The Portland daily press., 1889-06-07
PERSON Al.

Rev. Mr. Shinn will be present at the COM
mencement exercises of the Seminary.
Hon. o. d. Baker of Augusta is at the
Falmouth.
Mr.. George II. Cushman and family have
removed to Sioux Falls, Dakota.
Mrs. 81. L. Damon of Portland is stopping
at the Alpine House, Gorham, N. H.
We were glad to see Rev. DR.. Burrage out
again yesterday, after his severe illness.
Mr. George M. Smith, graduate of Colby
University, has been chosen teacher by the
South Hadley School committee.
Miss l.. B. Williams, 81 Bates College, of
Brunswick, has received the first prize of
$40 for excellence in English composition in
the sophomore class.
A. A. Allen, the Evangelist, is staying for
few days with his daughter, Mrs. Jennings
Eastern Promenade. He expects TO sail for
Europe about June 18th.
We are sorry to learn that Col. Moses B.
Lakeman, the heroic commander of the old
Third Maine, formerly of this city, has
failed in business. He was provision deal
er in Maiden, Mass.-[Maine Farmer
At a complimentary banquet rendered to
Gen. Sprague in Boston, the following Maine
military men were present: Gen. Mitchell.
Col. e. A. Philbrook, and Col. G. l.. Thomp-
son.
COL F. N. Drew of Lewiston, and r. A.
Jordan, secretary Of the Bangor Y. M. G. A.,
were present alta meeting of the State exec
utive committee of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association held in this city Wednesday
night.
AT the annual business meeting of the con-
vocation of Boston University on Wednes-
day, Rev. j. W. Bashford, Dr. Sarah e. Sher-
man and Miss Alice Stone Blackwell were
elected vice presidents, and Rev. j. H. EN-
erson secretary Tor the ensuing year.
Harry F. Lincoln, son of DIR. A. r. Lincoln
of Dennysville, sailed from New York, Sat
urday, June LIST. for Cardenas, Caba, where
he will assist in establishing an electric light
plant. Mr.. Lincoln is a graduate of the
Maine State College, and is now in the en-
ploy of the Thomson Houston International
Electric Company.
At a recent parish meeting. the Unitarian
society of Augusta voted unanimously to ex-
tend a call to the Rev. r. F. Griffin of MARI
boro, Mass. Mr.. Griffin is an Englshman
by birth, and in early life was professor of
the Baptist faith. Fourteen years ago he
changed his views to those of the Unitarians
and coming to this country was installed over
the church at Marlboro, Mass, where he has
remained ever since.
Twenty-six Augusta lawyers have accept
ed the invitation of the Waterville bar to
banquet at the Elmwood Hotel, in that city
at O'Clock Tuesday evening, June II, in
honor of the sitting of tho Superior Court.
The members Of the Kennebec and Somerset
bars will be present, and it is thought that
a scheme for the formation of new county
may be presented and Informally discussed.
Hon. J. w. Bradbury of Augusta will at
tend. He is one of the oldest living men,
bers of the Kennebec bar.
Mrs. Lizzie Ellis Cannon of Pennington.
of the class of '76, is to be the poet at the
alumni reunion Of the graduates of the Farm
ington Normal School. Prof. holmes III.
Bailey of New York city, with Harper Bros.
and Prof. F. o. Stanley of Lewiston, have
accepted invitations to respond to toasts at
the banquet Principal burlington will de-
vote much of his time during the summer
vacation to the preparation of the history of
the school for which he has been assiduously
gathering data for some time past.