The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-02-26

DIR. O. w. Bray has declined the Democratic
nomination for school committee.
Mr. Quincy, proprietor of the Revere House,
Boston, was at the Falmouth Hotel Saturday
Mr.. George Blanchard, OF this city, has been
elected one of the vice presidents of the Inter
national Dairy Fair Association.
A. Sidney Needham, aged about 20, one of
the Oldest residents of Montpelier, Vt, and in
summer well known as proprietor of the Yer
mont House at Old Orchard Beach, died Fri
day morning. He was much respected.
Hon. l. Fl. Bailey, of the Shoe and Leather
Reporter, New York, is at the Falmouth.
LID. Tullock, agent for the Little Corinne
Opera Go. is at the United States
Rev. R. Dnnpay. of Liverpool, Eng, and p.
l.. Easton, of Tabney, Persia, were at the City
Hotel Saturday.
No little OF the success Of the elegant din
ners lately given at the Falmouth Hotel by the
Harvard Club and Westbrook Alumni was due
to the indefatigable exertons of Mr.. Holland
the manager, whose vigilance allowed not a
point to escape him.
The party of Portland people who went to
the Bath ball Friday night consisted of the
following gentlemen with their ladies:-Sir
knights It. e. Boothby, A. E. Webb, G. G.
Bedlow, III. j. Chisholm, W. FL. Stevens, G.
M. Moore. Geo. Young, T. r. Harrington, G.
J. Harrington and VIM. senter, Jr., Gen. G.
P. Mattocks and wife, F. P. Dyer and wife
and p. B. Role.
Rev. j. Stockbridge, ID. D.. native of Var
mouth, if we are rightly informed, now living
in Plainfeld, N. j., sends to the Longfellow
Statue Funds$16 40. contributed by children in
the schools of that town. He writes:-Now
why cannot the sons of Maine scattered all
over tae United States d. what have done
under unfavorabe circumstances? If they
would you would soon have the money needed
for the statue of our great poet. The uufayor
able circumstances were that the Cambridge
memorial was six months ahead of me, and
the schools had already subscribed for that"
On Friday, the 10Th inst, MIR. VIM. She
nault. foreman in the drying room of the
wooden ware factory at Duck Pond, Windham,
mistook bottle of ammonia for one contain
ing Atwood's Bitters, and before aware of his
mistake swallowed large dose. He was i'm
mediately taken with great pain and shortly
became unconscious, remaining SO about two
days. A week ago Friday hiccoughing set in
and has continued ever since. The chances
for his recovery are very doubtful, although
Saturday his symptoms were somewhat more
favorable.
The Bangor Commercial justly says:-"E. S.
Osgood city editor of the Portland Argus, con-
tributed to Thursdays issue OF that paper a
poem entitled Unnamed" poetical produc-
ton of high order Mr.. Osgood in the past
has written poetry that has received, as it de-
served, more than passing notice.
Mr.. w. S. Badger, of the Maine Farmer,
passed his SD birthday Friday, and is as hale
and hearty as most men twenty years younger
and doing yearly an amount of work which
| few persons could endure.
Rev. G. W. Eldridge, pastor of the Union
| street Methodist church IN Bangor is to settle
over church at Cheyenne, Wyoming Tori
| tory.
Rev Geo. w. Howard, of Bangor, was re-
| Gently taken seriously i'll at Athens, where be
was preaching, but is now recovering.