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

more than 226 tons each. or about seventy. five
thousand tons, coal tonnage, in all. About
twenty-five vessels were lowed by other boats
and AS many more sailed through.
This must pass for a cold winter. Elder
ducks are being taken among the islands in
Penobscot Bay. This bird, from which The
eider-down is obtained, rarely comes so far
! south. The plumsge is very handsome. The
| prevailing colors are black and white, the
breast is chocolate and the head has several
! colofs.
The peculiar and pungent odor that arises
from the person and the garments Of the hab-
itual cigarette smoker is offensive TO many Ia
dies who discern lit when passing these smok-
ers in the streets, or when sitting near them in
the street cars, and can hardly tolerate II in
the house. Some ladies. it seems, find the
fumes OF the cigarette more disagreeable than
those of the cigar and more sckening than
those OF the pipe.
-Messrs. Frank 2. Wood Of Bangor, +. II.
| Moses, OF Bucksport, and others who own the
| ice plant at Brook>ville, have not yet decided
whether they will cut this winter or not but
parties from away have been there to look at
the plant with view to leasing it. One adj
vantage which it possesses is that Of winter
shipments and this Is to be strongly considered.
! All the people around Brooksvlle are hoping
that some work will be done there and some
money paid out.
| An associated press dispatch says: The
Of ,ha n ,;,,
| which during the summer season runs between
| Boston and Bar Hsrbor. and during the win
| ter between Mobile, Ala, Port Tampa. key
West. Fla, and Havana. Cuba. recently lowed
large four-masted schooner into Key West.
and received for salvage $4,000. Capt. James
| Mckay was in command Of the steamship at
the time" This amount will go a long way
toward pay ing the loss sustained by the DIV.
cite in running down the schooner +. II.
Blake.
When An unusually heavy snow storm cuts
off communication with the rest OF the world
! for day or two, the time Of such isolation
seems long; but to get a real experience Of
what 1t is to be thrown on ones own resources
one should pay winter visit 10 Outer Long
at that place thus tells OF life there: We
have only been able to get our mail from
Swsn's Island twice in four weeks on account
OF rough weather. The most OF our lobster
catcher> have lost their traps two and three
times over. There are DAYS together. some
times week. that they cannot get to their
traps At all. one hardy fisherman ventured
out one day in the teeth OF a biting northwest
er sud was gone five or six hours and got back
home with only two HOLSTERS and bos; full Of
wrecked traps.
The twenty fourth annual encampment OF
the Department os Maine. q. A. r.. will meet
At City Hail. Portland, Feb, is snd 10. De-
partment headquarters will be established a,
Falmouth Hotel where the Council Of Admin
istration will meet at L. NJ. Tuesday, Feb.
l.. for the transaction OF such business as may
be brought before it. Matters of business re-
curing the action OF the Council OF Admins
trstion or Department Encsmpmeut should be
forwarded to headquarters before Feb. 10. Al
Posts and comrades ha, ing matters to bring be-
fore the encampment wil present the same ia
writing. The following hotel Iat', are an
nounccd: Falmouth Hotel, United States Iio-
tel, Preble House and City Hotel, Two or more
occupying one room. S2o0 per day; Merchants
Exchange Hotel, sl.io to q % per day. Rail
road rates and rates al other hotels will be an
nounced in future orders.
Rev. J. Il. Bowler OF South Hancock. Wi %
went to the Maine General Hospital, Dee. -,
and had successful surgical operation per
formed there Icy DR.. 5. {. Gordon. Dec. 81
though very weak, is able TO write Mr.. Bow
Ter frequent letters He Is still suffering from
great inflammation, weakness and soreness.
He l. able 10 sit up some durin. the day but
doe. not try to walk. We judge from the tone
of one II hi. letters that though the operation
viii probably give him great relief, perma-
nent cure i, doubtful Jan. 10Th he wrote
Mrs. Bowler: II eat but little food but think
| gain in strength some. | cannot sleep much
hence do not feel rs veil a after the opera
ton Two wears ago. Then could sleep four
hours without waking. The Doctor thinks
will be gaining daily. lie -ay> the gaining
process viii be very slow, Mr. Bowler j.
certainly in good hands. We have had great
faith In pr Gordon ever since we We're com
rade- down in the Department Of the Cult,
way back in the sixties. Lots OF the Ttir-
tenth Maine boys, ourself included. owe his
pToiv -siona. skill and great devotion &c duty a
| huge debt OF gratitude. II ever an sImy sur
geon was true blue. hi. name was Seth c.
! Gordon
! The officers OF Island Lodge, No. I20. !.
o. .. F., of Bar Harbor. were installed on
| Tuesday evening Of last week by District Dep
uty Grand Master Hill, OF Ellsworth assisted
| By fast Grands, T.. y. Carr, as &. w; c. A.
Allen, ~ G.. NJ. {. :. Green. As G. r., and T..
| y. Benson, a, G.. ;. The officer, for the term
are follows: Albert II. Benner. y. q ".
A. Milliken, V. q Bion +. Whitney, Rec.
! Sec; Frank Z. Holden. Per. Sec: Bryant
| Bradley, Treas; Russell :. Dorr. W; Zebu-
| Ion II. C!eave>. c.; Henry W Eaton. X. 5. \,
g.; Geo. T.. Sopor, l.. ;. \. g.; Hott. {.
Hodgkins. K. 5. V. g.. Herbert +. Hapworth
l.. ). V. g.; Charles K. Clark, X. ;. $; Irving
2. Hay mes, l.. 5. $; William +. Blossom, |.
g.; Milton b. Jordan. q. G.. A collation. was
served after the installation. The lodge now
numbers ffty->even members. pleasing in
cdent of the occasion was the presentation Of
past grand, jewel 10 Past Grand +. ID. Carr,
OF Lejok lodge. No. 80, Ellsw orth, by the MEM
ber> of the Bar HarbOr lodge. Past Grand
the time has been specially helpful in Island
lodge ar d the jewel was given as II token Of
appreciation of his valued services.
The United State, Coast and Geodetc sur
yey has made the following important cor
~ections during the month Of December on the
charts published by that Office
PASSPORT Harbor Entrance Chan
mel. New Light.-The light recently e>tab-
| lished on the west side of this channel is now
| indicated on the charts. Approximate lati-
| tude, Al deg. % min, ~ sec.) \. Approx
mate longitude. 66 deg. IS min, l3l sec) W.
| Character, flashing white every 10 seconds ;
color OF tower. brown; focal plane above wa
| ter. 81 feet; Visibility. Is IA miles. Bearings
aud distances of prominent objects approx
mately follows: Lubec Narrows light
| tCanadian). \. by +. IA f., distant u 10
miles. Duck Point, 5. f.. II f.. distant IS
| miles. The temporary red light formerly
| shown has been removed. IL. H. Board n. TO
| NJ. No. Sc of 1890
| on Little River.-New Whistiing- Buoy.-A
red whstng-buoy has been placed in a.
Little River light. n. W. by W., distant -
miles. Long Point, n. n. Z. IL E. distant
| + 10 mills. H. ii. Board n. to NJ. No. IS OF
| 1890.
of Mount Desert Island-Great Duck Is
land.-New Light.-The new light recently
established on the southern extremity of Great
| Duck Island is now indicated on the charts
! "A deg, 0S min. (32 sec.) n. Approximate
/ longitude, IS deg, IA min. az sec.). ".
Character, flashing red every 10 seconds; color
| OF tower. red; focal plane above water. II
feet; visibility. IA miles; fog signal. whistle.
The light is visible from S. A deg. 10 min,