The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-10
PERSO NAL.

Mr. George b. Reeves of Chicago is at the
Ottawa
Col A. b. Nealey Of Lewiston was in
town yesterday.
Senator Frye and Judge Bonney are among
the guests at Squirrel Island
The Berkeley Quartette and Mr.. Riegap.
tenor. are at the Falmouth Hotel.
Ruel Shaw one of our oldest citizens died at
his residence at the West End yesterday.
State Librarian j. S. Hobbs and Mrs.
Hobbs of Augusta were in town yesterday.
Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson, the lecturer
and authoress Of Boston is at Lisbon, N. ii.
The Rev. DR.. Hill has been elected second
preacher of the Harvard Divinity School for
the year 1889 80.
Major E. Rowell of Hallowell, passed
through the city yesterday. being one OF the
excursonists to Muncie, Ind.
Prof. Crouch of Baltimore, will visit Port
land about the 23d of July, and will be the
guest of Mr.. George A. Thomas.
The managers of the national home at To-
gus passed through the city on their way to
Augusta from Boston last evening.
Mary c. Fuller a daughter of the chief
justice has been forced to give up the study
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Prof. William Elder of Colby University,
has received the degree of doctor of science
from Acadia College. Wolfville, Nova Sco-
tia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Mari started yes
terday on carriage drive through the White
mountains. They expect to be gone three
weeks.
DR.. Charles p. Small and DIR. A f. Hunt
of the class of 1889 Maine Medical School
have been appointed house pupils at the
Maine General Hospital
Mr.. Frederick Peakes and Mr.. Alton HUI
ba of Philadelphia are at the Preble House
previous TO spending the remainder of July
at the Woodcliffe at Fort Point
Mrs McKeown, wife Of Rev. Andrew Nc
Keown, d. d., formerly pastor Of Chestnut
Street III. L. church Of this city died at her
late residence in Chailestown, Mass, on
Monday morning.
Prof. a. w. Small, Phi. d., left Portland
yesterday for Bethlehem, n. H., where be
will tomorrow deliver an address on "the
Dynamics of Social Progress" before the
Institution of Instruction.
Among the guests at the Falmouth Hotel
yesterday were E. p. Mayo of the Fairfield
Journal, Chief Engineer Melville. U. S. N,
T. d. Wilson, chief Of bureau of construc-
tion, U. S. N, Hon. Il. L. Bowers. Saco.
Mrs. II. G. Carter, formerly Of this city.
now in charge Of the art department for the
College for the Training of Teachers, New
York, will spend the next four weeks of her
summer vacation in Maine, the guest of
friends in Portland and Pine Point, alter
wards going to Chicago where she is TO de-
liver a course of lectures on art.
Hon. David Dunn, OF Poland has made APP
plicatiOn to Gov. Burlcgh for reappontment
as justice of the peace. Mr.. Dunn has been
appointed to the same office by the follow
ing Governors: Samuel e. Smith, 1888; Rob
ert p. Dunlap. John Fairfield, John w.
Dana, Israel Washbprn, Jr., Joshua l..
Chamberlin, Nelson Dingey, Jr and Harris
w. Plaisted.
history of the Seventh Maine Battery
and the part it took in the rebel ion. is b, =
ing written by Gen. A. S. Twitcbeli Of G"i-
ham, N. ii. Blanks have been sent to every
known address of the members for their pei
sonal sketches, aud for their portraits If pos
sible, from which to obtain cuts in connoc-
tion with their personals. Seyenty-fv have
already furnished their sketches aud about
% their portraits. Members of the bait, ~
who have not sent their biographies to Mr..
Twitchell are requested to do SO at once
The piice of the book viii be $3.50 per copy.
The ID. LOthrOp Conn any of Boston, who
do perhaps the largest business III thst city
with Sunday school and Town libraries an
nounce among their new publications to be
out this week, "Our Voyage," a nautical and
society Romance by Julius A. Palmer, Jr
There are few sea tales that are really health
full reading for the yoang, but il is claimed by
the publishers that this is totally different
from cther marine literature in that it repre-
sents the domestic life of the cabin. The au-
thor will be remembered by our ctiz-ns of
20 years ago. when he was frequent visitor
in our first social circles, and he has also
been contributor to the PRESS. Since
those days Capt. Palmer has been traveller
in many lands aud has also been in COM
mand Of the ships Nightingale, island Home
and others 50 that he writes Of marine mat
tiers from experience.