The Portland daily press., 1888-01-21
personal AND PECULIAR.

The final vote of the Baptist union accept.
ing the resignation of Mr.. Spurgeon makes
the split between the orthodox and liberal
complete. Mr.. Surgeons overpowering In
fuence will save him from isolation, and il
is quite likely that other members of the
union, who believe with him that there is toe
much heretical teaching in that organization,
will follow his example. There are in Eng
land no less than 1900 Baptist churches out
side of the union.
Mrs. Cleveland has some good old-fash-
Toned ideas about Sunday and does every
thing in her power to lessen the work of the
servants on that day. Luncheon at the
White House is served early and cold, and
the servants Lave all the afternoon and even
ing to themselves, the President and bis
wife usually dining at their country house
on that day. Mrs. Cleveland is much beloved
by all the domestics. When she came home
from her long journey in the West and South
she went into the servants department of
the establishment and received quite an ova-
ton,
With the next Sunday edition the Boston
Globe begins the first of series of articles
entitled "A Political History of the United
States for Young People," to be written by
James Parton, Henry Watterson. Henry
Cabot Lodge. John d. Long, George s.
Boutwell,, Joe Howard, Jr., George Alfred
Townsend and others. Most of the writers
are men of mark, and the bringing together
of their work in form easily accessible, is
work worthy the highest commendation.
The articles will treat of just such political
topics as every young person, boy or girl,
should be informed upon.
Among the equipages that are seen on
society fields in Washington is large family
carriage, or family ark, with more comfort
than style about it. two good-looking horses
with long tails In the style of ten years back,
nd a venerable colored coachman. The
whole turnout has 'before the war" air.
Two handsome women, cousins, one middle
aged and one young, are seen inside the car
riage, and they. bear the distinguished
names Of Lee and Washington. Mrs. Lee is
the wife of Gen. w. III. F. Lee, now serving
his first term in Congress. The carriage is
hers anu was brought from RavenswOrth,
Gen, Lees home In Fairfax county, Virginia,
across the Potomec. Mrs. Washington is a
Virginian, married to near collateral de-
scendant of Gen. Washington. Her hus
band is also a new member of Congress.
Mrs. Mary Edna Hill Gray Dow, the new
president of the Dover N. H., horse railroad,
is the first woman in the union to hold such a
position. She is 40 years old end a native Of
Dover. Mrs. Dow was one of the first to
subscribe five years ago toward the building
of the new horse railroad to run through the
heart of the city. She invested considerably
in real estate adjoining the avenue. The
construction of this railroad caused the value
of this land to luadruple. 1t was only re-
Gently that Mrs. Dow took the notion of get
ting control of the road. A syndicate from
Boston was anxious to buy out the concern
at about one-third of the original price of the
stock The capital stock of the road was
$4,000. Mrs Dow thought that If the syn
dictate could make the road pay she could.
She bought up stock at a very low figure and
soon had controlling interest. Her hus-
band is treasurer of the road.