The Portland daily press., 1881-11-09
Woman's Suffrage Association Lecture
Course.

WOmanS Suffrage ASSoclatlon LeCeufo
Course.
A special meeting of the Woman's Suffrage
Association was held in Reception Hall yester-
day afternoon The object of the meeting was
to arrange for coarse of lectures to be given
under the auspices of the Association during
the winter.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe will open the course
by her famous society talks upon Mems
Women and Women's Women" and is Po-
lite Society Polite?" Col. T. W. Higgfnson,
Lucy Stone, Mary F. Eastman, G. Alice
Baker, Abbie Sage Richardson, Kate Gannett
Wells, Rev Annette Waltze and other local
celebrities will follow. The latter are expect
ed to materially enhance the interest OF the
course These lectures will afford an oppor-
tunity of hearing some of the most famous lit
erary women of the age upon various topics OF
social and literary interest OF course Lucy
Stone may be expected to speak upon the suf-
frage question.
Mary f. Eastman's subject will be "Do Our
Schools Educate?'' This lady has Taught in
every grade from the primary to the desk OF
the principal of high school and is. eminently
fitted to discuss this question SO important in
its many bearings
The subjects of the other lectures will be
duly announced, as well as the time and place.
Reception Hall will probably be chosen as the
most suitable place unless the sale of tickets
should be so large as to command more room.
The extremely low price of the tickets one
dollar for the course, combined with the bril-
liant array of talent render this more than
probable The net proceeds are to be devoted
to the Temporary Home for Women and Chill
dren.
Personal.
Mr.. f. NJ. Bisbee of the Maine State
College, class of 1876, has been given posi-
ton at $4,000 year and expenses on the Mex
lean Central Railway.
Mrs. Sophia Hammond Brown died in Ban
gor Friday, at the age Fof 81 years. She was
the mother of ex-Mayor Brown of that city.
Andrew Masters, the we'll known printer
and publisher, died at Hallowell Monday, in
the SSth year of his age. He was born at Exc
ter. N. H., where he served an old.fashioned
apprenticeship in printing Office. After
ward he worked for year as journeyman in
Boston, and in 1915 came to Hallowell where
he has since resided. He was employed there
by Goodale & Glazier, who were for many
years the chief book publishers in Maine. The
firm was subsequently changed to Glazier,
Masters & Smith; then to Masters, Smith &
Co., and finally to Masters & Livermore; the
latter firm continuing to carry on the business
until within the past two or three years, with
Mr.. Masters as an active member of the firm.
He was the oldest printer and book publisher
in the State, and enjoyed high reputa ton as
an upright business man, an exemplary citi-
izen and Christian gentlemen.
One of the few gratifying features of the
election in New York yesterday is the choice of
Hon. Daniel G. Rollins, brother of Internal
Revenue Collector Rollins of this city, for sur
rogate Of New York county. Mr.. Rollinsis ma
tive of New Hampshire, having been born in
Great Falls in that State in 1912. He entered
Dartmouth Colleg when still very young and
graduated before he had attained the age of
eighteen, being a member of the class of 1860,
which elected him to deliver its salutatory adj
dress. He entered the Harvard Law School,
where he had City Judge Cowing for class
mate. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and
practiced for three years in Portland. In 1866
he went to New York city and entered the Of
nee Oh Y nlteu Otates Olstrlct AttSrnoy Dauiei
S. Dickinson, who made him one of his as
sistants, position in which he was continued
by Samuel G.. Courtney and Edwards Pierre
pont. In 1868 he went into business for him
self, practicing mainly in the United States
courts In 1873 District Attorney Phelps APP
pointed him as an assistant and reappointed
him in 1876 and 1879. Since the death of Mr..
Phelps he has been acting as District Attorney.
Chandeliers Band to Play at Institute Fair.
The managers of the Institute Fair in Bos-
ton are to give grand band tournament in
connection with their exhibition next Satur-
si,s L.