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MANCHESTER. 
The insurance company which car- 
ries insurance on-the Manchester 
House has awarded $1,600 on the fire 
damage on the building last Monday 
morning. Though the company has 
gone over the furniture loss, they will 
not be ready to report to Mr. Callahan 
till to-day. 
The Unitarian church will open for 
the summer to-morrow. 
The Hood cottage at Norton’s Point 
which the Walshes had last year, has 
been let to Edwin S. Webster of 
Boston. — 
Several people reported frost on 
the ground Friday morning. Beautiful 
June weather, indeed! Despite the 
backwardness of the weather, the cool 
evenings and thecold, raw winds, the 
J, W. LUFKIN & CO. 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
AWmIngS, Tents, Bed HAMMOCKS, 
AND 
YACHT SAILS, 
79 1-2 Duncan Street, 
GLOUCESTER, MASS. 
rich green of the lawns and the beau- 
tiful flower gardens never looked bet- 
ter, and tell us that Nature’s own 
forces are trying to overcome the cold 
weather and bring to us the warm 
days of summer. 
Work on the pier at Tappan Marsh 
was completed the first of the week. 
The float was also put in place, and 
work is now being rushed on the road 
which is being built from Beach street 
to the pier. Steps will be taken later 
toward dredging a basin for boats 
opposite the pier. 
The Historical Society will hold a 
meeting in the public library Monday 
evening to see what action the society 
will take regarding the invitation of 
the Old Essex chapter, Sons of the 
American Revolution, and the Lynn 
Historical Society, to attend exercises 
in Lynn on June 17, when monuments 
will be unveiled in honor of three 
Lynn Revolutionary soldiers. 
Conomo tribe 113, Red Men, will 
work the hunter’s and warrior degree 
at their wigwam Wednesday night. 
Mrs. John A. Crombie has been 
entertaining her neice, Miss Abbie 
Jones of Essex, recently. 
Iron beds, mattresses, spring beds, 
iron couches, and a general line of 
furniture can be found at the A.S. 
and G. W. Jewett Co., Desmond 
avenue. * 
Upholstered in Best Leather. Your Choice for 
$20.00. 
CroWedUCE & CO: 
HOUSE FURNISHERS. 
GLOUCESTER. 
The Masconomo House will open 
on June 24. 
Work on Bennet street has been 
carried on this week with considerable 
progress. Considerable blasting has 
been done and the street is being 
widened. The shed on the Jacob 
Cheever land, near the junction of 
Bennett and Bridge streets, has been 
changed this week so as to allow the 
widening of the street, about four and 
one-half feet having been taken off 
the Bennett street end of it. The 
small building occupied by A. J. Orr 
as a paint shop, it is said, will be 
turned.around so as to face Bridge 
street. 
Flag day will be observed in the 
public schools Tuesday. The day is 
coming to be observed throughout the 
land in the schools and by the public 
in a display of the Stars and Stripes 
on that day. General orders have 
been sent out from the national head- 
quarters of the G. A.R., calling atten- 
tion to the day andasking for a display 
of the Stars and Stripes on Tuesday, 
June 14. 
Rev.W.H. Ashley and E H. Brews- 
ter exchanged pulpits last Sunday 
morning. The day was a beautiful 
one and there were many people out 
‘to church. 
Mrs. Mary J. Bingham, who is now 
86 years old, has utmost confidence 
in the ability of the local fire depart- 
ment. When it was found that the 
Manchester House was on fire Mon- 
day morning, Henry T. Bingham 
called his mother and told her where 
the fire was, saying it would be best 
fcr her to get up and dress, the house 
being in close proximity to the fire. 
“Oh!” said Mrs. Bingnam, “I think 
I am safe enough here; our boys can 
take care of me.”’ 
Manchester Baseball. 
The Manchester ball team went 
down to Gloucester last Saturday, ac- 
companied by quite a number of local 
rooters who saw the team go down 
before the strong Tappan Clothing 
store aggregation. The score was 12 
to 3. The loose game put up by the 
boys, and exceptionally poor judge- 
ment at critical points, lost the game 
for Manchester. 
The game was played on the Stage 
Fort Park diamond. Knight and 
Dunbar was the battery. 
The local team will play the West 
Lynn Odd Fellows on the Brook 
street grounds this afternoon. A 
good game is anticipated, inasmuch 
as the boys, stung by their defeat of 
last-week, are determined to put up a 
strong game. today. 
An Essex nine came over to the 
Brook street grounds-last. Saturday 
and defeated the Hustlers 10 to 0. 
