heard?..... --lt; THE FESTIVE ClihUSJ-VItlw«ukn ««** ))•■ n nco#n ■■ OSitcr ' Cat*Yesterday Tra not l*y any wetas a «d to ; bra^t n day w for the curling match N iccted ■ twe’D l^*3 ®vi! Postage rinks and *a mjui roper 1 nac‘l,‘ff °f Milwaukeeans; u might hat ild be' l*.en devired. The gam a wsa aallci , about 2 o'clock in tha afternaan, ■ , Krcrger# SonUuida skating T**k» **d j fTBirt snow aiorm eotruneneed about th —Wat! lamo tima. Tl# folio wing wer* th* aersuit; ’ testing rink*senp- Miietufi.| Kta»5«.l. Rink Jo. 1.. M*»« loroer. /•tna»a,.. Rati, iliac*. W».ftMih«*i,. Pbil. Ilibn.r. RtH. tin,. C!«a. tlaliica. j**. WaLkw., RiolEo.?. Blt;ok I*, t.j. h. w.a, m.r,ran t ninod i the J pi-n rail W. W Uliana. J. a. CrntaAw.tr*d. Ui-njl*1 Man Mrjiam,J. c. ~t-:krr.R.»k if*. *. i.k 5*. aC. llasA***,LLrtcoM. ),I.IJoha Uiahaa, Alai KaKa/,Bar j F, I. H*»b»oort. lawL the Rinl So. L IraTT#.A’ j ! J. r?!«, *. BL ««,1 a« 1 11. A. U«o4/.»r, AmBm M:44!n*«,E- U. «*yo». f. f.(lobe Ham*. f nA. Wat.Rtck He. t. Btak Ha. IJm Pmtmt, T. a. !lrT. Carciag, B. C. *««.Cba-v. P. Awit*. Jtr#, and • fun»awT«r*bay*Onenngwil-DD»C-oater, fromThe i It- P- Uoaa. Cfcaa. Ric**«iATha Nbwi arknowledg** itaadly, la a proper regard far troth aampvla it k own up—Milwinkea «u hnndaomalj and scuudly thrash*4, tha Kara aUndia* is followa; Portage—Rink 1, Wt; rini 3. 2B; rink I, 38 ; rink A, lg; riak 3, IS—-107. Milwaukee—Rink t, 18 ; rial 3, 20; riak 3, 14; rink 4, 14 ; nnk 3. 23—93. Die writer record* with grim satisfaction that the tw* Tanka* rinkn, 4 and 5, were the only twa Uilwauka* foa» that cam* aut ahead.In the evening tha Portng* carlar* nan the gnenta of the Milwaukee argnnlatinn at a pleasant banijurt at tka Piaakmtou ntcrs | Honse. The company «at dowa ta lh« that i feast about 6 o'clock, aad a waft axael (cfl- ipraad it was, taa. Mr. Jok* Jokaa-| ton. President of tha Mi! waakaa dab, #a-1 0 I cupied one ead af tka tabla, aad Mr. A.j C. Flamlera, Pn-aideat af tka Partag* they club, the other. Mr. Jobnstaa wtlconad ^#sa the » • gracaNl littla tpa«h ia ., I which he aulogaied tha lealth-gmag and ' ; national game af Old Rcatia, at tin sa at a on . time Hieing a littla hiatariaal ikatck af led , the riac and proRteaa af tha apert ia the n[d i United State*. Tnrs Nswt rngreto that | th* crowded coudition af ita calomna c i thia morning premnta a Ml report of all this most plnaaent nffair. There ar# aow me, 1 *o Curling cluhe in tha United States. ,na_ ' ^lr. Strathcarn, of the Jfilwanksains, sang curling sung, which provokedIJy j bounded applause. Mr. Mayae. of Pert-j age, then nmde a happy raply to tie . welcoming aildrcss. and said that whea 119 I ha waa about leaTing heme Mrs. M. or j wanted in know what in the world he on i was goingco Milwaukee for, He replied ln j that he was going to pay thos# Mil Wan-j kccans for tbe -whipping Portage had got ^ ■ two years ago ; and, well, they had daoej Mr. P. FI. Stone, being enlled oat, ra-! sprmdeil !.y saying that he dtd think Mil-i waukee had to me curlers ; bat he was B6 mistaken. He said it sadly, but troth re-ne quircd that much at his hands, fLaughter. Mr. Simpson sang “Tha Mtt in the UL; Moon. I: is n«#dleea t# aay that ha did I it capitally. e i Fred Loomia, of Portage, made a teat ^ ’little iptwh in which ha remarked that *n j he felt too fall #f victory to talk. Thii 'n I w*s !h* ^orT lot Partaga, aid eer-I tainly their hosta would «c«*e a littl*, — j ---... uwatf nttlillI boaating on the oeaamaa. IXtngk»,r and :: | »pplau*e.)j j ilf. Chaa. Dingwell had bee* a SeaW-man, but aftar thia he wu a Tank**; tha 'J 1 Uttar had this day diitiagxiihod ttia-sclTea. (Cheer* for the Tanieaa.) c‘ , Mr. Btrathearn then sang Bawia !*f i trc#,’' the aascmbly nniting in tka ahonia 1 i Mr. Steve Turner, of Portaga, taid, two le : ycara ago he aamn down to Milwaaka* to 10 I Icara the gam* of catling. Than w**' ■ no understanding hissatiiaftctio* at kav-a j tag beaten his teachen. [Laughter.)™ Pnm, Johnston then in trod n cad Mr. 1*■ j James Bryden, whom ha called tie of ^ j the fhtlicm of the ftilwaukea Club. Mr. j Bryden said he couldn’t help being pfand i of his childiy i. if they war a baataa. Ha had been tb-nkiog how it waa that th*Y auk re* liad whipped th* Sect* to-day, and could account for it i* d# other way ( except that this was the annivaraary of 9 i the battle of Kcw Orlean*. Aasericana • j were al way* lucky on th# aighth af Jaa c I uary. (Applaoaa.)Jlr. Flanden, of Portage, aald wkn he left home tha “guda wif*” k*d t#ld told him if lie was beatan h* moil not comeback there again. ITa waa happy ia the thought that ha might ratum in. peace. (Laughter.)Mr. Walker, President af| th* JClwat-keo St. Andrew* Society, mad* n faw pleasant remarke, and inyitod (ha tan piny to the sociable than in progress.Mr. Johnston then asked all wko tan Id mania to join is • littl* gam* n th* Milwaakee rink this morning, after which the entire company joined haadnand united iniicgiog “Anldlnng fyn*,’* which terminntea th* fadvitia* (f tkaarenmg.