The Portland daily press., 1889-03-18
PERSONAL.

MI. ]. Hopkins Smith arrived home from
Europe Saturday.
The funeral of the late Mr.. Henry M.
Howes was held In Denver yesterday.
Hon. L. d. M. Sweat has returned from
Washington, and so have Mr.. ard Mrs Elias
| Thomas. ae 1.tesf 81 ,asAe.Es~ 8
Mayor Mack. of Lawrence, Mass, in
spected the electric light plant in this city
Saturday. jaaa ot l,oeEe,a E;Ht se
HoD.sE. E. Rand, of Loske's Mills, and
Senator Harding, of Gorham, were in town
Saturday. T 6f r5staleoss' II
Sumner Head, father of Detective Head
died at his home in Phipsburg. Friday after
noon, aged so years.
Mr.. Eben p. Wheeler. who has been i'll for
some time with consumption, died at his
home on Oxford street Saturday. He was
member of Iyanhoe lodge, Knights of Py-
thias.
A. j. johnson died from the effects of the
stroke of paralysis at his residence, 155
Pearl street Saturday. He was 80 years of
age, and was member of Thatcher Post.
Bon. A. r. Bixby of Skowhegan, will take
| three weeks trip South at once, visiting
Fort Payne, Alabama, where he is interested
in property.
| Hon. VIM. l.. Putnam, who has been ten
dered position on the commission to over
see the enlargement of the Capitol building
in Augusta, has not decided whether he will
| accept or decline. gay
| The news of the death of Mr.. P. John
/ Mannix. of the firm Of Mannix Brothers of
this city, was received here Saturday from
Townsville, Ga. He was i'll from consump-
| tion and had gone South In the hope of re-
| gaining health.
| Among the promotions just made by the
| President is that of Capt. Ohio E. Micaaelis
to be Major. Capt. Michaelis is we'll remem-
bered as the officer, who, at the time of the
| great fire in Boston in 1872, brought in a
hand engine from the WATERFOWL arsenal
and worked it all night. He is now in
charge OF the Kennebec arsenal.
DR.. Wilson Walker, son of the Rev. DIR.
Geo. L. Walker, of the Centre Church in
Hartford. formerly of Portland, has accepted
the associate professorship of Ecclesiastical
History in the Hartford Theological Semin-
airy. DR.. Walker is a graduate of Amherst
1888, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1856,
and received the degree of Doctor of Philos-
ophy from the University of Leipsic. Ger
many.
The Biddeford journal says: 'The lecture
by Rev. Mr.. Bayley of Portland, before the
fortnightly meeting of the Woman's Educa-
tional and Industrial Union, Friday after
noon, was 1.-THE old times and the new and
during his talk be related many leasing in
cidents and anecdotes, and gave some curl
GUS facts concerning early customs"
Mr Ganroa n /. Jax,der, x,,l,of,o ao..t, 4.
Louis under peculiar circumstances was re.
ported Friday, was borne in 1912 and at |
one time lived in Bangor, but went West
some So years ago and for many years was
supposed to be dead. Some time after the
war Nj. .. Drummond, ESD, Of Bangor, who
is cousin OF the deceased. went to St.
Louis, where he ran across Mr.. Hayden.
from whom he learned that he had been sue
cessful In business, and on his return home
gave information to his family which opened
up correspondence. 1t is thought the
stories of the manner Of living of Mr.. Hay
den are exaggerated, as he was boarding at
a respectable hotel when last b card from.
The death at Cienfuegos, recently, of Capt.
William +. Wardwell of Verona, closed
career that If told would rival Robinson
Crus0e's. Capt. Wardwell was born in PEN |
ooscot In 1920, and made his first voyage at |
the age Of thirteen, since which time he had |
never been off the vessels deck for twelve |
consecutive months. BE had been ship |
wrecked nine times, and each time was
/. forced TO leave the. vessel with only such
clothing as he had on at the time of the |
wreck Mr.. Wardwell remarked about two |
years ago that he alone was left of the large
number of persons living on Penobscot river |
and bay, who were following the sea when |
he made his first voyage