The Portland daily press., 1888-04-06
PERSONAL.

John Cheetham, formerly of the firm Of
Cheetham Il Son, grocers, in Lewiston, died
in Philadelphia Wednesday night.
A. P. Stone, Superintendent of Schools at
Springfield, Mass, for nearly fifteen years.
has retired ON account of i'll health.
r. b. Whitcomb, the carpenter and build
er, died yesterday. He was member OF
Bosworth Post, No. ..
News is received in Ellsworth that N, X.
Sawyer, formerly editor of the Ellsworth
American, Consul at Turks Island, died in
Jacksonville, Florida, March Both, aged II
years.
The Rev. A. A. Miner, d. D., the distin-
guished Universalist clergyman of Boston,
will occupy the pulpit of the Congress
Square church next Sunday morning. in ex-
change with the pastor.
Frederick L. Smith, Bowdoin, S6, princi-
pal of the Lindsey High School of Shap-
leigh, has been invited to deliverth memori-
aliaddress before the John w. Brown Post
of WATERFORD.
Miss Caroline Bunker Of Fairfield, sails
from New York tomorrow for Paris, where
she will enter the studio of an eminent ar
fist for two years. Miss Annie Gilbreth, for
merly of Fairfield, will also spend year in
Europe. leaving for Berlin in the summer.
The two surviving members of the class OF
81. Bowdoin College. are DR.. Rufus K.Cush-
ing of Bangor, and Isaac w. Wheelwright of
Byfield Mass. Dr. Cushing is native OF
Brunswick, and one Of his medical instruct
ors was James Mexican, NJ. D., Of the class
of II.
Rev. Theodore Gerrish, of Biddefo.d, has
had many invitations to speak on Memorial
Day, and has accepted the following, which
are likely TO keep him busy: Lisbon, at 10
a. M, Yarmouth at 2 p. m, and at Bath in
the evening.
There begins to be some talk about dele
gates to tho Republican National Conven.
top. The names Of J. ii. Manley, Esq, OF
Augusta, Hon. Geo. c. Wilson OF South
Paris, Hon. I. X. Simonton of Camden and
Hon. w. W. Thomas of Portland are men
toned.
Messrs. Noonan & Co., of Boston, are
about to issue an American edition OF "A
Daughter of st. Dominic" by Kathleen
O'Meara. 1t is edited, with the authors APP
proyal, by Miss Margaret E. Jordan, and the
Rev. Father j. l.. 0'Neil has written an in
PRODUCTION to it. 1t is said to be an improve
ment on the English edition.
Frank p. Reyes, son Of Alvah Keyes, for
merly of Wilton, Me, aud nephew OF Capt.
Charles w. Reyes of Pennington, was grad
uated a physician and surgeon March 9th,
1888, from the Long Island Hospital, Brook
lyn, N. Y. He was one of four passing COM
competitive examination TO. the position of
"Interne' or resident physician in the hos
pital, to which position he was appointed
for one year, beginning with Oct 1, 1888.
Hon. William Sewell Gardner, ex-Judge of
the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachu-
sets. died on the 4th inst, at his residence
N Newton. He was obliged to retire from
the bench about year ago on account OF i'll
health, resulting in nervous prostration. Mr..
Gardner visited Europe, but returned little
i'm proved, and since then has been gradually
falling Born in Hallowell, Me-, Oct ],
1927, ia descendant on the maternal side OF
the noted family Of Sewalls, William >.
Gardner inherited manp of the strong traits
that were prominent in the characters OF his
ancestors. He entered BoNdoin College in
1886, having among his classmates Gen. o. o.
Howard, u. S. A, Hon. William p. Frye OF
Maine and Prof. L. c. Everett, and, after
graduating, he entered upon the study Of
law in Lowell,