The Portland daily press., 1889-10-05


the war broke out and called him to the 1ront
His wife was Bangor lady. Gen. Howard
represents the Agricultural press Oh the CITY
in the solicitation Of stock for the Wori1s
Fair which Chicago expects % 70 hoid aomn IN ", r.
Maine" said Gen. Howard to the journal
CORRESPONDENT, ''that would like the ad-
dress of every Maine man whose nome Is
now in Illinois. We want to get tnem Nm IN,
send the addresses. to me, at 5i9 Phoenix
Building, Chicago" ,r,...
j. Young Scammons, formerly of White
field, is lawyer here.
George l.. Dunlap, formerly ot Brunswick,
Is one of the foremost men In the poard OIL
John J. Jewett, native of Palmyra, is
also leader in the board of trade.
Thomas P. Robb came from Bath to
Chicago. He is an extensive real estate
owner.
d. II. Tolman is prominent banker.
West Camden was his early home.
Eastport gave birth to John ]. p. Odell, a
leading banker here. :,
Oscar Cobb, an architect, came from the
G. P. Kimball, a native of Portland, and
several times democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Maine, owns one Of the largest car
riage manufactures in the West.
Abner Taylor is member of Congress
| from the First district. He first saw the
| light In Bangor.
Rodney Welch. prominent citizen. at one
| time an editor, came here from Monmouth.
w. w. Kimball hailed from Rumford. he
| Is proprietor Of large piano and organ es-
| tablishment.
| George Payson, lawyer. formerly of Port
| land, is secretary Of the Western Railway
| Association.
| G. G. Hilton's birthplace was in Madison
and he was for number of years in Augusta
| He presides over the destinies of the Palmer
| House with becoming grace and dignity.
| One grip from his right hand were worth
| score of ordinary hand-shakes.
| +. E. Brett, who came from Strong, leads
the salesmen's list in the great store of
Marshall Field q Co.
A. A, Libby has not lost his love for the
town of Deering, from which he emigrated
many years ago; He is q member OF the
ers, who do larger business than any other
firm in this part of the country. He Is pres
ident of the company in whose name the
business is conducted.
G. P. Libby also of Deering, is vice-presi-
dent of the same company.
| Frederick B. Smith, native of Bangor, Is
active partner in the firm of A. G. McClurg
| & Co., book sellers and publishers, the
largest in tine West.
| O.S. Lyford, formerly of Mount Vernon,
| is yice-prcsident and general manager of the
Chicago 81 Eastern Illinois railroad.
Rev. DIR. Frederick a. Noble, pastor of the
| Union Park Congregational church and
editor Of the Advance, the leading Orthodox
organ Of the West, also came from Maine
| His boyh0Od days were spent among the
| green fields and extedsive orchards of Bald
/ win.
| John A, Colby, native of Fryeburg. is
identified with the firm of j. A. Colby b
| Sons, furniture dealers.
One of the proprietors of the Clifton House
John l.. Woodcock, comes from Robbinston
| stock
William Deering is Portlander and is
the leading manufacturer of agricultural
implements in Illinois, and, in fact, in the
in the West. He manufacturers the Marsh
and Deering harvesters. His factory covers
| twenty acres, They say he is worth S10,000,-
600 and that his annual income is S750,00c.
When Col Ii. A. Wheeler first came here
he registered from Orrlngton, Me. lie Is the
| popular colonel of the Second Regiment and
| past grand commander of Apollo Command
cry, Knights Templar.
One of the members of the great firm of
| Will0ughby, Hill & Co., cl0thiers, Is b. K.
| Hill, who first put on knee pants in Exeter.
Saco can boast of furnishing the present
| assistant general manager of the Chicago,
| Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad in the per-
| son of j. f. Tucker.
A prominent Chicago dentist, L. II. Has
| kell. was raised la Bangor.
Col. j. b. Parsons, a prominent Grand
Army man, came from Glenbourne.
Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller has Maine
blood in his veins. He was born in Augusta.
George A. Emery, dealer in real estate,
grew into boyhood in Hampden.
| A. b. Squirting Is prominent manufac-
| tnrer OF betting and leather goods. He once
/ picked cranberries on Cranberry Isle, and
| was at one time sheriff of Hancock county.
| w. ii. Preble came from the same place and
4 Is In the same business.
Rev. DR.. Joseph Cummings was raised in
the vicinity of Kent's Hill He is president
| OF the Northwestern University In Evans
| ton.
The sons of Maine are doing their part
| toward having Chicago chosen as the place
for the Worlds Fair in1S92. They hold week.
| ly meetings, appoint soliciting committees
and take other important action in the matter.
| Within few days every newspaper In the
State of Maine will receive from this soci-
| ETY. circular signed by committee consist
| ing of j. Y. Scammon, j. b. Hobbs, Thomas
| Crummond, NJ w. Fuller, Abner Taylor,
George l.. Dunlap and George M. Sergeant,
| soliciting the influence of Maine men toward
the selection of Chicago for the great event
| of 92, which is the first, last and uppermost t
| topic OF discussion taken up by every knot
of men one meets here. The annual meet
| ing of the Sons of Maine will occnr in
| October, and royal banquet will be chief
feature Of the meeting. The Maine Con-
gressmen will be invited to attend and it is
not at all improbable that some OF them will
take advantage of the invitation and put in
week at sightseeing in Chicago.