The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-03-20
PERSONAL.

Hon. j. M. Wakefield, of Bath. was at the
Falmouth yesterday.
Gov. Burleigh and staff have accepted an
Invitation to the annual ball of Dunlap
Commandery, No. 5. K. T., of Bath, on
Wednesday, March 2lst.
Conductor Henry Judkins who had charge
of the legislative special train between Port
land and Augusta, during the session of the
Legislature, has resumed his posi- ton on the
route between Bangor and Boston.
Messrs. Thomas Patten, of Hermon Pond,
and Henry Dinsmore. of Carmel have
caught the gold fever and gone to San
Diego. CAL. en- route for the gold mines in
the southern part of that State
Secretary A. III. Whitford, of the Rockland
Y. M. c. A. has received and accepted a
call to become the Secretary of the Associa-
ton in Cambridge. Mass. He will leave
Rockland some time in April.
The appointments of Monday are not of
special Importance, and none of the appoin-
tees have. any national reputation except
Hon. William w. Thomas, of Maine, who
again becomes Minister to Sweden and Nor
way, place which he had formerly filled
with credit.-Providence Journal.
At the annual prize speaking contest of
the Dartmouth College Chapter of Theta
Delta Chi, the prizes were awarded as fol-
lows: First, A. c. Boyd, Calais, Me. second,
w. G. Belknap, Berlin, Vt third, G. s.
Mills. Newport, VT.
Mrs. Fannie E. Barnes, whose death is
recorded elsewhere, was the wife of Phineas
Barnes, formerly of this city. and the family
have many friends In Portland where they
so long resided. Mr.. Barnes is the son of
the late Hon. Pbineas Barnes, who died in
1871.
Mr.. Benjamin Jordan, of Webster, died
Sunday. at the age of "a years. He was the
Oldest person in the town and pensioner of
1912. His whole life was spent in the town
of Webster. He leaves several children, one
of whom he lived with at the time of his
death.
A Washington special to the Boston Globe
says Ex-Governor ROBBIE is in Washington
with Fred E. Richards. of Roekport Me.
They are quietly watching the struggling
here, and probably are not unprepared to
take part when the opportunity is offered.
The ex-governor indeed, would not disdain
to be the assistant secretary of agriculture
under that rustic old Roman, of the Badger
State, Jere Rusk
Mrs. Alice Garcelon, of High street, Lew
iston, who has been ill about three weeks,
died at noon, Tuesday, at the advanced age
OF SO years. She was born at South Lewis
ton and was the daughter of Amos Davis, a
brother to David Davis. She married DR..
Daniel Garcelon and removed to Webster.
where her husband practiced medicine for
many years. At his decease she removed to
Lewiston in 1864, where she has since re-
sided.
The two nominations to diplomatic posts
made yesterday were excellent Mr.. Samuel
X. Thayer, OF Minnesota, who is named as
Minister to Belgium, is a gentleman of the
highest character, q lawyer of standing,
close student and observer of affairs. who
unites wide information and independent
judgment with simplicity of manners. He
has never been politician or place seeker.
Mr.. w. w. Thomas, Jr., of Maine, named
as Minister to Sweden and Norway, is our
former representative there, and has had
the State Department. Both of these ap-
p0intments are of sort that do credit to the
administration.-New York Times.
Hon. Henry Kings6ury, widely known in
Maine, died of apoplexy. in Boston, at the
residence of his son George HI. Kingsbury,
on Monday. His second surviving son is
Edward L. Kingsbury. of Kennebunk, ex-
Consul to Algiers. Henry Kingsbury was
born in York, Me-, May 9, 1901. As MEM
Der Of the firm of Bourne & Kingsbury, he
became one of the largest ship-builders of
the State. and he was also prominent as an
ardent Republican, being always called upon
to preside at the conventions to which he
was sent as delegate, and serving efficiently
as member of the State Legislature.