The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-02-06
PERSONAL.

Hon. John w. Deering has returned from
his trip 10 Florida.
Rev. e. q. Whitman of Bates $50. has ac-
cepted the call OF the Freewill Baptist church
in Brunswick.
MI W. d. Gray with Twitchell, Champlin
q CO., mas gone on three months trip to
California.
zen oeiden Conner has accepted an iuvi-
tatioh extended to him by the Maine Gettys-
purg commission to deliver the Grafton
at the dedication of the Maine gettysburg
monuments. The time of the dedication has
NOT oeen definitely fixed, but will probably
TAKE place between May list and July 4th of
the present year.
heV' .. L.. b. Speare. formerly of Bangor
Is now resident Of Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev.
d. W. brownville graduate of Bangor Sem
inaryiin 1873 and pastor at South Bridgton is
now pastor at Colebrook, N. 3. Rev. John G.
Evans. graduate of the Seminary in 1875 is
now called from Nanticoke Patio the Beech
CT Memorial Church, Long Branch, N. ].
Coy. Burleigh has received invitations to
attend the third annual dinner of the Repub-
lican Club of New York to be given at Del
birthday, Feb 10Th, and also to dine with
the Merchants Club of Boston, Feb. IA, but
has been obliged to decline both invitations
on account of prior engagements.
The first electric crane ever built in the
United States has just been introduced in
the foundry Of E. p. Ellis & Co., at Milwau-
kee. 1t is ponderous affair." weighing 80
tons and is capable of lifting and carrying to
any part of the foundry with ease, a weight
OF 20 tons. The crane is the invention of
Mr.. A. j. Shaw formerly of Auburn.
1t was our esteemed fellow citizen Mr..
John Conley or the firm of John Conley &
Sons the oil merchants on Commercial
street who met with the recent painful acct
dent by falling upon the ice on Commercial
street and breaking his hip bone. He lies in
a critical condition at his home on Cumber-
land street, and at his advanced age of IS
years 1t is doubtful If he ever RECEIVERS from
the shock sufficiently to get about again.
Mr.. Rufus King who died recently in Sac
carappa was born In Gorham in 1907 He
removed to Saccarappa in the fall of 1881 and
with his brother Cyrus went into business
under the firm name of r. & G. King, keep
ing general country store until 1885 when
they retired. He was life long Democrat.
and had served the town as representative to
the Legislature and selectman. Mr.. King
was member of the Congregational church
until about 1866 or '67, when he with others
withdrew on account of q difference of opin-
| ion.
Joseph ii. Gleason aged As years son of
the late Simeon G. and Lydia Gleason. died
Sunday evening at the residence of his
mother at Mexico. At the commencement
of the rebellion in 1861 Mr. Gleason was at
work in Manchester, N. Fl. Enlisting in
April he was corporal in Co. 1. I'd N. "a.
vols. and served until June 1864. two
months longer than his enlistment. He was
in nearly if not all Of the severe battles
that Fighting Joe Hooker was in before he
was assigned to a command in the West.
For several years he has lived in Boston.
He was member of the John A. Andrews
Post No. 10, G. A. R. He leaves a widow
and two children. This regiment was one
of the last to retreat from the first Bull Run
battle, was in the Peninsular campaign, at
Cedar mountains, second Bull Run and many
other battles. He was receiving a small
pension.