The Portland daily press., 1895-12-18
PERSONAL.

Mr.. E. n. Morrill, of Morrill's Corne
will leave next Thursday fer New Mexi
co as chemist for copper mine locates
there.
~. l. Il. Dana was IN Augusta Mon
day, in cons ultation with DR.. j. Il
Tuell in the case of Gen. B. f. Harris
Mr.. Frederick E. Moore of the Gas Ligh
company, is oonvalescent.
Chief of Police HeaIy, of Manchester
n. H.. was in Portland yesterday il
pursuit of a man who jumped his Dai
in Manchester some time ago, and wht
was thought to be here, but he didu'
find him.
Hon. E. M. Goodall of Sanford was il
Portland Monday on his way to Florid.
for the winter
Saturday night Mr.. e. P. Mayo, bust
ness manager of the Turf, Farm ant
Home Publishing Company, received {
letter from the management of thu
Knoxville, Tenn, Times, staunch Re
publican journal, offering him the po-
sition Of general manager of the papel
at good salary. The paper is being
reorganized fol-. the coming campaign anG
will be prominent organ of the Repub
lican party. The letter invited Mr.
Mayo to conference in either Knox
vile or Washington, d. G. Mr.. May,
has the matter in consideration.
At concert in Ellsworth. last evening
Miss Agnes M. Stafford, of Deering. clio
cutionist, took part, together Miss Berth,
Webb, violinist, of New York, Miss Ma
| bel Monaghan. soprano, of Ellsworth, as
sisted by Miss Mary Frances Hopkin
piano, and Mrs. f. L. Kent, organ, o
Ellsworth.
Gen. Charles Il. Taylor, of the Boston
| Globe, and party Of friends, including
Ex-Gov. W. E. Russell of Massachusetts,
left Sunday for home, after passing sew
eral days at the Commodore club hous
near Hartland.
Rev. Gowan A. Wilson. of Deering
superintendent Of. the Maine State Bibl
Society, spoke at the Methodist Baptis
and Congrsgationalistc churches of Ellis
worth, last Sunday. on the work an,
needs of the Bible Society.
William Allen, .Ir., of this city, is o.
a business trip to Bangor.
Augustus Champlin, of this city, i
on business trip to Bangor.
e. A. Staples, of this city, spent Sun
day in Rockland.
Mrs. II. T. Parsons, of Rockport, i
visiting friends in this city.
Judge Hopkins, of the Deering munici
pal court, goes to Auburn today as
member of the committee appointed by
the Supreme court to decide as to tn,
widening of the county road in the CITY
of Auburn at a point near the end of thu
bridge across the Androscoggin. The
case is similar to that of the widening
of Forest Avenue in Deering. The coun
ty commissioners decided against the
petition to widen, and an appeal was
taken to the Supreme court, and the fol
lowing committee appointed: Hon. Jo
seph Holman, of Pennington, member Of
the Governors Council. Hon. A. M.
Spear, of Gardiner, and Judge George c.
Hopkins of Deering. They will give {
hearing today at Auburn to the pet ition-
ers and remonstrants.
Following were the Falmouth hote
arrivals yesterday: M. j. Gibbs Of
Akron, Ohio, H. B. Black, C. P. Marks,
D. f. Durham, q. E. Todd, J. H.
Blaisdell, all Of Boston; Gen. S. D.
Leavitt of PASSPORT, Geo. A. Curran OF
Calais, E. Hannohs of Newark, A. P.
Sawyer and party, Newburyport, N. Lock
of New York, W. H. Dyer of Providence,
A. Drewsen of New York, W. c. Brown
of Cambridge, G. P Gilman Of Bucks
port. W. S. Mead of Springfield, S. H.
Dawes of Harrison, A. P. Doolittle Of
Galveston.
Intelligence WAS received on Monday
afternoon of the death. in. Denver, Col.
of Russell W. Worcester The deceased
was native Of Portland and long resi-
dent here.
The subject of Hon. W. W. Thomas,
Jr.' lecture before the Historical Society
is the story of New Sweden in Maine,
dealing with the history of the colony
here. 1t has been enormously announced
as Sweden and the Swedes." The
public are cordially, invited.