The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-03

captain Reld OF the Dominion line Is at
the Falmouth.
Mayor Chapman is out again and able to
attend to business.
Mrs. Kate Tryon has position as special
writer on the Boston Advertiser and Record.
Hon. T. B. Reed left for Washington on
the p. m, train Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Tenney will leave Port
land Tuesday for winter in California.
Miss Jessie Couthoui, the elocutionist, was
at the Falmouth Hotel, Saturday.
Mr.. John Porteous, passed Thanksgiving
in Portland.
Captain Horato Hall, of New York. has
been in town for few days past
Mrs. Leese, superintendent of the nurses
at the Maine General Hospital has returned
from her European trip.
Senator Chandler Of New Hampshire says
the struggle for the Speakership will wind
up with Hon. T. B. Reed in the chair.
Mrs. Ellen NJ. Morse, the Conway cores
pendent of the Boston Herald is at the
Falmouth.
Hon. James G. Blaine passed through the
city Saturday noon on his way from New
York to Augusta. BE left the train and
took lunch at the Union station.
On the noon train Saturday for Boston
were Congressman Boutelle, Milliken and
Dingley, on their way to Washington for the
reassembling of Congress.
Hon. c. A. Boutelle, of Bangor, has re-
ceived from General Harrison a personal
note thanking him for the work done in
Indiana during the campaign.
Rev. Mr.. Bicknelps friends in Lowell
where he is now settled, celebrated his tenth
wedding anniversary and tenth anniversary
of his settlement over the church there, last
week.
Surgeon Charles S. d. Fessenden Of the
U. S. Marine Hospital Service. formerly in
charge of the Marine Hospital at this port,
and lately stationed at Norfolk, Va, has
been ordered to Louisville, KY, TO assume
charge of the service at that place.
Prof. G. III. Fernald, formerly Professor Of
Natural History at the Maine State College,
now Of Amherst, Mass, has remarkable
collection of 'leaf rollers" small moths
destructive to the leaves Of plants and trees.
Prof. Fernald has been several years in
making the collection, and it is now regarded
as a standard of the world. 1t is especially
rich in foreign specimens.
Mr.. Benz. B. Cushing died at st. John, N.
B., on Thursday last, in his S1st year. Mr.
Gushing was a native of bingham, Mass,
where he had relatives living. He lived for
many years at Winterport, Me-, where he
was engaged in the lumber business. Mr..
Cushing held various Offices of trust and
responsibility in Winterport, where he was
halA 10, f0b Ho
daughter.
Miss Annie NJ. Fellows of Pennington,
has accepted position as teacher in the
Massachusetts State Industrial School for
Girls at Lancaster Miss Fellows is gradu-
ate of the Pennington Normal School and
teacher of experience. She left Pennington
Friday morning, to assume the duties of her
position. Mrs. Ellen f. Bracket Of Phillips,
well known in Maine as for one term Regis
ter Of Deeds for Franklin county, has lately
been appointed matron of this school.
Bath is to have social club, similar to
those in other cities of the State. The mat
ter is in the hands of leading men of the
city, including Arthur Sewall, Gen. T. w.
Hyde, James b. Brake. f. II. Twitchell, j.
f. Hyde and others. A suite of rooms in
Meals block on Front street will be hand
somely fitted up and furnished for the clubs
occupancy. The initiation fee will be $50,
and the monthly dues will be 49, The club
will soon be on its feet, and will be one of
the best organizations of its kind in the
State. Its name will be the ''Sagadahoc
Club"
Thanksgiving day was the fftieth birthday
of Maj p. M. Fogler, Kennebec's respected
Register of Deeds, and to celebrate the oc-
casion there met at the Majors pleasant res
idence, on Sewall street, the following COM
pany of friends L. c. Burleigh, Governor
elect, Judge w. P. Whitehouse, Charles r.
McFadden, Sheriff, Howard Owen, Register
of Probate, A. c. Otis, Clerk of Courts, Gen.
S. j. Gallagher, Adjutant General, Henry NJ.
Pishon, Clerk to Superintendent of Govern
ment building, +. A. Small, Court Stenog-
rapher, w. S. Cotton, clerk in the office of
the Secretary of State, Lyman S. Fogler.
State Treasurer's clerk, DR.. E. G. Briggs.
Just before their departure as a slight token
of the esteem in which Mai Fogler was held
both as an official and citizen, Judge
Whitehouse in behalf of the whole company
presented to him handsome gold headed
cane