The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-01-05
PERSONAL.

Col. |. S. Bangs, of Waterville. e.was in town
yesterday.
Prof. Susan NJ. Hallowell, ,Iof wellesley
College, was in the city yesterday.
Hon. Tobias Lord, of Governor Burleigh's
Council, was in Portland yesterday.
Hon. j. W. Bradbury, of Augusta, was at
the Falmouth Hotel yesterday.
Mr.. George G. Hopkins has been appointed
trial justice for the town Of Deerlng.
Mr.. Preston /. Merrill, graduate Of Colby
University, who has been recently teaching
in Massachusetts, has been engaged as prin-
cipal of the Eastport high school.
Hon. Francis Gould Butler, Of Farming
ton, president of the Sandy River National
Bank, was at the United States Hotel yes
terday.
Mrs. Kate Tryon of the Boston Advertiser,
native of this city, has been elected to
membership in the New England Women's
Press Association.
Grand Chancellor William Warren, of
Cumberland Mills, and Grand Keeper of
Records and Seals j. L. Chute, of this city,
will visit Damon Lodge, Of Biddeford, next
Monday evening.
Mr.. Charles a. Newell, manager Of Port
land Theatre, and Miss Ella A Donnell were
married by Rev. Canon Sills, Of st. Luke's
Cathedral, Wednesday. They have, the best
wishes of large circle OF friends.
j. I'll. Dow and Robert Rexdale attended
the New England Commercial Travellers
dinner in Boston Thursday evening Mr..
Dow read Mr.. Rexdale's poem "The Typical
Drummer" and made speech.
liant aoru nf +ha E,o;.oo.
A., has been in Eastport the past week, in
vestigating the report that the stand pipe of
the Water Company ON Fort Hill is located
on the government reservation. The COM
pany supposed it located on an old school
house lot, ceded to the town nearly a century
ago.
Francis Anthony died at his daughters
house at South End, Tuesday night Jan. 1st,
born In Pembroke and came here from Mill
town, about year ago. Until few days
previons to his death he had always enjoyed
good health [Eastport Sentinel.
Simon Stevens, prominent citizen of
Eastport who died Dec. 27th twas native
of Portland, and son of Abel and Sarah
Thaxter Stevens. His parents removed to
Eastport when he was quite young. When
a young man he was lieutenant In the
Eastport Light Infantry, company famous
in the early history of Eastport. For several
years he was one of the selectmen; in 1872
and 1884 represented the town in the legisla-
ture; from the organization of the Eastport
Savings bank in 1869 until. his death he was
one of the trustees, and for many years he
has been deacon in the Washington Street
Baptist church.
The Eastport Sentinel has the following
notice of one of Eastport's best know busi-
ness men: "The late Frederick A. Schroeder
whose death took place Sunday forenoon.
Dec. 30th, was born in Bremen, Germany.
Dec. 21, 1S49, where he was engaged with
his father in the wholesale tobacco business
until 1876 when he came to this country, and
for two years was engaged in the fancy
grocery business in New York. In 1878 he
came to Eastport in the employ of Messrs.
Wolff q Reessing, Of New York, who were
largely interested in the canning business in
this State. in 1882 the Eagle Preserved Fish
Company was formed and he was unanimous
ly elected director and general manager, in
which position he served most acceptably up
to the time of the great fire Of 's6, when the
company dissolved. For the past two years
Mr.. Schroeder has been engaged In large
and successful business on his own account"
Rev. Joseph Smith died in Bangor Jan. 8.
1889. He was born in Cornish, Feb. Z, 1910,
the son of John Pike and Nancy (Hayes)
Smith. His early education was in COM
mon schools, and at Bridgton and Fryeburg
academies, and at the Classical School, Ban
gor. He studied theology for time with
Rev. Joseph p. Fessenden, South Bridgton
and then entered the Bangor Theological
Seminary, Graduating in 1912, in the same
class with Rev. DR.. Fiske, of Bath, Rev.
Enoch Pond and others. He is the fifth of
the class who have died. Mr. Smith was
.icenced by the Penobscot Association Feb.
16, 1912; ordained Nov. 10, 1912, and supplied
the Congregational church at Oldtown, one
year; at Denmark. 1874; at Wilton and
vicinity, 1S45 to 40; Boothbay, Second
Church, 1S50-5i; pastor at Lowell, installed
July g. 1853. and closing his labors April IL,
1868. He also supplied at Lowell Center
half the time for a season; at Buxten Cen
ter, 1868 to II; Minot, 1871 to 10; Kendus-
keag, 1877 to 49, His residence was for
time at Orland, and in 1880 he removed to
Bangor. During the late war, Mr.. Smith
was in the service Of the Christian Commits
sion in Tennessee and vicinity. he married
in 1S43. Miss Elizabeth I. Thurston, who
died in 1881. In 1882 he married Mrs. Eliza
beth G. Morse, who survives him.