The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-01
SOUTH PORTLAND.
GRAND MUSICAL AT UNION OPERA
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
Friday evening ct the Union opefa
house the music lovers Of South Portland
were given genuine treat BY the rem.
dition Of the excellent programme pre-.
pared under the auspices Of the Universa-
list society. The different numbers wsre
very favorsbiy received By good sized
audiencs who were insistent on their ds-
mands for encorss. This was the pro-
Rramme:
Piano Solo-German Song
Mrs.. Addls n Cobb
Reading. Miss Amy Richards
soprano Solo-selsctsd.
Mandolin Glee Club,
Tho Misses Msrimah, Miss willard, Miss
Isabel Pierce
Piano Solo, Mira AaAis SpSegus
Accompanies, Miss Mstnman, miss
Toothaker.
DANCE BY SOUTH PORTLAND
BASE BALL CLUB.
The Union Opera hous presented Q
most animated scene Thursday night, on
the occasion Of the dance by the South
Portland Base Ball club. The music BY
Chaudler's orchestra of Portland was CT
the most inspiring kind and when the
grand march struck up, about IS merry
couples circled the hall. Mr.. Harry Hsr.
ford, MIR. Leonard Brown and Mr.. Jen-
nings had charge OF the floor and they
kept things going at = lively pace up 10
midnight. Everyone Agrsed that 1t was
one of the best times Of the season
Mrs. Otis Dyer of Cape Elizabeth is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Angel at the
breakwatsr.
Mrs. Manter IL the guest Of MI. A. A.
Cole OF Pine street.
Mrs. 4. G. Hutchings of high street,
who has been visiting hcr sister In Port
land, has returned home.
Niles Nelson Is putting in an Ericsson
pumping engine for supplying his green
houses with water.
The South Portland schools will reopen
for the spring term next Monday, inter a
vacation of two week.
Miss Abbie Trafton, wife Of Rev. G.
Trafton of Chsbeagus island, is to teach
Rev. MIR. Traitor has purchased the Mills
place at Knightville &c his future home.
Mrs Ida Nj. Hinokl whose husband
has been mate on the 9 masted schooner
Nathaniel 4. Palmer, has purchased Q
building lot on Pine street and will Q :ect
a double tenement thereon.
Mr. Joseph Dollofi, Is to move his shoe
shop from Sawyer to Bean street.
Robert Curran Of South Portland,
who enlisted in the regular army and was
stationed at Fort Sam Huston, Ga, has
received his discharge on his own nppli-
cation and is on his way home.
MIR. william Weymouth has purchased
q farm in Bowdoinham and will move
there next week.
Mrs. Martin McGrath whose husband
is in the engineer corps at Manila will
move from New York to South Portland
in April and take up her residence IN the
house on Broadway which they own.
Priyates Cornell and Bean Of the Hos
pital corps, have been transferred to
Plattssburg, N. Y.
Sergeant Davis and Sergeant lady,
Battery &, 7th Artillery, have returned
to duty from fuelough and Private Best
has re.enlisted.
Friday was muster day for the troops
at Prsble and the Head and for the first
time this senson the men stood inspec-
ton at the big guns.
Private McDermont will receive his dis
charge today. He has served honestly and
faithfully for the term Of five years. His
home is in California.
MEETINGS OF BOARD OF CITY AS
SCISSORS.
The new South Portland board Of city
asse ssors, composed of 6. NJ Stanwood,
James II. Hartford and Stephen Scam
mon will tegin Saturday three days
session at the Office at the Masonic Tenn
pie, Knightville, for the purpose Of secur-
ing list of all polls and taxable proper
ty in the city. The board will be in ses-
zion from o to ~ and to O'Clock.
Blank schedules may bs obtained at the
office.
Mrs. George Alden Of Portland has
been visiting Mrs. r. NJ. Cole at her hon Q
on sawyer street.
William L. Purington was visiting his
family In Stanford street. Thur s1ay.
MIR. burlington is now located in Bath.
A concert Is to be given at the Union
Opera house May /. Mrs. W. Il. Studley
will be in charge and gooi talent will
take part.
The next meeting of the H. A. 7. soei-
ETY. will be held Wednesday evening,
April at the home of the president, MIS-.
A. A. Pettingill, Preble. street.
j. N. johnson, oAe of the employees of
the bicycle factory, is Ill at his boarding
house on West High street
PLEASANTDALE.
Miss Florence Leighton has returned
from visit wi tn relatives in Gray.
"The Kings Boys connected with
Elm street church gave supper at the
chapel on Wednesday evening from six
until nine and WINS q marked social sue.
cess. The proceeds amounted to eleven
dollars which will be devoted TO me-