The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-01-25
PERSO NAL.

Mr.. George Burnett will enter Sailors
Snug Harbor, Staten Island.
John Bodin succeeded Saturday in starving
himself to death.
The funeral of Arthur d. Mills a late
member of the Montgomery Guards, took
place from the Catholic Cathedral yesterday
jeremiah Hacker, who formerly published
a little paper called the Pleasure Boat in this
city, is living in Berlin, NJ j.
Mr.. John Slattery of Boston, charter
member of the Grattan Association, is visit
ing Portland.
Capt York of the Portland Cadets resigned
Saturday, and an election of captain will
be held Monday evening next, Capt. Norton
presiding.
Friday evening large company of friends
called upon Mr.. and Mrs. George f. johnson,
on North street, to pay parting visit. Mr..
johnson, who has been bookkeeper for
Hodgdon Brothers, has accepted position
in Quincy.
Hon. Increase Sumner Kimball of Sanford,
the Nestor of the York county bar, is rapidly
failing, with no hope of recovery. Mr.. KIM
ball is the last surviving member of Gov
ernor Kent's Council of 1841-forty-five years
ago.
Rev. DR.. Field of Bangor preached an in
teresting and instructive sermon at the High
street.church yesterday morning, taking his
text from Matthew xiii, 81. In the evening
DIR. Field delivered a lecture, having for its
subject the Life of Savanarola
Mr.. E. Nelligan, proprietor of the Michigan
House at Old Orchard, has been appointed to
an important position in the revenue depart
ment in Boston, at a salary of $500 year.
His headquarters will be in the general post
office building.
Miss Harriet E. Pritchard of this city con-
tributes pleasing prose article to the
Cottage Hearth for February. The title is
Sunday in the Ward" and the sketch re-
lates to the Maine General Hospital, embody-
ing an incident that occurred there one Sab
bath morning.
Col. Blunt will remain in Portland. He is
relieved by Major Smith of the civil and
military works, but has charge of river and
harbor improvements and defences in Maine
and New Hampshire, ON Lakes Erie, On
tario and Champlain, and the st. Lawrence
river
General Manager James T. Furber of the
Boston & Maine has purchased the estate of
the late DR.. VIM. Saunders, Ne. 5 Buff UNI
street, Salem, on private terms. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Furber is going to erect
block on the estate for the benefit of the
railroad men.
Mrs. Kingdom, who lives on Pine street
near Bracket, got up and dressed Saturday
morning and sat down by the fire. In few
moments she began to feel badly and went
back to bed. She rapidly grew worse and
died in short time. Heart disease was the
cause of her death. She had not been feel
ing well for the past week.
Mr.. John A. Curtis of Kennebunk died
very suddenly Friday of heartdisease. Mrs.
Curtis formerly Mrs. Mary Cram of Port
land, has the sympathy of a large number of
friends. The funeral will take place today.
Mr.. Curtis was well known throughout the
State, having been connected with several
publishing houses.
Joshua L. Berry, who died last week in
Portland at the age of So years, was for
many years resident of West Bath, and
brother of General Berry of Georgetown.
For dozen OF more years he was keeper of
Hendricks head light, at the mouth of the
Sheepscot river The remains were taken to
Bath for burial