The Portland daily press., 1899-09-26
Personal.

Mrs. y. W. Roberts returned to Port
land, Saturday, having passed several
days with her brother, Hon. j. o. Smith
and family In Skowhegan.
Fifty odd years sGo four boys were
learning the blacksmith trade in Belfast.
Monday evening OF last week the four
met ny chance ut the Windsor hotel; boys
no longer. for their united ages arc 2p5
years. All were well and hearty, and
enjoyed to tine full this unprecedented
but most happy reunion. The four were
Jones 8. Davis and j. l.. Havner of Bel
fast; p. b. Bean OF Rockland, and q. ".
Bean OF Portland.
Mr.. Phil Carney Of Deering.street left
Portland this week for Princeton College,
to begin his second year.
Miss Sarah Fitzpatrick calls on the
steamer statendam from New York for
Rotterdam on October IA. She will make
tour In Holland, Germany and France.
Jose Poyentud, Sergio Torruella, Tenn
Laruna of Ponce, Porto Rico. who have
been spending the summer at Miss Mar.
wick's. Ia Park street, have returned to
their school in Pennington. Sergio
Poyentud returned to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus 8. Libby and
daughter OF Summit, N. j., were the
guests over sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles 3. Libby.
Mr.. and AIRS. Elias Thomas and Miss
Thomas Will visit Vienna. Venice, Paris
and London during the next few weeks.
Some of the people going Wednesday
morning, september "a on KimbalI's
Maine Central. Quebec and Montreal ex-
cursion, are, Hon. George II. Tarlton
and wife, Newflsld, N. H; Samuel @.
Nichols. Winthrop; W. II. Matthews and
wife. Dover, N H; W. A. Walker and
wife, Castine; Ernest A. johnson and
wife, Bath; Mrs. Albert Haley, Miss
Lucy Haley, brooklyn, N. H.; Mr.. and
Mrs A. s. Litilefeld, Rockinnd; MIR.
and Mrs. W. n. .Bisbss, Camden; Mrs.
W. b. Fernald and sister. watervills; a
wedding party and also a.. party from
Gloucester.
Mrs John W. Bowers OF this city has
been invited to give talk before the
Woman's Lotus club of Biddeford, on
1.-THE Messiah
Portland friends of Mrs. l.. D. al.
SWEET are much Interested In an artistic
little volume published by her. entitled,
Two Weeks 10 st. Petersburg"
Miss Annie L. Lord arrived by the late
train on Saturday from her European
trip. Miss Lord spent two weeks In
Sorrento and La Cava after the party
with which she was travelling left for
home, waiting for the Aller, mnch
more commodious steamship than the
one assigned the party.
Mr.. ]. O. w. Perry. who has been
spending the summer ON Peaks island,
has removed his family to che CLARK fats
on Winter street.
The birthday of Landlord Castner was
obser we'd at the West End hotel, Satur-
day evening. During the evening the
employees of the Office presented an office
chair to Mr. Castner.
Judge Enoch Fostsr will try several Inn
portant nuisance cases in Auburn, be-
ginning today. The suits are brought by
j. II. Fisher of Lewiston against several
Massachusetts companies on policies
placed upon the defendants hotel at Mar
ragansett Fier. The house burned and
the board of referees, selected in accord
auce with the provisions of the policies,
awarded only $500 damages where
S14.0 900 were claimed. Fisher claims
fraud and improper collision ON the
I art of the referee and seeks to have their
award set asids.
Councilman Everett II. Josselyn leaves
for New York tonight to attend tie Dewey
celebration.
Mr.. Charles A. Snow win also go to
New York tonight to renal u during the
Dewey festivities.
Edward ]. Abram. manager of Brady
and Ziegfeld's production, Mile. FIJI, was
In the city yesterday.