The Portland daily press., 1888-12-13
PERSONAL.

}. j. Rollins Of this city is the sophomore
director of the Hanover foot ball association.
7. s. Laughlin is in Boston. where he will
remain a few days.
]. B. Peaks, Esq, of Dover, is at the Fall
mouth Hotel.
Hon. James III. Mcmillan is vice president
for Maine of the American Protective Tariff
League.
Miss Mary K. Longfellow, of this city, has
some pictures in the second exhibition of the
Boston Water Color Club, which is compos-
ed of women.
Adju,ant General Gallagher has just been
elected member of the committee on mill
tary affairs at the inaugural ceremonies of
General Harrison.
Attorney General Baker has accepted an
invitation to the annual dinner of the direc-
tors of the New York and New England rail-
road, at the Vendome, Boston, on next Tues
day.
Mr.. Illus II. Carter, whose death was noted
yesterday, was brother of the late Hon.
Ezra Carter. and for some years the head of
the firm of Sanborn & Carter, book publish
ers, of this city.
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Whittum g. Farrar, well known Lewiston
business man, died yesterday. Mr.. Whittum
was native of Lewiston and 45 years old.
He leaves widow and three children.
Hon. W. w. Thomas, Jr., is to be the first
lecturer in the series to be given in Bath by
the Sagadahoc Historical Society, for the
benefit of the public library in that city. Mr..
Thomas will lecture on the evening of Dec.
10Th.
Rev. Edgar l.. Warren, formerly local edi-
tor of the Kennebec Journal, has recently
accepted call to the Claremont, N H., Con-
gregational church. He will enter upon
his new charge on the first Sabbath in Janu-
airy.
The friends of Adjutant General Gallagher
deny the statement that he has lost the sup
port of Mr.. C. II. Newton. the representa-
tive from Gen. Gallagher's Calais home, and
claim that Gen. Gallagher will have the
county delegation as well.
Treasurer Wilson, of the Hallowell Gran
tie Company, was little better at last re-
ports, though in very critical condition
His illness is of the nature Of appolexy rather
than paralysis. Mr.. Wilson suffered what
was probably slight shock last June. Dur
ing the first of his illness he lay in heavy
stupor, but has rallied somewhat and has
spoken several times.
Mark P. Emery, Esq, has had reprinted
"A sermon delivered at Buxton, A. ID. 1902
at the ordination Of Abner Flanders to the
work of the ministry. BY William Batchel-
der of Berwick, preacher of the Gospel"
This sermon was originally printed in
1906 at Portsmouth, N. H., by N. S. & w.
Pierce. The text is John xxi, II, Feed my
Sheep"
The Maine men come to the front where
ever they are. OF one of the Boston alder
men-elect the Boston Herald gives this bio
graphy: "Mr. William Gardner Reed was
the candidate of the Republicans in the
tenth district. he is native of Waldoboro
Me-, where he was born in 1858. He laid the
foundation Of his education in the common
schools and the Abbott family school at
Pennington. He afterwards entered
Bowdoin College, graduating in the class of
1882. he then came to Boston, took the
course at the Boston University Law School
and was admitted to the bar in 1884. Imme
dately thereafter he formed a partnership
with Edwin N. Curtis, under the firm name
of Reed & Carts, having offices at 10 Ire
mont street. Mr.. Reed is a member of the
common council from ward q, serving on
Public Library and public institutions. and
the special committee on the Norfolk avenue
district. He is member Of the Roxbuiy
Club and treasurer of the Elm Hill Associa-
ton, which maintains the Kindergarten
school at Fauntleroy Hall in Roxbury"