The Portland daily press., 1888-11-14
Pc RSoNAL.

Gen. j. Marshall Brown will sail for Eu-
rope In the Trave, next Wednesday from
New York.
Among the arrivals at the United States
Hotel are Congressman Mckinney of New
Hampshire, d. j. McGillicuddy of Lewiston
and II. Burton Milliken of Saco.
Capt. Hartnett of the Montgomery Guards,
and Capt. Norton of the Blues, will attend
the drill between the Neatly Rifles and the
Coburn Cadets of Lewiston.
Mrs. 81. G. Rowe, wife of the news editor
Of the Bangor Wing is TO write a Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas story for the Youths
Companion.
Amos p. Wilder, of Augusta, Me-, Yale
's4. member of the Albany Journal staff,
has been appointed editor-in-chief of the
Pallad ium, New Haven.
Rev. Edward B. Stiles and wife and Ada
H. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Tucker of Norway sailed for India last Sat-
urday. They win be engaged in missionary
work for several years in India.
The celebration Of the eighty-third ami
versary of the birth of Rev. Caleb Fuller &C.
CURED in Augusta, Monday at his Sewall
street home. There was poem by Emma
81. Mason.
f. p. Stearns. who went from Paris to
Kansas, a few years ago, was chairman of
the Republican Central Committee of Kan
sas during the recent campaign, and took an
active part in the campaign both as commit
teeman and speaker.
Dr. G. H.sMallett, who, has been fighting
the yellow fever In Jacksonville, Fla, dur
ing the reign Of that epidemic there. is ex-
pected in Bath on Saturday next He is at
present at Fort Perry, the fumigation station
near Jacksonville, but will join his wife at
Pawtucket, r. /. and come north.
For the first time since its incorporation as
town, Columbia Falls. following the lead
of those prominent and sterling business
men, Levi Leighton g. Son, whose CONVEX
sion was announced last September, cast its
vote for the Republican ticket on Tuesday.
B. B. Thacher, Esq, of Bangor, has re-
ceived a postal card from E. B. Tobey, Esq.,
of Berwick who was one of the delegates to
the Chicago Convention with Mr.. Thatcher,
bearing on 1t a big rooster, having underneath
the words: How about Harrison~ Mr..
Thatcher gives the response with which the
country is already familiar: Hes all right. "
Ransom e. Benney, an aged and respected
citizen. of Mechanic Falls. was killed on the
Grand Trunk crossing at noon yesterday.
1t Is supposed that he attempted to cross
while the train was approaching. The
wheels passed over his head killing him in
stantly. The crossing gates were down, and
no blame is said to be attached to the rail-
road company. Mr.. Bonney was distant
distant relative of Judge Bonney of Port
land. His wife is an aunt to Mrs. B. c. Stone
also of Portland.
A telegram from Newcastle, Ind, an
nounces the death Of Holman w. Waldron
of Nov. 6. Mr.. Waldron was born in Buck
field nearly ffty-nine years ago, and was the
son of Abram Waldron. When a young
man, in '49 he went to California by the way
of Cape Horn and went into the mines, re-
naming there for five or six years when he
returned home and married. He made a
second visit to the land of gold. He served
with the nine months men in the civil wal
with the % Regiment: sergeant of Co. c.,
Capt. c. FL. Prince and afterward re-enlisted
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