Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-08-26
DIR. II. c. Vaughan Is in town for shor.

house in this city TO Mr.. Haslam.
Mrs. Bryant, of Augusta, is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Mason In this city.
Miss Mary A. Preble, of Lynn. Mass. has
been visiting relatives at Sullivan.
Capt Lorenzo Jordan, master OF bark
Julia. is n { home for short time.
Special meeting of the W. r. c. Saturday
afternoon. August ssth. at 2 O'Clock.
Jonathan Billings and son Of Deer Isle
caught six balibut one day last week.
DR. Chas X. Cole and family Of Rockland,
are visiting for few days in this city.
John Z. Emery and Miss Alice Emery. OF
East Boston are visiting friends in this city.
Mr.. II. Campbell and Mr.. Atkinson, of
Boston, are spending few days In this
city.
--Workmen are'ma.ing rapid progress erect
ing poles on which TO string wires for electric
lights.
The schooner Leonora has recently arrived
with a cargo of coal from New York for Frank
:. Lord
A large blackboard party, driven BY Mr.. II.
{. Black. went on an excursion. Monday, to
Castine.
The members of W. X. {. request eontri-
buttons of food for the soldiers dinner Thurs
day, Aug. 81.
Rev. ;. A. Blaisdell. OF Franklin. has gone
TO Lewiston 10 resume his studies at Bates
Seminary.
Mr.. stetson Foster, upholsterer. Boston.
j. visiting hi parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Foster
in this city.
Miss Carrie Woodward is at home on A
short vacation. She has an excellent position
IN Boston copyist.
Miss Celia b. Timer. Of Philadelphia. 4.
visiting friends In this city.
Mr.. Eftie Mccartney is spending few
day at North Ellsworth, visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mr.. Lewis King.
MIR. Charles Rams,icll and wife and dauyh
tiers and Mrs. Damon OF Lynn. Mass. are Wis
iing friends at North Ellsworth.
Mrs. Frances Re,lman Keen and her son
George, Of Providence. 4. l., are spending the
month Of August with her parents.
A Prohibition County Convention will be
held here to-day, Wednesday, a report OF
which will be given in our next paper.
The JULY receipts at the Maine Central
ticket office in this city were nearly $1,000 in
excess of the July receipts OF last year
Miss Sadie Burrin, daughter Of Col. {. c.
Burri. is visiting the family of Hon. Fred f.
Richards, bank examiner. at Rockport.
senator Hale lef, home on Tuesday to
commence the active work OF the campaign
lie spoke in Bangor Tuesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Royal, Jr.. and Mr..
and Mr.. u. W. stevens visited steuben on
saturday Ia>i, returning home Sunday even
Ing.
Rev. K. IL. McGown and family. Of Mt.
Vernon. y. H.. having completed their Els
worth visit left for home this Wednesday morn
Ing
several Of our Grand Army boys includ-
ins ". Il. Campbell, went TO Oldtown, Tues
day. 10 the Reunion tof the lst Maine Heavy
Artillery.
With this week :thc editor completes his
first year in the AMERICAN Office. II has been
Il very hu>,, hut we trust not altogether un-
profitable. year.
Mr.. Julia A. McCrate and daughter, " no
have been at Chcrryheld for some length OF
home Il; East sullivan.
DR.. and Mr.. G.. W. Bragdon with their
child, went: 10 Bangor on Saturday to visit
Mr. Brag'lon- grandfather. They returned
home Monday morning.
Rev. F. Il. Mcfarland, OF Columbus, Ohio,
preached at the Ellsworth Baptist Church La;
SUNDAY. Mr.. Mcfarland is spending the sum
mcr al Southwest Harbor.
Mr.. SewcIl Mitchell. Of Dedham. has 4 colt
3 year, old the eoth Of las: June. that W eigh.
1890 lbs. stand. Il hand. high Mr. Mitchell
brought him from Nanceboro.
Hon. John II. Redman Collector Of Inter
al Revenue expects 10 remain in Portland the
greater part Of The time until his Office is moved
TO Ellsworth about the middle Of September.
Mr.. Z. ;. Turner. Of Bangor. one OF the
teacher, in the Dirigo Business College.
Augusta, i spending few days in town. the
street.
-ProfC III Fernald has left the Agricultural
College at orono TO take the chair OF Natural
History in the Massachusetts Agricultural Cob
lcge at Amherst, Mass. Prof FernaId Is a
native OF Mt. Desert.
C. J. Hall, Belfast, has secured another
granite coniract-a $4,000 job. from the
Omaha National Bank. OF Omaha. Neb. The
granite TO be used will he red granite from Mr.
Halls quarry a; Otter Greek, Mount Desert.
Mr.. Hall i doing hourishing granite business.
employing at present ll5 hands at Belfast
and 100 at his Mount Desert quarries
w. o. Mcdonald. Frank Mcdonald and
Lewis .Iiodgkins have been on n recent Yacht
excursion to Casiine. They left home the 18th
and returned the 23rd, and were, therefore.
gone a little over week. During the trip
W. o. Mcdonald went by steamer from Cas-
tine 10 Belfast. They report a very enjoyable
trip.
AT North Bucksport, Friday, Aug. 9th.
say, the clipper, Capt. Il. Frank Walker was
accidentally shot by Capt. WILDER Bullock.
on board Capt. Bullock's vessel sch. L. n .
strout. lying al Mr.. Samuel Stubs landing
The ball from a 81 caibre revolver, struck his
right ankle bone. {. +. Atwood NJ. D., OF
Winterport is attending him.
Sorrento. which is on Waukeag Point,
sullivan. and just across the bay from Bar
Harbor, is attracting considerable attention,
says the Tourist New York parties who
visited the place last week were delighted with
ii and intend 10 build summer residences
there. Among the recent purchasers Of lots
there are Hon. Payson Tucker, Mrs. Warrell,
Of Halifax, Frank Hill Smith, DIR. Morton
Prince and DIR. Garcesu, of Boston.
The Deer Isle Gazette reports as follows
In the attempt to board II small yacht while
under full Roadway, Willie Green and Willie
Dow, who were in a small skiff, capsized their
boat-the Dow boy, lad Of about 8 years, was
thrown into the water. but was picked up in
an exhausted condition. The Green boy es-
capped by catching hold Of the larger boat when
they coiided. 1t was a narrow escape for the
boys and gave those aboard the yacht tinclud-
ing a number Of ladies) ''big scare
The Clipper is responsible for the follow
ing: A. b. Hartman, of Dedham. turned into
his pasture pigs, to root pig or die, with his
COW. In a short time the COW began to shrink
in milk. Mr.. Ii. thought it was owing to feed
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