Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-04-20
NAME GOSSIP.

Maine Democrats have candidate for
minister TO sweden snd Norway From
pine To pine should be possible. There are
a small army of such candidates here. For
al overwhelmingly Republican State. Msiae
appears to have an unusually large amount
Of Democratic Timber = bat then il has
always b.en a great lumber State
The death of Mis-. Lucy Lsreom which
occurred In Boston early in the week brings
forcibly 10 mind the events of life full et
work and worv-yet withal gentle and
womaniy-with fine sense of poetry and
love VI the beautiful sgrmountng the bleak
work a-day life in a cotton factory. Ia her
''Idyl OF Work and alsO in "A New Eng
land Girlhood" Miss Lareom has felieitous
iy described her early life of struggle. Hef
literary attaiBments AMI gentle womanh0od
soon won her warm frien1s among our SeR
England poets She was for many years
dear friend Of the poet Whittier whose death
was a great sorrow to her, AMI the sorrow
was inten-iaed by the loss Of her friend and
spiritual adviser Bishop Brooks.
It was a former Winthrop lady who
proved TO have the smallest womans foot
slipper and won the prize.
Mr. Samuel Thurston who has sung in
the First Parish choir. Portland. for 2,
years aud Mr. John l.. Shaw who has also
sung in the same choir for 2G wears, having
closed their services April l. 1898. their
friends in the parish wishing 10 show their
appreciation Of their long and faithful ser
wees have presented Mr.. Thurston with a
WaItham II carat gold watch, and Mr..
Shaw with an onyx clock. In addition to
the above they have also presented each of
them with u sum of money.
The body of Charles Tongfellow, eldest
sou Of the poet Longfellow, who died in
Boston on Thursday was taken to Phila-
lelphia Monday morning for incarceration
IN the retorts OF the Philadelphia Crematlon
Society in East Walnut Lane, Germantown
II was the intention of the dead mans fam
lily 10 have the cremation take place on
Saturday. but through some prior engage
ment of the crenatory people the cero-
mony had TO be postponed.
According to the arrangements the body
WIS to arrive IN Philadelphia from Boston
ut twenty minutes past six O'Clock Monday
morning A few of the immediate relatives
AMI friends of the dead man were To accom-
psny il. At the depot the party was to be-
met by undertaken Bringhurst. At noon It
WAS TO be taken TO the Reading station and
shipped To W tnu; Lane station, where the
officials of the cremation society were to
take charge of it,
Lieutenant Peary. the Arctic explorer
has lust placed on exhibition in Central
Park New York, an unusually good speci-
men of the Esguimaux dog. Pan, as the
animal is called, has a record worth having
He made a sledge Journey of 400 miles
across the ice covered plains of Greenland
in 1890. He was trotting contentedly back
and forth in his pen Saturday afternoon,
apparently obhvious to the curious glances
of the bvstanders Fan is a dark. tawny
colored animal with dashes of white on his
breast and paws. h. can be seen in Central
Park any day during the coming month.
Portland seems determined to put good
base ball team into the field the coming
season and on Friday of this week will give
an attractive entertainment in Portland
Theatre to raise funds for that purpose.
lion. Jnfn " NhaN, hepuDHcan, W bo
wnS elected mayor of Bath at the recent
special election, over Earnest +. Kelley,
psmoc-at, by l'9 majority, is A gentleman
Of high character. well and fsvorably
known in all parts of the State. He was Il
meuber of the Maine House of Represen-
tatives in 1891 and 1898. and was a faithful
anil efficient legislator. The people of
Bath are fortunate indeed in having so
/ good business man at the head of their