Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-09

senator Hale arrived home from Wash
ington on Friday of last week.
Mrs. Edmund Mcfarland has gone TO Bos
ton to visit relatives for a short time.
Judge Libboy will preside =, the comm.
term of court in this city, commencing mex
Tuesday.
Senator Hale Ia to speak before the Boo
and Shoe club in Boston the 25th inst. on III,
subject OF Reciprocity
Mr.. Geo. W. Higgins. formerly OF thi,
city, but who has lived in Deer Isle for sever
al years, has moved back to Ellsworth.
1t Is reported that we had twenty-ont
pleasant Sundays in succession between tn,
lst OF May and the 18th OF September
Hon. George A. Witherlee. wife ant
daughter. OF Castine. have gone to Moosehead
lake on short visit.
Mr.. w. IL. Hall, OF Ashville. was 10 Thu
city Monday. He has been drawn rs one OF
Gouldsboro', jurors to the term OF court which
opens here next week
The venerable Heman Cousins. Esq, OF
Lamoine. was In this city last week on a visit
70 his daughter, Mrs Edmund Bonsey.
DIR. and Mrs. L. 5. Chlcott. of Bangor
accompanied by Baby Cot;" on her first visit
to Ellsworth, were in this city Saturday and
sunday.
Miss Eva Aiken, daughter of ex-mayor
Aiken. left thi, city Monday for Boston TO at
tend the School OF Oratory Her mother &C.
companicd her TO the City OF Notions
see the little children In their fancy and rs.
tional dances. The exhibition will be graceful
and charming In the extreme.
}. A. McGown will leave here on Monday.
oct. 18th, for short vacation. and during his
absence City Marshal X. f. Sweeney will re.
ceiye and receipt for taxes.
CASTINGS town clock that was put up In
June is laid TO be a fine affair: It keeps excel.
lent time. and does away with the old time
/ custom Of ringing the town bell. morning,
noon and night.
Rev. J. +. Locke and wife left Castiue on
the steamer the Doth ult. on four weeks va.
cation trip. The Unitarian church at that
place will be closed during the month Of Oc-
I t0ber.
The drug store. fixtures. furniture ana
/ drugs OF the late W. A. Kicker. at Castine
were sold at public auction. SATURDAY. Sept.
-. by George NJ Warren. a. auctioucer. to
Samuel J. Wallace. for six hundred and sxiy
| dollars.
/ A dwelling house at Mlbridse owned by
/ William Rays heirs was burned Thursday
/ night with a portion OF the contents. Loss
/ sl,5o0; insured $1,000. defective chimney
csused the fire.
( The following Maine pensions have been
recently granted: hcreuSe Maurice powney,
! Ellsworth; Charles l.. Davis. Bucksport Ira
/ Gross. oriand; Charles T. Peters, BluehIll.
| original, Albert F. Dearborn. Penob>col
| Jane. widow OF Alexander McQunR. Bar
| Harbor; Temple Allen. Harrington; " iIliam
| b. Dyer, sullivan Thomas b. Walker. La-
/ moline.
! Among the recent changes In the postal
service in Maine l. the following; Route Al.
>edgwick to BROOKLYN Leave Sedswick daily
Z except SUNDAYS NJ > p NJ. or on arrival Of
western mail Arrive IN Brookln In II hours.
/ Leave Brookn daily except sundays at I p.
/ NJ. or on arrival OF mail from Buehill. Ar
/ rive at Scdgwick 10 / hours.
Capt. Roland {. Bon,ey OF the schooner
/ Storm Petrrl Of thi- port viii command the
ncw tern schooner Harry W. Ha,He., ana
Z Capt. Alexander Bou,ey now OF the schooner
4 Leonora Will take charge Of the Storm Petrol
/ Capt. W. {. Bellatty will assume command u
! the Leonora.
/ Among The Good TcmpAr lodge. recently
instituted i The following: Sept -. outer
! Long Island. No 80, at Long Island Planta-
tion. by A. 7. Mcdonald. VIM. A. Van Nor
den, dep. Meets Saturda, evening.
Mr.. Leo Ehrllch, who. during the several
yeats he has spent In Ellsworth, ha. proved a
very excellent and much respected citizen,
has gone We., to find location which will
the better agree with his health. We trust be
will find lust the change be needs and that
prosperity W III attend him He deserve. -uc-
ce.-
a. VI. Poster. Esq, contractor ana builder,
j. addu. two-.iory I'D. TO the houses Of Pearl
Il. pAy anl Fred l.. Kent. E>q'r-. on Main st.
,we-i .id,l H. s.,o putting in bay vim
dow sui masking an arch-wyy between the IL
iln--room sud lsrlor al the house OF George
Brook. Ed. Main street. Mr.. Foster reports
his work on the new electric light station a.
nearly completed. and that work on the new
Baptist parsonage at Bucbll, I. progressing
rapidly
The disposition OF the Bangor Netrs plant
.ay- an exchange, was as follows: The prop
erty OF the Union Publishing Company was
sold 10 I. J. Stewart Il Go. for one dollar II
was valued At about 5000 and mortgaged 10
the Stewari, The company printed the Ban
gor DAILY NelrS. and on this $50 ,0nO has been
/ expended, and more will be put In with hopes
OF ultimate success Frank Smith lost 5000,
Parker Spofford s3500,G. NJ. Warren $500, f.
4 o. Beal about $1,000. and the Stewards had put
/ IN about $4,000.
Capt Allen L. Remick, master Of .choon-
or Marceilu- OF this port, returned home sew
] eral days ago from Vineyard Haven, Mass, at
! which place be Mas put on shore very III with
/ typhoid fever. He entered the [. :. marine
4 hospital there, where he remained four weeks
and had, he says, every care and attention
| from the surgeon in charge. nurses, all others
concerned and some OF the citizen, that Il was
| possible for him to receive. He now wishes
20 express through the columns OF the AMER,
| ICAN his warmest thanks and lasting gratitude
for such marked kindness.
Tire Lewiston JDuFndl has issued very
pretty supplement as a souvenir Of the new
Lewiston city building. Three pictures show
the old city building, the new building as It ii
to be. and the design propose by Mr. Coombs
the Lewiston architect, but jected in ia, oil
OF Boston architects work. The building
has frontage Of one hundred and sixty feel
on Park street, and Of ninety feet on Pin.
/ street. The height OF the tower is l64 feet
The public hall will be In the third story, &
by 80 feet, and bsnqueting hall back OF It
10 by IS.
The James +. Hall Post No. 53, q. A. Z.
and Womans Relief Corps, Bucksport, are be
coming very popular. At the last meeting tn,
G. r.. initiated four members and the W. r
G. three. After the business is transacted
they have joint session at which they hsy,
adopted the plan Of reading snort biograph.
OF those of their humber who have passet
away, with an account Of the battles 10 whicl
they were engaged, and their especial part II
each battle. These biographies are to be KEEP
on file and will make valuable record for tn
descendants to look over in future, besd
creating greater interest in the minds o
those " no are at present members.
1T looks as II the state ought to call dow
! a