The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-04-23

Mr.. Frank B. Moody ia soon to leave Port
land for trip to South America.
Mr.. Henry L. Adams, son Of Rev. e. T.
Adams of this city, was married to Miss Della
Tibbetts, at Bath, Monday. The couple will
reside in Portland.
A Gardiner man, who Is a believer in mind
cure, recently wrote to Mrs. Gen. Grant that
several physicians in the country were treating
the General silently and referred her to one of
Names most prominent public men.
Mr.. George Fl. Watkins, editor of the OK
ford Democrat, delivered his lecture on the
life and writings of Tom Hood, at Bethel,
Tuesday evening. This was one of the lee
lures in the Gould Academy lecture course.
Oasco Bay Oommandery of the Golden
Cross called on Mr.. and Mrs. Hsrriet Richard
son Monday evening. and presented them with
handsome silver pitcher and goblet in recog-
milton of their recent wedding.
Mrs. Mary j. Ludkins is in her sAth year,
has one out of nineteen children living, be-
descendants of later generations. She is COL
ored, has good eyesight, fair hearing. and says
she can wash and scrub as well as ever.
MIR. Daniel P. Butler and Celia A. Clarity,
both of this city, were married at the Cathe-
dral OF the Immaculate Conception yesterday
morning, by the Rev. M. @. McDonough. The
friends of the newly-married couple wish them
the heartiest good l1ck and happy future.
City Clerk Burgess received the sad inteli-
gence of the death Of his brother, Mr. Thomas
Burgess of Boston, yesterday, and is called to
that city in consequence today. During his
absence Mr.. John l.. Shaw will oficiate
as city clerk.
Andrew jackson Sanborn, formerly Of Par
sonsfeld, passed away in Haverhill, Mass :,
Wednesday morning, aged As years month.
The deceased was a member of the Massachu-
sets Fourth Cavalry during the late war, and
was discharged from the hospital at Rich
mond, Va.
Among the Falmouth Hotels guests last
night were: r. e. Hill, Kalamazoo, Mich.
G. D. Long, Flint, Mich; G. B. Franks, Ham
ilton, Ont; @. B. De La Vergre, Jersey City;
Hon. j. e. Moore, Thomaston; T. G. DsMott,
W. B. White, New York; O. Z. Galacar, @.
G. Tobey, Boston; O. Garceau, Providence, R.
l.; s. A. White, Rochester, N. z.
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Monday, by the Cephalonia. was miss Jessie
M. Rivington Of London, Eng, who was
placed especially under the care of Captain
Walker. Tuesday at noon q very pleasant
little ceremony took place in the church of st.
John the Evangelist on Bowdoin street, in
which the fair voyager was married to Mr.. g.
FL. Lamb of Augusta. Captain Walker gave
away the bride, thus having taken care Of her
to the last, and fulfilled his obligations to her
friends even to playing the psternal.
Mrs. Polly Crockett, one of the Oldest resi-
dents of the Long Creek district, Cape Eliza
beth, died on Friday, in the SOth year of her
age, at the Crockett homestead where she had
resided for nearly sixty years. Mrs. Crockett
was the daughter of Jonathan Strout. whose
farm is now partly included in Calvary Gem
etery. He was one of the pioneers OF Method
ism in that vicinity and at his house some of
the first meetings were held. Mrs. Crockett
was the mother Of seven children, three sons
and four daughters. Two OF her sons served
In the late war. Her husband, William
Crockett, is the only surviving child OF the
late Samuel Crockett, q Revolutionary soldier
who belonged in that town and died there at an
extreme old age. He was present at the lay
ing of the cornerstone at Bunker Hill.