The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10
PERSONAL.

DR.. Alfred King arrived home Saturday
evening from his European trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thurston and son,
and Mr.. and Mrs. James McMulkern,
arrived from Gorham, N. H., at Peaks
Island yesterday.
James A. Tenney and wife, returned
Saturday from their western trip and ex-
! cursion to Yellowstone Park.
| Speaker Reed was a guest on Thursday
last at the dinner given at their villa in
| Newport by Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin S.
Brice in honor of the French Ambassador
M. Patenotre.
| Rev. Theodore Gerrish, formerly of
| Portland, has for some time been located
| in London as representative of certain
American enterprises for which an effort
has been made to enlist English ca pital.
DR.. George Washburn, president of
Robert College, Constantinople, has been
visiting friends in Portland, and is now
in Bar Harbor Mrs. Washburn is with
him. Miss Elizabeth Farley, of this
city, is to spend the coming year at Con-
stantinople with Mr.. and Mrs. Wash
burn.
S., Hobart, the grocer on Brackett
street, has just returned from trip to
the country for his health.
| MIR. and Mrs. Yates and daughters,
and Mr.. and Mrs Carman, are visiting
Alderman c. J. Mcdonald and family
for week or two at Peaks island.
| Miss Magma Griffin of Cumberland
street, is visiting relatives in Boston for
two weeks.
Hon. Charles E. Gibbs of Bridgton was
at the West End hotel yesterday.
Rev. W. L. Lockwood of Boston, the
well-known evangelist, who has favored
the Y. M. G. A. with interesting talks
on several occasions, is in this city on a
brief sojourn,
| Sculptor Shaw has planned the erection
on his beautiful lawn bordering on the
outlet of Lake Maranocook, at Winthrop,
of marble structure Of the Greek order
to serve him as studio.
On Saturday Eben Winthrop Freeman,
Esq. of this city, appeared in the Probate
court at Bangor and filed petition for
his appointment as administrator of the
estate of Reuben L. Estabrook of Saginaw,
Mich.
Mrs. J. II. Vose and family of Pine
street, are spending the summer at
Francestown, n. H.
Train Master J.H Herbert of the Grand
Trunk, (frst, second and third divisions),
has arrived in town and is at the Fal-
mouth with Mrs Herbert.
The private car of General Manager
Chappell of the Chicago & Alton rail
road, arrived over the Grand Trunk yes
terday, with Mr. Chappell's family on
board. They have gone to Poland Spring.
George c. Russell of the Boston Direc-
tory is in town after quite extensive
bicycle trip through Central Massachu-
sets.
Night Signal Officer Caleb Newcomt
tion of two weeks, which he will spend in
the vicinity of Buxton. Officer Sparrow
now takes Mr.. Newcomb's place.
Mr.. Walter c. Emerson, editor of the
Portland, Me-, Daily Advertiser, was
in Taunton yesterday en- route for New
port where he joined the New York
Yacht club and will continue the cruise
with them to Squirrel Island, Me-, his
summer home. Mr.. Emerson is one of
Names brightest newspaper men. and
an eloquent speaker. He took part in
the Mckinley campaign stumping in New
York state and has the backing of Sena-
tors Hale and Frye, Speaker Reed and
Congressman Dingley, Boutelle and Bur-
leigh for an important position in the
navy departmental Taunton News.)