Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-06-05
Miss Eva Aiken 10 visiting In Bucksport

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with the Unitarian church of this city.
Presiding Elder Haley delivered the ac
dress Memorial Day at Lubec.
w. b. Davis and wife of Bar Harbor, er
10 town last Friday.
Mrs. B. F. Joy is visiting friends and re-
stiyes at Ssccarsppa.
Rev. j. T. Crosby of this city. delivere'
the Memorial Day address at Brookiin.
Mrs. Maria r. Perry arrived home from
Chicago last week, where she spent the pas
winter with her sister, Mrs. A. B. Squirting.
The frame for the new three-maste,
schooner now being built at Grants yard IL al
up and the stem In place.
Mr.. W, F. Stanwood. W no had stroke o
| paralysis short time ago, Is now recoyerin,
and hopes soon to be ready for work
The Village Improvement society vii
| meet with Mrs. James Midtown next Satur
day at 30 O'Clock r. N.
| Mrs. l.. VI. n. Stevens, President of tn.
| W. c. T. L. OF Maine, was in this city oil
Thursday OF last week.
Senator Hale arrived home with his fami
| ~ on Thursday OF last week. Saturday Mr.
| Hale returned to Washington.
Mrs. A. F. Greedy desires all who are H.
| debted TO her to settle at once. See notice In
another column.
Mr.. Carlton MeGown 10 repairing and put.
ting ne~ sills into the rigging loft and store
house on Water street.
Schooner Storm Petrol OF which mention
has been msde, was lowed TO the upper
wharves Monday night.
Schooner Mary F. Cushmsn arrived at
this port from Boston on Monday with hard
pine for the new vessel.
Mr.. Joseph Usher Parsons, of Franklin,
l. in very feeble health being much crippled
by rheumatism.
ON Thursday OF last week John Lampson
Of this city. was carried to the insane asy lum
at Augusta by officer Sweeney.
Rev. DR.. Teuney Is thought 10 be falling
gradually, although 10 great extent his con-
diion remsins unchanged.
We received u pleasant call Tuesday from
Capt. John ". Kane OF the brig L. W. Parker.
Many OF Capt. ksne's interesting letters have
sppeared In the AMERICAN.
Rev, F. +. Healey will give free lecture
on Odd ellowship. on sunday evening next,
ri . 30 O'Clock. al the Unitarian church. The
public are cordially invited.
The next session Of the Ellsworth Free
Baptist quarterly meeting will be held with
the Free Baptist church. West Deer Isle, June
20, 81 and -.
The water in Reeds Pond Is exceptionally
high for this season OF the year, owing to the
recent heavy rains. The lower part Of the Ice
house Of Z. L. Rker Is flooded.
The new offices over the BurriIl Natioual
bank, which Mes-rs. Giles & Drummey have
been fitting up are finished and they have
moved In.
AT Democratic caucus held In Hancock
Hall on Saturday evening last. delegates were
cbosen 10 attend the State and Congressional
conventions held Al Augusta to-day (Wedne.-
day.
DR.. F. q. Adams. who studied medicine
in the Office OF Or. Phillips, of this city. has
settled in Rocksnd. Me. for the practice OF his
profession.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Moore gave their six
months Old boy. Erie. TO Christ in baptism.
Sunday. the 18th. The ceremony was per
formed at their home by Rev. +. A. Harlow.
Maine State missionary.
The announcement Il made of the mar.
risge OF Mr.. Edgar l.. Means, OF the class Of
-, Bowdoin College. to Miss Jessie Bsnwen
OF Orlsnd, Neb., June llth. They will come
10 Maine on their wedding tour.
Mrs. :. r. Romney, who had studio =,
Mrs. Bagley's on School street, for teaching
etching aud tapestry painting for 4 few weeks,
hs. changed her room TO No, Masonic Block,
apartments OF the hing's Daughters.
The work OF enumersting the census VS..
begun Monday OF this week. Ii will be well
10 answer the enumerstor's questions civilly
A. be t. not TO blame for them and Is doing the
best be can.
DIR. Phillip. has moved from his office over
Coles bookstore. 10 the Office formerly oc-
cupied by DIR. j. II. Patten, in Masons block
DR.. Lewis Hodgkins viii occupy the ofice
vacated by DR.. Phillips.
Miss Nellie 7. Cushman Of this city. who
has been visiting friends IN The West the pas,
winter-Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska, has
returned 10 kewana, H., and Is expected
home In June or July.
Mr. Herbert Adams ef, last Thursday for
his home at Portland. Oregon. His father,
Mr.. Daniel Adams, will accompany him a. far
as Dakota, where he will stop for q while with
bis son, Daniel Adams, Jr.
We desire TO extend our thanks To Bro.
Sherman Of the Bar HsTbor Record for 4 copy
OF ''Sherman's Bar Harbor Guide, Business
Directory and Reference Book"
Mr.. VIM. Small, OF this city, At present
employed IN the department Of steam engi-
neering In the Kittery navy yard, was in town
last week, coming 10 attend the Memorial dsy
exercises. He returned to Kittery last Mon
day.
The wharf at Mount Desert Ferry build
ing by Mr.. c. L. Riker. Is nearly completed,
and will soon be used for the shipping OF the
Ice cut BY him this winter on Reeds pond.
AT the ,annusl Freshman reading for the
uar ~,
day, Harry NJ. Corners, OF Bar Hsrbor, read a
selection from Dickens and took the second
prize.
Judge J. B. Redman Jeff Tuesday on the
noon train for Boston, In the interest OF the
Pine Tree State Shoe Co. He will stop over At
Augusta and attend the Democratic State Con-
yention, which will be held there to-day
wv ednesday.J
Little Miss Florence Davis, daughte. OF
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Davis, recently caught
twenty trout In Jordan's Pond. near Bar Hsr-
Dor. In one afternoon. She fshed from the
wharf at the southern end Of the lake.
Capt. S. L. Lord has returned from New
York where he has been to attend to the dis
charging of bis vessel, the Mary Lord. Capt.
Charles Coulter Of Surry, takes command for
the present voyage.
Hon. Frank Jones Is having the msgnifi.
cent stone wall about bis place at Sorrento
wired for electric lights. AT every post there
will be an incandescent light which will lend
an attractive appearance to the place. All the
streets which surround his lot are being grad.
ed at his expense, as well as his grounds.
MIR. Hiram A. Ellington of Bangor, agen,
for land company, Is having what is known
as Narrows point, at North Hancock, cleared
Of trees. and l.. A. Wyman, Esq, of this city
has been surveying roads, streets, etc. He has
bad several men at work.
AT Republican caucus held at the Engine
| House hall, Bar Harbor, delegates were chosen
to attend the state and district conventions tC
be held at Augusta, June IL, 1880, as follows
Delegates: Eugene B. Richards. Bryant Brad
ley, James Z. Hamor, Edward s. Clark. VIM
Fennelly, Blithen S. Higgins. Alternates
Serenus II. ROdick. B. Z. Reynolds, c. c
| Morrison.
Jock Darling, who recently paid one hun
dred dollars In bis suit with Detective Nc
Namara, says that the reason be gave tn,
money In the law suit was because he wa
anxious to get back TO business, having tive
corporation lots Of logs to handle. and becsus,
1t would have cost more to fight his opponents
MIR. Charles Cousins has been offered th,
position as pilot on the steamer Winthrop
of the New York, Maine and New Brunswick
Steamship Co., and he telegrsphed bis accept
ance. Mr.. Cousins Is frst-class pilot and hi
friends will be glad 10 see him In the pilo
house of the Winthrop.
Mr.. Geo. W. Newbegin died last Suturda
night after an illness of some months. He va