The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-12

Col. Albert Tracy, U. S. A is in the
city at 100 Park street.
Rev. d. B. Randall and family went to Old
! Orchard for the summer.
! Mrs. c. A. Jones and daughter of this city
| left Paris, France, June 26 for Berlin. Both
are well.
| Mrs. Margaret Dtland tie author of John
/ Ward, Preacher" is stopping at Kennebunk-
/ pnrt
I Hon. and Mrs. Thomas r. Cleaves Of
+ Washington, d. c.. are visiting their son DIR.
! Cleaves of Free stree.
+, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. IL. Baker of High
I street will spend two weeeks at Wiscasset,
! Me-. Mr.. Bakers old home.
Mr.. Harry w. Frye, who graduated at
! Colby University, goes to Halifax as vice
consul with his father Hon. Wakefield G.
Frye.
/ Mrs. John Q. Twitchell, neering street
gave 5o'clock tea yesterday afternoon in
honor Of her daughter and her friends who
are visiting her
The Portland Reform Club has extended
an invitation to VIM. III. Clifford. Esq, to
address them at their club house at Peake's
Island at any date to please himself.
1t is reported that the will of the late Will
liam II. Young Of Eastport. placed his estate
and ready clsh at about $4,000. 1t was all
! left to his four children. lae g' f tA-
| The celebration of the 18th anniversary Of
the ordination to the priesthood of the Very
| Reverend john e. Barry, v. q, took place
at Concord, N. H., on Tuesday of last week
FIR. Barry is native Of Eastport in Maine.
Mr.. Will G. Allen, DR.. Dole. G. f. Which
| err, G. s. Gilman of Portland and E. H Ev-
erett of New Haven have gone on two
weeks hunting and fishing trip ia the Dead
River region. Y "" i-l"t r3003 II 'i'F 67tA
Out Of thirteen clndidltes for the position
Of principal Of the Cony high school at Au-
gusta, the directors have selected Mr.. j. III.
Parsons of the Westbrook high school. Mr..
Parsons is graduate of Bates Collge, and
was for nearly eight years principal of the
Maine Central Institute at Pittsfeld.
A large party, the guests of Mrs. T. w.
Spring and Miss Spring, enjoyed sail on
the steamer Merryconeag last evening, the
boat steam;ng far down the bay, the pleas
ant evening and delightful music contribat-
ing to the pleasure Of those on board.
The Kirby House, Milwaukee, where the
Maine people who attend the national en-
campmeiit OF the G.. A. X will stop is kept by
Mr.. Eugene S. Joscelyn, formerly of Charles
town, Me. The clerk of the hotel Mr..
Charles Cook, is also Maine man, having
come from Buckfeld. Mr.. Joscelyn was
member of Co. G., Fifteenth Maine Regiment
| commanded by Capt J. A. Clark of Carl
bou.
Mr.. George Haynes, of Camden who has
successfully written up the attractive resorts
| along the Maine Central, is now engaged in
writing a description book Of the attractions
Of Ellsworth as resort for tourists and
sportsmen. The book will be illustrated by
special artists, and will include pictures OF
the houses of prominent Ellsworth citizens,
including Senator Hale, Judge Ellsworth,
Long John" HOPKINS. Col. Burrill, Judge
Emery and others.
Mr.. George w. Allan of Boston is visit
| ing among his old friends in Washing ton
county. Mr.. Allan is a Dative of Eastport,
and was born on Allan's Island Treats
September Is. 1902. His father, William AL
Ian, was the second moderator chosen at the
town meeting in 1900. bis grandfather Col.
John Allan was commandant of the Ameri-
| can forces and superintendent of Indian af-
fairs on the frontier In Revolutionary times.
The Eastport Sentinel says at Mr. Allan
Is a remarkably we'll preserved man for one
OF his age and his memory of events in the
early history of Eastnort is marvpllous