Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-05-15
City and County.


DR.. Thomas n. Drake has settled st
Pressure Isle, Aroostook county.
Mr. and Mrs. J. u. Hopkins arrived home
from short visit to Bangor. on Thursday
last.
Edward A. Croker OF Bucksport, has re-
cei,ed cheek for back pension amounting to
tI.lOo.
Bar Harbor Is rapidly putting on her holi-
day attire aud making ready to receive her
summer guests.
Mr.. Chas. L. Stevens was thrown from
carriage, not long ago. His ankle wa. badly
/. sprsined. and he is still quite lame.
The Twen,y-6rst Annual Report Of the
Maine Press Association has just been issued
from the Mount Desert Herald Office.
Capt. J. n. Gardner. DIR. q. A. Wheeler
and 4. Y. Davis. Esq, went from Casfine 10
the Masonic Grand Lodge 81 Portland. last
week.
C. Z. Dorr. Esq. OF this city. and Mr..
Thompson of Trenton. went on 4 recent gun.
ming expedition 10 Prospect Hsrbor and
vicinity.
Lost between the Hancock House and the
Congregational church. paper bundle. The
finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving the
same a. this Office.
The new school house, In the district Of
kilkenney. North Hancock. Is nearly complet-
ed. II il built on the site OF the old one that
Was destroyed by FIRE last fall.
The steamer Little Round Top has been
increased in size by her late additions and re-
pairs. She now measures 1856 ton. gros. and
23.&s net. which is an increase ef nearly Is
tons.
F. B. Aiken. Of thi. city, is furnishing the
Ing built At Bass IIsrbor by Bangor parties
The factory W III he ready TO commence opera
tions about June /.
w. &. Sargent 4 son. ssrgentville. have
bought one thousand barrels OF clam bait this
spring. making employment for two hundred
men and boys. and distributing nve thousand
dollars among the people.
The Baptist church at Franklin. has e1-
tended call 10 Rev. A. A. Cambridge. . re-
cent graduate % Colby, and now lsboriug tenn
porarily at Bowdoinham. His answer al
latest sdsice had not been received.
The collector Of internal revenue In Port
land has received from Washington checks for
the payment Of rebate claims which have been
above in the State Of Maine. The aggregate
amount o. claims allow ed IL shout s49. 600.
-Messrs. b. |. Wood and A. W. Curti. have
leased the room under Odd Fellows Hall. and
pst..l to- lot al Il. %
They also keep constantly on hsnd large
stock Of door.. sashc-. blinds, mouldlngs. etc.
which they will sell st low prices.
There l. some talk that concrete side
walk will lee laid on State street. from the
south end Of the old concrete walk 10 the resi-
dcnce Of II. VI. Hall. Esq. The distance. a. az
certained by measurement. i 900 feet. The
construction Of such walk would b. great
improvement
Mr.. ami Mr.. Peabody OF salem. Mass.
srri,e Ell In this city the eth instant, on a visit
to their daughter. the wife Of Rev. r. 4. Her
ring. Mr.. Peabody win remain some length Of
time. but Mr.. f.. who j. the editor Of = Salem
newspaper. was Obliged 10 return the next
day. on account of business.
The new Baptist meeting house at Frank
lin will be- dedicated the 18th inst. service. to
commence at . O'Clock T. VI. The sermon
will lie preached by Rev. 4. A. Herring Of
Ellsworth. Service will also be held In the
evening. We are informed that cordial
invitation I. extended TO all 10 be present.
Cyrus Emery. Esq. administrator Of the
estate Of Jeremiah Wooster. sold al auction,
in thi, city. the ninth instant, 1872 Of the
schooner Mary Jane IIee,T and Is Of the
schooner Chrome" The highest bidder and
purchaser Of the MARY Jane Lee" ws
Patrick Mullzn, and Of the Chrome" T.. II.
Greely.
Rev. Mr.. Clifford. who was stationed sf
Bucksport. last year. and went South few
month, ago for hi. health. write, that he ha.
entirely recovered his health and will return
North .oon. Prof. Clifford, his brother. for
merly teacher At the Seminary, has also been
restored 10 health by the ,ofr. sunny air Of the
-tsir Of Mississippi.
The alarm OF fire on Friday ls-t. ws> oc-
casioned by = small blaze in the upper story Of
the ell OF Capt. Henry J. JOY. II is supposed
that the fire originated from spark commune
Gated from an open fire 10 carpet which was
shortly after rolled up and put away. The
confsgration wa promptly extinguished with
but small damage 10 the house and contents.
Lis; Of patents issued 10 Maine inventors
for the week ending Nav 8, 1884. reported for
Us By Coomb- 4 Mason, Solicitors OF Patents
and Counsel in Patent Gases, Wheelwright 4
Clarke Block, Bangor, Maine: W. II. Savage
Bingham, wire cutting machine. Whole num-
Der for the week-patents. 314; designs. :;
Trademarks. %; Labels. 4; reissues. 1; total.
4l2.
ON MAY !, as Freeman STANLEY, surfman
No :, OF the Life Saving station on Cranberry
Isles. wAs going 10 Southwest Hzrbor in .
skin. be n small schooner run over q punt
with boy in IL. Immediately rowing along
side. he discovered Young son Of Thomas
Newman. OF Southwest Hsrbor, clingtng to II
and rescued him. But for the help OF Mr..
Stanley. Young Newman would doubles. have
been drowned.
In our statement last week, that Mr.. Mar
tin Stratton. OF Hancock. 10 four score and ten
years Of age, the land ten WAS slip OF the
pen which we did not discover until too late
for correction. We meant to say tina. Mr..
stratton is four score wears OF age. We were
also misinformed about services in the Method
ist church. Rev. T.. A. Herring did not oc-
cupy that pulpit a. stated, though. by some
Misunderstanding. he wss expected TO.
AT meeting Of the Masonic Grand Lodge
st Portland. the sih inst. charter was grant
ed to Ira Berry Lodge, OF Bluehill. aud its dis
pen>ation continued, until constituted. The
following officers were appointed for Hancock
county District Deputy Grand Master,
Fourth District. Benjamin Morrill,, Bluehill I;
Grand Chaplains, Rev. {. :. Lefingwell, Bar
Harbor and A. +. Palmer. Lsmoine: Grand
Sword Bearer, Geo. A. Wheeler, ". D.. Cas-
tine.
On April 30. a. W. VI. Gerrish, Of Winter
Harbor. and Irwin Myrick, Of South Goulds-
boro, were rowing from the steambost landing
up TO Jordan's Island bar. with . boat full Of
weir ribbons, the stern Of the dory splitting
open. .he filed and sank. Gerrish managed 10
cling hold Of the ribbons and Myrick 10 the
bow Of the dory, 1t being few inches out Of
water. Fortunately Charles Jackson and
others were within hsiling distance and, hear.
ing their cries for help, made all possible speed
for their rescue. II was indeed fortunate that