Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-01-15
City and County.

-Castine has a Ladies Cooking Club.
| The next dancing school and extra of g.
| A. JOY. Will be held on Friday evening
| -Me>>rs. Ernest F. and Harry O>.ood of
Colby University are at home for short time.
Government has placed fog bell weigh.
ing nine hundred pounds on Dice's Head. Gas
| tine.
Mr., Byron Boyd, OF Bar Harbor ha> been
appointed chief clerk in the Office of the Sec
rotary Of state at Augusta.
Miss Lizzie NJ. O>good is visiting relatives
and friends in Boston and vicinity. She will
be absent about three weeks.
Mr. A. |. saunders has cut and hauled the
past week some fine ice to be used the coming
summer at the American Hou,,.
Rev. {. F. W. Hubbard. pastor of the
Congregational church. offered HI resignation
last sunday, 10 take effect the last of the pres
ent month.
Joy, the photographer, ha> fine Likeness
OF himself. 1t is i boy and was born last
Thursday. The AMERICAN offers it, con-
CALCULATIONS.
The W r. E will hold it, regular meeting
on Friday afternoon OF thi- week Members
are requested to be present. New books have
been received.
The officers Of E>otcric Lodge. No, lj9 F.
and A. NJ. VIII be Installed Thursday evening,
Jan II. !, fail attendance j. requested
PER ORDER.
See the advertisement in another column
of Col. T. D. Chamberlain OF Bangor, an ex-
pert in pension clsim~. who will be in thi,
city next week.
Mr. Arthur sbute Of thu city. wa called
TO Boston, Friday. 10 attend the funeral Of BIZ
sister. Mrs +. K. Ilighley who died on Thurs
day of has, week.
p. l.. fled,. E>q.. cx->herifi la. moved
into the house on Bridge lIill formerly owned
by the Misses Grant. and now the property
Of II. +. llsmin. t>q.
L. +. sampson, E,q., formerly teacher Of
the Ellsworth High school was elected Pr,>i-
dent Of the Maine Pedagogical society At its
recent meeting al WstcrSillc.
There viii be a box ,ociable at the Head
of tie Lane ,choo!-hou>e next Friday night
All ade> are cordially invited to bring box
to ala in hu, in- Ia for the ~yhooi-hou,c.
The Unitarian Reading Climb organized
Tuesday evening, for i winters worA. The
next meeting viii be he'd al the r, ,id,mce OF
MIR bora Hopkins. on TUESDAY evening Of
next week.
Mr.. f. i. Aiken ha> completed large
lantern FOR the outside OF Masonic Hall Mr..
+. W. Ellington did fine job in l,frerin. and
painting masonic symbols On the lantern.
If the BluehIl correspondent will pardon
her, Mr.. Ms,o wishes TO say, that 10 Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Grludle. OF East Bluehil. the cred
It OF the music furnished at the recent Odd
Fellows Installation i largely due.
We learn with much regret that samuel
ROYAL, Jr.. OF Brewer. MAS taken sud
denly and seriously i'll Monday evening, drop
ping down IN his She'd. fronI longest aud
heartfalurc. Al last report, lie -. r,mained
very i'll.
The officers OF the Hannibal HamIil. Camp.
:. Of v, vii be Installed thi. "Wednesday
evGnin. by Past Capt. John ". Malone. Al
ter the meeting boiled clans Will be served.
All members of the Grand Army are cordial,
invited 10 be present.
The uion Shoe Manufacturing Co.. OF
thi. city. broke ground on the site OF the old
tanncry. corner Of Church and school streets,
lat Friday The location i good one, easily
accessible TO the business part Of the city. and
will be convenient for the employees.
See in another coIumn the new advertise
mcnt Of Whiting Bros. Whose large variety
store i headquarters for the citizens Of the
neiEhborinr towns when visiting Ellsworth.
The lore is unusually well filed at Til, time.
Prom East BIuehIl we hear that Mondays
tide ~, the highest ever known. The long
stone bridge was overlooked to the depth Of
,iX inches. while on the floor of Joseph 4 n
worth'- mill-hou>e the water was seventeen
inches deep.
schooner Adele Pray which reported
ashore at Grind>toue Point, has been got of
and cd into Winter Harbor where She will
remain until spring and then be taken to this
port for repairs. 1t seems that the vessel was
damaged more by wrecker> than by the fury Of
the waves.
Last fall ex-Mayor All en- and other. kill
ed very fine buck deer, fact hich was
duly noticed in the AMERICAN. Mr.. Aiken
has recently hsd this deer'- head mounted by
Mr.. Clough. the tsxidermi-t of " latham. and
il is now on exhibition in his store IA sight
worth looking at.
Harvey Sehoppe OF Beddington, who has
been driving hacks in Auburn, left Thursday
for Central America where he taae> charge of
large crew engaged in numbering operations.
He took five men with him. He has brother
Tho has been in Central America several years.
Mr.. Schoppe has hired for three years and gets
good salary
The notice sent u last week announcing
the deputies appointed by Sheriff Patterson.
gave the post-ofiice address of deputy sheriff
K. r. JOY. as West Goudsboro, and it was so
printed in the AMERICAN. This was an err
ror. for Mr.. joys post-oice address is Goulds-
boro and not West Gouldsboro.
Pensions have recently been granted to the
following persons in Hancock county: Origi-
nal Invalid -Janes Green. North Brooks,ie
Margaret. mother of Ferdinand Dinsmore
Mary. widow of Charles +. Dow. Orland.
Reissue Burton Bunker, Amherst.
Leland Newman, a Young man about %
wears Of age. while working in Frank NOy es'
cav mill at West Gould>boro. last Wednesday,
was caught in the belt OF the haul up gear and
| carried over the shaft breaking his arm. DR..
Larrabee was called and reduced the fracture.
| 1t was very narrow escape from Il much more
serious accident
I The following have been elected and in
; stalled officers Of Hancock lodge. No. 4. +. &
t A. NJ. Castine: F. f. Lewis, NJ; B. d. Per-
kins, s. D.; F. Hooper, J. d.: J. p. Whit
| ing. Gal S. shepherd, 8. Z. II. Hooper,
| S. D.; f. J. Coombs, j. D.; }. +. Locke,
| c.; J. NJ. bennett, NJ; X. Crosgrove, S. S.;
j. w. Bowden. J. s.; J. Collins, T.
The GouldsLoro Land Improvement Go.
have made survey OFFS water supply from
Birch Harbor pond for Grindstone Neck,
where property is owned by the company
The supply will probably be by gravity and
pumping TO reservoir or stand pipe, with y
miles Of mains. The works will be built in
the spring.
The Calais Times says the friends of the
Shore Line Railroad throughout Washington
county express confidence in the prospects.
1t is believed that as soon as the Legislature
shall decide the charter question. arrangements
can be made for an immediate construction OF
the road There are several ways by which
the needed money may be raised