The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-08-18
PERSONAL.


Presbyterian church of this city, has gone to
his home in Ohio for a short vacation.
Surgeon George P. Bradley of the United
States Naval Hospital at Philadelphia, with
his wife, are here visiting friends.
Miss Eleanore Fl. Farmer, supervisor of
art of the public schools at Fort Wayne, In
diana, is here visiting friends during vaca-
ton.
Professor W. A. Rogers, who is to fill the
chair of Astronomy and Physics at Colby
University, has been elected member of the
American Society of Microscropists.
Mr.. L. d. Austin. accompanied by his wife,
started Monday on trip to Andover, Vt,
his former home, going all the way with his
team.
The Congregational Church in Hopkinton,
Mass, has voted unanimously to extend a
call to Rev. p. B. Wing of Freeport, to be-
come its pastor.
Mr. Montefore Isaacs, who is giving ex-
hibitions of slight of hand at Bar Harbor, is
nephew of the late Sir Moses Montefore of
London, the Hebrew philanthropist.
Miss Helen Cobb of Yarmouth, teacher
in the Normal School at Plymouth, Mass,
has been engaged as Principal of the girls
department of the Stevens High School at
Claremont, N. H.
Colonel William Kent, who died at Crom-
well, Conn.,, on the IL inst.,, was a brother
of Governor Edward Kent of this State. For
some years he was in business in Bangor. He
was an intimate friend of Daniel Webster.
The Directors car of the Maine Central
went up from Mount Desert Ferry yesterday
morning with President Arthur Sewall and
party of friends on board. They will go to
Kineo to pass the remainder of the week at
that popular resort.
Mr.. Kurahara, native of Kinshin, Japan,
and a graduate Of Mr.. Neesima's Training
School in Kioto, is now studying at the Ban
gor Theological Seminary, with the eXpecta-
tion of returning to his own country as a
teacher of Christianity This evening he
will lecture at Bar Harbor on ''Japan, its
Physical. Social, Political and Religious
Condition"
Daniel d. Sullivan died at Pawtucket r.
l.. of blood poisoning. Wednesday last. He
was 40 years of age, a boiler maker by trade,
and was in business in Portland for time.
Eight years ago he moved to Pawtucket and
at the time of his death was proprietor of the
Central Falls Boiler Works and the Provi-
dence Machinery Works in that city, employ
ing about forty-eight hands.
Mr.. E. A. Hartshorn. president of the Ca
BILE Flax Mills of Troy, N. Y, is in this city.
Mr.. Hartshorn is member of the Troy
Praying Band, composed of wealthy flax
spinners and cotton manufacturers in Troy,
an organization that is twenty-six years old.
Only two of the organized members are liv-
ing. One is the leader, Mr.. Joseph Hillman.
The rest of the band which numbers twelve
men, are at Old Orchard
Hon. C. A. Boutelle has been invited to at
tend the reunion of the survivors of the 18th
and 23rd Wisconsin Volunteers which will
be held at Madison, Sept. 18th and 10th. The
18th was stationed at Brashear City, La, in
1864 while Captain Boutelle commanded a
naval vessel at that station, and its old col
onel sends the invitation, which is as fol-
lows: "My old regiment is to have sort of
Silver Wedding anniversary, and we should
be glad to have the old commander of the
Nyanza with u.s." AS the date is near that
obliged to decline.
The following were among the arrivals at
the City Hotel last evening: j. S. Allen,
Waldoboro; Fl. 1. Bicknell and wife, Irving
Smith, o. A. Mann, p f. Morgan, W. A. Pc
tiers and B. F. Wyman, Boston E. D. and R.
A. Whitford, Waltham Mass. F. P. Smiley,
Philadelphia; W. B. Clausen, Lynn; G. E.
Willard, Providence; Mrs. j. Gordon and
child, Montreal; E. w. Grant, Ottawa; VIM.
Hamilton and 0. E. Place, Providence; Au-
gust Becker, Buffalo; W. Fl. Reed. Philadel-
phia; c. Dohnn, Richmond; H. NJ. Call and
S. Levin and daughter, Boston; Joseph S.
Patton and wife, Providence, j. Macon and
wife and child, Ontario.
The following were among the arrivals at
the Falmouth Hotel yesterday: NJ. NJ.
Green and wife. Columbus, Ohio; FL. Fl. Ad-
ans and party, Brooklyn, N. Y; N. Hill
Ter, Santa Barbara, CAL; G. Stickney and
wife, Chicago; DR.. McMichael and wife Buff
falo, N. Y; J. Reynolds and wife, Philadel-
phia; Parke Goodwin, st. Paul; T. S. Lane
and family, Morriston, Pa; A. B. Tower,
Holyoke; W. H. Parsons and j. B. Dutcher
and party, New York; E. Ell. Davis Mon
treal; Major Nicholson and family, Wash
ington; E. E. Kendall and wife, Manchester,
N. H.. Hon. A. P. Wiswell, Ellsworth; w.
w. White, Worcester; M. A. Parker and Fl.
d. Kingslarg, Boston.