The Portland daily press., 1900-10-17
SOUTH PORTLAND.
HARVEST CONCERT.

" church promises TO be most enJOya-
bic affair, and this is the programme:
Piano Solo, Miss Ethel Davis
The Pumpkin, Isabel Pierce
/ Vocal Duet, Misses Fenity and DYER
Recitation, Philip York
What fruit have you gathered2
The McCusker Sisters
| he Seasons, Glass Recitation
Little Nut People, MAY Bowen
Sunbeam Song, Master Tilton and Fisher
The Ballad OF Sweet Pea,
Matte Wallace
Piano Solo, Sally Davidson
The Children IS Year, Glass Recitation
Vocal Duet, Mr. Fisher and Miss Hilton
Hereditary Sin, Georgia Gilmore
Harvest Song, Glass
Aunt Rhoda Dream, Nina Griggs
America, Audience
Mr.. A. d. Wilson, the druggist, was in
Topsham yesterday at the fair.
The three masted schooner Horace p.
Shares was on the marine railway yester-
day.
Charles Griffin, William Richardson,
and DR.. McVane of Portland, enjoyed a
days outing on the cape shore yesterday.
Arthur W. Cole and Charles M. Har-
ford of the South Portland Cycle club,
have bsen enjoying an outing at the club
cottage, Higgins Beach.
Harold Gatchell has accepted a position
as clerk in the Cooperative store corner
OF Sawyer and High streets. South Port
land.
Daniel S. Elliott of the Libby & Chip
man company, is enjoying two weeks
vacation with his family in this city.
|
Flavin, B street, Knightville, Is quite
sick with threatened typhoid fever.
Mrs. e. H. Dyer, Preble street, left
yesterday for New York fora visit to Mrs.
Herbert Keys of that city.
MIR. Elizabeth GuptiI, who for the past
month has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. William B. Haggett, on street,
KnightviIle, has returned to her home at
Baldwin.
Mrs. M L, Marble of Woodfords Is
visiting her brother, r. M. Cole, Sawyer
street.
Clarence Williams, city auditor, Will
soon erect a double house on the site of
the fine house destroyed by fire on Glenn
mons street last winter. The house will
be occupied by Mr.. Williams and his
father, Marshall II, Williams, OF the Bos
ton and Maine railroad.
October 10 and p have been selected as
the dates for the Samaritan association's IS
annual fair in Union opera house.
TARGET PRACTICE.
The target practice which has been go
ing on at Fort Williams for several days,
was endea yesterday and proved as sue
oessfuI as could be desired
A total OF l6 shots were fired and net
TED total of 13 hits which is an excellent
record. Eleven shots were fired from
the 10inch disappearing guns ana 8
were hits, more hits would have be made
if the projectiIes were all of the latest
make; but five parrott shots were used
aud being much shorter than the regu-
lar, they were not to be relied upon for
accuracy, as they tumble in their light
through the air. Of the five shots fired
from the 6-inch rapld-tire gun at Fort
Williams, of which the boys were SO proud
not one miss was made and one of
the shots fell short Of the target by one
yard. which was remarkably fine shoot
get Is only feet square at the base and
runs to a point at the top, forming a
pyramid.
Fort Preble fired nine shots, of which
six vera hits and two were as fine hits
as could be made. They fired from the
eight-inch converted rifles which proved
very satisfactory.
Portland is now one of the strongest
fortified cities in the United States.
MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
There was a spsoial meeting OF the
school board last evening, presided over
by Mayor Reynolds. DR. Lombard was
absent. After approval Of bills, Superin-
tendent Kaler announced that Harry
Rovers had resigned the jan1torship OF
the school In Lower PleasantdaIe, and
subject to the approval Of the board he
had appointed George @. Niles. The
Uperintendents action was confirmed.
Permission was granted the superin-
tendent to hold school for six days In |
each week in those districts where ses-
sions had been suspended while buildings
were undergoing repairs.
LIZ OHOWu Callou up bn6 na6b6f or the |
furnace in the grammer school in charge
of MIR. George F. Henley and said that
the gas which escaped made the air un-
tit to breathe ana that the health Of the
scholars was being seriously affected
After some discussion III which Mr.. Til
ton described the defects in the furnace
1t was voted that the. superintendent BE
instructed to ask the city council TO set
aside from the contingent fund a sum
not to exceed 1926 for the purchase OF
a new furnace for the Pleasant street
school, the expenditure to be left to the
school board.
Mr.. Delano did not think 1t just that
new furnaces should be placed in one
section of the city and old stoves be sent
TO others, and he dweIt upon the oondi- ]