gentiemen.--Replylng TO your verbal
request for our candid opinion OF tAe
Descret Weekly News as an I'd
vertislng Medium, We are pleased 10
say without hesitation that our exper-
ience with this medium has been most
gratifying-in fact. we consider II sec
ond TO none In the West. We have had
replies 10 our advertisements In the
Seni-Weekly from all the Western
States. from Mexico, Canada, Hawaii,
and some Of the Southern States. and
find the people lnquirlng 10 belong to
q well to do class
Very respectfully.
DRS, SHORES & SHORES,
Per NJ. l.. KAICHN,
Adyt Mgr.
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FROM EAR TO EAR.
Fred Simpson Picked Up with a Ter
rible Cash in His Throat.

Fred Simpson, a middle aged man,
was brought into town yesterday after
noon on the Rio Grande Western with
his throat cut from ear to ear. The
man was picked up at Mounds, near
Sunnyside. Simpson tells a story which
Is scarcely believed here. He says that
on Wednesday night he was assaulted
In the smoking car OF train No. 2 by two
men. who attempted 10 rob him. Upon
leaping from the train at Mounds the
men followed him, but failing to find
any currency plumber they drew a knife
across his throat and left him bleeding
on the ground. He says he laid out In
the cold all that night and until picked
up by the train hands yesterday. II Is
suspected that Simpson Is partially de-
mented.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-01

LOCAL BRIEFS.

The Democratic State central COM
mittee VIII hold a meeting al Chairman
Moyies Office tomorrow evening at 1880.
Vivian McCune expects to move into
his hanGsame new home on First street
N about NO months. Work on the
house ls belng pushed with that end IN
view.
chrlstenseA's hall was thronged at
the matinee yetten,sr, and also az the
evening dance. Ths Orchestra vas en-
larged, and eveiyBpty seemed 10 be an
a humor for dancirg.
T. b. Jewett. a morphine fend. is ly-
Ing AZ the point Of death In a ward at
ST. Marks hospital. His body Is liter
ally covered with ulcers. the result Of
the use Of the hypodermic needle.
The old Teasdale residence on the
corner Of c and Brigham streets. is be-
ing torn down to make way for the
elegant new terrace 20 be erected by
Samuel Newhouse, for tenement pur-
poses.
Hon. w. II. King win lecture In the
Twenty-thlrd ward meeting house on
Sunday night, under the auspices OF
the NJ |. associations. The subject has
not been announced. Good singing is
also promised.
d. w. W. Middleton OF Cedar City,
who brought Mrs. Jones OF that city
20 Salt Lake Tuesday 20 be operated
upon for appendicitis, returned 20 his
home last night. Mrs. Jones underwent
the operation, which was successful,
yesterday at the Keogh- hos
pital.
News comes from De La Mar. Ne
yada, announcing the death Of Heber j.
Player at that place. Player was a
brother-in-law Of Sergt T. VI. Janney
OF the local police force, who. with his
Wife, left for De La Mar Tuesday upon
hearing Of the serious condition Of the
deceased. Player was well known in
Salt Lake and one more victim OK the
deadly mil dust,
The Fourteenth ward assembly rooms
presented an animated scene last even
ing on the occasion OF a Thanksgiving
party for the benefit OF the big Scandl-
navian jubilee 90 be held In Salt Lake
next summer. Dancing was the prin-
cipal feature OF the program and was
participated in by old, middle-aged and
young who thr0nged the hall 10 It's ut
most capacity. Refreshments were
served during the evening. The com
mittee in charge succeeded admirably
In their efforts TO make the event
pleasant one and will give a similar
party during the holidays. The per
sonnet Of the committee is as follows.
J. $. Jensen, p. w Madsen. John Hag-
man, Martin Christophcrson, j. NJ
Sjodahl, A. c. Sorenson, G. Morck g.
A. Carlquist, Gustaye Teudt. Mrs Wild
tsoe and Emma Skoglund
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A SURE CURE FOR GROUP.
Twenty-Five Years Constant Use without
Failure,

The first indication OF Group Is
hoarseness and in child subject to
that disease 1t may be taken as a sure
sign Of the approach Of an attack,
Following this hoarseness is a peculiar
rough cough. II Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is given as soon as the child
becomes hoarse, or even after the
croupy cough appears, It viii prevent
the attack. 1t is used In many thous-
ands Of homes in this broad land and
never disappoints the anxious moth
ers. We have yet 10 learn OF a single
Instance In which It has not proved
effectual No other preparation can
show such record-twenty-five years
constant use without a failure.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-01
CHRISTMAS pRsssNTs

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crystal gem. absolutely lmposNh.eio ggsl
ron ihe genuine stone send iJr illustrate
pamphlet. Luston Specially CO. Co,s ,,o,
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