The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-23
PERSONAL.

John Porteous. Esq., who has lately resign
ed from the Grand Trunk service, will make
his last official visit to this city next Friday.
Mr.. Ii. M Lord has been appointed agent
of the Associated Press at Rockland, in
place of w. o. Fuller, Jr., resigned.
Gen. James A. Hall of Damariscotta, will
be orator at the next soldiers reunion at
| The Weirs, N. Ii.
Editor w. S. Gilman, of the Aroostook
Pioneer, has been so unfortunate as to lose a
portion of his forefnger in his printing
press.
A plucky young woman, Miss Maud An
derson, has been appointed messenger for
the delivery of special delivery letters at the
Rockland post Office.
Miss Ella M. Boyce of Bangor, who went
to Bradford, Pa, as principal of the High
School some time ago, has been chosen SUI
pervisor of schools in that city at a salary of
| $1,000 year.
A petition is in circulation asking the City
Council to require the Horse Railroad Com
pany to comply with the ordinance forbid
ding the removal of snow from the tracks
after there has been fall of six inches or
more.
The members of the Maritime Exchange,
New York, last week contributed $500 for
the families of First Officer b. j. Henry of
Thomaston and the four sailors of the steam
er Knickerbocker, who were drowned at sea
on Dec. 18th, in attempting to rescue the crew
of a disabled schooner.
Hoyt p. Turner, who was thrown from his
sleigh near Saccarappa several days ago is
fnon
remained at the house where he was first
carried after being found in the road sense
less Yesterday he was taken in Rich's am
bulance to his residence in Gorham.
Mr. George p. Rowell of the Advertiser,
who saved Judge Bakers life on the steamer
Sebenoa, yesterday received from that gen.
tleman handsome copy Of Bryant's Library
of Poetry and Song with this inscription:
George S. Rowell, from Fl. K. Baker, in re-
membrance of prompt aid at time Of great
danger 1885,
The Portland road over in Saco was alive
with trotters this afternoon, all the fast ones
In the two cities being out, and big crowd
OF spectators watched the sport from the
Walks. AbiJah Tarb0x showed several fine
bursts Of speed with his horse, but the fun
ana excitement centred in the contest be-
tween the horses owned by j. @. Sawyer of
Saco and Z. s. Hamlen of Portland. It was
an interesting trial of speed. but Hamlen's
black mare. showed too many points for
"Quin's" colt.-Biddeford Journal
Mr.. George G. Mann, now sole landlord of
the Quincy House, Boston, is Maine man.
When Mr.. Mann left his home in No. Arson,
twenty-five years ago, it is said he had just
money enough in his pocket to carry him to
Boston. He was first bootblack, and then
got into something better. Finally he was
offered an interest in the Quincy House, and
has remained there until now, when the
death Of his partner, j. w. johnson, leaves
him with the whole management.
The following were among the arrivals at
the Falmouth Hotel, yesterday I. j. Lew
is, Denver, COL; T. Griffith, Crete, Ill. j. |
L. Holden, Chicago; Justin Mccarthy, Lon
don, Eng; Mr.. and Mrs, North, Halifax, N. |
s.; l. A. Whitcomb, Jas. v. Godfrey, John |
II. Vose, T. L. Gross, w. W. Butler, Boston;
j. d. Smith, New York; w. A. Clark, Bel
fast; L. N, Tryon, Westfeld; Hon. W. A.
Simmons, Of Boston