The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Joseph Walker is very feeble.
Gen. Conner was more comfortable yester-
day.
Judge Cleaves is convalescing from his
ate illness.
Hon. II. w. Sargent of Sedgwick was in
town yesterday.
Hon. 81. M. Heath, Augusta, was at the
Falmouth yesterday.
Deputy Sheriff Samuel d. Plummer is con-
fined to his house by Illness.
Mr.. Russ, of FreepoIt, clerk in the Custom
House. has been appointed an inspector.
Deputy Secretary of State S. j. Chad
bourne, was In Portland yesterday morning.
Hon. Charles II. Adams of Limerick. SEN
ator from York county, was in this city yes
ter day.
Mr.. Frank c. Payson, president of the
Portland Company, was more comfortable
yesterday.
Captain David Robinson of Richmond, one
Of the veteran steamboat captains of Maine.
has retired on account of age.
Mr.. j. Chapman Furnival, for some years
past paymaster in Portland of the Grand
Trunk, has been ordered to report tor daty
at Montreal.
Rev. G. E. Owen, of Gardiner. will spreach
the baccalaureate sermon at Kicker CLASH
cal Institute, Houlton, June 14th.
The Rev. Chas. FL. Dole of Jamaica Plains,
Mass, will preach on temperance before the
w. G. T. u, In First Parish church tomor-
row at 7.30 p. m.
Mr. Fred II. Dodge of Bangor has gone to
Chicago to take the position of director and
business manager Of the Chicago Atb@neum'
one of the largest gymnasiums in the coun-
try.
Among the fellows appointed by the trus-
tees of Johns Hopkins University for next
year is Mr.. Sidney Grant Stacy. Of Kezar
Falls, B0wdoin $50, who has Latin Grafton
and the degree of A. B.
Mr.. w. c. Hawkes. of Eastport, is acting
as assistant clerk on the steamer Cumber-
land, and when the New Brunswick comes
on the route the last of this month, he will
fill the position of clerk on the latter steam
er
Rev. Thomas 7. Stone. well remembered
as pastor of the Congregational church at
East Mschias is still living at the age of 81
years; and on recent Sunday preached
sermon Of great power lat the Unitarian
church at Bolton, Mass.
A letter from Prof. Elder, of Colby Uni
versity, from Berryville, Va, twelve miles
above Harper's Ferry, where he is at present
sojourning, reports that gentleman's health as
much improved. Prof. Elder expects to re-
turn home about the middle of July.
The Law Department of the Georgetown
University. ID. c.. held its Goth annual COM
mencement at the Academy of Music last
Monday evening. Among the students who
had the degree of LII. B., conferred, was
James Deyine, formerly of Whitefeld. Me. ,-.
Ex-Mayor McGillcuddy, Capt. john
French, Alderman Rines, ex-Alderman Ken
ney, G. w. Ellard and T. j. Murphy of
Lewiston will join In the excursion with the
Montgomery Veterans of Boston and the
Portland Montgomerys to Montreal and
Quebec, June 22d.
A coaching party consisting of DR.. and
Mrs. Frederick Dennis, DIR. and Mrs. S. o.
Vanderpool, Mrs. Walter Damrosch of New
York and Samuel Dennis of Orange, N. j.,
are coming through Northern New England
on their way to Bar Harbor, where Mrs.
Damrosch's father, MIR. Blaine,is now resting.
1t is expected that stop may be made at
Bath.
heV. H. Ii. Hallock of Waterville, will
start lor Europe about July LIST, sailing from
new YORK On the City of Chicago, to attend
the worlds International Convention of
Congregational Churches. Each state has
one delegate and enough delegates at large
are appointed by the National Convention to
bring the number up to 100. Mr.. aallock Is
one Of the latter. This is the first Inter.
national Convention of Congregational
Churches ever held. Mr.. Hallock expects To
be absent two months.
The many friends Of Mr.. w. Fl. Shelton,
Familiarity known as steward" will be
pleased to learn, that after an absence of
four years he has returned to the Woodbury..
arltng his absence he has been on the U. s.
Septlfafa, on the South Atlantic station,
on the China station.-Eastport