Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-02

| We were invited Monday evening by some
| Of the prominent Chapter Masons to step up
| into the Masonic Hall to see their new par
| apherDalia, which. there can be no doubt Is
| one of the very best In the State. IL not the
| best OF all. The suits were purchased in De.
| troll, Michigan, and there are nine Of them,
as follows: High Priest King, Scribe, Cap
! tain of Host. Principal Sojourner. Royal Arch
| Captain. Master Sd Vail. Master ID Vail and
| Master LIST Vail. The materials OF which the
| paraphernaia is made, are velvet. silk and sat
| in, and the several suits are trimmed with
| gold and silver lace. When fully dressed the
heads of the Captain of the Host and the Royal
! Arch Captain are adorned with helmet bear
ing crimson and white plume. All the 9TH
er officials wear turbans of appropriate de-
sign. and all leggings and sandals. On the
whole those who wear the new, brilliant and
elegant paraphernslia present very oriental
appearance which suggests not mere fashion.
but fashion which has become part OF an
Client history and which has been preserved
with scrupuous endeavor, down to the pres
ent time. In fact, whoever studies these
seemingly unique costumes gets a very import
ant object lesson In ancient apparel. We con-
graduate the Chapter on its new and beautiful
acquisition.
LAUNCHING.-Th new three-masted schoon-
er Harry W. HAYNES" was most successfully
launched from the yard OF |. NJ. Grant at
about II o'clock. Tuesday forenoon. This is
one OF the finest vessels, OF her size, we ven
ture TO say, that was ever built In Maine. No
pains has been spared In rkmanship or
material to make her in every respect first
class. and she is first-class throughout. and as
handsome she is staunch. Her dimensions
are about as follows: Length over all,
49, feet keel, 40 feet: breadth OF beam,
81 feet; depth. 10 feet and inches. Her
tonnage. carpenters measure. is about 400
tons. She has not yet been measured by
the custom house officials, but 1t is rough
~ estimated that her register tonnage will
be something less than 800 tons. The prin-
cipal owners are |. NJ. Grant. J. NJ. Higgins.
Whtcomb, Haynes & Co., A. W. Ellis, Capt.
Roland c. Bonsey OF Ellsw orth, and Warren
Ray OF New York. She was named by Chas.
II HAYNES, Esq. one Of her owners, for his
son. Harry ". Haynes, now student in Phil
adelphia Dental College. Capt X. 4. Bonscy
will command her. We wish this fine vessel
the most gratifying success. and that she may
prove an initial step in the revival of ship
building at this port
MIR. +. A. Weaver. OF Eureka, Cal, Tho
j. now in this city, hi. native place, has some
very interesting photographs. showing some
81 California; biz tree, and .tumps It's mills.
aud numbering operations. and some OF its
towns and residences. Mr.. Weaver resides in
Humboldt county and is wei acquainted with
IL resources, and especially the trees and lum-
herring operations OF that section. More than
threc-fourths OF the county i covered with
forest which would do a down-ea>t lumber
mans eyes good just TO hook at, OF these trees
the redwood Is by far the most important.
both regards its distribution and CONNER
cial value. II covers belt along the coast
from twelve TO fifteen miles deep, not one
tenth Of which has yet been touched by the
wood>man's axe. 1t is not ut all unusual to
find trees there from Is 10 20 feet in diameter
and from Is 10 200 feet high the whole FORM
ing lumberman'- paradise. In round num-
Der. there are 800, 600 acres In that county
cred with retlw ood timber. The Yield Of lum-
Der to the acre varies. reaching as high n 800.
051 feet. but averaging, according to careful
and reliable estimates. about no 900 feet.
enough In the aggregate TO make 100 900 .0po,-
GO feet The lumber shipment, for recent
year were follows:
To domestic ports. 10000 .0o0 feet
To foreign ports, 100000 -
Total. 1870 600 600 feet
These figure, do not include the large guam
tity Of shingles. shakes, posts, pickei-, railroad
tie. fruit boxes, moulilng-. door. windows,
etc. manufactured there. Redwood lumber
+, used for almost everything, and it makes
q VERY pretty finish but there /. something
connected with il. " hich for the finest Kind OF
veneer work. has no peer snd but few equals.
the redwood burbl, huge knots W hich not uu-
frclontly grow on the side OF trees, sometimes
eight or ten feet in length or breadth. We
have Il, this writing a specimen on our table
sent u, sometime ago by friend in cafor-
MIA These burh, harder than ironwood
and consist Of tiny Knot. compactly woven
together that they show no grain whatever
The wood OF these burhls " hen worked /, "
a rich. dark mo,ted brown and is bis hly orna-
mental, and " hat i most peculiar about It is
that no two piece, can be found that are alike
THE BKppISGIoN sILICA.-Mr. Charles
T.. Mitchell returned Friday from business
trip 10 Boston, " here he had been on business
connected with the interests OF the Cameron
Silica Company. whose works are located at
, Hediiugtou The Insurance on the building.
recently burned has been satisfactorily settled
and the work Of rebuilding is now going on IS
fast a. possible. Mr.. Mitchell is obtaining
| workmen and n large a crew can be obtain
cd " i'll be put 10 work upon the buildings IN
order that they may be quickly completed
TIE work OF obtaining silica will he conrin-
ued on u larger scale, and with favorable con
dition- the business will be firmly established,
The beginning which has been made shows
y bat can be- done in that line. ana there i. no
doubt but that the future will be prosperous
one for the company.
The charges against Game and Fish War
den Mcnamara were heard in Augusta, the
18Th. VIM Z. Pinkham q Harrington fisher
man appearing against him. Pinkham said he
had one hundred lobster traps set when the
warden appeared and without notification de-
nan.ed five hundred dollars, five dollars for
each trap. because Pinkham bad placed only
hi initials on the buoy- instead OF his name ss
wa alleged to be required by law. Pinhbam
, told him that he could not pay this sum and
the warden consented to take eighty--eyen
dollars and fifty cents and finally seventy Give
dollars, which was paid by the fisherman.
receipt being taken. Pinhham alleged that
Mcnamara never made any account OF the
, money TO the county or state. he being requir-
ed to turn il in to the county treasurer, but
that the warden had spent 1t in drinking and
gambling. Ii was "A custom among the fisher
men to place their inlta buoy and not
the full name. The witness said he knew Of
many other cases where Mcnamara had ex-
torted money in this manner and numerous
atfidayits were presented. The governor has
received complaints from forty people against
the officer. The case was continued 10 hear
from Men amara and his counsel.
Ellsworth Falls.