The Portland daily press., 1898-06-06
PERSONAL.

Capt. Daniel v. Hodgdon, of the U. S.
spatch boat in Admiral Dewey's squad
ron, was formerly commander of the
Dallas on this station. He has just been
ordered home. as his wife is in pre-
carious condition owing to the fact that
he is in active service at Manila, and
her physician cabled the admiral of the
facts. Hodgsdon kdon't know his wife is
sick nor why he is ordered home.
Mr.. Edward Barclay, the portrait paint
er, who has been passing the winter in
Washington. arrived Saturday at the
Columbia for month.
Yolanae Wallace the burlesque actress,
Portland girl is passing the summer at
Falmouth.
Mrs. Mary Caswell, formerly of Port
land, now of Los Angeles, contemplates
sailing for Europe from New York on
the Friesland, on June %.
Mr.. Arthur B Morrill,. principal of the
State Normal Training school at New
Haven, formerly of the Portland High
school, will deliver the address on the &C.
casion of the Training school graduation
in Assembly hall on the evening of June
a.
M. J. Callahan, who for four years past
has been manager and treasurer of the
Boston and Portland Express company
has been appointed superintendent of
teams and outside business of the Prince
Express company
The many friends Of r 6. Brooks,
who has been under treatment at the
Maine General hospital, will be glad to
learn of his recovery
F, brand Mrs. J W Nichols of Farming
ton have been spending few days in
| this city.
| Manasseh Smith, Jr., of Deering. has
| been designated as cadet for the West
Point Military Academy, for the class
| entering in 1899; and Philip II Worces-
| ter of Portland as alternate.
On Wednesday ex-Alderman Thomas
H. Hassett entered the Eye and Ear In.
Urinary to undergo an operation upon
his right eye which has caused him con.
siderable pain of late The operation
was performed on Saturday and was very
successful, but Mr.. Hasset will be con.
fined to the infrmary for about a fort
| night longer
MIR. Julian Stevens, an attorney, who
formerly resided in Portland, was severe
| ly bitten on both hands By a spider at
| Lake Grove, Auburn, few days ago.
| He was resting his hands on the pavilion
| in the grove when the spider came down
on a web and settled on one hand. Mr..
| Stevens felt the bite and brushed the in
sect off. 1t then lighted on the other
| hand and bit that also. Both hands at
once swelled badly and it looked for a
time as if the result would be serious.
The engagement is announced of Miss
| Alice Verrill, daughter of Byron D. Ver-
rill, Esq, to Mr.. Sterling Dow, of the
| Maine Central.
Mr.. John G. Brown is one of the Port
land boys who has gone to Chickamauga.
| Mr. Brown went as captain in the Sth
| regiment of New York.
Mrs. Harry P. Larrabee of Deering
street, has gone to Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
| to attend the exercises of the graduating
| class at Vassar College of which her
daughter. Miss Katie Larrabee, is a
member.
Capt Ansel L. Dyer, of Dorchester,
| Mass, is the guest Of MIR. A. K. Cobb at
| his summer home on the Cape shore.
W. FL. Pascoe of the BARLEY. McCul-
| lum Company, arrived in thescity Satur-
| day and the same evening was enter
| tanned by the Elks. Mr.. Horne and Mr..
Smith of the company arrived ssterday. .