The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-29
PERSONAL.

Kennedy, the oarsman, is In the CITY,
Rev. j. n. Little is to deliver the Grafton
at Richmond, Memorial day.
George f. Clifford, ESQ.,, of Cornish, Is at
the Preble.
Clerk of Courts Hervey tof York county,
was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. A. l.. Millett is out again End his hand
is improving daily.
pGovernor Marble was at the Falmouth He
tel'last night.
Captain L. S. Wyman has returned from
his Southern trip and is now at the Fal-
mouth Hotel
Ex- Gov. Garcelon is reported to be cah
didate for delegate to the National Demo
cratic Convention at st. Louis.
Hon. j. b. Ham and wife of Lewiston,
have arrived home from Washington, ID. C.i
and the South.
Mr.. Frank p. King, who has been spend
| ing his vacation at home, returned yesterday
to Colby University.
Hon. C. II. Chase has returned home from
his Southern trip. His health has much i'm
proved
Mr.. V. Fl. Foss, road master of the Maine
| Central railroad east of Bangor, had his leg
broken last Monday.
w. K. Wood, Maine Central agent at St
John, N. b., was in the city, Tuesday, on
| his way from Florida to st. John. Mr.
| Wood has enjoyed his vacation extremely.
Candidates for the Republican nomination
for sheriff of Androscoggin county are in
creasing. Messrs. Daniel Guptill and o. G.
Douglass of Lewiston are mentioned.
The Bath Times says 1t is reported that
| Gen. +. ID. Sewall, Special Internal Revenue
Agent, is to be removed to give a Democrat
an office.
The Rt Rev. Bishop Nicely made his an
nual visitation to st. Marks Church, Au-
gusta, yesterday, and administered the apos
tolic ordinance of confirmation last even
ing.
venture North until spring is fairly settled
into the lap of summer and the snow has
gone for good. He will travel in the South
until that time.
Rev. c. II. Percival. pastor of the Court
Street Congregational Church at Houlton
has accepted a call from church at Racine.
Wisconsin, and will close his labors in Houl
ton the last of April.
Rev. S. B. Page, ID. D.. died in Cleveland
Ohio, March IA. He was native of Fayette
Me-, where he was born Oct 16, 1908. He
graduated from Waterville College, now Col
by University, in 1888. and from Newton
Theological Society in 1889. He became a
prominent Baptist clergyman of Ohio.
Among his old papers, A. Fairbanks, ESQ.,,
of Auburn possesses copy of contract
between Hon. j. M. Wood of Portland and
John b. Jones & Co. of Auburn, for the
building of a certain portion Of the New
York & Boston railroad in Massachusetts.
The parties excepting Mr.. Fairbanks have
all passed away.
The Oldest living graduate of Bowdoin
College, is Rev. Thomas t. Stone, of the
class of 1920. He was born in Waterford,
Me-, in 1901, and hence is 81 years of age
He was prominent Congregational minis
ter till 1852, when he accepted the pastorats
of the Unitarian church at Bolton, Mass.
over which he has continued to preside ever
since. Mr.. Stone is the author of seyera
valuable and interesting works.
L. p. Moody, one of Winthrop's bes
known and most prominent citizens, diet
long and painful illness, aged about 60. He
had long been resident of the town. and
was hardware merchant for years,in which
business he accumulated handsome prop
erty. He was one Of the leading local poll
ticians, interested in literary work and very
popular socially. He will be buried with
Masonic honors.
John Rollin Tilton, the artist, who died
last week in Rome, began his artistic career
in this city about the year 1850. In company
with the late Paul Akers, the sculptor, he
had studio in John Meals building on Ex-
change street. He painted here some pic
lures of much merit, and was encouraged to
go to Rome for the study Of his art, where
he gained much distinction. He visited this
country some years ago, and the exhibition
of his paintings attracted much attention at
the time. Several of his pictures are owned
here.