The Portland daily press., 1891-05-01
PERSONAL.

Major II. A. Storey went to Bath last
night.
Hon. o. ID. Baker, of Augusta. was at the
Falmouth yesterday.
Mr.. Charles Cushing, the Freep0rt ship
builder, is suffering from a paralytic shock.
Bishop Nicely has gone TO Bar Harbor,
where he confirmed a number of persons
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson is to lecture in
Rockland. May LIST, under the auspices of
the Saturday Club"
Mrs. j. 81. Robinson of Belfast is one of
the ablest business women in Maine. She is
running granite quarry at Somes Sound.
Custom Inspectors Baker and Thayer have
been dropped. now the foreign steamers
season is ended, and others will shortly fol-
low.
Mr.. Frank L. Thurber, until recently head
clerk at the City Hotel, will be head clerk of
the Kineo House at Moosehead Lake, this
summer.
Rev. Dwight M. Pratt Of Willston church
delivered an interesting address at the Court
street Baptist church, Auburn, Wednesday
evening.
Lieutenant ]. N. Jordan, formerly of Els
worth, Me-, has been highly complimented
for his services as commander of United
States vessel engaged in the survey of
Puget Sound.
Bishop Healy was driving at South Bos-
ton Wednesday when the horses attached to
his coupe ran and the coupe collided with a
wagon. Bishop Healy jumped from the car
riage and escaped unhurt.
Judge Whiting S. Clark, of Des Moines.
Iowa. formerly of Bangor. is said Ito be seri-
ously Ill. Judge Clark is an alumnus of
Colby, and was good soldier in the War of
the Rebellion.
Mr.. George NJ Whitaker, Bowdoin ~, ard
now editor and proprietor Of the New Eng
land Farmer, of Boston, Mass, has been
elected president of the Massachusetts
Suburban Press Association.
State Librarian Carver has gone gone to
Boston, Concord, N. H., and other places
where he win examine the fittings of differ
ent libraries with view to providing some
thing suitable for the State library.
MIR. Stanley II. Holmes, the principal of the
High School at Brewer, has received fiat
tering call to the position of superintendent
of SCHOOLS in Grafton, Mass, and has ac-
~<-pted.
Miss Alice Philbrook, daughter of L. V.
Philbrook. the Maine Central conductor, has
been engaged as pianist at Hotel Sorrento
this summer. Two members of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra will also play this sum-
mer at this favorite hotel.
1t is current report that Col. Spaulding is
DESTROYS of retiring from the Presidency of
the Fort Payne Coal and Iron Company,
with the probability that ex-Gov. Goodell of
New Hampshire may take the position.
Our George" the humorous writer of the
Belfast Journal, was moving last week. To
friend who happened along as he was load
ing his library on cart he remarked: 81
wish l was fool, and then wouldn't have
so many books"
Wednesday night Congress street church
gave reception to Rev. Mr.. Frost and Mrs.
Frost, when congratulatory remarks were
presented to Mr.. Frost awel filled purse from
the society.
Mrs. o. B. LeGrow of Portland, one of the
state officers Of the Woman's Relief Corps.of
Maine, is to be rendered a reception by
Burnside Relief Corps in Auburn, Monday
evening, May 18th. Burnside Post has been
invited.
Mr.. Ria Kittredge. the Belfast penman
who Is SO expert In writing many words on
postal card, is soon to write on the back of
postal card the last address delivered by the
late Secretary Window. Vice President
Morton has received some of his work and
has acknowledged it by sending him a mum,
Der Of books and a map of the United States.