The Portland daily press., 1888-12-22
PERSONAL.

"a 1s' ouA SHuicns DpElnButtus MISS, Nv q
salary of $500 year.
Miss Frances Willard has been invited to
deliver lecture on Temperance before the
Maine Conference in April.
Mr. S. S. Wright has been elected principal
of the Gardiner High School. He is at pres
ent principal of the Monmouth Academy.
Miss Alice Crowther, daughter of Mr..
Isaac Crowther of Bridgton, was married
recently TO Joseph Marshall of San Fran
cisco.
Rev. II. E. Foss has been transferred from
the Florida conference and stationed at Pine
street church in this city as pastoral bishop
Hurst.
Hon. H. M. Heath. by invitation of VIM.
K. Kimball Post, G. A. r., will deliver the
memorial address at South Paris Decoration
Day.
Rev. Theodore Gerrish is in the city. and
If able will attend the prayer meeting at
Pine street church tomorrow evening. His
friends will be glad to see him.
Moses Chandler. Esq, enc of the n, st
prominent and highly respected citizens VI
East Corinth. died at his home Wednesday
morning, at the advanced age of nearly so
years.
Several lectures are to be delivered in the
Colby chapel this term. Among the speak
ers will probably be Rev. A. w. jackson of
Augusta, aud Hon. Percival Bonney of Port
land.
Robert Ellis, a Bowdoin graduate in the
class of 1858, died at his residence in Oconto,
Wisconsin, Dec. 10th, aged Sc years. He was
native of Topsham. Since 1869 he had
lived at Oconto, where he practiced law
q. l.. Whitney, an old citizen of Raymond,
has died at the age Of over eighty years. He
had been deputy sheriff, had represented the
district in the legislature. and was justice
of the peace. He leaves five children.
The silver wedding of Mr.. and Mrs Chas.
j. Walker was celebrated at their residence
Thursday evening There was vocal and in
strumental music, readings, cards and an ex
cellent supper.
Dr. Benz. Williams, Of Rcckland, has been
invited By P. II. Tillson Post, G. A. r., to
deliver the address on the occasion of the
memorial exercises at Thomaston on Decora-
tion Day.
Cards are out announcing the marriage re-
ception of Miss Helen Hauiin, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. A. O. Hamln, of Bangor, and
Mr.. Edward Hamlin, to occur Monday, Dec.
31st, from until o'clock, at Dr. Hamlin's
residence
Hon. John ID. Smith, of Minneapolis, is
spending few days as the guest Of Captain
Charles K. Nash in Augusta. Mr.. Smith
was originally from Litchfeld. and served in
Maine regiment during the late war. He is
representative elect from his adopted home
to the Minnesota legislature.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Wight, of Bethel, cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of their we'd
ding Dec 18TH Mr.. and Mrs. Wight were
presented with golden egg. which was soon
broken by Mr.. Wight and found to contain
81 dollars in gold. Mr. Wight received other
presents. nice pipe and cane. Mrs. Wight
also had many presents.
Mr.. Zina ii. Blair. of Jacksonville, Fla,
and Miss Mary E. Lombard, of Bath, were
united in marriage by Rev. L. f. White.
Thursday. After the wedding which took
place In the presence of only the members of
the family, Mr.. and Mrs. Blair took the IL
O'Clock train for Boston, enroute for Florida.
They will spend short tune in Boston and
New York, sailing for Jacksonville next
week.
In the death Of Miss Henrietta Lewis her
family and friends meet with a great afflic-
tion. She was woman of much strength Of
character, of a beautiful disposition, always
bright and cheerful. and favorite with all
who came in contact with her. She bore her
sufferings with great patience and sweetness,
and was ready to 60 when the Master called
She was passi0nately fond of music, and was
one of the six ladies who formed the Rossini
Club.
Thursday was the fiftieth anniversary of
the marriage of r. B. Dunn, of Watervile
and his wife, formerly Miss Lydia
B. Aver, daughter of Rev. Philip Aver of
Monmouth. A formal celebration of the
event was postponed owing to the temporary
feebleness of the parties. Mr.. Dunn is Sc
years of age and his wife 70. Mr.. Dunn had
been married twice before. His first two
wives were sisters of the first wife Of the late
Hon. Mark Lowell of Lewiston. BY the first
wife he had two daughters, both living; by
the second. one who died when II years old
By his present wife he has two sons and two
daughters. all living. He has also still living
nine grandchildren and nine great-grand-
children.
Hen. S. E. Sewall died in Boston Thurs
day afternoon, after short illness, from
pneumonia He was born in Boston, Nov.
4, 1899. He graduated at Harvard in 1917,
having among his classmates Hon. Caleb
Gushing, Hon. l.. A. Eliot, Rev. l.. }. May
Professor Alya Wood. Paul Willard and
Hon. George Bancroft, the latter being now,
by the death of Mr.. Sewall. the only surviv-
ing member of that class. He began the
practice of law in 1921. He was early inter-
ested in the anti-slavery cause and was as
ISOLATED with William Lloyd Garrison in es-
tablishing the Libarator, which he support
ed with pen and purse. He was counsel for
the defence of Sims, Anthony Burns and
other fugitive slaves. and he prepared the
arguments and assisted by counsel and sug-
gestion at the trial of John Brown. He was
a member of the State Senate in 1852 In
1868 he published a valuable work upon
" The legal condition of women in Massachu-
setts." Mr.. Sewall married in early life
the daughter of jeremiah Winslow, of Port
land.