The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-09-19
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>. Clifford Belcher of Pennington and the
Boys and Girls Company are at the Fall
mouth.
Bion Anderson, of Togus, son Of. Maj. An
derson, is critically Ill with typhoid fever
contracted in Gray. Me.
Mr.. Charles A. COombs. superintendent Of
the Baltimore & Annapolis railroad. has
been visiting in Bath.
Mr.. Arlo Bates, the novelist. who Is
native OF Machias Is spending few days at
the Wells cottage. Campobello.
Miss Edith Gregory, daughter of Geo. f.
dregory, Esq. of Fredericton, N. B.. is visit
Ing Mt the home Of G. NJ. Donham, Vesper
street.
Mr.. Stanley s. Harvey, of Boston, o
native Oh Parkman, has been appointed
missionary to Africa and will sail for the
Congo the second of October.
MIS-. Henry PlImpton, Miss Mary Plimp-
ton and Miss Williams Of Boston and Gen.
Carlton and wife. New York. were the guest
OF Governor Stephenson at the Soldiers Home
Togus, a few days this week.
Rev. A. K. p. Small, ID. D., will enter up-
on his duties as temporary pastor Of the
Baptist church at Fairfield in the early part
OF October, remaining in Portland until that
time.
Mr.. Levi Turner, Jr.. forme rly classica,
teacher in the High school and later super
intendent Of schools In Rockland is acting
as principal of the Butler school during the
illness Of Mr.. Andrews.
Capt. j. S. Winslow, president of the In
ternational S. S. Company, Mr.. j. B. Coyle,
treasurer and manager. and Hon. G. f.
Libby, director, have been making trip to
PASSPORT and st. John.
Mr.. ID. M. Cole, who has made himself
famous In the expedition he and Mr.. Cary
made to Grand Falls, Labrador, left the ex-
| petition at Halifax. and came home by rail
in order to begin hive work In the Normal
school at Pennington.
| One of the most wealthy farmers of Call
| fornia, Is L. A. Richards, of the San Joa-
quin Valley. native of Maine. He reaps
yearly over seven thousand acres Of wheat
| When he began farming in 1869 he recognized
the utility of improved machinery, and has
invented several agricultural tools that have
| had wide sale.
DIR. Small. who has been on duty as second
| assistant surgeon at the Togus Soldiers
| Home. left Thursday, and will open an office
In Waterville. DR.. Small has been very
| popular there and 1t is with regret that be
sewers his connections with the Home. DR.
G. +. Libby of Portland reported for duty
Thursday. DR.. Libby is graduate of Bow
dom Medical School, class '91.
| Rev. George T. Packard, formerly rector
of ST. Johns Episcopal church In Bangor
and who has passed some years in New
| York engaged upon the Century dictionary
has moved to Philadelphia where he ha!
been engaged by the Lipplncotts to make Q
complete revision Of their Gazetteer, which
Is recognized as one of the most valuable
works of the day.
| MIR. J. 81. Higgins, the generous patron o.
the HIGGINS Classical Institute. which Il
destined to be most valuable feeder fol
Colby University, has been very liberal tC
his native town of Charleston, Me. Thi;
| year, at Charleston Corner, he has expended
from, $4,000 to $4,000 in the erection Of
| Among the work done is a new hotel and The
remodeling OF the Baptist church.
For several years Capt. ii. N. Bolster OF
| Co. X, 18th Maine Regiment, and his five
sergeants, who are all alive today, have held
an annual reunion, varying the entertain
ment by meeting at the homes OF different
members mel rs, OF the party. they met on Thurs
Of Lewiston, and In the patty were Can't,
Bolster OF South Paris, Sergeants A. M
Rice OF Chelsea, Mass, Joseph f. Stearns
Of Lowell, Josiah p. Cobb of North Pomfret
VI, 4. +. Goss Of Auburn and Robert Fiel(
of Lewiston.