The Portland daily press., 1899-03-22
PERSONAL.

Miss Linnie NJ. Libby, of Bridgton, is
spending vacation with her brother,
MIR. Warren Libby, of Portland.
| Miss Ricker OF Poland Springs, who
ha, lbeen critically Ill with pneumonia at
Hon. NJ. p. Franks house. is making q
steady although slow recovery.
Miss Hortense Lewis has returned from
Palm Beach Inn, Fla, where she has
been spending the winter.
| Mr.. William j. Gum OF this city, who
has completed his senior year in Harvard,
has sailed from New York for Europe
He expects to spend the next two months
in Italy and France and may remain on
the continent for some time.
| Mrs. Hersey, wife Of Lieutenant Mark
l.. Hersey, U. S. A., was severely i'll
when the TRANSPORT on which they were
iourneying to Manila touched at Gibral-
tar. She had been five days unconscious
with grip and brain fever when they ar
rived at Gibraltar.
| Captain II. II. Shaw Ewas among the
Maine veterans who greeted General Miles
in Boston, Monday night.
Mrs John W. Bowers of Portland gave
q talk before the Lotus club OF Biddeford
at 4 o'clock yesterday on the Federation
Travelling club, organized by the State
Federation of Pennsylvania women.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman A. Bachelor
have returned from two weeks visit to
Massachusetts,.
| MIR. and Mrs. W.D. Washburn and Miss
Washburn of Minneapolis are at the Con-
gress Square hotel.
| DR.. John +. Thompson entertained the
Lister club at Riverton casino Monday
evening. The paper was read by Dr.
Charles D. Smith.
| Hon. and Mrs. James L. Hewey and
the Misses Hewey of Alfred, are at the
Falmouth.
| Mrs. Job Abbott and Miss Abbott of
Dexter are registered at the Falmouth.
| Hon. and Mrs J. T. Davidson of York
are at the Falmouth.
Miss Cornelia L. Crosby OF Phillips.
who writes under the name of "Flyrod, -
has improved in health so as to be able to
90 out. She has been at the Intirmary
since last September.
Mr.. 7. p. MCGOWAN of Portland spent
Sunday with friends in Bangor. He was
accompanied by his nieces Miss Teresa
I Connolly and Miss Margare MCGOWAN.
Col. Charles G. Burrill and wife OF
Ellsworth have gone to Southern Pines,
\. c.
Rev. Luther Freeman of the Chestnut
street church, will give the decennial ad
dress at Lisbon before Berry Post
MIR. Harvey W. Merrill of Auburn
withdrew from the Auburn Shoe maui
featuring firm of Hutchins, Curtis & Co.,
and has accepted fiattering position
with the Metallurgicsl society of Port
land, to which city he will remove In q
short time. His many friends in Au
burn will regret his departure to Port
land. Lewiston Journal.
The friends of Lieut.. Mark l.. Hersey
quartermaster OF the 18th infantry, anc
Mrs. Herssy. now on the transport Sheri
dan en- route to the Philippines, will bt
panied to hear of Mrs. Hersey's serious i'll
ess from grip, resulting in brain fever.
Advices from Gibraltar dated March 8
lindicated that her condition was critical
lOVERSEERS OF POOR ORGANIZE.
The overseers Of the poor met at thei
office last evening and the chairman an
nounced the committees as follows:
STAND ING COMMITTEES.
Accounts-Lewis, Kent. Colesworthy
Pierco.
Purchase-A nderson, Lewis, Daniels
Holland.
Farming Cousens, Colesworthy
Daniels, Moore.
House-Ross, Kent Cousens, Pierce.
Repairs-Moore, Anderson, Daggett,
| johnson.
Suits Holland, Daggett Lewis, Coles
worthy.
Hospital johnson, Holland, Daggett
Ross.
MONTHLY COMMITTEES.
March and September--Johnson and
Colesworthy.
April and October-Ross and Kent.
May and Novsm ber-holland and Lewis
June and Observation-Disclosures and
Pierce.
July and Januery-Anderson AMI
Cousens.
August and February and Dan
iels.
They also elected Mr. and Mrs. N. D
F. McKenney as master and inatron Of
the Deerlng district almshouse.