Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-03
DAILY KENNEBEc JoURN AL THURSDAY. JANUARY 8, 1895

delegate at large to the Republican nation
J nl convention at Chicago in 1888; ha
served on various political committees
being chairman of the city committee i
1888, 80, 80 and '01; was appointed b
Governor Cleaves member Of his stat
In 1898; is secretary, treasurer and genel
al manager of the Biddeford and Sac
Railroad Company, trustee York Count
Savings Bank Of BiddefOrd; member Q
York county bar. having been admitte'
in 1880. Always Republican.
Penney, Rodney c., Monson, (Piscata
quis county, Republican, liberal IL
religious preferences, superintendent o
slate quarries, married; age Al. Born II
East Eddington; educated at East Main'
Conference Seminary, Bucksport; wen
to Monson in 1884 He is by trade a loco
motive engineer; ID a born mechanic, ant
when the opportunity arose he was equa
to the occasion and planned some of the
most useful and labor saving machines
ever invented in this State He patented
several Of the machines now in use In
developing the Monson slate quarries,
of'which he is the superintendent. When
Mr. Penney took charge at Monson the
Brownville slate sold the lowest in the
market Now the situation is reversed
and Monsoon slate commands the highest
price in the markets of the world. Presi-
Dental elector in 1899, and was chosen
messenger to Washington to convey the
electoral vote. Stands high in Masonry,
in ali its branches, being member of St.
John Commandery and the Mystic Shrine
of Boston; also an Odd Fellow and a
member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. Away Republican.
r
Reynolds Martin L., Sidney, (Kennebec
county, Republican, spiritualist, farmer,
married; agc 3d. Born in Sidney and
educated in the common schools. Dealer
in live stock until within two years. On
board Of selecMhen six years. Appointed
by Gov. BodweIl delegate to Cattle Grow
ers Association, Kansas City, Mo-, 1887,
which he attended. Member of the House
in 1857. Always Republican.
.
Stone, George W., Jay, CFranklin
county,. Republican, Methodist, farmer,
single; age 40. Born at jay; educated
in the common schools, at kent's Hill
Seminary, and at Bowdoin College, gradu-
ating in the class of ~. Has been super
visor Of schools and selectInan. Member
of the Legislature in 1888.
Shaw, Ransford W, Houlton, (Aroos-
took county, Republican, Free Bap
list, lawyer, married: age IS. Born in
Centerville, y. b., moved to Mars Hill
with parents in 1857. Educated at Houl-
ton Academy and Maine Central Institute
in Pittsfield Studied law with Wilson s.
Lumbert; admitted to the bar in 1856.
Register of probate for Aroostook county
four years. Resided three years in Colo
RADIO. Member of the Senate of 1898.
Savage, Albert r., Auburn, (Andros-
coggin county,. Republican, Congrega
tionalist, lawyer, married; age a. Born
in l.yegatc, VT, educated at Lancaster,
n. II. academy and at Dartmouth College,
graduating in the class of 1871. Was
u teacher until 1875, when he entered the
Profession of law. Member Auburn
school committee, 1sSi-s3; county attor !
ney for Androscoggin county, 1SSl-s5; |
judge Of probate, Androscoggin county, |
1ss5-IsS9; mayor OF Auburn in 1889, 1890
and 1891. Member of the House in the
65th and Goth Legislatures. Speaker |
of the House. 66th Legis La .ure. Has been |
actively engaged at the practice of law
in Lewiston and Auburn, since March |
1875.
Spofford, Elmer p Deer Isle, Hancock |
county,. Republican, no religious prefer
enccs reported, lawyer, married; age 81. /
Born in Deer Isle; educated in Westbrook |
and by private tutors. Pursued |
ha of lax in, pnrflanI nd
admitted to the bar in 1886. Practiced |
profession in Portland for year, and |
then removed to Deer Isle Was elected |
county attorney for Hancock county in
1888, and re elected in 1890. Member of |
the last Senate; member of committee on
legal affairs, and chairman of shore fish
cries committee. Always Republican.
Simpson, Gilbert E.. Sullivan, (Han-
cock county, Republican, no religious
preferences, surveyor and engineer mar
RED; age 49, Born in Sullivan, educated
in the common and private schools. Has
served as assessor and municipal officer
Has filed nearly every town
office; was chosen as representative to the
in 1869 when J. G. Blaine
was speaker. Served as county commits
'ioner of Hancock county seven years and
hen resigned. Deputy collector of Gus
joms port of Sullivan and Mt Desert Ferry
lbout seven years; employed as teacher of
common schools for twenty-five years,
eaching through fall and winter, gener-
lily two terms each year, and as farmer
md surveyor of land during the remain
Ter of each year. Formerly Wing; a
Republican from the organization of
he party.
Soldiers, George Melville, Portland,
Cumberland county,. Republican, Con-
yregationalist, lawyer, married. Born
n Union. At the age of Is enlisted in
Company B, cath Maine Volunteers, and
erved during his term of enlistment in
louisiana. At the close of his services +,
n the army he returned to Union and re- :
NAMED there until 81 years of age, then
eft home and went to Portland to find
He obtained employment
n the machine shops of Charles Staples & I
son, and worked there some months
when he decided to obtain liberal edu-
alton, and with that purpose in view, he
inferred Lincoln Academy, at Newcastle,
md fitted for college, entering Bowdoin ,
College in the fall of '6S, and graduated (
n the class of ~. After graduating he !
vas elected principal of Greeley Institute, {