The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-25
PERSONAL.

Hon. Washington Gilbert, of Bath, was in
town yesterday.
c. M. Hamilton of Cumberland was in the
city yesterday.
Hon. Horace II. Shaw will deliver the
Memorial address at Pittsfield.
Prof. o. L. Beverage of Whitefeld will de
liver the address Memorial Day at the
church at Litchfeld Plains.
Mr. Grin r. LeGrow, the lumber dealer, is
very sick, and doubts are entertained of his
recovery.
James McKeen, Esq, of New York. will
! deliver the address at the graduation of the
Bowdoin Medical School in June.
Warren Nickerson, c. E., of Oirrington
has been engaged as one Of the civil en-
gineers upon the Maine Centrals new extern
sion In the White Mountains.
Mr.. Henry E. Fltz, of Desring, has been
appointed post Office inspector Mr.. Fitz
has had long and valuable experience in the
public service.
City Clerk Burgess received letter yester-
day morning from his son, Percy G. Burgess.
written in Monterey, Mexico. He is in ex-
celent health.
d. Wilder Colby, State College 's7, is at
work as assistant in the Experiment Station
at Cornell University, and will hold that
position and also continue his studies until
the end of the summer term.
Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson delivered a lee
ture in Skowhegan Wednesday before one of
| the literary societies there. Before her re-
turn to Boston she will make few weeks
visit to her mother in Portland.
of Rev. T. F. White, of Bath, gathered
Wednesday evening in the vestry of his
church, and presented to him one hundred
dollars for pocket money for his trip to
Europe.
Rev. Mr. Dalton of Portland delivered an
interesting lecture before the students of
Colby University Thursday morning. His
subject was France during the reign of
Louis XIV"
Prof. Taylor, principal of the Watelyile
high school, is kept from attending all his
classes by the serious illness of his little boy
Wnitney aud Hill, Colby 30. have charge
of the classes during the professors absence.
Mr.. Frank F. Doyle of Lewiston, who has
been amanuensis for Judge Geo. G. Wing for
some time, has a position as stenographer
upon the staff of the Boston Journal.
The directors of the Maine Benefit Asso.
citation have selected George c. Wing and S.
A. Lowell of Lewiston to represent the AS
ISOLATION at the convention Of assessment
insurance companies to be held in Washing
ton next week.
Mrs. A. d. Lockwood. widow of the late A.
ID. Lockwood, died at Providence, r. l., on
Wednesday. Mrs. Lockwood lived for
several years in Lewiston, where she is re-
membered as woman of singular excellence
of character. su
The Maine Farmer says that VIM. B.
Smith of Appleton is a son of Peleg Smith, a
Revolutionary soldier. Mr.. Smith was born
April %, 1926, and therefore is 60 years old.
His father was 90 years old Eat the time of
his birth. He has two sisters-Mrs. Willard
Drake of Union and Mrs. Nancy Gordon of
Lncolnville. His father died at the age of
81 years.
Edward Ware, Esq, of Athens, with a
party of FIVE Portland gentlemen, viz: c.
81. Perkins and James P0oler of the Preble
House. Conductor r p. Alden, Richard
the 10.40 a. m. train and Immediately started
for Row Pond, via North Arson. E. A.
Cass hitched up a lively fcur-in-hand team
ana accompanied the party. They took
dinner at Brown & Hilton's hotel Arson,
and made Rowe Pond last evening.
set Reporter.
The party of twenty-five from Portland GO
ing to Sioux Fall will be composed of Rev.
7. Gerrish, Isaac Emery, Capt. A. j. Pet
tingill, j. 3. Winslow, E. M. Steadman,
James Merritt, B. M. Eastman, James Dyer,
Elias Thomas, Charles Marston, A. 81.
Waite, A. j. York, George Wing and others.
Miss Alice c. Moses has returned from
New York where she has been spending
several weeks. She has spent some time in
vocal study with Mrs. Harriet Webb, the
dramatic reader.
Thursday afternoon while DR.. +. II. Pack
ard of West Paris was assisting workmen in
removing trees from lot where he is about
to build for himself residence, the tree fell
and lodged upon limb. One of the work
men cutting the limb the tree suddenly
careened over, striking the doctor on the
shoulder with such force that fears are en-
tertained that he has sustained fracture of
one or more of the vertebrae of the back
His injuries are very severe and his escape
from death is almost miracle.