The Portland daily press., 1886-07-23
PERSONAL.

Rear Admiral Luce will return to Portland
Saturday.
Senator Mcpherson of New Jersey, is at
Phillips, Me.
Prof. A. W. Small of Colby University,
is passing a few days in Portland.
1t is Amos Winslow & Co.. not Amos Will
son, that supplies the stores for the North
Atlantic Squadron.
DR.. Wheeler, and his wife of Buffalo, N.
Y, and Mrs. Sawtelle of Worcester. Mass,
are visiting their father, H. Wheeler, Esq,
at Deering.
Rev. J. w. Bashford lectures on "Orators
and Oratory" before the New England Sun
day School Assembly at Lake View, Mass,
today.
Prof. F. w. Gowen of Freedom will be the
regular Maine correspondent of the Voice,
of New York, a prohibition weekly, during
the coming campaign.
Mr. B. A. Kinney Of the Signal Service,
formerly in charge Of the Portland station,
is now in New York attached to that sta
ton.
Rev. DR.. McCosh, President of Princeton
College will preach in the Congregational
church at Bar Harbor next Sunday morn
ing.
Another lady, the wife of former Port
land journalist, it is reported has written a
book that is highly spoken of by those who
have seen the manuscript and it will proba-
bly, soon be published.
j. B. Coyle, Jr., general manager of the In
ternatiOnal and Portland Steam Packet COM
panieS, passed through the city this afternoon
on his way home from St.John where he has
been spending few days. He was accom-
panied by his family.-Bangor Commercial.
The novel witch the PRESS mentioned was
about to be published, written by a Portland
lady, has appeared from the press of Hough-
ton, Miffin & Co. 1t is called ''Not in the
Prospectus and the pseudonym of the writ
er is Parke Danforth.
Mrs. William III. Vanderbilt and Mrs.
George w. Vanderbilt are Episcopalians and
worship at the Church of the st. Saviour at
Bar Harbor. Since they began to attend
services there the church has been crowded
each morning and evening.
The Lewiston Journal says the Democrats
of Biddeford are trying to raise $4,000, with
which to start daily paper. They have in
vited Mr.. BENZ. Bunker of Fairfield, former
ly of the Fairfield Journal to become its edi-
tor.
The Belfast Journal says that E. u. c.
Judson better known as Ned Buntline, who
died last week, was well-known in Belfast.
He first came there as a member of John G.
Myers theatrical company, and subsequent
ly organized a Know-nothing society in that
city.
The following were among those regis
tara6 Of tho Civ Hotel lac piUht. n n
Ossone, D. Henri, George Briggs, New York;
Mrs. A. Macadams and daughters, Detroit
Mich; G. S. Chenery, Brattleboro, Vt; w.
L. Haroey, Maxfeld, Me-. j. E. Mighton,
Elmira, N. Y; E. S. Fitch, Amesbury; W.
H. Williams and wife, j. Pollard and wife,
Brownville; A. c. Hayne, Chicago; Rev. M.
j. O'Brien, John O'Brion, Montreal.
A party from George W. Smart Post No.
80, of Cambridgeport, Mass, are the guests
of D. Horner Holman and Thomas Wood on
Long Island The party embraces John
Kinnear, messenger of the Massachusetts,
House of Representatives, Capt. E. j. Do
Ian, Samuel Hall, Henry Winter and J. W.
Walker. The party are all ''cottaging" at
Ponce's landing, in one of his cottages and
will remain through tomorrow
The Journals Washington correspondent
"Webb" says: William Henry Clifford of
Portland called upon the President and had
pleasant chat about Maine politise. Clifford
says the Washington correspondent of the S.
r., is the most prominent Northern candi-
date for Solicitor General and is quite likely
to get the place. The President knows him
well and he has not brought on any formal
Endorsements. Representative Milliken
says it would be good appointment.
d. f. Webster and party, Waterbury,
Conn. A. L. Smith, Worcester; II. L. Little,
Minneapolis; Jno. Hurdle, Kingston, Ont.
E. T. Webb, Waterville; Mrs. O. G. Calkins
and family, Chicago; E. II. Skinler and wife,
j. A. Marcus, New York; II. E. C. Baske-
will, Richmond, Va; c. A. Nilscom, Spring
field; b. C. Wilson and wife, Montreal; l.. b.
King and wife, c. II. Downing, Boston; j.
F. Duncomb and wife, Iowa, were among the
guests at the Falmouth Hotellast night