The Portland daily press., 1900-03-17
Services at the Various Churches For
Sunday.
st. Patrick's Day Obser-
vance To-Day.
Presumpscot Up About Three
Feet As Result Of Rain.

Az a meeting OF the school committee
held Thursday evening, DE-. A. N. with
am was elected as chairman Of the COM
mittee, ami MIR. Fred Benson as superin-
tendsnt Of schools. Miss Bertha bapp
was elected rs substitute teacher In
music. Miss Thirs& Davis teacher at
the Forest grammar school was given .
leave Of absence during the term.
The services at the Msthodlst church on
Sunday are to be as follow; Prayer
meeting at q. M, preaching at i.SO
o'clock by the pastor, Rev. q. y. Phsian.
subj.ct, "The Fatality Of Contentment."
Sunday school ct IL M. preaching at
%. H., by Rev. h. K. Dunnsok OF Port
land. Young peoples meeting ut p. m,
followed BY . prayer service In the vestry
at 2 p. m.
At the Universaliss church the services
on Sunday are Co be as follows: At TO- 30
o'clock preacning by the ia stor, Rev.
Elliot b Barbour, subject, "For What 10
Your Life9'' Sunday school ut l1.4b, sub
ject, "Jesus at Matthew'S house." Y. p.
q. U. at 7p. M, subject, "Help from
Within, from without"
Mrs. Elizabeth Burzh and children and
hsr sister Miss Catherine Nair, are to
leave sarly In April for Scotland.
Miss Hattie Laverty. No. Cumberland
street, entertained fifteen Of her young
friends Thursday afternoon at her houe
In honor Of her sixth birthday. An en-
joyable afternoon was spent in games and
other amussments. Refreshments were
served and enjoyable time had by the
young folks.
The Sheridan Literary and Debating
club are to observe st. Patrick's day with
Q programme Of literary and musical
Numbers, this evening at Odd Fellows
hell, West end. the following pro-
gramms has been arranged: Music, or
ohestra; address Of welcome. MIR. John
Killian; children's chorus, sixty voices
sang the ''Star spangled Banner under
the direction of Miss Minnie Burke OF
Portland; address, Rev. Er. A. ID. De-
celles; address. Rev. FIR. auott; chill
drsn's chorus, asst. Fatriok's day."
music, orchestra: reading, Mr.. Z. J.
Quinn; comedians and acrobats, Msssrs.
Jollsy and Smart: Dutch character
sketch, Johnnie Burke; vocal solo,
Fannie Girard; coon song, Katie Her-
bert; vocal duet, Mamie Burke and Kittie
Sullivan; music and song, Duffy and
Winslow; piano duet. Willie Mogan and
Lizzie Herbert; reading, Miss Mary
Burke; "Ths Priests Leap" legend OF
penal times In Ireland; com songs and
cake walk, Evaline O'Brion. Haiti Le-
beau, Willie Gothro, George Naylor,
Michael Mogan, Eugene Ridlon; reading,
Mr.. f. ]. Quinn Of Portland; Messrs.
Honey johnson and "Billy" Niokerson
of Portland In songs ana dances; Mas
Bernadette Morsau IL to act as accom-
panist during the evening.
Mr.. VIM. @. Lord, formerly q oonduc-
ter on the Westbrook. Windham and
Naples electric railroad Is being in
structsd In the duties of motorman on
the wsstbrook division Of the Portland
Railroad company.
The water ON Presumpscot river rose
about three feet yesterday az a result OF
the rainfall. The river will probably be
quite we'll swollen for few days as there
IL ute n body Of snow back In the
woods, and the Toe which Is breaking up
will help to increase the flow of the river,
but not to such an extent that fears
would be entertained of q ficod.
The three year old child Of the late
Abram Houleo Of Brown street died yes-
terday after brief illness with diph-
iberia. The body was blu ried yesterday
afternoon.
Motorman Gorge Barbour has rendered
his resignation az q motorman on the
Wsstbrook division Of the Portland Rail-
read company, and 10 to accept position
az manager of the night lunch cart run
hv Mr. John Bohnsen at the West End.