Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-07-06

sullivan Granite Company.
aeksmiihs shop for Sale ". 4 Jordan.
Far sale Nathan Hammond.
The Advance Mower
LOCAL AND OTHER ITEMS.
Items Hheai Town.
E>otcric Lodge was duly constituted
aud it, officers installed. on Monday even
iug by the Grand Master. assisted bv 9th
~ officers of the Grand Lodge. The
Grand Lodge were received at Masonic
Hall. aud escorted hy Iygonia and ESQ
fcrr Lodge. preceded by The Ellsworth
Brass Band. to the Unitarian Church.
whore the ceremony took place
He Following are the new officer. 4
E,oteric Lodge
K. +. Campbell W. VI.
\. W. Cushman. :. W.
t,eo \. DYER. J. ".
Chas. ID. Mcdonald Treas.
Amory Otis. Sec'y.
Jas. A. McGown. :. u.
A W. Greeiy. j. ID.
o. Call. :. :
T. l.. Austin. J. :.
H. y. carter +.
" II. >aVAyy. Chap.
The proceedings came Ia an end about
l'a clock with supper Al the City Hotel.
CARD.
The members Of Eseteric Lodge. desire
o. ,hAnA tic Choir aud organist for thei
edicient service, Al the church.
The High school closes next week.
The city i reported to have been very
....iet this Fourth
Mr.. Josslyn rctres from the firm of
Lyon & Josslyn next August.
Preaching a, the Baptist Church dur
ag the month Of July
The DEBATE Blacksmith shop is offer
"a Tor sale. see advertisement
Roy. pr Dexter will preach in tn.
Baptist church next sunday.
An encouraging revival in the Free
Baptist Church at Deer Isle is reported.
The Submarine party at the river
mouth are doing good work in getting
uit rock
Gco- \. Dyer has moved into hi. new
room, on Main Street. next door above III,
Granite Block.
I umbrellas would have found a ready
-Aic al the close Of the circus exhibition.
d raincd slightly.
The churohe- Of Lanoinc and East
I-.Inoiue have secured the services OF Rev.
u. bowuic. for the summer
Mr. J. T. Crippen and Lewis Friend
intend TO build residences for themselves
near the site Of the old Academy
Three card monte viciimized few
FeoF4e at the late show: but the police
laAde the swindler, return the money and
l,aS q fine.
The Empire City Circus was a good
one. Most Of the gymnasiic and acrobat
feats were new. and rather above the ay-
rage Of travelling circusses.
The Steamer r. ". Carter took about
hundred people down to Bartleti's Island
;Ac Fourth. We understand tina, Mr.
frazier delivered the Grafton"
Quite number OF new buildings are
icing erected on Water stree, just below
: g. Jor,ian's store. Mr. Bowden pro
ip-~, ID lii up one Of them a, a store.
Mr. Francis c. Peabody Of Boston.
member of Harvard University Divinity
school. il expected 10 preach IN the Uni
'ariau church next Sunday. 4; l0l.2 A. VI.
The balloonist of the Empire City Cir
rus. in company with his balloon, came
Town ia the steam mill ward. about ten
feet from The river landing upon pile Of
slabs
AT Bangor on Monday. Mile Ell,ler,
The rope walker oil Stone & Murray's
lrcus. fell from the rope TO the ground q
distance Of nearly twenty-five feet and was
cossiderably bruised and Jared. although
thinks she cannot resume her performance
for week or more.
David Nice. i saiior. was quite badly
Injured Al Ba>- Harbor on the Fourth. He
had just poured cup of powder into
,annon and had his face near its mouth
when by some unexplained means it ex-
pl"ded- filling his face with powder and
inJurfng his eyes. collection OF thirty
four dollars was taken up for him
Geo. II. knowlton. Esq, Assessor OF
Internal Revenue for the First Congress
-ional District. aud al one time Editor o.
she Portland Press, died at his home in
BiL'deford on Monday morning last. Mr..
kno wilton was an accomplished writer a
genial and true man, and his early death
i, public a. well a a private loss. He
"a, born al Portsmouth n H.. in April
l,J5.
One of the prettiest sights to be seen
ia ali Down East" can be witnessed at
sullivan Falls, al low water. The COM
pany that has taken the contract 10 remove
the ledge at these falls. are now at work
blasting. The ledge is covered at low Wa
ter, and the explosive material l. sunk Il
the lsdge aud then the train fired. AT the
explosion a column Of water In the form
of cone j. thrown up in the air two OF
three hundred feet. Two or three blast,
are made at each low water.