The Portland daily press., 1889-03-27
PERSONAL.

MIR. ID. A. Fuller, of South Paris, was in
the city yesterday.
oherlif Wormell, of Bethel, was at the
United States hotel yesterday.
Mr.. Charles Anderson has been appointed
s'leet commissioner at Saccarappa.
non ID. q. Bean. Of Wilton, member of
tne State valuation commission. was in the
city yesterday.
" N Mortland, Rockland, and Mayor
spear, OF Gardiner, were at the Prebe House
yesterday
Mr. M. V. B. Chase and Alderman Geo.
W. Vickery, of Augusta, left Sunday night
Ior Fort Payne, Ala, to investigate the bus
mess and mining interests of that section,
Mr. l.. A. Goudy, of the firm OF Cloudy &
Kent has been elected a member of the exc
cutive committee of the Portland Club, to
NIL the vacancy caused by the resignation Of
Col. Il. B. Hill. y
Capt. 81. A. Cobaugh, of the Togus Home,
leaves for New York. next Monday. His
family will follow later. A meeting of the
Board of Managers will be held in New
York, Tuesday, at which both Gen. Steph-
enson and Capt Cobaugh will be present.
The little community at the Insane Hospi-
tai was saddened last Sunday evening by
the death of Mrs. Jennie ID. HILL wife of
Assistant Superintendent a. B. Hill. She
had been afflicted for more than two years
with lingering sickness.
Mr.. George Goodridge died at his residence
at MorrilPs corner, yesterday afternoon,
aged 80 years. Mr. Goodridge has suffered
from paralysis for about four years. The
last shock occurred about week ago, and
since then he has been failing rapidly.
Mr.. Henry B. Thompson, ex-Alderman of
Lawrence, Mass, died Saturday. He was
born in Patten, Me-. in 1925, but at the age
| Of 80 removed to Lawrence where he became
master of repairs In the Pemberton Mills.
In 1882, 'S2 and 'S4 he served the city as AL
derman. and for two years he was on the
Board of Fire Engineers.
Just after Prof Henry l.. Chapman, OF
Bowdoin College took his seat after reading
the second hymn at the Congregational
church, last Sunday. large piece of the cell
ing Jared by the strains Of the organ, fell a
| distance of thirty feet upon the very spot
where he had been standing. Although the
plaster fell within two feet of him, Prof.
Chapman did not move muscle, and stand
ing upon the debris preached an eloquent
acknowledgements Journal
| A correspondent Of the Oxford Democrat
has been counting up the Hiram boys who
are now prominent in other communities.
Here is the list: DR.. Clark B. Rankin, Bry-
ants Pond; DR.. Irving Mabry, North Frye
burg; Dr. Clinton P. Hubbard, Lowell; DR..
Ira c. Sawyer, Splingvale DIR. Peleg Wads-
worth, Maiden, Mass. DR.. Francis l.. Wads-
worth, Chicago; Frank l.. Rankin, music
teacher ana composer, Portland Frank W.
Davis, principal of Deering High School
Cyrus Ii. Morrill,, Esq, Vice President of
SheboygaD, Wisconsin Business College f;
Capt. Charles G. Cole. Washington, d. c.,
who received legal fee some time since of
$4,000 for winning an important case; Rev.
Madison X. Mabry, Buckfeld; Rev. John
Kimball, Bethel. Vt; Clark II. Barker, Esq.
late postmaster of Portland, now president
of Abilene Bank. Abilene, Kansas; Hon.
Abram w. Smith, speaker of Kansas House
of Representatives, in 1888, and prominently
named for Governor; Capt. Melville G. Lins-
colt, member of the Kansas Legislature from
Milford, long a citizen of Hiram.