The Portland daily press., 1886-11-27
PERSONAL.

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Last Friday Mrs. Nancy P. Chase Of Presque
Isle celebrated her Tooth birthday.
The estate of the late Jacob Abbott of Farming
ton, Few Acres, is offered for sale
Charles E. Sherman has been appointed post
| master at Burnham Village. ttH
Captain Thatcher the, Salvation Army com
mander in Augusta. is 20 take command of the
army in Bangor.
MrC. E. b. Libbey OF Lewiston has been en-
gaged as principal Of the Foxcroft Academy for
the coming year. 4
Mr.. Walter V. Wentworth instructor Of chem
istry in Bowdoin College, was in the city yester
day. -4-s-s-
Rev. VIM. Rice Newhall, son of the brilliant DR..
Fales Newhal, will preach at Chestnut street
church Sunday at 3p. m.
Rev. IsraelLnce, who was pastor of Chestnut
street NJ. L. church in 1870, 1871 and 1872, will
preach before his former parishioners Sunday
morning
Mr.. and Mrs Tryon Of Bangor were in the city
to pass Thanksgiving. Mr.. Tryon is the city
editor of the Daily Commercial, and is doing good
work on that paper.
Rev. j. W. Bashford and Mrs Bashford are
visiting old friends in Massachusetts. Mr.. Bash
ford breaches to his former charge at Auburn
dale, Mass, Sunday. -.''a s>---.
Mr.. George Phenfx of woodford's, instructor Of
oCltuCcS anu ETtUtu III i1eDIOu ACdQtlAg, lS W
take special course Of study III he post-grad-
uate course at Colby this winter.
Prof. Bartlett, State AssayerS Of Portland, is
making quite a stop at the Castine House. He is
interested in the Hercules mine at North Castne,
and 1t is now the intention to run it for all it is
worth. Mr. VIM. Vague of Cape Rozier is to have
charge of the same.
Miss Julia ID. Merrill, assistant teacher in the
Greenstreet intermediate school, Sace, has fin
shed her duties in that capacity, and will at once
enter New Raven hospital as nurse. Miss
Carrie L. Emery, one of the employees in the Port
land telephone office, and graduate Of the Saco
High School, will succeed Miss Merrill.
Mr. John. Herbert. aged so years, died very
suddenly Wednesday afternoon at his house, No.
A Brattle street. He had been calling on
friend, and on bis return to his own house was
. stricken with violent hemorrhage, and died i'm
mediatey. He leaves widow and several grown
up children. az. .........s.
The History Of the Methodsm of Name" by
the Rev. Stephen Allen, ID. ID. is rapidly ap-
preaching completion and will go to press some
time during the coming winter. 1t will be fully
illustrated with portraits of many of the former
distinguished ,clergymen and laymen Of that de
nomination in this State.
L. b. Davies of Columbus Ohio the inventor of
the cow-catcher, is native of Sidney, Me-, and is
a brother of +. a. Davies of Sidney, and Alonzo
Davies of Wateryie. His wife is the sister of
N. }. Norris Of Waterville The inventor was
born on the old homestead in Sidney, now the
properly Of his brother AicnzU, about ~ years
ago.
- The marriage of William A. Coffin, u S. N,
who was member of the Greely relief party.
and Miss Emma Stephanie Chapman, for num-
Der of years past connected with the Boston
Home Journal, occurred last week. The bride is
"a daughter Of Stephen H.. Chapman, former
resident of Damariscotta, and The first man to
enlist in the 4th Maine Regiment, says the Damar
iscoita Herald
Mr.. Blaine remained at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York, until tuesday morning at IL O'Clock,
when he went to Boston. He had large numbers
OF callers while there. On Sunday, while driving
up Fifth avenue in a hanson. cab, he met with an
accident near the Windsor Hotel that gave him
something Of shock. The horse fell and Mr..
Blaine was thrown from his seat. His head was
jammed against the top of the cab, and lie was
somewhat hurt