The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-18
PERSONAL.

Edwin l.. Dyer, ESQ.,, and wife, have ar
rived home and are at the Preble House.
Rev. Elijah Kellogg will preach at South
Gorham tomorrow.
MI Isaac Emery, of this city, has returned
from a European business trip. He was
passenger on the steamer City of New York.
The Rev. Howard c. Durham has return
eo from his vacation, and regular services
VIII be resumed at the New Jerusalem
church tomorrow
Among the arrivals at the Hotel Willows.
in Pennington, this week, are j. M. Bates
and wife, Yarmouth; N. DeGroot. Portland;
and Misses May L. Eustis and E. A. Stevens,
of Portland.
Mrs. William X. Hilton and daughters Of
Portland are visiting friends in Arson and
Turner preparatory to taking up their resi-
dence in Chicago, where Mr.. Hilton has
gone into business.
The Rev. S. l.. Hanscom, of the Alabama
conference, will preach at Pins st. M. K.
Church at 10 a. m. tomorrow morning, ard
will have charge of the prayer service in L o
evening. The late pastor. Rev. 7. Gerrish,
will be present and take part in the service.
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Cannon of Omaha, Neb. ex-Mayor McGilli-
cuddy of Lewiston, Hon. S. S. Brown of
Waterville, Thos. j. Stewart of Bangor and
John b. Donovan of Alfred were at the
United States Hotel yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. Falkland-B Buchanan, former
ly Miss Mazda Cragin, of the Boston
Museum, win give q dramatic entertainment
at "The Waldo" Little Chebeague, this eve
ming. The steamer ''Merryconeag" will
leave Portland at 73O p. NJ. returning at
close of the entertainment.
Maj. Jas. N. Martin of Burlington, Iowa,
accompanied by his son, who is cadet at
West Point, has been visiting at Lubec, for
the past fortnight Maj. Martin served
during the war in the 10Th Maine, and at its
close returned to Lubec, where he lived for
year and then settled at his present home
in the west where he has been for the past
q years.
A handsome memorial tablet has recently
been placed in position in the military
chapel at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 1t
consists of two polished brass shields en-
graved with the memorial inscriptions as
given below. and placed against back
kluuuu VI 6lCy Oudllpldiu uldi VIC. III Out
shield the inscription reads: I'm memory
of First Lieutenant George E. Lord, As
sistant Surgeon, killed in action with Sioux
Indians, Little Big Horn River, Montana,
June 25th, 1876" Dr. Lord was graduate
of Bowdoin, class of &c.
DR.. Neal Mitchell, the President Of the
Jacksonville, Fla, Board of Health, who is
acting so promptly in the emergency brought
upon that city by the yellow fever, is of
well known Maine family. His brother, DR..
Sollace Mitchell, was spending his vacation
in Readfield, in this State. when it was an
nounced that the yellow fever had appeared
in Jacksonville. He at once took the train
for home, and is now working heroically
with his brother to stop the contagion. His
example has had an excellent effect in jack
sonville, where courageous men are needed
just now.
Mr. Joseph II. Bickford, of the Bunker
Hill district. Boston, is in this city visiting
his cousin, Mr.. Andrew j. Rich. Mr.. Bick-
ford is native of Portland His father
was resident on Smith street fifty years
ago, and was well known carpenter at that
time. Mr.. Bickford possesses wonderful
memory, and even when Sunday School
boy at the Casco street church here. he COM
mitted to memory and recited on one occa-
sion 1900 verses of the Scriptures. He can
now repeat whole orations of distinguished
statesmen as those Of Henry Clay. Daniel
Webster, Charles Sumner and others. Mr..
Bickford is staunch, intelligent Republican
and canpidate for the Massachusetts Legis-
lature at the next election, and will probably
receive nomination and election from the
CharlestOwn district.