The Portland daily press., 1888-12-24
PERSONAL.

Special Policeman Pierce has been ap-
pointed janitor of the new Public Library.
Mr. A. l.. Ryser's new waltz will be play
ed at the Charity Ball.
Alderman w. II. Smith is confined to the
house from the effects of fall
Ticket Agent Lawlor of the Grand Trunk
is visiting Quebec.
DR.. +. c. Thayer. of Waterville, was in
the city Saturday.
DIR. Sanborn of the Insane Asylum at Au-
gusta. spent Saturday in Portland
Adjutant General Gallagher was at the
Falmouth Hotel Saturday.
Ex-Governor Plaisted is confined to his
house at Augusta with rheumatism.
Rev. Mr.. Dunn will lecture in Bridgton to-
night on What shall we do with our boys
Mr.. Lorenzo Taylor sailed for Liverpool
from New York in the City of Chicago Satur-
day.
Miss Mary O'Brion and Miss Olga Van
Radecke the pianists are passing the holi-
days in Portland.
1t was William w. Brown who subscrjh'
the 500, to the Soldiers and Sailors Moi.a-
ment credited, Saturday, to p. Ii. Brown.
Rev. Henry Blanchard of Portland will
deliver lecture in Saco at an early date on
the subject of woman suffrage.
The deputies of Sheriff McFadden, of
Kennebec county, met at the jail last week
and presented to him gold headed cane.
The Latin School Cadets presented the
school janitor, Mr.. Joseph Forrestal, with
handsome meerschaum pipe Saturday.
Mrs. Lucretia Adams, of Racine, Wis,
who went West thirty years ago, is visiting
| her BROTHER Mr.. II. S. Thrasher, on Oak
street
Sheriff-elect Stevens, of Kennebec county,
| filed a $4,000 bond Saturday, his sure
| ties being George r. Stevens and Rufus r.
| Stewart. both of Belgrade.
Miss Belle Bullard who has charge of the
normal cooking department in the Pratt In
stituted, Brooklyn, N. Y, is passing the
holidays with her parents in Portland
| Ordnance Sergeant John McManus for
nine years stationed at Fort Scammel. and
80 years in the army, has been retired and
Sergeant Hight will succeed him.
Mr.. James Ii. Wolff, of Boston, a colored
lawyer, aud well known as member of the
Suffolk bar, is being urged as candidate
| for the Haytan mission.
| Mr.. George L. Barrows, city editor of the
| Express, has resigned, to accept position
on the Argus staff, and will be the Augusta
legislative correspondent Of that paper. We
congratulate Mr. Barrows and the Argus.
Mr.. 5. I'll. Cannon celebrated his fftieth
birthday Friday and was given an oyster
supper at Atwood's, and presented with an
elegant writing desk and book case COM
| bined.
Miss Allen of the Portland School for the
Deaf has resigned to accept position as
private instructor in the family of promin-
ent lawyer at Louisville, KY. She will be
succeeded by Miss Eta Estabrook of Massa-
chusetts.
DR.. A. III. Cheney, of Bowdoinham, died
suddenly Friday night probably of heart
disease. The news of his death was great
shock to his neighbors and townsmen. DIR.
Cheney was native of Springvale and was
GA years old.
At the dinner Of the New England Society
in New York Saturday night, Hon. Thomas
b. Reed spoke on the mighty West"
Among the other speakers were Col. Corne-
Illus Bliss, Gen. w. T. Sherman, Rev. Alex
ander Mckenzie, d. d., and Chauncey
Depew.
Frank Gaslin, a prominent citizen of Au-
gusta, and member of the city council, was
found lying unconscious in his barn about
two miles out Of the city Saturday morning.
There were suspicious of foul play and the
city was considerably excited. The doctors
however found that Mr.. Gaslin had received
shock of apoplexy.
The oldest person living in Corinth is Mrs.
thxrl IAla -. 4, nr.
maiden name was Pierce. Her native town
is Berwick. At the age Of 80 she married
Nathan Hodsdon, then widower. They
lived in Berwick four years. In February
1927, when their oldest child was year old,
they moved to Corinth.
Mr. John Q. Henry. president of the Bos-
ton Shoe and Leather Bank, and senior
member of the firm of Henry s. Daniels,
shoe manufacturers, died suddenly Friday
afternoon. Mr. Henry was widely known
as a successful business man. His firm con-
Quoted manufactures at Milford, Natick
and Whitman, Mass, and this year started
new one at Waldoboro, Me.
G. E. Reed Of the class of '73, Maine State
College, died at his fathers home in Clinton
on Wednesday, Dec. 10th. After leaving
college he was connected with the Detroit
Free Press where he ably filed the position
of assistant editor. His health failing him,
he was obliged to seek out of door employ
ment, and readily obtained position as en-
gineer on one of our western railroads, where
he filled responsible position until his
health finally broke down altogether and he
was obliged to return east.
Mr.. Francis III. jerks, formerly president
of the New York Safe Deposit Company,
died in Worcester, Mass, on the 10Th inst.
He was born in Bath, Me-, 76 years ago, be-
ing the son OF the late Rev. Dr. William
jerks Of Boston. In 1923 he entered the
public Latin School of Boston Mr. jerks
was for many years resident of Baltimore,
Md, but afterward removed to New York,
where he organized the Safe Deposit Com
psny, the first of its kind in this country.
His son, Francis NJ. jerks, is now president