The Portland daily press., 1888-03-17

ihsC, IOr indian territory.
Hon, Elliott Wood and Hon. E. b. Rand,
of the Governors Council, were in the city
yesterday.
Mr.. John I. Flaherty of Ward Four has
been appointed letter carrier at the Port
land post office.
Mr.. Fred Allen, of George S Hunt & Co.,
was snowbound in New York during the
storm.
Hon. d. d. Stewart, of st. Adams, is now
Maine in May.
Miss Lizzie H. Soule, Of Boston, and j. E.
Hewey, of Alfred, were at the Falmouth
Hotel last night.
MIR. Horatio Staples left Portland yester-
day morning for Philadelphia to assume the
responsible position in John Wanamaker's
establishment recently accepted by him.
Mr.. William l. Cole, of Brunswick, has
been appointed to represent the department
of Biblical Theology on the commencement
stage of Andover Theological Seminary.
Rev. c. B. Besse, who has been pastor OF
the Methodist church in Thomaston for the
past two years, has been transferred by
Bishop Warren to Little Rock. Arkansas.
Mr.. Philip II. Brown was in New York
during the blizzard and froze an ear in walk
ing from his hotel to Madison Square. He
thinks Maine people have not yet seen a real
snow storm.
Rust University, at Holly Springs, Miss,
of which the buildings were burned the first
of this month, is under the presidency OF
Rev. G. L. Libby, formerly of Belfast. Rev.
T. H. Murphy, of Belfast, is one OF the
faculty
Two PASSPORT sailor boys are in command
of two of the finest yachts in the world.
Capt. j. W. Shackford is in Gould's great
steam yacht, the Atlantic, now cruising IN
the Mediterranean, and Capt. G. S. Crosby
in the champion ocean sailing yacht, Coronet,
of Philadelphia, now bound for the Pacific
In order to resume parish work Rev. W.
d. Martin is to sever his connection with ST.
GATHERINGS Hall at Augu at the close OF
the present year. During the summer
months Mr. Martin will, in the absence OF
Father Grafton, have charge of the Church
of the Advent in Boston.
The friends of Captain George Mathews,
of the tug boat Salem, remembered the 10Th
anniversary of his wedding day Wednesday
evening, and gathered at his home on Pearl
street. Mr. and Mrs Mathews received
many tokens of remembrance in the shape
of silver ware.
Mr.. |. V. Miller, of Belfast, whom the
Journal of that city claims as the champion
checker player of Maine, if not of New Eng
land, last week closed a series Of four games,
played through the mails, with MIR. J. A.
Mechan, of Orange. Mass. Mr.. Miller won
two games with two draws. Mr.. Miller is
now ready to play any one.
Mr.. Thomas ]. WEIGH, the well known
salesman, was on train between Hartford
and Springfield during the blizzard, and
stuck in a drift for % hours. He says the
passengers took the situation philosophical
ly, fed on oranges, crackers, etc, that were
in the express car, and were kept well warm
ed and watered.
The March number of the New England
Magazine contains the fourth paper of a
series of articles on Religious Denomin-
ations." The Denomination which is con-
sidered in this paper is the Baptist. Anum-
Der of portraits of prominent members OF its
clergy are given among them one OF Rev.
George D. B. Pepper, d. d., president OF
Colby University.
One of the most faithful public officers in
Maine, is Leander Weeks, Of Rockland, first
elected city treasurer in 1859, and reelected
every year since. The Rockland Free Press
says that in his official capacity Mr.. Weeks
has probably handled from five to ten mill
lions of dollars, keeping an accurate record
of every transaction, and his work has been
so perfectly done that he is regarded by men
of all parties model officer and an most in
dispensable to the city's service.
Harold ". Chamberlain, son Of ex-Gover-
nor Chamberlain, has had the misfortune to
lose his Florida home by fire. The Bruins
wick Telegraph says: "We are panied to
learn of the misfortune which has fallen oul
young friend in 0cala, Florida, his present
residence. A fire broke out in the building
which he occupied, destroyed all his per
sonal effects. He escaped with his life, but
few moments later it would have been inn
possible for him to leave the building"
Mr.. Henry Baker, one of the Oldest bust.
ness men of Providence, r. l., died Wednes-
day. He was born in Litchfeld. Sept. 10
1904. and afterwards resided in Brunswick
in Newmarket, N. H., where he married and
became superintendent of large cotton
mill, and since 1912 in Providence. Mr.
Baker was one of the veteran dealers in
pianos in Rhode Island, and he was also
we'll known as a teacher of music, being
among the earliest in New England to teach
the Pestalozzi system. He leaves two chill
dren.
The death of Robert Noyes, of Norway, OF
| Wednesday in recorded in the Norway Ad.
yertiser Mr.. Noyes learned the trade o.
book binding in Portland, and for severa
years carried on the business in this city
He removed to Norway in 1913 At the
time of his death Mr.. Moves was one of the
two oldest book binders in the State, Mr.. 5
II. Colesworthy, of Portland, being The
other. Mr.. Noyes was postmaster OF Nor
way under President Pierce. At the time oil
his death he was president of the Norway
Savings Bank, and the oldest business man
in town. He married Elizabeth l. Southland
of Portland, in 1888. Three daughters sur,
vive him. The funeral occurred in Norway
Yesterday.