The Portland daily press., 1886-09-17
PERSo NAL.

Dr. George p Bradley, of the United States
Navy, and Mrs. Bradley left yesterday for
Philadelphia.
Assistant General Freight Agent Rogers of
the Maine Central has charge of the freight
department at the State Fair.
Hon. Marquis F. King and Mrs. King have
left for Chicago, where he is to attend the
session of the Supreme Council of the An
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
Prof. Wadsworth of Colby University, who
has charge of the State geological survey of
Minnesota, expects to return about the
middle of October.
Mr. Charles L. Fox has arrived in New
York by steamer from Antwerp. His paint
ings, which were exhibited in Dordecht.
have reached this city and will be exhibited
at the house of the Portland Society of Art.
Mr. w. A. Kimball, the energetic adyertis-
ing agent of the Boston Herald, is at the
Maine State Fair at Lewiston. Mr.. Kimball
is well known throughout Maine, and is
giving the Herald quite "boom" in this
State.
Mr.. Albert c. Cobb, son of Colonel John
c. Cobb, was married Wednesday to Miss
Annie S. Littlefield, daughter of the late
Hon. Frederic Littlefield. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. DIR. Hill at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Frederic Storer on State street.
Mr. and Mrs. Cobb will live in Minneapolis.
Mr.. George III. Haynes of Camden was at
the Falmouth last evening, on his wayto
Boston. Mr.. Haynes is preparing book
which will treat of the Rangeley Lake
region. This part of the State is noted all
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will be fully described by Mr.. Haynes. The
Boston & Maine, Maine Central and the
| Sandy River railroad will have notices in
| Mr.. Haynes book.
| Fl. E. Gould, c. N. Bunker, F. W. Bray,
| C. w. Ross, L. N. johnson, L. M. Sloman,
| H. j. Clucker, Boston; E. M. Robinson,
Phillips; j. H. Bell, Strong; N. Morrill,,
| Auburn; C. S. Miller, Brooklyn, N. Y; c.
| A. w. Currer, Philadelphia; NJ. P. Bixby,
| F. X. Miller, R. Meyers, New York; W. j.
| Parcher, NewburypoJt; and ]. p. Farrow,
| Bangor, were at the United States Hotel
| yesterday.
Rev. Canon Neales, Woodstock. N. B.;
Rev. G. Goodrich Roberts, Fredericton; w.
G. James, j. L. Thurston and wife, r G.
McLauchlan, Boston; A. L. Morse, Lynn;
| IlUIdCc LltIiuSc, IL. 1uUudS, 1NOW ulh
| Hugh Goodwin, j. Willard, E. w. Gould,
W. B. Wilson. Boston; Fl. C. Harris, wife
and child, New York; J. G. Tasker Dover !;
and E. p. Henderson, New York, were
among the arrivals at the City Hotel yester-
! day.
J. Ferguson and wife, c. II. Elliot. Lon
don, Eng. G. M. Scott, Utah; j. G. Allen,
Fredericton, N. b.. Benz Stevens, st. An
drews, n. B.; I. NJ Jubb, Montreal; G. H.
| Haynes, Camden, Me-; G. Fl. Lawrence,
Milwaukee; ID. E. Phelps, Meriden, Conn.
| Gov. Robbie, Gorham; w. F. Thayer, Con-
cord, N. H.. Fred Atwood Winterport, c.
E. Galacar, r. A. Parker, Boston; t. Jeffer-
son and G. W. Littlefeld, New York, were
among the arrivals at the Falmouth Hotel
| yesterday.
Mr.. Abiel Percy, one of LowelPs best
known citizens, died of pneumonia Tuesday,
| aged 70. He was born in Greenfield, N. H.,
and in early life was in the foundry business
| at Nashua, n H. Subsequently for % years
he was overseer of the Lowell Machine Shop
| Foundry. and afterward in charge of William
| A. Wheelsr's foundry at Worcester and the
| foundry of the Portland Locomotive Works.
| He had been member of the Common
| Council and the Board of Aldermen. His
| sons are Gilbert A. Percy of Boston and
| John NJ Percy, proprietor of the Foss &
| Percy cotton carding machine.